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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  • HORROR Festival Best Scene: THE UNINVITED, by Matthew Domingos (writer int.)

    When two American soldiers go on a mission to an abandoned house in the Iraqi desert, what they find there makes them question reality itself.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Sonny: Sean Ballatyne
    The Chief: Geoff Mays

    Get to know the screenwriter:

    1. What is your screenplay abo...

  • TV Festival Best Scene: SUBDIVISION, by Casey Leary (writer interview)

    A tyrannical HOA wreaks havoc on a community until some "others" try to exist and then to rebel.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Geoff Mays
    Steve: Sean Ballatyne
    Gladys: Hannah Ehman
    Betty : Elizabeth Rose Morriss

    Get to know the screenwriter:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    A couple newcomers fin...

  • ENVIRONMENTAL Festival TV 1st Scene: ENDURE, by Dan Fabrizio

    65 years from now, humanity is at the edge of extinction.
    Countless countries have crumbled under the weight of a rapidly collapsing global economy. Many of the largest cities of our time have been wiped out by great wildfires or swallowed by rising seas. An unending heat stroke chokes all living...

  • COMEDY Festival 1st Scene TV: MUNCIPAL COURT, by Ross Fischer, Erin Higginbotham

    "Parks & Rec" meets "Law & Order"

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Erica: Val Cole
    Gil: Shawn Devlin
    Russell: Allan Michael Brunet
    Hope: Kyana Teresa

  • FEMALE Festival BEST SCENE: GOLD MOUNTAIN EXPRESS, by Gene Lassers

    The Nazis conquer Warsaw at the beginning of World War II and take-over the infamous Jewish Ghetto. The last shipment of valuables leaves Berlin for

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Sean Ballatyne
    Lisal: Elizabeth Rose Morriss -
    Hans: Geoff Mays

  • FEMALE Festival BEST Scene Reading TV: EXPIRED, by Wendy Braff

    Five female friends over 50 have had enough of being dismissed and ignored by a society that thinks of them as "expired." When they decide they're no longer going to give a fuck, their lives truly begin.

    www.wendybraff.com

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Sean Ballatyne
    Courtney (F): Elizabeth Rose Morr...

  • DRAMA Festival 1st Scene: MOONSCOPE, by David Fein

    Allen is an astronaut living on the moon, his only friend is Meg, an A.I. voice who only has a physical body inside his head. He is looking for habitable planets when one day the Earth disappears, making him the last human known to be alive. When Meg helps Allen hack into his deeper consciousness...

  • FEMALE Festival 1st Scene: ALL THAT YOU LOVE, by Ken Gire

    A teenager's idyllic life on a German farm is shattered during World War II by a ruthless Soviet invasion that separates her from her family, putting

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Mildred: Val Cole

  • LGBTQ+ Festival TV Best Scene: GOOFY FOOT, by Richard Redlo (writer interview)

    Eliot Glassman, 15, openly gay and precocious, becomes emancipated from his suburban parents and friends, following incidents of physical abuse. Freed from his troubled suburban origins, he navigates (often on a skateboard) the dangers and delights of his new urban surroundings. Through it all, E...

  • COMEDY 1pg. Script: AN AI'S NEMESIS. by Stephanie Kolar

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Ethan: Shawn Devlin
    Dylan: Allan Michael Brunet
    Nia: Kyana Teresa

  • LGBTQ+ Scene: HOW NOT TO WRITE A ROMANCE NOVEL, Suzy Stein, Fernando Perez (int)

    The world's greatest romance novelist has given up on love due to long-standing grief, but will his blossoming relationship with a younger man lead to a new chapter or the same tragic ending.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Bibi: Hannah Ehman
    Ezra: Sean Ballantyne

    Get to know the...

  • LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene: LORDS OF HOGTOWN, by Pat A. Brown

    On his 37th birthday, a licentious gay reprobate discovers he has a 21-year-old son from a high school fling he doesn’t even remember. Now a promise made to a dying woman force the pair together to find each other.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Wager: Allan Michael Brunet
    Pyotr: Shawn Dev...

  • THRILLER Festival BEST Scene: THE COVENTRY DECEPTION, by Michael Thomas Holliday

    Following the President's suicide, a reluctant Vice President discovers a covert operation that compromises national security.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Jordan: Sean Ballatyne
    Gorley: Geoff Mays
    Sarah/Secret Service Agent: Hannah Ehman

  • SCREENPLAY Movie: Chatter Chatter, by Mike Ede

    A terrifying sound wakes a man from his drunken stupor.

    https://instagram.com/Hankhilledge

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
    Ken: Steve Rizzo
    Voice: Val Cole

  • ! short film, audience reactions

    !, 6min., USA
    Directed by Jeremy Sender
    A sinister criminal takes a hostage, but struggles to strike the right tone in her ransom note.

  • BOSS OF THE TOSS short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    BOSS OF THE TOSS, 29min., USA
    Directed by Chris Harboldt
    While balancing a relationship with his girlfriend, a down and out cornhole player must compete in a high stakes, underground tournament to help his grammy pay off a bookie.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this f...

  • TAKEAWAY short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    TAKEAWAY, 2min., USA
    Directed by Joe McGowan
    A couple can't decide what takeaway they want for dinner.

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    I wrote this sketch as part of an assignment for a comedy writing course I was doing in my spare time. We were learning about list sketches and creati...

  • LADY & THE VAMP short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    LADY & THE VAMP, 5min., USA
    Directed by Peter Alexander Stass
    Two "creatures of the night" discover one of their own kind. Or have they?

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    This film is a proof of concept for a feature film called "Ackerman & Associates Meet Dra...

  • SHAPE SHIFTER short film, audience reactions

    SHAPE SHIFTER, 4min,. USA
    Directed by Monty Franklin
    A young girl discovers she can shape shift. Now the hard part is discovering herself.

  • Early Retirement short film, audience reactions (filmmaking team interview)

    EARLY RETIREMENT, 13min,. USA
    Directed by Michelle Bossy
    A 30-something year old man, on the heels of a breakup with his boyfriend, moves in with his parents who live in a 55+ adult community. Through confronting his own insecurities and examining family relationships and dynamics, he's able to m...

  • T'AI CHI MAN! short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    T'AI CHI MAN!, 3min,. USA
    Directed by Zach Brewster-Geisz
    A robbery is foiled by a uniquely incompetent superhero.

    http://zachbg.com/filmmaker
    http://instagram.com/zachbg7

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    My wife used to take T'ai Chi, and she told me abou...

  • TURKEY ON RYE short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    TURKEY ON RYE, 9min., USA
    Directed by Lucas Hule
    A short film about a man and his missing sandwich.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    It actually started as a fake 2-minute podcast I did for a college project back when I was in community college. I really ...

  • PEOPLE (GENTE) short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    PEOPLE, 9min., Brazil
    Directed by Maria Lagemann
    "People" tells two parallel stories. On a Sunday afternoon in Madrid, two young women have big decisions to make. While one tries to work up the courage to propose to her partner, the other keeps a secret that makes her question everything. This is...

  • PISS UP short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    PISS UP, 1min., UK
    Directed by Joe McGowan
    Two men meet in an alley after a few too many.

    http://www.thejoemcgowan.co.uk/
    https://instagram.com/joe_mcgowan88

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    Firstly, the true story this film is based on. It happened to my...