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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  • A FANTASY OF COMPANIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN AND INANIMATE review

    A FANTASY OF COMPANIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN AND INANIMATE, 15min., Animation
    Directed by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, Christina Teenz Tan
    In a world dominated by modern society's pervasive loneliness, "A Fantasy “of Companionship between Human and Inanimate” explores a unique bond betwee...

  • THE DANCER: THE BEAUTIFUL AND TRAGIC LIFE OF GERARD ALEXANDER short film review

    THE DANCER: THE BEAUTIFUL AND TRAGIC LIFE OF GERARD ALEXANDER, 36min., USA
    Directed by Ryon Justin Horne, Tyson Alan Horne
    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution presents the short documentary "The Dancer," about Gerard Alexander, who performed around the world but ended up homeless in Atlanta.

    http:...

  • IN THE WAKE OF THE CEDAR TREE short film review

    In the Wake of the Cedar Tree, 24min., Canada
    Directed by Towustasin
    Past traumas of Haida Gwaii, economic, cultural & environmental depression explored by Haida poet & videographer Towustasin.

    https://www.facebook.com/wakethecedartree/

  • AT LUCY'S LAST NIGHT short film review

    AT LUCY'S LAST NIGHT, 17min., USA
    Directed by Ethan Roberts
    The morning after hooking up, two recent college grads wrestle with their feelings for each other while a strange and inexplicable phenomenon creeps up in the background.

    http://ethanroberts.net/projects
    https://facebook.com/CinemaParm...

  • THE WHEELCHAIR MAFIA short film review (interview)

    THE WHEELCHAIR MAFIA, 15min., France
    Directed by Michael Kay
    A film covering what unfolded during thirty six hours at a dog shelter ninety minutes south of Bangkok.

    https://www.instagram.com/mikeykayfilms

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film? I stumbled across a...

  • GOODBOY short film review

    GOODBOY, 40min., USA
    Directed by Ashley Mosher
    When a woman’s beloved dog, Kenya, is diagnosed with terminal cancer during the Pandemic, the adventurous photographer attempts to outrun the dog's death and stumbles into the haunting childhood memories of her dying Father. Facing the painful decisi...

  • HORROR Shorts Festival - Sept. 16/17 event

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    MISTER BACKLASH, 13min., USA
    Directed by Eavvon Styles O'Neal
    An 11 year old called "Maan", has just lost a friend and role model to police violence. New to the block, Steve attempts to pressure Maan into friendship, which awakens a curse on the neighborhood.

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  • THRILLER/CRIME Shorts Festival - Sept. 15/16 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    DON'T WAIT UP FOR ME, 18min., USA
    Directed by Alain Alfaro
    A lonely and troubled writer jeopardizes his own life when he hires a hitman on himself.

    B&E, 12min., Canada
    Directed by Jamie Robertson
    When his ex-con brother, Chris, enlists his help on a break-in, Dunc...

  • EXPERIMENTAL Shorts Festival - Sept. 14/15 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    THE RIVER WITHIN, 9min., USA
    Directed by Daphne Fernberger
    This film poetically reveals and embraces that life is beautiful, precious and fleeting....

    https://movingwithdaphne.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/daphodilfern/

    WILDFIRES, 2min., USA, Animation
    Directed ...

  • THE NINEVEH CONSTANT short film review

    THE NINEVEH CONSTANT, 19min., Malta
    Directd by Maurice Micallef
    FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS mankind has been greatly impressed by the majestic regularity of the stars moving in the skies. Many tried in vain to find the great constant of the solar system and finally gave up. But this magic number final...

  • ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL feature film review (interview)

    ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL, 94min., Australia
    Directed by Chris Eipper, Declan Mortimer Eipper
    In Ireland, If you re hungry enough, you ll dig up the tar on the road with your teeth to get a vote. It s not only the other parties who are a threat to you; it s your running mate. Indeed, it is the inte...

