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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  • FAIRY FINGERS short film, audience reactions (interview)

    FAIRY FINGERS (DOIGTS DE FEE), 22min,. Canada
    Directed by Siham Kortas
    Fairy Fingers is a documentary that tells the story of my son, who, despite his difference was able to grow up, take on challenges and realize his potential. It’s a story about how I, as a parent, went from a feeling of helple...

  • A BALANCING ACT short film review

    A BALANCING ACT, 10min,. USA
    Directed by Matthew Thai Cheung
    As highliner, Nathan Paulin, prepares for his next show in the French Alps, he must learn to not only balance on the line, but also his family and work.

  • RE START UP feature film, audience reactions

    RE START UP, 83min.., Japan
    Directed by Hirokazu Kishida

  • THE ATL WATERBOYS short film review

    THE ATL WATERBOYS, 12min., USA
    Directed by Antoinetta Hairston-Stallings
    ATL WATER BOYZ is a short documentary that examines the recent uprise of young, black males selling water on the streets of Atlanta as a means of survival. We will take a journalistic yet cinematic approach to uncover the ps...

  • THE LOST JEWS OF PAKISTAN short film, audience reactions (interview)

    THE LOST JEWS OF PAKISTAN, 12min., USA
    Directed by Alexander Nilsen
    Imagine a scenario where a teenage boy's compassion shines through for a religious community that was forgotten, transforming a neglected graveyard into a place of beauty and solace. That's the heartwarming story we captured in o...

  • THE SCULPTOR'S WIFE short film, audience reactions (interview)

    THE SCULPTOR'S WIFE: A LOVE STORY IN DOCUMENTATION, 25min., USA
    Directed by Traci L Slatton
    On September 13th, 2024, in the heart of Washington, DC—Pershing Square—a colossal tribute in classic sculpture will be revealed. The National World War I Memorial honors the courageous souls who sacrifice...

  • FISHING FOR LITTER short film, audience reactions

    FISHING FOR LITTER, 26min., Greece
    Directed by Sotiris Danezis
    Four experienced fishermen set sail at dawn from the ports of Kavala, Samos, Chios, and Lesvos in the Aegean Sea. They have been behind the wheel of a trawler since they were kids and have noticed significant changes in the last few y...

  • MANUFACTURING THE THREAT feature film, audience reactions (interview)

    MANUFACTURING THE THREAT, 85min., Canada
    Directed by Amy Miller
    For the first time ever, a feature-length documentary is examining the issue of agent provocateurs and entrapment in Canada’s national security apparatus. Manufacturing the Threat is a thrilling and emotional film, which examines a d...

  • INTERCEPTION: JAYNE KENNEDY AMERICAN SPORTSCASTER short film review

    INTERCEPTION: JAYNE KENNEDY AMERICAN SPORTSCASTER
    Directed by Safiya Songhai
    A bronze-skin bombshell rocks the world of Sunday Morning Football ---millions tune in, but few know the tumultuous story of Jayne Kennedy, the first Black woman to boldly run interception on the racial lines of American...

  • THE TOOL feature film, audience reactions (interview)

    THE TOOL, 50min., Spain
    Directed by Alvaro Mendoza
    The way the different wild species use tools may help us to understand how the animal mind works... And it does not go exactly as we have come to believe!

    http://www.generadocwildlife.com/

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    What motivated you to mak...

  • ZAMBEZIA: A WELL FOR CHANGE short film review

    ZAMBEZIA: A WELL FOR CHANGE, 23min,. Spain
    Directed by Amine Harboul
    In the poverty-stricken countryside of Zambezia, Mozambique, a seasoned community leader faces the formidable challenge of constructing a crucial water well. Meanwhile, he wrestles with feelings of detachment from his family and...

  • THE WEEDS short film review

    THE WEEDS, 12min., USA
    Directed by Gaofeng Tian
    The name of this film is Wild Grass, just like the fate of Chinese Americans.In 2004, the Philadelphia government promulgated the curfew law, mainly restricting the restaurants opened in residential areas to stop operating before 11 pm. In the follo...

  • I AM JUDIT feature film, audience reactions (interview)

    I AM JUDIT, 83min., USA
    Directed by Christiane Arbesu
    From award-winning documentary filmmaker Christiane Arbesu comes I AM JUDIT; a poignant depiction of Holocaust survivor Judy Sleed and her present day family. A fixture in the East Hampton community, Judy, at the age of 90, is finally lifting...

  • TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA short film review

    TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA, 20min., Ukraine
    Directed by Andril Andreiev
    A film about a yachting expedition to Antarctica to the Antarctic Circle.

  • HAKKI RISING short film review (interview)

    HAKKI RISING, 30min,. USA
    Directed by David Larson
    An immigrant from Turkey comes to America seeking a better life and after struggling through homelessness, finds success in the world of acrobatic pizza tossing.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?
    I love tellin...

  • ITS A BEAUTIFUL WORLD feature film, audience reactions (interview)

    IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WORLD, 47min., Canada
    Directed by Victor Kushmaniuk
    Join Global Heroes and adventurer Jeff Fuchs on a thrilling expedition deep into the heart of Colombia's lush and vibrant Amazon rainforest.

    https://www.globalheroes.com/its-a-beautiful-world/
    https://www.facebook.com/globalhe...

  • SCRAPS short film, audience reactions (interview)

    SCRAPS, 37min., Iraq
    Directed by Aaron Joshua Weintraub
    Mosul is still haunted by ISIS. The city’s recent past has created an uncertain future, and perhaps nothing displays the city’s instability more accurately than its spike in child labor. Razzan, Hameed and Maher are three boys from Harmat, a...

  • CANDACE feature film, audience reactions

    CANDACE, 77min., Documentary
    Directed by Joie Jacoby
    Candace Parker is one of the biggest stars in basketball – a WNBA champion and a pioneer who’s not only fulfilled the weighty expectations that have surrounded her potential since she was just a young teenager, but redefined what it means to be...

  • FLINT. FOR THOSE WHO DARE.... short film review (interview)

    FLINT. FOR THOSE WHO DARE...,18min., USA
    Directed by Raul Barquet
    Early New York City graffiti writer and documentarian Roberto "Flint..." Gennari, has the opportunity to cement his legacy in the art world half a century later.

    https://www.irtpictures.com/flint-for-those-who-dare
    https://instag...

  • NATURE Film Festival - July 18/19 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    AMPLIFYING FEEDBACK LOOP, 2min., USA, Animation
    Directed by Vanessa Sweet
    Unfolding visual poetry loops and transforms, advocating for the need for sustainable futures and community action.

    https://www.vanessasweet.com/amplifying-feedback-loop-in-prod
    https://inst...

  • DOC Feature Film Festival - THE HONEY MOVIE showcase

    THE HONEY MOVIE, 82min., Spain, Documentary
    Directed by Sasha Nikitin
    A man’s journey to show the true value of honey and its purpose for humanity. The film follows the hero for 30 days, thru 6 different countries, eating only honey for the entire duration of filming. It explores how different c...

  • BEST DAY short film, audience reactions (interview)

    BEST DAY, 2min., USA
    Directed by Woody Yocum
    An early morning bicycle ride becomes a magical celebration of Today.

    https://www.instagram.com/woodyyocum/

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    I have been enjoying mixing traditional stop frame animation with othe...

  • KARUPPU VELLAI short film, audience reactions

    KARUPPU VELLAI, 5min., USA
    Directed by Ram Prasadh Parthasarathy
    Two former lovers walk down a path of memories and regrets. In the start it was all so perfect and easy. In a world of cold, lost souls they had found each other. Life though, had other plans. With contempt and boredom settling in t...