New Releases

New Releases

New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.

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  • SHORT Script Reading: HOME, by Peter Schuyler

    Genre: Horror

    Everyone has to do their part.

    CAST LIST:
    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Sylvia: Hannah Ehman

  • COMEDY Festival SHORT Script: Biscuit Bombshell, by Mary Beth McDaniel

    In this comedic scene, a family is gathered around a diner table enjoying a meal. The centerpiece of the table is a basket of Grandma's Homemade Butter Biscuits, with only one remaining. Tension arises as each family member tries to claim the last biscuit for themselves. Arguments and taunting en...

  • CRIME/MYSTERY Best Scene: The Seeds We Sow, by Scott Harbison

    A former hitman returns to his hometown of New Orleans and reunites with a former girlfriend. Trouble catches up with them and they have to fend off the demons of their past and the mafia who wants them dead.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Rita: Julie Sheppard
    Benny: Geoff Mays

  • LGBTQ+ Festival Feature Script: The Pupil's Lash, by Diana Smith (interview)

    A murdered artist is given one more day to live, on the condition that he create a painting of pure beauty and destroy his latest work, a sculpture imbued with evil powers.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    NIT: Steve Rizzo
    MICHAELANGELO: Geoff Mays
    THOMMASO: Sean Ballantyne
    Various: Juli...

  • SHORT Script Reading: The Mystery of the Skull, by Martin Stolp

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Claude: Shawn Devlin
    Bert: Geoff Mays

  • SCI-FI/FANTASY SHORT Script: UNCHOSEN, by Alexander James Dingeman (interview)

    When the Chosen One abandons their quest, the world turns to... someone.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Julie Sheppard
    Old Man/Oracle: Shawn Devlin
    Fortus/Guard/Malvir: Geoff Mays
    Farmhand/Aurum: Sean Ballantyne
    Ebrius/Crier: Steve Rizzo
    Servant/Bartender: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

    Get to know the ...

  • SHORT Script Reading: Ms. Malikins, by Mac McCord ((interview)

    A man has a strange encounter in a graveyard.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
    Cat: Hannah Ehman
    Ms Malikins: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

    Get to know the writer:

    1: What is the screenplay about?

    It introduces Ms Malikins and her companion, Cat,( both are sentient cats with a mission),a...

  • GOING HOME, by Marilynn Loveless, Sara Dinga, Sherry Wachter, Patrick Dunphy

    Desperate human refugees from the Mars colony return home to Earth, only to discover they are no longer at the top of the food chain.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Julie Sheppard
    Queen: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Theo: Shawn Devlin

  • Short Film Trailer: ARMED WITH A DILDO. Directed by Karuna Tanahashi

    ARMED WITH A DILDO, 5min, USA
    Directed by Karuna Tanahashi
    When Dani’s boyfriend Leslie breaks up with her, a mass shooter starts attacking the motel they were going to have a romantic night at and suddenly the break up becomes the least of her problems.
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  • Short Film Trailer: SEDUCTIVE DEVOTION. Directed by Destin Gerek

    SEDUCTIVE DEVOTION, 7min,. USA
    Directed by Destin Gerek
    In a society where narratives of male perpetrators and harm inflicted upon women prevail, "Seductive Devotion" emerges as a powerful experimental short film presenting an inspiring alternative. Through captivating imagery and a stirring poet...

  • MANUFACTURING THE THREAT feature film - Oct. 4/5 documentary festival event

    MANUFACTURING THE THREAT, 82min., Canada
    Directed by Amy Miller
    For the first time ever, a feature-length documentary is examining the issue of agent provocateurs and entrapment in Canada’s national security apparatus. Manufacturing the Threat is a thrilling and emotional film, which examines a d...

  • BLACK & WHITE Shorts Festival - oct. 4/5 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    ASH HOLES, 10min., USA
    Directed by Daryl Henry Della
    After the unfortunate demise of Lance Louie, his two best friends decide to dispose of his ashes in the most deserving way.

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    https://instagram.com/do...

  • LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival - Oct. 3/4 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    L'ULTIMO SALUTO, 20min., Italy
    Directed by Vincenzo Palazzo
    "The last greeting" tells the story of an encounter. Vita and Valeria are two women who meet while attending a theater course, during which a great passion was born. Moment after moment, scene after scene,...

  • Short Film Trailer: NATAL. Directed by Isabella Secchin

    NATAL, 20min., Brazil
    Directed by Isabella Secchin
    Natal, in his early fifties belongs to a generation that broke social barriers, worshiped cerebral movies, drugs and rock’n roll. However, he does not accept it well when Milene, his only daughter, takes her boyfriend to sleep at home with her. I...

  • Short Film Trailer: NOCTURNAL JACKET. Directed by Vishal Rajput, Harkanwar Singh

    NOCTURNAL JACKAL, 9min., USA
    Directed by Vishal Rajput, Harkanwar Singh
    A lonesome addict battles his depression, anxiety, and hopelessness by a sinister urge that reigns supremacy over his thoughts and actions.

    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/nocturnal-jackal-review

  • FEMALE Filmmakers Short Film Festival - Oct. 2/3 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    AFSANA, 10min., UK
    Directed by Hakiem Waleed Ahmed, Freya Page
    Afsana silently battles the doubts and fears of a new life as she prepares for her wedding day.

    https://www.instagram.com/afsanafilm/

    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/afsana-review

    A WOMAN'S FACE, 8m...

  • DRAMA Shorts Festival - Oct. 1/2 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    THE MONSTER, 15min., Canada
    Directed by Gabriel Després
    Alice keeps drawing a monster that seems to terrify her. Everyone in the family has a different opinion about this monster.

    ANTHOLOGY OF NINE SOULS ON THEIR WAY TO DEATH, 12min,. Italy
    Directed by Penelope Zou...

  • STUDENT Short Film Festival - Sept. 30/Oct 1st event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    JOINTS, 12min., USA, Horror/Comedy
    Directed by Hadrian Lynn

    FRENCHIE, 6min,. USA, Documentary
    Directed by Franklin S Riley
    This is a short documentary of Darryl Francis. Darryl is a ex-convict turned screenwriter after spending 20 years in prison for a murder he d...

  • TWITTER Short Story: Bully No More! Written by: Maria Rosario A Yan

    Narration by Val Cole

  • STORY Movie: WHITE SHIRTS by by Carlo Danese

    A YOUNG MAN FINISHING COLLEGE STARTS A NIGHT JOB.
    HIS HALF BROTHER. HIS FIANCE. SIMPLE?

    Produced by Matthew Toffolo

    Editor & Visual Design by Steve Rizzo

    Narration by Val Cole

  • POETRY Reading: In a Quiet Place, by Derrick J. Johnson (interview)

    Narration by Val Cole

    Get to know the poet:

    1) What is the theme of your poem?

    The theme of my poem, "In a Quiet Place" centers around the concept of personal loss and how we, as human beings, have to cope with that loss and move on.

    2) What motivated you to write this poem?

    I rec...

  • TWITTER Short Story: Flight Fight or Freeze, by Melissa Killian (interview)

    Narration by Val Cole

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your short story about?

    My story (Flight, Fight, or Freeze) is based on something that happened when I was a teenager. There were rumors around town that two women in workout gear were trying to get into people's homes. So when the door...

  • POETRY Reading: INFO-COMMERCIALS, by Perry Terrell

    Narration by Val Cole

  • Twitter Story: LOTTERY OR NOT – HERE'S OUR JACKPOT! by: Maria Rosario A Yano

    Narration by Val Cole