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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  • Science Festival Showcase - July 26/27 event

    A showcase of the feature film:

    SEARCHING: OUR QUEST FOR MEANING IN THE ART OF SCIENCE, 100min., USA
    Directed by Geoff Haines-Stiles
    How is it possible that falling in love, feeling connected to nature, and experiences of awe and wonder, can all arise from the material atoms of our bodies? Can ...

  • FEMALE Directors DOC Festival - July 24/25 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    SHAPING LADIES, 52min., France
    Directed by Sandra Rude
    This is a little piece of lingerie that seems to have always existed in the female wardrobe. However, the bra was only invented at the end of the 19th century to free women from the corset, which had been restri...

  • COMEDY Shorts Festival - July 23/24 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    THE STEVE & SUG SHOW, 20min., USA, Web Series
    Directed by Steve Kaplan, Sug Shin
    A sketch comedy show from Steve Kaplan and Sug Shin who go to great lengths to address the most common question on everyone’s mind; what the f*ck?

    http://steveandsug.com/

    REDEMPTION,...

  • LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival - July 22/23 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    LOVE ME LEX, 27min., Australia, Web Series
    Directed by Sanja Katich
    Work, children, family, friends, more work... Lex
    Adamson is in her mid-40s and doing it all - but
    without that special someone by her side. The
    modern world is tough. Forget about finding time
    for...

  • THE HEX short film review (interview)

    THE HEX, 3min., USA
    Directed by Chephrena Mbouombouo
    After finding out her boyfriend was unfaithful, Samara Nerium performs a hex spell that goes a little too well.

    https://www.chephrena.com/

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?
    May or may not have been inspir...

  • IMPRISONED short film, audience reactions

    IMPRISONED, 7min,. USA, Drama
    Directed by Nick Vakhouski
    "Imprisoned" is a thought-provoking short film set in a dystopian world where creativity is held captive by artificial intelligence. The story follows an artist who finds himself trapped in a white room, forced to create a masterpiece to ea...

  • A WORLD OF HURT: HOW MEDICAL MALPRACTICE FAILS EVERYONE short film review

    A WORLD OF HURT: HOW MEDICAL MALPRACTICE FAILS EVERYONE, 30min., USA
    Directed by Viknesh Saravanan Kasthuri, Alexander Si-Yuan Homer
    "A World of Hurt: How Medical Malpractice Fails Everyone" is a compelling documentary that examines the devastating impact of medical malpractice on patients, doct...

  • JOINTS short film review (interview)

    JOINTS, 12min., USA, Horror/Comedy
    Directed by Hadrian Lynn

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    I was and still am obsessed with the zombie genre, and have always wanted to do a zombie film. When the opportunity rose to make a 10-15 minute short film, I gladly t...

  • QUEEN OF HEARTS short film, audience reactions

    QUEEN OF HEARTS, 11min,. USA, Musical
    Directed by Linda Hildonen, Colby Michaud
    Jack is a lifelong collector who is trying to finish his deck of found playing cards. When he finds the four of spades, he realizes that he only needs one final card and is convinced that he’s been given a sign: surel...

  • I HATE MIRRORS short film review

    I HATE MIRRORS, 5min., USA
    Directed by Savanah Mears
    A narrative short film on the effects of negative self-perception. Mirrors don’t have to be a source of self-hatred, rather, they should be a reminder of one’s value, worth, and the inner beauty beyond what the mirror reflects back at us.
    savme...

  • The Monster reviews

    THE MONSTER, 15min., Canada
    Directed by Gabriel Després
    Alice keeps drawing a monster that seems to terrify her. Everyone in the family has a different opinion about this monster.

  • A WOMAN'S FACE short review (interview)

    A WOMAN'S FACE, 8min., UK
    Directed by Susan Lynch
    A woman’s face. A short film about the aftermath of suicide on a man’s bereaved wife. The story begin when Anna’s husband’s body is retrieved from a canal. Anna walks out on her young children and retraces the steps of her dead husband.

    Get to kn...

