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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  • GAY BODY OF MUSIC short film review (interview)

    GAY BODY OF MUSIC, 31min., USA
    Directed by Daniel Beliavsky
    The life and work of American composer David Del Tredici

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    My focus in documentary filmmaking is on living composers who are often in the late stages of their careers a...

  • Short Film Trailer: HIGHWAY. Directed by Douglas Alan Cunningham

    HIGHWAY, 11min,. USA
    Directed by Douglas Alan Cunningham
    Betrayed by her husband, Amanda, a former Army Ranger, drives hours to meet a revenge lover but is followed by a mysterious and menacing truck on lonely desert roads.

    https://www.facebook.com/highwayashortfilm
    https://www.instagram.com/hi...

  • SCRIPT MOVIE: DON'T DO IT, Written by Ozzie Logozzo

    Genre: Thriller

    A troubled, underground reporter investigates the killing of policemen and falls victim to a web of corruption that threatens his life and that of his child.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Adam: Geoff May
    Emmette: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

  • SOCIETY DOC Shorts Festival - Sept. 24/25 event

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    SCRAPS, 37min., Iraq
    Directed by Aaron Joshua Weintraub
    Mosul is still haunted by ISIS. The city’s recent past has created an uncertain future, and perhaps nothing displays the city’s instability more accurately than its spike in child labor. Razzan, Hameed and Mah...

  • Human Interest DOC Shorts Festival - Sept. 23/24 event

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    FLINT. FOR THOSE WHO DARE...,18min., USA
    Directed by Raul Barquet
    Early New York City graffiti writer and documentarian Roberto "Flint..." Gennari, has the opportunity to cement his legacy in the art world half a decade later.

    https://www.irtpictures.com/flint-for-...

  • DOC Shorts Festival - Sept. 22/23 event

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    INTERCEPTION: JAYNE KENNEDY AMERICAN SPORTSCASTER
    Directed by Safiya Songhai
    A bronze-skin bombshell rocks the world of Sunday Morning Football ---millions tune in, but few know the tumultuous story of Jayne Kennedy, the first Black woman to boldly run interception...

  • LA Festival 1st Scene: NAZI NUKE, by Eamonn Eeles

    Harvey Hardaz, special forces, must choose duty over love in order to rescue a nuclear scientist from being used by the Nazi’s to build an atomic bomb and destroying London.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Sabine: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Hardaz: Geoff Mays
    Patrick: Steve Rizzo

  • DRAMA Shorts Festival - Sept. 21/22 event

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    TURN OFF MY HEART, 3min., Norway
    Directed by Bjørn Olav Edvardsen, Jostein Vedvik
    The Artists emotions and loneliness is overwhelming. But does he run away from the emotions, or does he dive into them? The forces of nature, the ocean, the waves, the wind - the video shows y...

  • DIVERSITY Festival Best Scene Reading: DELULU, by Adam Jay Ung (interview)

    A Korean-born, American-raised K-pop idol working on the release of her solo debut track in Seoul, struggles with the language and cultural differences while dealing with a crazed stalker who’s dangerously obsessed with her.

    http://www.adamjayung.com/

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
    Jie...

  • SHORT Script: DON'T DO IT, by Ozzie Logozzo

    Genre: Thriller

    A troubled, underground reporter investigates the killing of policemen and falls victim to a web of corruption that threatens his life and that of his child.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Adam: Geoff May
    Emmette: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

  • BEST SCENE Reading: Down At The Val, by Neil Goodchild

    The grandson of a golf course owner loses his job and has to return to the course, where his grandfather and two surprising new employees inspire him to try and help save it from bankruptcy.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Lazenby: Steve Rizzo
    Nate: Sean Ballantyne

  • Short Script: CARMEN, by D.Tina Batten and Jean Louis

    In a split second decision, a teenage girl has a devastating experience that changes the course of her newly found reality.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Sean Ballantyne -
    Carmen: Hannah Ehman
    Coach Davis: Geoff Mays
    Maria: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

  • LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene: A HOLIDAY CAROL, by John Woodard (interview)

    Modern day adaptation of Dickens “A Christmas Carol.” Evan Scrooge lives his life as a rich, greedy, bitter, closeted gay man, who despises the holidays. Until one Christmas Eve night, when his dead, ex-lover and business partner, Jake Marley, along with the three spirits of Christmas Present, Pa...

