New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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THE BINDING BELL short film, audience reactions (director interview)
THE BINDING BELL, 10min., USA, Crime/Thriller
Directed by Jeremiah Holt
A folklore professor is visited in the night by a student who has recently gone missing.Get to know the filmmaker:
What motivated you to make this film?
I wanted to challenge myself to make something with just two actor...
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OUR CROWN & GLORY short film, audience reactions ( director interview)
OUR CROWN & GLORY, 29min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Ashley Brajaé
A group of friends explores their hair journey and what it means to embrace black hair joy!Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
What motivated me to do this film is the fact that hair is such...
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THE PEACE OF OIL short film, audience reactions
THE PEACE OF OIL, 5min., Italy, Animation
Directed by Francesco Catarinolo
“Because oil brings peace among the elements. It takes on the weight of the ratio of the components. It removes the waste from difficult situations until they are easy. This is why it becomes black, so that others continue... -
GREENFINGERS short film, audience reactions (director interview)
GREENFINGERS, 16min., UK, Documentary
Directed by Max Hayes
Following fateful scientific reports, protestors pose the argument for a better future against the vested interest of industry. Small to large, individual to collective, where do I fit into this?Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What moti...
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LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival - Jan. 13/14 event
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COPI, 19min., Brazil, Drama
Directed by André Gevaerd
Renê, 35-year-old, is a Brazilian night hotel receptionist and complements his income with side jobs in order to pay for his 6-year-old son's pension. Copi, 41-year-old, is an amateur, Argentinian artist who mak... -
BLACK Filmmakers Festival - Jan. 12/13 event
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRANNY, 8min., USA, Drama
Directed by MaryLanae Linen
Happy Birthday, Granny revolves around an African-American family in South LA celebrating their grandmother’s birthday when an argument leads to an honest discussion about the truth about the deve... -
THE BLACK LEAGUE OF SUPERHEROES, 25min., Action/Comic Book
Miles Morales Spiderman discovers that an intentional injustice was covered up as an accident. To prevent this from happening again, he takes advantage of his gifts and "borrows" a powerful glove to summon his elders: Spawn, Blade, and Black Panther. The band of superheroes must then decide on ho...
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CLEANING SHIPWRECKS short film, 5min., Netherlands, Documentary/Environment
In the night of 1st and 2nd of January 2019, the ship MSCZoe lost 342 cargo containers in the North Sea. Plastics in the sea accumulates around shipwrecks and threatens the water quality of this UNESCO World Heritage Site. A team of experienced North Sea wreck divers voluntarily heads out to salv...
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MUSIC Film Festival - Jan. 11/12 event
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BUSTIN' LOOSE, 4min., USA, Music Video
Directed by Karla Puno Garcia
A young girl finds herself in an underworld.https://www.karlapunogarcia.com/
https://www.instagram.com/karlapunogarcia/BLACK COFFEE - MORGAN POWERS, 5min., Thailand, Music Video
Directed by Nat... -
Female Feature Festival - THE QUEEN'S ORPHANS. Jan. 11/12 event
THE QUEEN'S ORPHANS, 2hr. 13min., Brazil, Drama
Directed by Luiz Antônio Navarro Moreira Vieira Magalhães
Raised as Catholics by the Queen of Portugal, the orphans Leonor, Brites and Mécia are sent to the Brazilian colony with the order to get married. The hard adaptation to the precariousness of... -
777 short film, 7min., Canada, Musical Crime/Comedy
A young hostess at a seedy gambling joint gets in over her head when the place is ripped off by a gang of crafty musician-thieves in search of a mysterious box.
Director/Writer: Charlie Å
Cinematography: John Moon, Val Michailov
Cast List: Tamir Kapelian, Katerina Cordos, Shondarayan Ja-Rhel ...
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THE ORIGINAL Richard McMahan short film, 21min., USA, Documentary
The multi-talented outsider artist Richard McMahan is on a quest to painstakingly re-create thousands of famous and not-so-famous paintings and artifacts-- in miniature. From well-loved Picasso and Frida Kahlo paintings to more obscure intricate Maori canoes, McMahan has mastered dozens of genres...
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MISSTEP, 3min., UK, Drama/Fantasy
A banker is on his way to work when a careless trip on a railway platform forces him to question his prejudices.
https://vimeo.com/109683698
Writer/Director: Sam Brewster
Cast: Alexander Allin
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NO WOMAN, 3min., Afghanistan, Experimental
There is a world beyond our world, when it comes to a decision, there is always a big NO to WOMEN. in this case majority suffers from it but only few women take the risk and fights for it
http://nowomanfilm.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/No-Woman-Short-Film/1617210611832188Writer/Director...
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BOYCOTT THIS! short film, 40min., USA, Documentary
Exposes the darkly comedic truth behind the hate Israel industry and BDS.
https://pjtn.org/
https://www.instagram.com/proclaimingjustice/Directed by Stan Moore
Produced by Laurie Cardoza-Moore
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THE RETURN short film, 19min. Turkey, Documentary
The story telling the journey of the 3rd and 5th generation women from a family who had to leave the country because of the population exchange between Turkey and Greece. Will they be able to take their families’ soil from their graves to their homeland, Kavala?
Directed by Nesli Ozalp Tuncer
D...
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JOURNEY DOC Shorts Festival - Jan. 10/11 event
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INDESTRUCTIBLE, 29min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Jennifer D'Arcy Dial Santoro
If you loved Under the Banner of Heaven, then you'll love Indestructible.
It wasn't just the inoperable brain tumor and hydrocephalus that challenged young Emily Tucker. Her family's ... -
BALLET Feature Film - UNTIL DOWN, Jan. 10/11 event.
UNTIL DOWN, 73min., Spain, Dance
Directed by Horacio Alcala
Behind the scenes we are witnesses to Giselle’s misery: she sees her interior self broken and falling into a lonely and eternal dance that leads her to madness and death. She then descends to the underworld, leaving her soul forever dark... -
MEASURE, 2min., UK, Horror/Experimental
A woman contemplates how to end her relationship with her wayward partner.
Director Statement
I am interested in exploring the boundaries of fantastic genre and experimental film, both in form and content.Writer/Director: Shelagh Rowan-Legg
Cast: Victor Correia, Shelagh Rowan-Legg
Cinematogr...
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HALLOWSTIDE short film, 4min., USA, Animation/Experimental
Dreamy, haunting forms transform, then ascend into a new spiritual world.
Writer/Director: Steve Socki
Music/Sound: Gary Chang
Director Statement
Steve Socki Aritst’s Statement Oct 2017"Hallowstide" is a non-narrative animated film; it is intended to be viewed as a visual poem. I was inspire...
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DCS: The Ghost short film, 5min., France, Action
It's the end of February 1991. The Gulf War comes to its end. A flight of two F-16C are on a CAS mission when their Awacs asks them to reroute to the North. There, they will encounter a strange Iraqi MiG-29A...
http://jp-ferre.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jp.ferre/Directed by J.P. Ferré
Cas...