New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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Heiße Luft short film, audience reactions
Heiße Luft, 12min., Germany, Thriller
Directed by Clara Louise Haas
The first murder of a serial killer.Director Statement
I started writing this film, inspired by a true crime podcast. I wanted to tell the story behind the first murder of a serial killer. During the production that aspect bec... -
Caña short film, audience reactions
CANA, 14min., USA, Dance
Directed by Ana Maria Alvarez
This film is an investigation of movement within a natural landscape, of rich textures and textiles in motion, and of the mystery of ritual. It provides a window into a private world of a group of women, dancing together unselfconsciously amo... -
THE STRUGGLE short film, audience reactions (director interview)
THE STRUGGLE, 5min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Keith Armonaitis
Adulting is hard. Morning is harder.Director Statement
The arts are one of the few ways that we can reconnect with our humanity As a writer/director, I think it is important that every movie that I make reveals something of the human... -
THE FIRST short film, audience reactions (writer interview)
THE FIRST, 14min., USA, Crime/Thriller
Directed by Emily McDougall
When her teenage sister starts showing interest in a much older, more dangerous man, Rowan must decide between getting involved, or keeping her sisters secret.https://www.cwuladiesoffilm.com/
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THE NEVER ENDING NOW short film, audience reactions
THE NEVER ENDING NOW, 3min,. France, Experimental
Directed by Damien Krisl
The Never Ending Now, edited in a loop and portraying its subject in a never ending circle, is a reminder to grasp the instant. Rather than to look up at what will only leave you wanting more.
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PRIMORDIAL short film, audience reactions (director interview)
PRIMORDIAL, 4min., USA, Dance
Directed by Madison VanDerLinde
A movement based film depicting the love story between Life and Death. Unable to be together, Life and Death send each other gifts, humans, to express their love for one another. An explanation for existence on Earth.Director Stateme...
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THE POWER IS YOURS short film, audience reaction (filmmaker interview)
THE POWER IS YOURS, 7min., France, Fashion
Director : Urivaldo Lopes
Creative Director : Steeven Kodjia
I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me." - Kwame Nkrumah (First President of Ghana). These words have marked the mind of Steeven Kodjia, Founder and Cr... -
A HAIRCUT short film, audience reactions
A HAIRCUT, 15min,. China, Drama
Directed by Anran Zhao
High school student Xiao Ruan likes her long and black hair; after she learned that the new school has a rule that girls must keep short hair; she decided to use the wig to disguise herself. Jiang Yu, the monitor who has been protecting herse... -
ACROSS THE OCEAN short film, audience reactions
ACROSS THE OCEAN, 6min., South Korea, Music Video
Directed by Heewoong Lee
"My heart for you is like the ocean..."
People grow from their love, just like nature grows in time.
A man finds his old drawing from his childhood and has a flashback of his precious memories that have been kept away for ... -
BE STILL short film, audience reactions (director interview)
BE STILL, 5min., USA, Dance
Directed by Nicole Manoochehri
An improvised dance film in collaboration with dancer Mélissa Guérin-Torres, Paris-based composer Arnaud Drieu and award-winning cinematographer Steven Fadellin.https://www.nicolemanoo.com/
https://www.instagram.com/nicolemanoo/Direct...
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FEELING SPECIAL short film, audience reactions (writer interview)
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...
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THE DARK ROOM short film, audience reactions
THE DARK ROOM., 12min., USA, Fantasy
Directed by Heesoo Choi
In a photo lab where you can develop memories instead of pictures, the owner and his daughter welcome the customers until something unexpected happens. -
THE IMAGINATION OF UNFULFILLED DREAMS short film, audience reactions (interview)
THE IMAGINATION OF UNFULFILLED DREAMS, 3min., Costa Rica, Experimental
Directed by Susana Sánchez-Carballo
The series “Imagination of Unfulfilled Desires” revolves around the idea of the unwanted maternity. This audiovisual creation opens up the possibility to reflect on the fact that the desire ... -
STILL UP THERE short film, audience reactions
STILL UP THERE, 4min. Ireland, Animation
Directed by Joe Loftus
A mortally wounded Astronaut awakens in the upper atmosphere after a catastrophic event. He struggles to remember how he got there and latches himself on to the only familiar thing to him, his own severed arm.https://joeloftus.art/...
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JEFF HILLIARD - ABANDON short film, audience reactions
JEFF HILLIARD - ABANDON, 7min., USA, Music Video
Directed by Jeff Hilliard
Dwight a 50 year old left over 80's metal rocker who's still holding onto his rockstar dreams while living at home with his mom and working as an Uber driver has a one night stand with Vivian a married lady who struggles w... -
FORCE MAJEURE short film, audience reactions
FORCE MAJEURE, 6min., Canada, Experimental
Directed by John Korsrud
Multiple layers of visual and sonic poly-rhythms create the foundation of Force Majeure. With propulsive drumming, intricate instrumental and visual cross rhythms, this exciting work focuses on the concept of tension and release,... -
EDEN short film, audience reactions
EDEN, 13min., France, Sci-Fi
Directed by Olivier PERRIER
Antoine is moving with his mother and little brother in a modern tower with green walls and a sustainable, self-sufficient architecture. In great psychological distress, he feels like a stranger to this new environment.https://www.faceboo...
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THE FULL CATASTROPHE short film, audience reactions
THE FULL CATASTROPHE, 4min,. USA, Documentary
Directed by Yolanda Reid Chassiakos
Ethnic Cleansing in Smyrna, 1922: A Family's Odysseyhttp://www.amphitritepublishing.com/
Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
I heard our family's heartbreaking story from my mo...
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REMAIN short film, audience reactions (director interview)
REMAIN, 3min., New Zealand, Dance
Directed by Kit Reilly
"Remain" explores themes of solitude and subtlety within the naked body. It exists in an abandoned space where small shifts in movement create tides of energy that swell and reignite a sense of hope. This project was self filmed during a Co... -
SHROOM MATES short film, audience reactions
SHROOM MATES, 5min., UK, Animation
Directed by Rosie Windsora
Inside a hollow tree trunk two mushroom roommates decided to spice up their evening with some recreational drugs. -
PICTORIAL WAY short film, audience reactions
PICTORIAL WAY, 3min., France, Dance
Directed by Laura Bonnefous
To give life by color, to make live the bodies and their emotions is the stake of this poetic and dreamlike film.http://www.laurabonnefous.com/
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LEVIATHAN 2.0 short film, audience reactions (director interview)
LEVIATHAN 2.0, 5min., UK, Music Video
Directed by Andy Mihov
Music video for Esprit D'Air.Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
The artist, Kai, had seen another music video I had created and reached out to me to see if we could collaborate. He'd written a song ...
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MONEY TALKS: THE LIMITS OF FINANCIAL INFLUENCE IN POLITICS (director interview)
MONEY TALKS: THE LIMITS OF FINANCIAL INFLUENCE IN POLITICS, 10min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Thomas Chen Hui Gilchrist
The history and importance of governmental regulation of money in United States politics.Director Statement
"Money Talks: The 'Limits' of Financial Influence in Politics" i... -
LILI short film, audience reactions (director interview)
LILI, 15min., Puerto Rico, Drama/Thriller
Directed by Brian Rios
A father and daughter must cross the border in order to find a better life, but the daughter cannot speak.Director Statement
This is my first short film. Being a Latino and a father the subject matter is close to my heart. I hope ...