New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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1st Scene TV Pilot Script Reading: Kennel Club, by Jack Sherry
Narrator: Val Cole
Dana: Hannah Ehman
Angela: Kyana Teresa
Coach/Carlton: Geoff Mays
Thatcher: Steve Rizzo
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COMEDY Festival Best Scene: SAVE THE DATE, by Nick Pappas
On the eve of his sister's lavish wedding, a meek guy in desperate need of a date meets the woman of his dreams who agrees to accompany him, but when she's subsequently kidnapped by her lawless and vengeful ex-boyfriend, he must find the courage to rescue her if he wants to save her life and his ...
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Chicago Festival SHORT Screenplay: DAVID'S CHRISTMAS MIRACLE, by Michael Moore
In the late 1960s college freshman David and high school junior Jimmy discover a new understanding of their friendship. Although they must keep their feelings for each other hidden, they enjoy the developing closeness until an indiscretion threatens to ruin everything.
Narrator: Val Cole
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Fest BEST Scene Reading: Harrowed, by Aaron A. Moore (interview)
A P.I. is hired to investigate the disappearance of a homeless man. During the investigation he discovers the truth about his family and his planet.
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Lloyd (M): Geoff Mays
Caller/Chad (M): Steve RizzoGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
My...
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TV Festival Best Scene: DIE: Deadly Invisible Enemies Series, by Harold L. Brown
A renowned computer security expert loses everything when security is breached at the highest level of government and he enters an invisible underworld trading state secrets to the highest bidder.
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Narrator: Val Cole
Joe: Steve Rizzo
Kevin: Geoff Mays
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COMEDY Festival BEST Scene Reading: GENDER SWITCH, by Tristan Venture
When a newly installed 5G Cellular Tower malfunctions and causes a career-oriented woman and eternal man-child to switch bodies they must learn to accept their differences before destroying each other’s lives.
https://www.instagram.com/genderswitchmovie
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
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DIVERSITY Festival Best Scene: BUMBLEFUCK, by Lindsay Heiman (interview)
Stuck in bumblefuck nowhere and pressured by her family to join a campaign she morally opposes, an angsty teen (who's seen too many heist movies) plans a covert operation to sabotage her stepdad’s run for office.
Think Kelly-Anne Conway’s daughter, Claudia. A Gen Z teenager known for outwardly s...
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1st Scene Festival Reading: Mr. Pettigrew, by Larry J. Martin (interview)
Beau, having lost a leg in the Civil War, stumbles out of a cattle car at the little Nevada town of Nemesis. He's taken under the wing of Mr. Pettigrew, partner in the Angel Saloon and given a job sitting shotgun. Pettigrew kills the son of a powerful mine owner and Beau is drawn into the trouble...
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FEMALE Festival 1st Scene: KISS OF DARKNESS, by Michael McClung (interview)
In 1960, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has recently been evacuated by Belgian forces in the face of violent uprisings, leaving new Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba's, 35, shaky government to ward off both America and Russia, who contend for the rich natural resources of uranium, diamonds, co...
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ROMANCE Fest Best Scene: A Broken Heart & The Immortal Hen, by Benjamin Sarno
A teenage boy struggles to overcome a series of setbacks. Then he encounters his steepest hurdle yet.
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Bobby: Geoff Mays
Jane: Kyana Teresa
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COMEDY Festival Scene: Good Pussy: The Anatomy of a Crazy Cat Lady, by Bree Wyrd
When a suicidal comedian is involuntarily hospitalized by her family, her ride-or-die drag queen BFF and her unorthodox psychiatrist devise a plan to break her out, recover her eight cats, and help her rediscover her joy in life.
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Barbara: Kyana Teresa
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LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene: DOG PARK, by Harold Taw (interview)
In the comedy-drama DOG PARK, the deliberate poisoning of a dog forces three lonely people's lives to collide.
Narrator: Val Cole
Margaret: Hannah Ehman
Carrie: Kyana TeresaGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
In DOG PARK, the deliberate poisoning of a dog force...
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SCI-FI/FANTASY Short Screenplay: OKORO, by Gregory Earls (interview)
A scientist explores the choice between benevolence and hostility as he tries to guide his artificial human toward humanity.
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Computer: Hannah Ehman
Tablet: Steve Rizzo
Dr. Woods: Geoff Mays
Okoro: Sean BallantyneGet to know the writer:
1. What is your s...
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DIVERSITY Best Scene Reading: FOLKTALE, by Donald Holmes Lewis, Ziggy Dantzler
When four young siblings spend a summer weekend at their grandmother’s home in the projects of Pawtucket, they listen to ghostly stories from the past but find themselves trapped in a dangerous and mysterious folktale of their own... with a fortune in slave trader gold at stake that can save the ...
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WRECK music video, 4min., Canada
Directed by Curtis Jensen
Produced by Jean-Paul De Roover
Musicians: Jean-Paul De Roover, Scott Edwards, Jared Schaaf, Mack Davis
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DRAMA Short Film Festival. June 29.30 event
See the Full Lineup of Films:
WHY WE LEAVE, 13min., USA, Drama
Directed by Anastasios Ketsios
Why We Leave is a dramatic narrative about a married couple struggling to connect with each other after the suicide of their son.http://www.pushstopfilms.com/
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BREATHING ROOM: MOON' MARKED JOURNEY short film, audience reactions
BREATHING ROOM: MOON' MARKED JOURNEY, 13min., USA
Directed by Shinique Smith
From the studio of acclaimed visual artist Shinique Smith, Breathing Room: Moon Marked Journey, is a film meditation on breath, Indigo, and blue as a color that has long inspired Smith’s art practice. This new piece is a... -
MUD MAN short film, audience reactions
MUD MAN, 4min., Australia
Directed by Madi Lee
An unworldly Mud Man emerges from the safety of the ground to face the suburban world. -
BREAKING THE SURFACE short film, audience reactions
BREAKING THE SURFACE, 26min., USA
Directed by John Evans, Ani Javian
Breaking the Surface is a dance film about climate change, specifically, about the rise of sea level and the issues that are caused by that rise, currently and projected into the future. The film focuses on communities in New Je... -
KEEP MOVING short film, audience reactions (interview)
KEEP MOVING, 17min., USA
Directed by Colin Harabedian
a journey through grief
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU-VlgKN8Bh2UQbAPnpo6xwGet to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
I think there are quite a few different motivations for this film. In September of 2021,...
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MOVE short film, audience reactions
MOVE, 2min., Brazil
Directed by Bernardo Alevato
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WITH/IN short film, audience reactions (interview)
WITH/IN, 8min., USA
Directed by John Dixon
The inner world flows and changes like an oceanic expanse compressed into a series of moments that fracture even as they form. One woman finds herself unfolding into fleeting interactions that careen beyond her imagination; a thousand images of self and ... -
DARK REALITIES short film, audience reactions
DARK REALITIES - Script Movie, 17min., USA
Written by Pamela PerryGoulardt
An optimistic Goth librarian accidentally releases the angry, pessimistic Ghost of Edgar Allan Poe who demands she help him avenge his unjust murder by a jealous rival.
https://www.flyingcloudstudios.com/
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WORK IT OUT short film, audience reactions (interview)
WORK IT OUT, 9min., Hong Kong
Directed by Marie Yi-Qing Bouvéron
Resilience through Imagination: An ode to Hong Kong. A journey in between a disheartened and a virtual world.Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
It all started in 2020 when Clement Ferre approache...