New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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MARIPOSAS short film, WILDsound Festival film review
MARIPOSAS, 3min., USA
Directed by Adrian Carey
Set in a universe of magical realism, a boastful father prattles on superficially about his daughter to another parent in the school pick up line, but is unable to perceive her when it matters most. -
SHOWPIECE short film, WILDsound Festival film review (interview)
SHOWPIECE, 17min., Canada
Directed by Mathew Ouzounis
The love and passion an artist has for their work is tested from an unforeseen obstacle. Told from the perspective of diverse backgrounds such as Russian, Vietnamese, Mauritian, and Persian - a mysterious forest has an unnatural awakening.
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THE INHABITANCE short film, Horror Film Festival review
THE INHABITANCE, 13min., Canada
Directed by Prachi Chopra
Tasha returns home after visiting her parents only to realise she's not returned alone... -
WOULD'VE, COULD'VE, SHOULD'VE short film, Chicago Feedback Festival review
WOULD'VE, COULD'VE, SHOULD'VE, 10min., USA
Directed by Nick Sansone
A young woman returns to her hometown in order to testify against the former teacher that groomed her. Inspired by true events.
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THE ADULTS ARE TALKING short film, Drama Festival review (interview)
THE ADULTS ARE TALKING, 9min., USA
Directed by Xuepei Hou
Alex is a young graduate who is struggling to balance her life. She pretends to have it all together and breaks down all of a sudden when her mom tells her the secret she has been hiding for a year.Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What mo...
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PLEASE BE HOME...., short film, Horror Film Festival review (interview)
PLEASE BE HOME....,20min., USA
Directed by Bryan Muniz
A woman attempts to save a life and fix her brother's marriage as the world is coming to an end.Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
After seeing the film 1917 in theaters 3 times. A film that utilizes the ...
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HAY DAY short film, Science & Nature Festival review
HAY DAY, 40min., USA
Directed by Lindsey Hefter
A Farmer from a multi-generational Teton Valley Family uses horse power and antique equipment to show the value of long held practices to a world bent on "progress." -
EXTREME GRAVITY short film, Black & White Festival review
EXTREME GRAVITY, 7min., Spain
Directed by Lorenzo Ayuso
What would be the worst thing that could happen to you when trying to kill yourself? It is said that dying is not the worst, but the way you die, and Camilo is about to find out how much of that is true.
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THE EDGE OF WATER short film, THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival review (interview)
THE EDGE OF WATER, 12min., USA
Directed by Sean Velasco-Dodge
A New York City Detective with a crippling fear of deep water starts to unravel and lose touch with reality due to an unresolved and haunted past.Get to know writer/producer/actor Nicholas Safier:
1. What motivated you to make this...
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THE CALL OF WATER short film, WILDsound Festival film review
THE CALL OF WATER, 19min., USA
Directed by Kaya Tone
Flung into the astral-plane, Nadia must face ancient forces in order to realize her responsibility to her homeland.
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DOWN TO THE PLASTIC OCEAN short film, Environmental Festival review
DOWN TO THE PLASTIC OCEAN, 4min., USA
Directed by Dan Aguar
"Down To The Plastic Ocean" takes you on a magical lyrical journey that follows a plastic toy scuba diver from a storm water drain in Athens, Georgia through the streams and rivers to the edge of the coast.
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PRIVILEGE short film, Horror Film Festival review (interview)
PRIVILEGE, 13min., USA
Directed by Matthew Ellis
An amateur white male actor is finally given a shot at making it in Hollywood by an established Casting Director but in order to get the role he has to fulfill a deal made by his ancestors thousands of years ago.
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OVERDUE short film, WILDsound Festival film review (interview)
OVERDUE, 15min., USA
Directed by Melissa Skirboll
A romantic dramedy.
Maureen and Jason are each having a very bad night. Their chance encounter gives both a glimmer of hope as they discover a shared past and a connection that brings light to the darkness in their lives.
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LAUNCH AT PARADISE short film, WILDsound Festival film review (interview)
LAUNCH AT PARADISE, 15min., USA
Directed by Carrie Ann Quinn
The lines between life and death become blurred for John as he takes the risk to live forever.Get to know Actor/Writer/Producer Daniel Mitura:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
The idea for this film came from meditations on ...
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SUBURBAN STORY short film, THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival review (interview)
SUBURBAN STORY, 30min., USA
Directed by Chris Yen
Struggling against the harsh realities of poverty, a devoted father, Mike reluctantly turns to burglary to provide for his daughter. Amidst the complexities of his choices, the narrative unfolds through the varied viewpoints of those touched by hi... -
2099 short film, Fan Fiction Festival review
2099, 4min., USA
Directed by Emil Farid Chehab
Miguel O'Hara, the Spider-Man of the future, travels back in time to fight the evil corporation known as Alchemax.
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ELLIPSIS short film, THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival review
ELLIPSIS, 18min., Ireland
Directed by Greg Purcell
"What is your first memory?"
Ellipsis awakens, abandoned and seeking answers in a haunted dystopia where nothing is what it appears to be. -
PLEASE short film, Student Feedback Festival review
PLEASE., 7min,. USA
Directed by Chudi Zhang
After many years apart, a mother and daughter reunite and continue the story of the daughter's escape from family life in the first half of her life. -
YOU JUST CAN'T SEE THEM FROM THE ROAD short film, WILDsound Festival film review
YOU JUST CAN'T SEE THEM FROM THE ROAD, 49min., USA
Directed by Keely Brazil Covello, Michaela Brazil Gillies
An immigrant family in California’s Central Valley faces the loss of their land and way of life. One of the few remaining ranchers in the Bay Area watches urban sprawl creep in from every ... -
BONDING short film, Fan Fiction Festival review (interview)
BONDING, 13min., USA
Directed by Luke Rex
A solitary figure at an empty bar, CIA clinical and forensic psychologist, Dr. John Flemington, is planning to visit his girlfriend in Mexico when he is pressured by mysterious underground operatives to join them on a secret mission. He really doesn't hav... -
WHALES OF THE HIGH DESERT short film, Science & Nature Festival review
WHALES OF THE HIGH DESERT, 22min., USA
Directed by Joseph Adam LeBaron
Whales of the High Desert explores the story of James Wickham; an Englishman who was reported to have brought whales to Great Salt Lake in the 1870's.
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REGENERATION short film, Chicago Feedback Festival review
REGENERATION, 3min., Brazil
Directed by Mario Fernandes
A sci-fi 3-minute short film with an artificial intelligence interaction.Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
I had been writing the film's story for a long time, just as a hobby. I had in mind to create a g... -
TAKE ALL OF ME short film, Chicago Feedback Festival review
TAKE ALL OF ME, 4min., USA
Directed by Declan Franey
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UNDER THE BED short film, Horror Film Festival review
UNDER THE BED, 1min., UK
Directed by Jeremy Sladdin
Horror legend Robert Englund, who gave us all nightmares as the iconic Freddy Krueger, narrates a bedtime story with a difference.