  • ANGEL NEGRO short film, audience reactions (interview)

    ANGEL NEGRO, 8min,. USA, Drama
    Directed by Eduardo Zamora
    In "Angel Negro," Eduardo Zamora plays a skilled hitman who specializes in taking out troublesome husbands at the request of their wives. Based in Los Angeles, California, Angel is a highly sought-after assassin who operates in the shadows...

  • SHE IS MY FEAR AND FEAR IS A BONE reviews (interview)

    SHE IS MY FEAR AND FEAR IS A BONE, 4min., USA, Experimental
    Directed by Kylie Heewon Park
    An experimental short film inspired by a spontaneous collective score written by multiple people. The director asked random people around her to contribute a sentence or two to build a narrative. Using their...

  • A FRIEND short film review

    A FRIEND, 6min,. USA, Drama
    Directed by Robert Riley Sproles III

  • ANTHOLOGY OF NINE SOULS short film, audience reactions

    ANTHOLOGY OF NINE SOULS ON THEIR WAY TO DEATH, 12min,. Italy
    Directed by Penelope Zouganeli, Giuseppe Circelli
    Andy the night watch was the cemetery gate keeper in Spoon river. He was overseeing the burial of all Spoon river residents. He was the silent observer of life in the small town, knowing...

  • WOMEN AT CONSERVANCY feature film review

    WOMEN AT CONSERVANCY, 51min., Brazil, Documentary
    Directed by João Marcos Rosa, Paulina Chamorro
    From the treetops of the Amazon to the desert valleys of the Caatinga, researchers stand out for their commitment and the success of their projects aimed at conserving endangered species of Brazilian ...

  • REVERSE reviews

    REVERSE, 12min., France, Thriller
    Directed by Christophe Lenoir
    With the help of her alters, an ex-spy with dissociative identity disorder hatches a plan to get revenge on the one-eyed, the man who tried to kill her.

    http://www.reverse-lefilm.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/lenoir.christophe/

  • PICKUP LIE short film, audience reactions

    PICKUP LIE, 10min,. USA, Drama/Romance
    Directed by Robert Sturdevant
    After her crush chooses a sorority girl over her, Kris uses time-traveling drugs to rewrite her romantic fate and claim his heart.

    https://robstur.squarespace.com/pickupliefilm
    https://www.instagram.com/actionbrickproductions/

  • L'ULTIMO SALUTO short film reviews

    L'ULTIMO SALUTO, 20min., Italy
    Directed by Vincenzo Palazzo
    "The last greeting" tells the story of an encounter. Vita and Valeria are two women who meet while attending a theater course, during which a great passion was born. Moment after moment, scene after scene, the relationship changes and Vi...

  • THE PRINCE'S DILEMMA short film review (interview)

    THE PRINCE'S DILEMMA, 5min., USA, Animation
    Directed by Devin Rowe
    The film follows Prince Philip, who longing to be with a prince of his own, must decide to follow the traditional tale expected of him or forge his own happily ever after.

    https://www.facebook.com/PrincesDilemma/
    https://www.ins...

  • FIRST SLOVAK PRIDE short film review (interview)

    FIRST SLOVAK PRIDE, 29min,. Slovakia
    Directed by Roman Strá?ai
    What is PRIDE? How it came about in Slovakia? Was the 2010 PRIDE parade in Bratislava the first one in Slovakia? Activists from the 2010 PRIDE team as well as Hana Fabry, Jaroslav Gyurik, which where present in queer activism in the e...

  • EARWORM short film review

    EARWORM, 13min,. USA
    Directed by Timothy Choi
    Forced to quarantine inside their apartment together, a couple struggles to maintain their identities after being infected by a memory-eating parasite.

  • SOUL OF THE CROSS short film, audience reactions

    SOUL OF THE CROSS, 15min,. Italy, Horror
    Directed by Skar Singh, Emma Mays
    Over the course of one year, 14 students from Champlain College collaborated with a group of Tuscans from Italy to bring a local ghost tale to life. From writing the script up to the post production phase, the team ended u...