New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of ENVIRONMENTAL Shorts Festival
Breaking Ice: The Making of Cracks In the Ice, 5min., USA
Directed by Jason Lindsey
“Breaking Ice” follows photographer Jason Lindsey as he creates his “Cracks in the Ice” series, prompted by his son's question about what the world will look like due to climate change. Unable to give clear answer... -
Podcast: EP. 1734: Filmmaker Julius Corbin (FOREVER DAMNED)
Forever Damned, 21min., USA
Directed by Julius Corbin
Two brothers born into slavery were given a choice of freedom but they had to pay the ultimate price... their own mortality. Now cursed as vampires, the brothers must fight for salvation and escape from the shadows.
https://instagram.com...
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Podcast: EP. 1733: Filmmaker Eliza Goodwin (THE POMEGRANATE THEORY)
Directed by Eliza Goodwin
The Pomegranate Theory is a 10-minute short film in the genre of fantasy realism. The film takes place in a society where people wear animal masks to represent their inner selves. Muyal, a young woman who bears the mask of a rabbit, is beginning to lose herself by allow...
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Watch Today's FREE Festival: Winning WILDsound Feature: THE FLESH PEOPLE
THE FLESH PEOPLE, 105min., USA
Directed by Keshav Srinivasan
Two roommates, desperate to feel successful in the milieu of New York City, turn to macabre money-making schemes by performing underground surgeries and serving human meat to unsuspecting customers.
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Watch Today's FREE Festival: WILDsound Feature DOC: SARIKA
SARIKA, 89min., Israel
Directed by Malka Shabtay
This is a story about a woman named Sarika, my mother - "the lady who records"...
"Addicted" to documenting her life in photos and video, and to the memories they bring up for her, over and over again.
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Best of WILDsound Shorts Festival
LUTEAL, 15min., Canada
Directed by Robert Morrison
Caught between intimacy and isolation, Abbie wants to move in with her partner when she’s at her best but retreats each month during the luteal phase of her menstrual cycle. Her partner, Kar, struggles to navigate these tumultuous waters, strivin... -
Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of WILDsound Shorts Festival
LUTEAL, 15min., Canada
Directed by Robert Morrison
Caught between intimacy and isolation, Abbie wants to move in with her partner when she’s at her best but retreats each month during the luteal phase of her menstrual cycle. Her partner, Kar, struggles to navigate these tumultuous waters, strivin... -
Podcast: Filmmaker Don Scioli (Who Wants to Live Forever: The Wisdom of Aging)
Don Scioli chats with Matthew Toffolo about this latest feature documentary.
Who Wants to Live Forever, the Wisdom of Aging is a one-hour documentary film about the myths, facts and contradictions in the never-ending battle for both longevity and healthy aging, produced by Zan Media. The filmma...
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BLINK short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
BLINK, 16min., USA
Directed by Trude Namara
Liana is trapped in this psychological thriller, an extended metaphor for how friends/communities can be monsters, forcing one to stay in a toxic relationship. -
IMBROGLIO short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
Imbroglio, 15min., UK
Directed by Ian Sciacaluga
“Imbroglio” is set in a timeless and imaginary Italian world and is a loving nod to the arch Hollywood and European film noirs of the forties and fifties.
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HEY, YOU short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
Hey, You!, 9min., USA
Directed by NickyJoe Perez
A young woman in Chicago needs to make a decision through the course of a day in her life.
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KRISIS short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival (interview)
KRISIS, 11min., Italy
DIrected by Luca Mazzara
"Krisis" is a short movie that follows the emotional journey of a woman facing mental and physical illness and the isolation caused by painful events. Through the contact with nature, she transforms suffering into a new interpretation of life, discov... -
FOREVER DAMNED short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
Forever Damned, 21min., USA
Directed by Julius Corbin
Two brothers born into slavery were given a choice of freedom but they had to pay the ultimate price... their own mortality. Now cursed as vampires, the brothers must fight for salvation and escape from the shadows.
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BEST KEPT SECRET short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
BEST KEPT SECRET, 12min., USA
Directed by Sarah Vansandt
Mattress shopping turns into a nightmare for a couple who find themselves trapped in a furniture store after hours, confronting the store’s dark secret.Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
My husband and ...
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A FAMILIAR CRIMINAL short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
A Familiar Criminal, 8min., USA
Directed by Claudia Parker
A Nepalese man is fleeing the shadow of a string of violent robberies that left a life tragically lost and several injured. -
KERHONKSON film, reactions DOC Festival
KERHONKSON, 14min., USA
Directed by Kate Anne Thorpe
"Kerhonkson" is a short documentary film that paints the picture of a very small town in the Hudson Valley of Upstate New York, as told through the voices of Vishal Patel, Chris Kelder, Claudia Sidoti, Christopher Weathered, Paul Weathered, Mel... -
GLOBAL WARNING film, reactions DOC Festival
GLOBAL WARNING, 74min., Ireland
Directed by Garry Keane
An extraordinary journey across the planet showing how climate change is affecting our world, what it will really mean for us and what we can do about it. -
ECHOES FROM THE KITCHEN - A Tale of Comida & Cultura film, reactions DOC Fest
ECHOES FROM THE KITCHEN - A Tale of Comida & Cultura, 11min., USA
Directed by Chef Eddie Garza
World renowned Plant Based Chef Eddie Garza takes us on his fantastic culinary journey.
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THE SEA film, reactions DOC Festival (interview)
THE SEA, 10min., Canada
Diercted by Son Roberts
This experimental short film is a "Jazz Monologue" presented by an elusive oracle. Through rage and reflection, incendiary prose and inspirational poetry, he reminds us of the legacy of lies that define our human journey. And he insists that we embr... -
THE 3100 film, reactions DOC Festival
THE 3100, 49min., USA
Directed by Mark Fisher
The 3100™ is a cinematic exploration of Idaho’s 3,100 miles of navigable whitewater, the most found anywhere in the Lower 48. This film showcases the state’s most rugged and revered whitewater river systems while highlighting the power of experiencing... -
PEACE WILDERNESS MAN film, reactions DOC Festival
Peace Wilderness Man, 35min., Australia
Directed by Tim Millard
An Australian war veterans journey from trauma to inner peace in Norways remote Arctic Circle.Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
About four or five years ago my wife and I went on a Wim Hof–style...
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LINES OF DETERMINATION | The David Wagner Story short film, Chicago Festival
Lines of Determination | The David Wagner Story, 25min., USA
Directed by Alex de Montbel
David Wagner grew up as a natural athlete, always in motion, playing basketball, surfing, and chasing a dream of becoming a professional player. At 21, a day of surfing in Redondo Beach changed everything whe... -
JOY O' DANCE short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival (interview)
Joy O' Dance, 20min., UK
Directed by Dawn Feather
Where ballet tradition meets Yorkshire spirit. Boys challenge expectations, choreography dazzles, and young performers take their final bow before a new chapter begins.Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
I was a... -
NAPALM GIRL film, reactions DOC Festival
NAPALM GIRL, 6min., Canada
Directed by Isabel Mainella
Mary reflects on her life as a female singer in a male dominated scene.