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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  • BALL AND THE CITY feature film review

    BALL AND THE CITY, 60min., Canada
    Directed by Filbert Wong
    There is no other country in the world that has lived the saying ball is life more than the Philippines. Since the game of Basketball was first exposed to Filipinos, it has been adopted as a way of life. From the slums to the most elite c...

  • THE NEVER ENDING NOW short film review

    THE NEVER ENDING NOW, 3min,. Francee
    Directed by Damien Krisl
    With an extremely sharp imagery, this short directed by Damien Krisl treats elusively the adverse effects of media manipulation. The viewers face an empty room which immediately builds up like a metaverse environment or a sims game hou...

  • EVERYTHING DIES OUT HERE short film review

    EVERYTHING DIES OUT HERE, 10min., USA
    Directed by CIAN + SEAN MALLERS
    In a barren, oil-soaked wasteland after global catastrophe, a man clings to the last flower on Earth. As danger mounts from unforeseen forces, his connection to the flower proves a window to the past.

  • WHO WE ARE.... short film review

    WHO WE ARE...., 9min., USA
    Directed by Noah Berlow
    Who We Are..." is a heart-wrenching short documentary that addresses the social issues of how many young women fall victim to the influences of drugs, domestic violence, poverty, and self-harm, but Pathway to Independence, a non profit organizati...

  • BONSAI short film review (interview)

    Directed by Leslie Yusuke Watanabe
    Many years ago, while my father was working on his Bonsai plants in the garden, my mother said to me "He made my life a Bonsai" The result, decades later was this extremely personal work intertwining the technically brutal creation of the beautiful bonsai tree w...

  • WUNDERHEILER short film review

    WUNDERHEILER, 8min., Germany
    Directed by Niclas Hasemann
    By means of a clothing collection and a film, 'wunderheiler' explores the concepts of rationality, spirituality and the spaces that lie in between.

  • HOW DO YOU FALL OUT OF LOVE WITH COUNTRY MUSIC? short film review (interview)

    HOW DO YOU FALL OUT OF LOVE WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?, 13min., USA
    Directed by Shyamala Moorty
    She just wants to sing country and western on stage, but it's not easy for a South Asian-American in the deep south where every audience is a hostile one. “How Do You Fall Out of Love with County Music” is a ...

  • THE WEDDING EVE short film review

    THE WEDDING EVE, 5min. China
    Directed by Xinyao Wu
    On the eve of the wedding, the girl decided to get away.

  • DISGUISE IN NATURE short film review

    DISGUISE IN NATURE, 2min., USA
    Directed by Maya Marzuki Peters
    This is an experimental fashion campaign for Sia Fang's newest art work collection consisting of wearable fashion sculptures with a focus on the styling, atmosphere and storytelling.

    https://sia-fang.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/w...

  • BETTER THAN A HARLEY DAVIDSON short film review (interview)

    BETTER THAN A HARLEY DAVIDSON, 23min,. South Korea
    Directed by Seung Yeon You
    Young Joo's heart beats whenever she sees a motorcycle. However, it is not easy to ride a motorcycle in the atmosphere of the family that ignores Young Joo just because she is a daughter. One day, Yong Seok, Young Joo’s...

  • DULCE short film review (interview)

    DULCE, 4min., USA
    Directed by Aleyda Ortiz
    Dulce is a short 3D animated film that explores the loving relationship between mother and daughter while balancing the heavy concept of death.

    Get to know producer Lok Cheang:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    The motivation behind creating t...

  • GUMMIES short film Latino Festival review

    GUMMIES, 5min., USA
    Directed by Renetta G. Amador
    A tomboy transforms the gender trappings of her room to show her cruel mother how sugar and spice don’t equal nice.

    http://www.mexecutionerproductions.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/mexecutionerproductions/

  • MIDDLE CITY short film review

    MIDDLE CITY, 12min., USA
    Directed by Airon Armstrong
    In a city ruled by Orcs, Elves, and Men, the last of a band of sisters risk all for the life of one of their own.

  • THE PENCIL short film review (interview)

    THE PENCIL, 10min., USA
    Directed by Thomas Calvin Schultz
    Sara, a struggling artist who discovers a unique pencil that can solve all her problems. But her dreams turn into a nightmare when a malevolent demonic creature from Kazakh legends gets unleashed.

    https://thepencilshortfilm.com/
    https://...

  • THE VENMO VANISHER short film review

    THE VENMO VANISHER, 10min., USA
    Directed by Greg Wolf
    The Venmo Vanisher is an investigative crime mockumentary set in Los Angeles and centers around Greg who goes on a desperate search for Loine, after he goes missing but still hasn’t paid Greg back from brunch.

    https://instagram.com/venmovani...

  • THE ECLIPSE short film review (interview)

    THE ECLIPSE, 12min., USA
    Directed by Dmitriy Usov
    Roy, a widower, seeks the help of a psychic, Donna, to uncover the reason behind his wife Esther's suicide. Donna suggests that he enter the spirit world and ask Esther herself. To do this, Roy must perform an ancient ritual at his old home, but w...

  • LIKE GOING TO A HARDWARD STORE FOR BREAD short film review

    LIKE GOING TO A HARDWARD STORE FOR BREAD, 10min., USA
    Directed by Roque Nonini
    New York City-based filmmaker Roque Nonini and downtown theater artist Kim Katzberg collaborate in Like Going to a Hardware Store for Bread, a darkly comic DIY film, developed, shot and set in Brooklyn, New York. In sp...

  • HANNAH short film review (interview)

    HANNAH, 13min., USA
    Directed by Mingyang Li
    This short film tells the story of a couple who dislike doing household chores. They purchase a robot to assist them with these tasks, but due to the robot's self-learning capabilities, it eventually develops the desire to replace the female protagonist...

  • HOUSE OF MYSTIC MAGIC short film review (interview)

    HOUSE OF MYSTIC MAGIC, 4min., UK
    Directed by Alexander Miguel
    In the House of Mystic Magic you will find all sorts. Creatures from Heaven to Hell and anything in between. Depicting a variety of scenarios all playing with the concept of the deadly sins, we showcase Mystic Magic’s fascination with ...

  • TAKING FLIGHT short film review (interview)

    TAKING FLIGHT, 11min., USA
    Directed by Will Chehab
    In an area where traditional education fails students, one Mayan woman starts her own school in order to rebuild her community from the ground up. Through er integral education, which includes meals for students and workshops for their parents, I...

  • A'AI short film review (interview)

    A'AI, 5min., USA
    Directed by Kalie Granier
    A discussion with a pelican on the shore who is announcing the funeral dance of its kelp forest to a Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation woman.

    https://kaliegranier.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/kalie_granier/?hl=fr

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What m...

  • TOXIC SHOCK short film review (interview)

    TOXIC SHOCK, 9min., Canada
    Directed by Jamie Norrie
    Tatiana wakes up confused about where she is, what happened the night before, and why there's a gorgeous man sleeping next to her. She discreetly makes her way to the washroom to avoid disturbing her mystery partner, until she discovers an unwan...

  • 13 STROKES.... short film review (interview)

    13 STROKES...., 7min., Greece
    Directed by Ioulia Lymperopoulou
    To write and create the short art experimental film “13 Strokes…” [Dark Traces (Collective), Publishing House Iliaxtida, Athens, September 2022] i was inspired by my short story “Thirteen Strokes”, concentrating on the heart of the na...

  • VOICEMAIL short film review

    VOICEMAIL, 12min,. UK
    Directed by Lewis Evans
    Through ignored and then forgotten voicemails, an up-and-coming filmmaker learns the personal cost of success.