New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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SPIN: NO MATTER WHAT short film, Horror Film Festival review (interview)
SPIN: NO MATTER WHAT, 3min., USA
Directed by Jim Vacca
In 'SPiN: No Matter What' a woman's seemingly quiet night home alone becomes a gripping thriller, wherein the classic power pop song's lyrics undergo a haunting metamorphosis, culminating into a suspenseful reality as the next morning unveils... -
THE FLOOD short film, Environmental Festival review (interview)
THE FLOOD, 1min., France
Directed by David Tessier
A political debate, broadcast live on a 24-hour news channel. As the speakers are arguing about social issues, water invades the set and floods the whole room. Nobody seems to notice ...
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HONEYMOON short film, Romance/Relationships Festival review
HONEYMOON, 4min., Switzerland
Directed by Anaëlle Morf
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THE PHONE CALL short film, Student Feedback Festival review
THE PHONE CALL, 16min., Greece
Directed by Jim Georgosopoulos
The short film "The Phone Call" deals with the fear and insecurity that two lovers experience after their breakup, regarding the possibility of reconnecting. In this case, the main character, Thomas, attempts to approach Anastasia thro... -
OPPOSITE short film, Student Feedback Festival review
OPPOSITE, 5min., China
Directed by Duo XU
An unscrupulous doctor who accidentally kills a patient because he is drunk. While hiding at home, he sees a figure standing in a vacant building across the street. Unexpectedly, this figure guides him to an unexpected end. -
FOR PETE'S SAKE short film, WILDsound Festival film review
FOR PETE'S SAKE, 9min., Canada
Directed by Max Sun, Massimo Russo
Based on a true story, For Pete’s Sake is a coming-of-age drama about a boy (LEE) who struggles to defeat his father in an arm wrestling match as he grows up. But when LEE finally achieves victory over his father, he realizes the b... -
WHAT IS THE FOURTH DIMENSION? short film, Horror Film Fest review (interview)
WHAT IS THE FOURTH DIMENSION?, 9min., USA
Directed by Felipe Marinheiro
A paranormal investigator examines an eccentric woman’s sanity, unriddling the apparition she claims to contact while confronting his haunted past.Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
Well,...
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OCD short film, Student Feedback Festival review (interview)
OCD, 1min,. Canada
Directed by Madonna Gonzalez
“Amanda, a girl with a debilitating "tick" fights to survive the war raging within her terrifying psyche - all while stuck sitting in a Psych 101 lecture.
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STORK short film, Chicago Feedback Festival review
STORK, 31min., USA
Directed by Khiray Tyrell Richards
A woman must navigate an anti-abortion America after her surrogate family reneges on their agreement.
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COMMON GROUND feature film, Environmental Festival review
COMMON GROUND, 105min., USA
Directed by Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell
COMMON GROUND, which features appearances and narration by Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Rosario Dawson, Ian Somerhalder and Woody Harrelson, is the highly anticipated follow up film to Kiss the Ground, also directed by the Tickell’... -
LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival - Jan. 9/10 event
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RISE LIKE A PHOENIX, 8min., UK
Directed by Carl Hunter
Rise like a Phoenix is a short, poetic documentary about Eurovision Song Contest fans. The film hears the intimate testimonies of what the contest means to them. The interviews are played over their black and w... -
STORY Movie: THE QUIET, by Bob Conder
Narration by Val Cole
Executive Producer: Bob Conder
Editor and Visual Design: Steve Rizzo
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DOC NATURE Film Festival - Feb. 8/9 event
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BEFORE THE OIL, 11min., Netherlands
Directed by Roel Swierenga
Deep in the mountains in southern Norway Odd Kvinen runs a husky farm. Teaching about the energy transition from before the oil was found until the present day, about respect for nature and choices we ha... -
SCRIPT MOVIE: Who Are you, by Pat O'Brien
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Sebastian/Cardinal Fraser: Sean Ballantyne
Shooter: Geoff Mays
Jeff/Paul Sr.: Andy Camp
Lisa/Sammie: Hannah Ehman
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OLD HOUSE short film watch, 4min,. Experimental/Documentary
About the depth of the hypocrisy of Russian invaders and coming consequences of their crazy adventure at XXI century. For in addition to the woes and sorrows the war has brought to Ukraine, the Kremlin's perfidious madness is destroying Muscovy itself.
Directed by Alexander Sparinsky
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FIELD DAY short film watch, 22min. Drama/Fantasy
On his way to work one morning, a lonely widower pulls over to explore an empty field, and then discovers he can’t return.
Directed by Kevin Hart
Starring John C Ashton
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DOC Feature Festival: IMPOSSIBLE TOWN.
IMPOSSIBLE TOWN, 90min., USA
Directed by Scott Faris, Meg Griffiths
When her father dies unexpectedly, Dr. Ayne Amjad is thrust to the helm of a decades-long struggle to aid a southern West Virginia town beset by cancer-causing chemicals. Haunted by her late father’s mandate to “help others” at a... -
LGBTQ+ Festival Feature Film: ART AND PEP. Documentary
ART AND PEP, 88min., USA
Directed by Mercedes Kane
Art Johnston took Pepe Peña home one night in 1972 and he never left. Together, they opened Sidetrack, a small bar that’s become a 16,000-foot pillar of Chicago’s gay business district. At Sidetrack, the community sings show tunes on a Sunday and... -
THE STAMP short film watch, 10min., Comedy
A satire on how to complete a task within government bureaucracy.
Directed by Sharon Mayo
CAST: Joe Hoenig, Gorby Mufan Shih, Katherine Burns, Nana Fobi Duffuor
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MK-ULTRA short film watch, 3min., Black & White/Experimental
A look into the MK-ULTRA experiments of the 1950's.
Directed by Andrew Hooper
Cast: Ian Foutz, James Frazee, Rick Boeck, James McGrath
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CRIME/MYSTERY Festival 1st Scene: VIEWING, by John C. Fitch III (interview)
After a supernatural experience, a street artist at the end of his rope goes to work for a billionaire as a psychic viewer but must fight his way out when he discovers that his shadowy employer is embroiled in a deadly conspiracy. Inspired by true events.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
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COMEDY Festival Best Scene: IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD SCRIPT, by Dale A Brandenburg
It's a story about a guy trying to write a movie script.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Pepe: Sean Ballantyne
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SCENE: Game of Thrones "The Rains of Castamere", by Anthony Hyatt (interview)
The iconic GAME OF THRONES ‘Red Wedding’ episode in the style of PARKS AND RECREATION: While a recently divorced wedding planner attempts to engineer the perfect day, a self-conscious groom tries desperately to discover who he is marrying, all while the realm’s most famous conflict mediator striv...
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BEST Scene Reading: The Walking Wounded, by Andrew Cahill-Lloyd
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Donna: Hannah Ehman
Dawn: Julie Sheppard
Noah/Monty: Geoff Mays
Levi/Ian: Steve Rizzo