  • BEST SCENE Reading: AHOY FOR JOY, by Keith Reilly

    Amidst unrest in 1970s Belfast, troubled teenager Michael meets Dutch tourist Anna, and a whirlwind romance begins. Anna is enchanted with the Ireland Michael showcases in his letters, but he is shielding her from the truth. As Michael’s recovery from the trauma of his childhood progresses, event...

  • COMEDY Festival Best Scene: The Favorite Haunt, by Edward Hicklin

    With a bond formed from their shared love of scary movies, a group of young boys discover an abandoned mansion whose secrets surpass those of any film.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Hobo #1: Steve Rizzo
    Hobo #2: Sean Ballantyne

  • Short Script: COLUMBIA, by Pamela PerryGoulardt

    GENRE: DRAMA

    For the safety of her family, an exotic dancer agrees to steal an image of her Great-Great-Great Grandfather, a notorious officer in the Russian Revolution, before it goes on public display.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Columbia: Hannah Ehman
    Dmitry: Geoff Mays

  • SHORT Screenplay: TAKE THE PLUNGE, by Gabrielle WIlliams (interview)

    Genre: Family

    Synopsis: A son is scared to jump off of the diving board, so the dad helps him build up the courage.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Son: Geoff Mays
    Dad : Sean Ballantyne

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    My screenplay is about a fat...

  • DIVERSITY Fest Scene: Heroes, Just For One Day, by Salvatore Riggio (inter.)

    While on vacation with his family in Disney World, Johnny, a FDNY Firefighter (along with the rest of America) receives word of the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. He is not there with his fellow man and the guilt eats at him for years in the aftermath. Through a...

  • Short Script: BEING JIMMY, by Mary Jeddore Blakney

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Melissa: Hannah Ehman
    Olly: Geoff Mays
    Jimmy: Sean Ballantyne

  • LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Reading: NOT TONIGHT, by Lisa Triano (interview)

    A story of abuse and love.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Diane: Hannah Ehman
    Tanner: Geoff Mays
    Doris: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Frank: Sean Ballantyne

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    My screenplay is about a young woman managing a life of abuse.

    ...

  • LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene: THE WHITE FENCE, by Claudia Dato (interview)

    It’s 1953 and Helen Parker’s husband has been MIA in Korea for 18 months. When a local bully graffiti’s her white fence, handy woman Lou Taylor shows up to paint the fence and steal her heart. In the end Helen must decide on which side of the fence to live.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Sean Ballantyn...

  • THE TOOL Mini-Feature DOC - Sept. 20/21 event

    THE TOOL, 50min., Spain
    Directed by Alvaro Mendoza
    The way the different wild species use tools may help us to understand how the animal mind works... And it does not go exactly as we have come to believe!

    https://matthewtoffolo.com/2023/07/26/filmmaker-alvaro-mendoza-the-tool/

    https://www.gen...

  • I AM JUDIT Documentary Feature - Sept. 22/23 event

    I AM JUDIT, 83min., USA
    Directed by Christiane Arbesu
    From award-winning documentary filmmaker Christiane Arbesu comes I AM JUDIT; a poignant depiction of Holocaust survivor Judy Sleed and her present day family. A fixture in the East Hampton community, Judy, at the age of 90, is finally liftin...

  • ASIAN Filmmakers Shorts Festival - Sept. 19/20 event

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    HOME IMMIGRATION, 3min., Norway
    Directed by Haruna Inagaki
    Home immigration is about the moment daily objects get through the immigration office when they enter a human home. The immigration officer tells each of them who is welcome and who is not. Objects are cons...