New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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SHORT Film Trailer: PSYCHE OBSCURA. Directed by Craig Oty
PSYCHE OBSCURA, 8min., USA, Experimental Dance
Directed by Craig Oty
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Short Film Trailer: SYPARIO. Directed by Fabio Selvafiorita
SYPARIO, 24min., Italy, Musical
Directed by Fabio Selvafiorita
Sypario is a film based on the music score of Sypario by Sylvano Bussotti.
The Sypario's score and the mise en scene on film realized by Fabio Selvafiorita consist of 15 micro-operas.
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SHORT Film Trailer: A BEAUTIFUL OBJECT. Directed by Odette Wanda Sugerman
A BEAUTIFUL OBJECT, 6min,. USA, Fashion
Directed by Odette Wanda Sugerman
A girls obsession becomes out of control as to what she will do to get her hands on a Beautiful YSL purse….
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SHORT Film Trailer: THE USELESS GLASSBLOWER. Directed by Holger E. Metzger
THE USELESS GLASSBLOWER, 15min., Germany
Directed by Holger E. Metzger
A fascinating short documentary on a traditional glassmaker deep in the southern German Black Forest, and his thoughts and feelings about what this 7000-year-old craft has taught him about life.Director Statement
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SHORT Film Trailer: THE GIRAFFE. Directed by Alex Balcells Querol
THE GIRAFFE, 9min., Barcelona, Action/Adventure
Directed by Alex Balcells Querol
The first real action of the Mirage F1 was impressive. At the very beginning of its operational life, the Iraqi Mirage F1 entered the “hall of fame” by killing some Iranian F14 Tomcats, by using the new Super Matra 5... -
POETRY Reading: A Letter To My Unborn Child, by Badradeen Mohammed (interview)
Get to know the poet:
1) What is the theme of your poem?
Education
2) What motivated you to write this poem?
I see the young generations are in need of guidance so I wrote this poem thinking it might give them an idea about life and help them grow wiser.
3) How long have you been wr...
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NOVEL TRANSCRIPT: The Kill Registry, by Brian Howlett (interview)
How would society, and human interactions, be different if we were each allowed one free killing of another? In this work of philosophical short story fiction, the narrator works as one of two designers at an athletic shoe factory. Ally, the other designer and a missed love interest, takes him to...
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POETRY Reading: BELONGING, by Anuradha Grover-Tejpal
Performed by Val Cole
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NOVEL Transcript: LONDON'S FALLING, by David Byerlee
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/16000068-london-s-falling
This is London if everything went awry and plunged into chaos as opposing, colliding forces explode to release a sleeping darkness.
‘Michael is made an irresistible offer by an expansive man named Constantine Czerback. A gangster... -
POETRY Reading: THE BEACH, by Elliot Stanton (interview)
Dark, death, painful, philosophical, sad, and redemption.
Performed by Val Cole
Get to know the poet:
1) What is the theme of your poem?
A person wracked with a terminal illness, reaches the end of their life and finally accepts the inevitable in an unforgiving, desolate setting.
2) What m...
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NOVEL Transcript: Elephant in a Safeway Bag, by Roderick E. Stevens
Name: Roderick E. Stevens
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ, US
Title: Elephant In a Safeway Bag
Genre: Crime thriller / Dramedy
Synopsis:
"Elephant in a Safeway Bag" follows the adventures of River, a feisty young man with Down syndrome determined to get to the Grand Canyon in spite of his scatter... -
NOVEL TRANSCRIPT: THE BUTCHER OF LYON, by Manuel Lasso (interview)
https://www.amazon.ca/Butcher-Lyon-Manuel-Lasso/dp/0985877022
About the Author
Manuel Lasso, a Peruvian novelist, short story writer and playwright, studied Literature at the City College of New York, where he became a winner of the Floral Games in the narrative category. His work has been publi... -
DANCE Shorts Festival - March 20/21 event
See the Full Lineups of Films:
OFRENDA, 9min., Mexico, Dance
Directed by Claudia Lavista, Alexander Dahm
Grief is a dark, complex, mysterious territory that can seem almost inaccessible.https://www.facebook.com/ClaudiaLavista
https://www.instagram.com/ClaudiaLavistaSILHOUETTE, 9min., USA, D...
