New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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SHADOW film, reactions March 2026 CHICAGO Festival
PIGMENT, 1min., USA
Directed by Clint Macy
Two dancers navigate an empty space and leave their mark. -
RESONANCE film, reactions UNDER 5 MINUTE Festival
RESONANCE, 1min., Canada
Directed by Junsen Liu
A silent harmony bridging souls
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MY WORLD film, reactions UNDER 5 MINUTE Festival
MY WORLD, 3min., Norway
Directed by Stein Henningsen
MY WORLD is a poetic short film documenting a live art performance in the Arctic wilderness of Svalbard, captured in a single continuous shot. The documentation is a meditation on fragility, repetition, and human responsibility.
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THE UNARMED: Firelock Silhouettes film, reactions UNDER 5 MINUTE Festival
The Unarmed: Firelock Silhouettes, 2min., China
Directed by Suyu SUN
In a land embraced by mountains, rituals repeat across generations: young men have their heads shaved, receive gunpowder and firearms, and become inheritors of the village's cultural memory. Beyond the ritual, a pair of eyes has... -
YOUR HOME! YOUR FAMILY! ME! film, reactions UNDER 5 MINUTE Festival
YOUR HOME! YOUR FAMILY! ME!, 3min., Liechtenstein
Directed by Lukas Peter Gütling
YOUR HOME! YOUR FAMILY! ME! is a short film about a young individual who left the known certain ways to see what's in the unknown. While doing so a certain someone is getting a very important call which explains the... -
Watch Today's FREE Festival: ENVIRONMENTAL Feature - THE TASTE OF NATURE II
THE TASTE OF NATURE II, 62min., Japan
Directed by Tateyuki Adachi
Because it was a rare variety with a distinctive floral and fruity aroma, making Ecuador the world's leading cacao producer. However, about 100 years ago, two diseases caused the cacao to become extinct.
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MLB Opening Day on Netflix: Yankees vs Giants
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Best of ENVIRONMENTAL Shorts Festival
Breaking Ice: The Making of Cracks In the Ice, 5min., USA
Directed by Jason Lindsey
“Breaking Ice” follows photographer Jason Lindsey as he creates his “Cracks in the Ice” series, prompted by his son's question about what the world will look like due to climate change. Unable to give clear answer... -
Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of ENVIRONMENTAL Shorts Festival
Breaking Ice: The Making of Cracks In the Ice, 5min., USA
Directed by Jason Lindsey
“Breaking Ice” follows photographer Jason Lindsey as he creates his “Cracks in the Ice” series, prompted by his son's question about what the world will look like due to climate change. Unable to give clear answer... -
Podcast: EP. 1734: Filmmaker Julius Corbin (FOREVER DAMNED)
Forever Damned, 21min., USA
Directed by Julius Corbin
Two brothers born into slavery were given a choice of freedom but they had to pay the ultimate price... their own mortality. Now cursed as vampires, the brothers must fight for salvation and escape from the shadows.
https://instagram.com...
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Podcast: EP. 1733: Filmmaker Eliza Goodwin (THE POMEGRANATE THEORY)
Directed by Eliza Goodwin
The Pomegranate Theory is a 10-minute short film in the genre of fantasy realism. The film takes place in a society where people wear animal masks to represent their inner selves. Muyal, a young woman who bears the mask of a rabbit, is beginning to lose herself by allow...
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Watch Today's FREE Festival: Winning WILDsound Feature: THE FLESH PEOPLE
THE FLESH PEOPLE, 105min., USA
Directed by Keshav Srinivasan
Two roommates, desperate to feel successful in the milieu of New York City, turn to macabre money-making schemes by performing underground surgeries and serving human meat to unsuspecting customers.
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Watch Today's FREE Festival: WILDsound Feature DOC: SARIKA
SARIKA, 89min., Israel
Directed by Malka Shabtay
This is a story about a woman named Sarika, my mother - "the lady who records"...
"Addicted" to documenting her life in photos and video, and to the memories they bring up for her, over and over again.
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Best of WILDsound Shorts Festival
LUTEAL, 15min., Canada
Directed by Robert Morrison
Caught between intimacy and isolation, Abbie wants to move in with her partner when she’s at her best but retreats each month during the luteal phase of her menstrual cycle. Her partner, Kar, struggles to navigate these tumultuous waters, strivin... -
Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of WILDsound Shorts Festival
LUTEAL, 15min., Canada
Directed by Robert Morrison
Caught between intimacy and isolation, Abbie wants to move in with her partner when she’s at her best but retreats each month during the luteal phase of her menstrual cycle. Her partner, Kar, struggles to navigate these tumultuous waters, strivin... -
Podcast: Filmmaker Don Scioli (Who Wants to Live Forever: The Wisdom of Aging)
Don Scioli chats with Matthew Toffolo about this latest feature documentary.
Who Wants to Live Forever, the Wisdom of Aging is a one-hour documentary film about the myths, facts and contradictions in the never-ending battle for both longevity and healthy aging, produced by Zan Media. The filmma...
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BLINK short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
BLINK, 16min., USA
Directed by Trude Namara
Liana is trapped in this psychological thriller, an extended metaphor for how friends/communities can be monsters, forcing one to stay in a toxic relationship. -
IMBROGLIO short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
Imbroglio, 15min., UK
Directed by Ian Sciacaluga
“Imbroglio” is set in a timeless and imaginary Italian world and is a loving nod to the arch Hollywood and European film noirs of the forties and fifties.
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HEY, YOU short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
Hey, You!, 9min., USA
Directed by NickyJoe Perez
A young woman in Chicago needs to make a decision through the course of a day in her life.
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KRISIS short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
KRISIS, 11min., Italy
DIrected by Luca Mazzara
"Krisis" is a short movie that follows the emotional journey of a woman facing mental and physical illness and the isolation caused by painful events. Through the contact with nature, she transforms suffering into a new interpretation of life, discov... -
FOREVER DAMNED short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
Forever Damned, 21min., USA
Directed by Julius Corbin
Two brothers born into slavery were given a choice of freedom but they had to pay the ultimate price... their own mortality. Now cursed as vampires, the brothers must fight for salvation and escape from the shadows.
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BEST KEPT SECRET short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
BEST KEPT SECRET, 12min., USA
Directed by Sarah Vansandt
Mattress shopping turns into a nightmare for a couple who find themselves trapped in a furniture store after hours, confronting the store’s dark secret. -
A FAMILIAR CRIMINAL short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
A Familiar Criminal, 8min., USA
Directed by Claudia Parker
A Nepalese man is fleeing the shadow of a string of violent robberies that left a life tragically lost and several injured. -
KERHONKSON film, reactions DOC Festival
KERHONKSON, 14min., USA
Directed by Kate Anne Thorpe
"Kerhonkson" is a short documentary film that paints the picture of a very small town in the Hudson Valley of Upstate New York, as told through the voices of Vishal Patel, Chris Kelder, Claudia Sidoti, Christopher Weathered, Paul Weathered, Mel...