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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  • RUGBYTOWN ep. 1 short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    RUGBYTOWN Ep. 1, 28min., USA
    Directed Patrick Guthrie
    Having failed to reach their dreams of starring in the NFL, the players in RugbyTown tell their own stories of crossing over to become professional athletes in a new sport as they help the USA win the Rugby World Cup.

    https://rugbyfactory.tv...

  • ACTION Shorts Festival - Dec. 2/3 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    FIGURES, 20min., Canada, Action
    Directed by Jamie Hegland, Jade Yurich
    A Special Forces officer turned crime syndicate operative uncovers the site of a drop being conducted by one of the world’s most dangerous, underground criminal organizations. With his syndicate...

  • ENVIRONMENTAL Shorts Festival - Dec. 2/3 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    OKEFENOKEE DESTINY, 14min., USA, Documentary
    Directed by Suzan L. Satterfield
    A love letter from locals to a deeply mysterious and largely unknown swamp as it comes under pressure from a mining company that could destroy it before it gains its rightful protected pl...

  • Short Film Trailer: PARTING OUT. Directed by Susan Buster Thomas

    PARTING OUT, 19min., USA, Drama
    Directed by Susan Buster Thomas
    Two women search for love and missing pieces in a vintage auto salvage yard.

  • Short Film Trailer: DISCO SAUCE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF PENNA ALLA VODKA.

    DISCO SAUCE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF PENNA ALLA VODKA, 35min,. USA
    Directed by Roberto Serrini
    Penne Alla Vodka is America's dirty little secret. You can have it hungover from the diner, or for 40 bucks a plate at the finest restaurants. While it's secret origin might surprise you, it's sordid histor...

  • Short Film Trailer: GPS short film. Directed by Nell Dashiell

    GPS, 10min., USA, Comedy/Drama
    Directed by Nell Dashiell
    Kim and Jamie – an upscale, young urban couple – have just arrived home after an evening out with friends when Kim hears a noise. Fearing that a burglar may be prowling around downstairs, Kim dispatches Jamie to investigate. As it happens, ...

  • Short Film Trailer: LEXI. Directed by Chloe Chen

    LEXI, 22min., USA, Experimental
    Directed by Chloe Chen
    Lexi, a desperate actress, can't perform well in front of the camera because of her tragic past and introverted and manic-depressive personality. She can only release herself when she is alone. When she was hesitating whether to give up her a...

  • Short Film Trailer: LEVIATHAN 2.0. (Music video for Esprit D'Air.)

    Music video for Esprit D'Air.

  • Short Film Trailer: FIGHT THE FEAR dance short. Directed by Shyamala Moorty

    FIGHT THE FEAR, 6min., USA, Dance
    Directed by Shyamala Moorty
    In this experimental dance and spoken word short, a Dreamer confronts her fears of deportation. Set in a cemented river bed in Southern California, clusters of dancers push, drag, and carry each other in a dance of survival, while powe...

  • Short Film Trailer: FEELING SPECIAL. Directed by Carlos Hoffman

    FEELING SPECIAL, 5min,. USA, Animation
    Directed by Carlos Hoffman
    Animated film adaptation of the children's book, Feeling Special, about a Turtle who believes that all his friends are special, but that he is just ordinary, and finally realizes that he is special too.

    http://www.jenniferkurani.c...

  • Female Directed Genre Short Film Festival - Dec. 1/2 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    AURORA, 5min., USA, Animation
    Directed by Jo Meuris
    Once upon a time, there was a little girl who fell in love with a beautiful horse named Aurora...

    DOUBLE EXPOSURE, 8min., China, Action
    Directed by Siying Long
    The mantis catches the cicada, the Yellow sparrow is...

  • POETRY Reading: Virtual Gratuity, by Brian Spellman

    virtual gratuity
    about 10:30am a
    systems analyst seated
    himself at the boardroom of
    our exceedingly prestigious software company,
    snorting isopropyl alcohol through a paper
    mask while awaiting tech support for stressful
    presentation. he continued to transmit his
    intricate calculations between qui...