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POETRY Reading: MAD CAT, by D. C. MacLean (interview
MAD CAT, by D. C. MacLean
After Nemo the psycho cat disappeared
There was no one left to murder the birds
Neither the weeds nor the moss
Sci Fi worlds becoming real in our backyardRemembering the small monster on the roof of the shed
Her howling angry and sublime, circling the earth
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POETRY Reading: TO CHRISTOPH MULLER, by Ileana D Vasquez
TO CHRISTOPH MULLER, by Ileana D Vasquez
In the wind drift sweet memories
Tender fragments of you
To the honey-colored moon
They travel
A Radiant, bewitched moon.Arduously seeping out of our radiant heart
A longing heart.Yet inside
We, enveloped by a glorious light
Our souls unite
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Novel Transcript: I SWIPED WRONG, by Mariani Coito
Galavanting around an online dating world in which people ghost, lie, and cheat, Mariani Coito recounts her experiences with men in South Florida. Each chapter demonstrates a glimpse into the common complications of modern day dating.
While she swipes through the men around her, hoping to find l...
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SCI-FI/FANTASY Short Film Festival - March 18/19 event
See the Full Lineup of Films:
EOSPHERE, 16min., Canada
Directed by Kolton Alexander NowaczynskiA grieving scientist struggles to accept help from his robotic creation; which is trying to address the cause of his guilt.
https://www.instagram.com/eospherefilm/
TRIGGERED (Fan Fiction), 21min., ...
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CLIMATE Short Film Festival - March 19/20
See the Full Lineup of Films:
FIELDS OF DEVOTION, 29min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Dena Katzen Seidel, Micah Seidel
Across America, small family farms are racing against climate change. Unpredictable weather and new diseases are destroying the very crops they depend upon. In New Jersey, when... -
COMEDY Shorts Festival - March 16/17 event
See the Full Lineup of Films:
MOVING VIOLATION, 4min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Eric Bergemann
A traffic stop triggers relationship issues.THE STALL, 6min, USA, Comedy
Directed by Chris Meroia
A groom on the run from his wedding, a man in a wheelchair with a desperate need to crap - who will w... -
BRING BACK THE WHISTLE DOG short film, audience reactions (interview)
BRING BACK THE WHISTLE DOG, 18min., Canada
Directed by Bob Simpson
Fast food menu items come and go, but none have ignited lasting passion quite like Canadian restaurant chain A&W’s Whistle Dog. This “hot dogumentary” profiles diehard fans fighting the good fight to bring back the iconic dog.Ge...
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CNTRL short film, audience reactions
CNTRL, 6min., Canada
Directed by Marco Ciardullo, Alex Laframboise
Musical evolution and cultural development have worked in tandem for decades. Electronic music and its subgenres represent the idea of unification through a single art form, orchestrated by a Disc Jockey (DJ). This documentary exp... -
We are Gurung short film, audience reactions
WE ARE GURUNG, 40min., Japan, Documentary
Directed by
A Gurung village at the foot of the Himalayas in Nepal.
In that village, there is a custom that marriage is decided by parents.
A marriage proposal comes to a girl...Director Statement
The theme is old customs and views on marriage.
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The Useless Glassblower film, audience reactions (director/subject interview)
THE USELESS GLASSBLOWER, 15min., Germany
Directed by Holger E. Metzger
A fascinating short documentary on a traditional glassmaker deep in the southern German Black Forest, and his thoughts and feelings about what this 7000-year-old craft has taught him about life.Director Statement
I am intere... -
GEARHEADS short film, audience reactions (director interview)
GEARHEADS, 7min. USA
Directed by Dan Abrusci
Gearheads follows the story of Browner Sound, a company that has been producing high-quality audio gear for over 10 years. Through interviews and conversations with the founders, We get an inside look into the development process and the passion of the...