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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  • FROZEN HARVEST short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    FROZEN HARVEST, 3min., USA
    Directed by Mark Fleming
    For centuries, the people of Maine have upheld the tradition of ice harvesting. Our team had the opportunity to join volunteers at the Thompson Ice House and witness firsthand this once-thriving industry's remarkable but vulnerable legacy.
    As o...

  • TO BELONG short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    TO BELONG, 18min., Canada
    Directed by Sarah Uwadiae
    A Somali-Canadian mother and daughter share their experiences as first and second-generation immigrants in Canada on their journey to belong.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?
    My experiences as a Nigerian imm...

  • DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON FRIDAY NIGHT feature film, reactions (interview)

    DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON FRIDAY NIGHT, 103min., USA
    Directed by Mike Schmiedeler, Michael O'Brien
    From EP Tom Morello - Meet former gravedigger turned doorman at the Park Hyatt in Chicago turned frontman to his own band, Ike Reilly. At 40 years old he landed a recording contract with Universal and...

  • AMPLIFYING FEEDBACK LOOP short film, audience reactions (interview)

    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://instagram.com/veebsweet

    Get to kno...

  • MUSIC Short Film Festival - May 18/19 event

    See the Full Lineup of Film:

    PILE "LOOPS", 4min., USA, Music Video
    Directed by Joshua Echevarria

    KINGDOM (PRAISE WORSHIP MIX) FEAT., 3min., Musical
    Directed by Ashante E Stokes & Ngoka Stephen
    Exploring sensory response to your place in the universe.

    LUNARCODE: THE LIGHT, 3min., USA, Music Vi...

  • Short Film Trailer: NIGHT FALLS. Directed by Stéphane Orlando

    NIGHT FALLS, 19min., Belgium, Music
    Directed by Stéphane Orlando
    Veronika Harcsa is accompanied by the Cave Cantores to embody the inner struggle of a singer living between two worlds, the classical of her illustrious cellist father and the jazz where she sees a possible key to more artistic free...

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  • UN$UITED short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    UN$UITED, 20min., USA, Comedy
    Directed by Tom Baldinger
    Greg makes the “bad” decision to walk away from his inheritance to become a professional poker player not knowing the tremendous risks and implications his decisions will have on him and his family and friends.

    http://www.624productions.co...

  • DAYLIGHT short film, audience reactions

    DAYLIGHT, 12min., USA, Drama
    Directed by Yaa Asantewaa Faraji
    A ballet dancer struggles to cope with the realities of her new life after one night goes terribly wrong.

    https://www.daylightshortfilm.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/daylightheshort

  • WHAT I NEED short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    WHAT I NEED, 13min., Romance
    Directed by Jake Skrok
    Two lifelong friends try to reconnect a year after breaking up. But on their snack run for one who is now pregnant and married they find there are still feelings between them.

    https://www.instagram.com/whatineed_short

    Get to know the filmmake...

  • LUCINDA'S PANDORA short film, audience reactions

    LUCINDA'S PANDORA, 17min., Germany, Drama
    Directed by Sylvia Piechocki Gonzalez
    A woman destroys the life of her new love out of nowhere and faces her hidden self in the shadow of this existence.

    http://goldenhoops-films-more.com/

  • DON'T TURN OFF THE GHOST LIGHT short film, audience reactions

    DON'T TURN OFF THE GHOST LIGHT, 11min,. Horror
    Directed by Allisyn Snyder
    Every stage actor knows the old theatre lore. At night, after rehearsal, after the show, you leave the ghost light on - or else.

  • PESTLE short film, audience reactions

    PESTLE, 8min., USA, Drama
    Directed by Sophie Nobler
    When thirteen year old Zara is caught trying to kill a fish she races home to escape punishment, only to then accidentally bear the brunt of her father's rage.

    https://vimeo.com/user52592096/pestleshortfilm

  • ALPHABET AVENUE short film, audience reactions

    ALPHABET AVENUE, 4min., USA, Comedy
    Directed by Jack Scotti
    A Sesame Street parody where a puppet asks a man to teach him something he doesn't know.

  • ONCE I PASSED short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    ONCE I PASSED, 10min., Germany, Poem
    Directed by Martin Gerigk
    Walt Whitman is one of the most important poets in American literature. His main work, Leaves of Grass, was written over a period of forty years, and describes human nature, society, and the natural world, both physically and philosop...

  • STRANGER IN THE WOODS feature film, audience reactions

    STRANGER IN THE WOODS, 87min,. USA, Horror
    Directed by Adam Newacheck

    After surviving a traumatic event, Liv's friends take her on a weekend trip to the woods. When her dog suddenly disappears, the relaxing weekend begins to unravel, as does everyone's sanity

  • SLEEPING WITH CLOUDS short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    SLEEPING WITH CLOUDS, 12min,. USA
    Directed by Collin Black
    After a one-night stand, two strangers wake up to find their bed floating miles high in the sky. In order to find a way back down to earth, they must set aside their differences and work together to find a solution.

    Get to know the filmm...

  • OUTRAGEOUS: THE QUEER HISTORY OF AUSTALIAN TV film, reactions (interview)

    OUTRAGEOUS: THE QUEER HISTORY OF AUSTALIAN TV, 60min., Australia
    Directed by Andrew Mercado
    Every LGBT milestone happened on Australian TV in the 1970s, years before the rest of the world. And nobody ever saw it, because the nudity, adult stories and queer themes from these TV series could never ...

  • ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS KILL ONE GUY short film, audience reactions (interview)

    ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS KILL ONE GUY, 9min., USA
    Directed by Jason Dugre
    Two stay-at-home dads who take on some side-hustle assassin work sit and wait for their first target to come home, debating about the best way to do the job.

    Get to know the filmmaking team:

    1. What motivated you to make thi...

  • PRONOUNS, LGBTQIA+ AND GENDER IDENTITY short film, audience reactions

    PRONOUNS, LGBTQIA+ AND GENDER IDENTITY, 11min., Australia
    Directed by Eve Ash, Peter Quarry
    Lore Burns and Peter Quarry share their personal gender identity experiences, and recount the challenges presented by traditional binary views. They provide heart warming insights into contemporary ideas a...

  • TWO OF US short film, audience reactions (interview)

    TWO OF US, 18min., Taiwan, Drama
    Directed by Eddie Chen
    Han, who left Tainan for a decade, returned to join high school reunion. After few drinks, they were bounded as usual. Han kissed his best friend Yuan, who were married to his wife. However by cherishing the friendship between, Yuan kissed H...

  • FIRST POSITION short film, audience reactions

    FIRST POSITION, 5min., Canada, Drama
    Directed by Mallory Clarke
    A person who hates all their clothes struggles to decide what to wear to a house party. At the party they see their ex-it’s-complicated with a new partner. A tense interaction sparks a nascent lifestyle change.

    https://twitter.com/...

  • The Art of Making The Simple, Complicated short film, audience reactions

    The Art of Making The Simple, Complicated., 15min., Mexico
    Directed Karla Enriqueta Noriega, Maria Jose Noriega
    Makos, a full grown adult, is visited by her mother from Mexico. She has to decide if is time to come out of the closet, after almost 30 years in secrecy.

    https://www.luckytwinsfilms....

  • NO ONE KNOWS I'M A DOG ON THE INTERNET short film, reactions (interview)

    No One Knows I'm A Dog On The Internet, 3min., USA, Animation
    Directed by Nate King
    "No One Knows I'm A Dog On The Internet" explores digital taboos, kink subculture, and ideas of privacy in an age of twitter porn and onlyfans. Referencing the 1993 New Yorker cartoon by Peter Steiner, King perfor...