New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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WILDsound 1st Scene Reading: CHERISHED VICIOUSNESS, by Daniel Arreola
In a witty and elusive interaction among two intellectual career pros, Sophie and Alan meet at a bar and hit it off and create an impenetrable bond neither has experienced. As their relationship grows strong, they can't escape who they are and the secrets they carry and where they may end up.
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FEMALE Festival 1st Scene: ORIGIN STORY, by Ama Adair (interview)
The vicious attack that almost killed her erased all that she was. But not what she did. Elyse Tysoni s shocked to learn her taped confessions remove any hope of escaping her nightmare. Desperate for a lifeline, her only option is to be studied by Doctor Steve Bennett, a psychologist who speciali...
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COMEDY Festival 1st Scene: THE EXTRA'S EXTRA, by Mary Haarmeyer, Craig Beeman
Zach Roberts is fine with his mediocre existence until his new charity case, Gloria, leaves in search of “bigger things,” leaving him with her annoying devil dog, Jitters. Trying to win Gloria back and revive his YouTube channel, Zach’s older friend Jerry convinces him to join him on a movie set ...
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TALE & BONES - DARK PRINCESS short film, reactions THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival
Tale & Bones - Dark Princess, 3min., USA
Directed by Daniella Meggoe, Benson Jackson
Dark Princess is a psychological short highlighting the unique relationship between a grandmother and her grandchild. The innocent yet menacing ques are overlooked as something mysteriously dark is brewing.
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VERSIPELLIS short film, reactions THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival (interview)
Versipellis, 26min., UK
Directed by James Rigby
In this spine-chilling horror film, a young girl, Sophia, faces the dilemma of choosing whom to trust when an imposter infiltrates her home.
https://www.instagram.com/versipellis_filmGet to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make thi...
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CHAK-316 short film, reactions THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival
Chak-316, 12min., Pakistan
Directed by Shaheer Iqbal
Zara Ahmed, a driven and ambitious petroleum executive in her mid-30s, is on the brink of sealing the biggest deal of her career. -
PRIOR BAD ACTS short film, reactions ACTION/CRIME/MYSTERY Festival (interview)
PRIOR BAD ACTS, 15min., USA
Directed by Thomas Allen Gear
Marine Leroy Brown tries to protect the other riders on a subway car and chokes a man to death. His public defender Emily Ann thinks Leroy can win at trial. Their intense conversation is the last thing before Leroy has to put himself in pr... -
Nobody's Business short film, reactions ACTION/CRIME/MYSTERY Festival
NOBODY'S BUSINESS, 11min., Australia
Directed by Erifili Davis
Set in 1920s Australian underworld of sly grog and illicit narcotics, a woman must choose between love and her reputation.
https://studio138.com.au/nobodys-business-short-film/https://www.instagram.com/studio138dubbo/
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HUNTED short film, reactions ACTION/CRIME/MYSTERY Festival
HUNTED, 5min., USA
Directed by Eleazar Valenzuela
Two sisters are fleeing from corrupt police officers intent on their destruction. Sofia possesses something highly sought after, and the officers are determined to obtain it, no matter the cost.
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LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene: THIS IS BAT COUNTRY, by Kerry Ann Boyko
A washed-up vampire playing PI turns a murdered girl to preserve her testimony—but she refuses to play sidekick in his pity parade. Together, they navigate an underworld where identity is fluid, transformation is inevitable, and survival means reclaiming what others tried to erase.
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ACTION/FANTASY Festival Best Scene: DJINN, by Matthew Karram
In a Middle Eastern refugee camp, 16-year-old Saeed discovers a magical ring containing a Djinn (spirit) while hiding from bullies. The Djinn offers him three wishes. With his first wish, Saeed asks for protection from his tormentors, leading to the death of the bully Hassan. For his second wish,...