  • ON DEAF EARS short film review (interview)

    ON DEAF EARS, 13min., UK
    Directed by Ty Hunt
    A mother's worst fear comes true when her special needs daughter's actions are misunderstood during a routine traffic stop.

    https://www.facebook.com/phyllgoodent
    https://www.instagram.com/phyllgoodent/

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated ...

  • UNMET: North Carolina's Disability Crisis short film review

    UNMET: North Carolina's Disability Crisis, 24min., USA
    Directed by Robin Rayne
    There are more than 16,000 individuals in North
    Carolina with an intellectual or developmental disability on a "List of Unmet Needs" for Medicaid waivers that fund in-home supports, allowing them to remain living in th...

  • MAN IN THE MOUNTAINS short film review

    MAN IN THE MOUNTAIN, 35min., USA, Web Series
    Directed by Dennis Trombly
    Pilot Episode: For generations, a family has been protecting secrets of alien encounters on family owned land. Now, in recent times, a scientist looks into them with historical evidence. This Science Fiction short film is a s...

  • DINOMAN feature film review (interview)

    DINOMAN, 60min,. Spain, Documentary
    Directed by Jeroen Stultiens
    DINOMAN is an intriguing observation of the life and work of Aart Walen, a Dutch paleo artist and taxidermist who brings dinosaurs back to life. Part adventure story and part character study, the film observes Aart as he works on ch...

  • STALLING short film reviews (interview)

    STALLING, 2min,. USA, Drama
    Directed by Nicolai Mateo Krylov
    The theme of the film revolves around the concept of procrastination, something I personally struggled with during the process of making this film. However, overcoming those obstacles and finally bringing this story to life has been an ...

  • Slanted Perspectives: My LIfe with SMA short film reviews

    Slanted Perspectives: My Life with SMA, 4min., USA, Documentary
    Directed by Aaron Phelps
    This movie shows how my muscle disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) has affected my life and how I hope people can view kids with disabilities.

  • NOCTURNAL JACKAL short film review

    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.

    Get to know filmmaker Vishal Rajput:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    What...

  • RUTHFUL short film reviews (interview)

    RUTHFUL, 29min., Canada, Drama
    Directed by Jocelyn Au-Yeung, Ariane Nopra
    When a Chinese-Canadian college student returns home to Toronto, she visits a Hong Kong cafe she frequented during her childhood. Through eating the food, she is suddenly able to relive suppressed memories of her deceased g...

  • VIDA short film reviews

    VIDA, 20min., USA
    Directed by Maria Valdez
    Los Angeles – 2053, After a bloody civil war, women of color are captured and sterilized as a form of population control. Vida and a group of resistance fighters are getting ready to escape, but suddenly one of their own is captured, and they’re forced t...

  • AGENT RED 2 short film reviews

    AGENT RED 2, 13min., US
    Directed by Kevin Barile
    Agent Red fights for her life as two deadly assassins try to stop her from delivering valuable C.I.A. material and completing her mission

  • STRANDING STRONG: ELIZABETH CATLETT feeature film reviews

    STRANDING STRONG: ELIZABETH CATLETT, 56min., USA, Documentary
    Directed by Kevin J Kelley
    The struggles and triumphs of Elizabeth Catlett Mexican/American artist and political activist who was a pioneer in the Black Arts movement.

    http://newmilemediaarts.org/
    https://www.facebook.com/NewMileMedi...

  • OVERCAST short film reviews

    OVERCAST, 3min., USA, Animation
    Directed by Aleksandar Mindov
    A cloud technician discovers the dangers of falling asleep at the wheel.

  • THE ORCHESTRA CHUCK BUILT short film review

    THE ORCHESTRA CHUCK BUILT, 23min., USA, Documentary
    Directed by Christopher Stoudt
    In 2016, the League of American Orchestras conducted a study that revealed a shocking statistic: only 1.8% of the professional orchestra workforce in the US is Black. From an old church rec room in the inner city o...