  • POETRY Reading: The Corps of Discovery, by L. J. Martin

    The Corps of Discovery, by L. J. Martin

    A President named Jefferson, he had a big dream.

    It would take special men who could act as a team.

    Jefferson picked Lewis, Lewis picked friend Clark

    From a camp named Dubois, now to make their mark.

    You can search for an answer, then find at your f...

  • POETRY Reading: We're Not a Love Song, by Ben Neuberger

    WE'RE NOT A LOVE SONG

    We're not a love song
    We're not gonna dance in the rain
    When you leave me there will be no stain

    We tried our best
    We put us to the test
    We knew and so did the rest

    Our chapters over
    But the story’s not done
    In fact, I think it’s just begun

    We’ll give It another go…in ...

  • POETRY Read: 'NICHOLAS' The Master and His Work by Patricia Poulos (interview)

    The Master and his Work
    by Patricia Poulos
    One, was this Master with his work;
    his hands, his mind, his eyes in unison
    to create each sculptured masterpiece
    of white marble which lived
    Nicholas,
    the greatest scuptor of our time
    whose gift of design and craft,
    brings a cold white marble slab
    into ...

  • POETRY Reading: America is More Than a Place, by Ben Neuberger

    “America is More Than a Place” — (Original) Poem
    By Ben Neuberger
    The strength of this country doesn’t just come from the force of our might;
    Or the power of our bite
    It comes from what we represent
    And the horrors we choose to prevent.
    Our power isn’t defined by the weapons at our disposal,
    Our ...

  • POETRY Reading: DON'T LISTEN TO HARRY, by Wayne E. Johnson

    Don’t Listen to Harry, by Wayne E. Johnson

    Business was slow,
    I had nothing to do.
    I sat in my office,
    Tying my shoe.

    I sat there in silence,
    And stared at the clock.
    And wished it were Friday,
    Or at least 12 o’clock.

    Too early for lunch,
    Too late for a break.
    I tapped on my desk,
    No decisions...

  • SCI-FI/FANTASY Festival Best Scene Reading: Simulation, by Peter Jang

    In the near future, a man practices for a date with his dream girl by running simulations indistinguishable from reality.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Grayson: Steve Rizzo
    Frank: Sean Ballantyne
    NPC CHEVELLE: Kyana Teresa

  • DRAMA Festival Best Scene Reading: TERROR AND VIRTUE, by Ernest Pysher

    A young, ambitious idealist returns home from war to find his king and country on the brink of ruin - and ripe for positive reform - until a bankrupt alcoholic becomes the unlikely leader of the movement instead and all hell breaks loose. The incredible true story of the French Revolution.

    CAST ...

  • FEMALE Festival Best Scene Reading: Ready to Mingle, by Olivia Belluck

    Ready to Mingle follows Dr. Millie Ward, a defensive self-help columnist for the clickbait-dependent news site Nova Press. Millie thrives on applying her analytical mind to patients she cannot see, snuggled in sweaters that ensure that no one can ever see her. After a lifetime of being told she w...

  • ASIAN Festival Best Scene Reading: The Pear Tree, by Hong Zhou

    Dong Sheng and Mei Ning’s cherished family pear tree bursts out in buds and blossoms, only to be wrecked by their friendly new neighbors. Heartbroken, they strive to help the tree heal and thrive, while at the same time feeling through a season of recovering from the incident themselves.

    CAST LI...

  • FEMALE Festival Best Scene: The Electric Eye by Kimberly Butler, Marissa Lessman

    A middle aged woman finds herself convicted of murder in the 1930’s. She is sent to an all male prison in deep Southern Illinois to await her fate for a crime she may not have committed. Based on true events.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Marie: Kyana Teresa
    Young Roberta: Hannah Ehman

    Get...