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THE TRIAL OF ROMAN WEINZAPFEL, by John M. O’Leary & John W. McMullen
In Indiana in 1842, an unhappilymarriedwoman accuses a young, immigrant priestof raping herin the confessional. His vow to keep the Seal of Confessionprevents him from speaking in his own defense. Aclimate of xenophobia and anti-Catholicismfuelsa sensationaltrialandviolent, shameful eventsthatult...
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HORROR Festival Best Scene: BELOW THE TRESTLE, by Allen Sircy
After his brother is killed near an infamous trestle, a teenage YouTuber sets out to prove the legend of the Pope Lick Monster is real—only to discover that the truth is far more tragic, and far more dangerous, than he imagined.
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HORROR Festival Best Scene: Vamp Snail, by Carrie Alicia Hawks
In this animated feature film, vampire snails begin a battle to protect their home, enlisting a cross-species brigade including bats. The tale takes place in Cancer Alley, a region of Louisiana affected by hundreds of petrochemical plants.
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ANIMATION Festival Reading: AMERICAN FAIRY TALES, by A. S. Templeton (interview)
At the dawn of the twentieth century, a pampered young American girl has her life turned upside-down by a series of harrowing encounters with fantastical characters.
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Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
In 1902 San Francisco, Annie Jane Moore is a pampered young Am...
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WILDsound Festival TV Best Scene: UPTOWN SANTOS, by Jonathan Ramirez
In the gritty streets of New York City an unlikely young man is influenced by the charismatic yet ruthless acts of his uncle as he rises to the top of a major crime family and faces unexpected challenges.
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FEMALE Festival Best Scene: ALL THE KING'S HORSES, by Nancy Franklin (interview)
In a 1960s rural community, a young girl navigates her coming-of-age only to discover family secrets of mental illness, love, and loss that change the course of her life.
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
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WILDsound Best Scene Reading: BLEEDING BEAUTIES, by Jason Parks
Inside The Laced House, a luxury cosmetic clinic wrapped in velvet and silence, seven patients are stripped of their identities and forced into grotesque fairytale roles-voiceless mermaids, sleeping dolls, obedient swans, and sculpted princes. Through invasive procedures, psychological conditioni...
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FEMALE Festival Best Scene: BEASTIES, Amy Kolquist (interview)
Desperate to escape her abusive, Christian Nationalist family, a teenage girl finds an unlikely ally when a female werewolf from a pack dead set on killing her family lands in her home, and the attraction they develop for each other forces them into a fight for their very survival.
Get to know t...
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LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Script: STRIP CRAFT, by Wilson Large (interview)
A former cop’s search for her missing sister leads her into the dark world of a witch’s coven, where ancient rituals and forbidden magic force her to confront her deepest fears and uncover the truth about her family’s past.
https://instagram.com/stripcraftmovie
Get to know the writer:
1. What...
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FEMALE Festival Best Scene: ZOMBIE HOT SPRINGS, by Candace Rose
In a zombie world, a badass waitress from Iowasets out to cureherzombie brother with a magical hot spring - while dodging cultists, undead flashmobs, and a sexy ex-turned-zombie- hunter. Along the way they discover that family isn't who you're born with - it's who you survie the apocalypse with.
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Scene: THE HARMONY SAGA, by Timothy Bradley Reinhold (interview)
The Harmony Saga is a five-part mythopoetic cinematic universe culminating in a transcendent sixth finale. Combining visionary science fiction, sacred myth, and philosophical depth, it follows the rise of a divine AI, the collapse of a galactic Church, and the rebirth of cosmic balance.
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HORROR Best Scene: The P.I.'s (Paranormal Investigators), by Krista Crawford
When a disgraced ghost hunter reluctantly returns to her hometown, she faces a paranormal fight for her life as she tries to mount a comeback.
Years after escaping a family and hometown that shunned her, Bates thought she had it all. A successful ghost hunting career and show, a beautiful woman ...
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TV FESTIVAL Best Scene Reading: IN ALL BUT BLOOD, by A.S. Templeton
On a colonized exoplanet threatened by a solar storm, an Eagle Scout escapes the safe confines of Alpha Colony to search the hostile alien wilderness for his missing brother.