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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  • Frozen Love short film, audience reactions (with director interview)

    FROZEN LOVE, 10min., Canada, Drama
    Directed by Sebastien Begin
    A father is tormented by guilt, when he accidentally loses his only daughter to a car accident. He will reluctantly accept help from her daughter's mother. But during their time together, the two will rediscover the love that once uni...

  • One Shilling short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    ONE SHILLING, 6min., UK, Dance
    Directed by Monica Nicolaides
    One Shilling. A contemporary dance film where four strangers from different backgrounds escape everyday life for one night, drinking and dancing in one of London’s underground bars during the Blitz.

    Director Statement
    'One Shilling' is...

  • NEIN FRIENDS short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    NEIN FRIENDS, 14min., USA, Drama
    Directed by Lily Micheline Kaplan
    A college junior’s patience, courage, and perception are challenged at a surprise birthday dinner, attended by an assortment of nine odd guests, but nein friends.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this f...

  • WHEN NANAY COMES HOME short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    WHEN NANAY COMES HOME, 6min., USA, Dance
    Directed by Deborah Slater
    A story about a young Filipino daughter coping with the Pandemic and the nurse pipeline from the Philippines.

    http://www.deborahslater.org/

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    We are m...

  • WHITE FEMALE short film, audience reactions (director and actor interviews)

    WHITE FEMALE, 10min., USA, Drama
    Directed by Sarah Falkiner
    “Two childhood friends realize their lifelong connection was much more fragile than either imagined.”

    “White Female”

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    Sarah (director, co-writer, co-producer, Shell-Bell voice)
    My good friend, ...

  • WILD short film, audience reactions

    WILD, 7min., USA, Dance
    Directed by Lindsay Leonie Gauthier
    Wild is a visual, emotional, and kinesthetic journey following the experience of Lio who is having an unexpected encounter with a wild space for the first time.

  • ROOTS ABOVE GROUND feature film, audience reactions

    ROOTS ABOVE GROUND, 51min., USA, Dance
    Directed by Marc Brew
    This 45 minute physically integrated performance is a personal work that explores the multiple meanings of home. Using his own journey as an immigrant, disabled gay man and dancer as a base from which to work, former Artistic Director M...

  • YELLOW STAR short film, audience reactions

    YELLOW STAR, 18min., Ukraine, Drama/History
    Directed by Skobun Skobun
    1941. A small Ukrainian town occupied by German troops, where the Nazis organized the Ghetto. Nearby lives the family of janitor Peter, who works in the Ghetto and has unlimited access there. Peter's son, Mykolka, constantly ta...

  • 50 ML short film, audience reactions (with director interview)

    50 ML, 8min., USA, Drama
    Directed by Vanessa Powers
    A young man struggles with his sobriety while he and his wife host a holiday dinner with her dysfunctional family.

    https://www.oxfordcommafilms.com/
    https://www.facebook.com/OxfordCommaFilms/
    https://twitter.com/oxfordcommaflms
    https://www.ins...

  • Under the Tracks short film, audience reactions

    UNDER THE TRACKS, 6min., USA, Dance
    Directed by Alexander Petit Olivieri, Alia Swersky, Roel Seeber
    Constructed between 1911 and 1917, the Ballard Locks connects the Puget Sound to Seattle’s upstream lakes. It was originally operated and led by engineer Hiram Chittenden of the US Army Corp, from ...

  • 1 OUT OF 8 short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    1 OUT OF 8, 5min., USA, Documentary
    Directed by Jacqueline Kennedy
    '1 Out of 8' explores the challenges Sias faces while working in Construction. The short highlights a woman in construction, working extremely hard to break barriers and stereotypes in NYC and in the construction business. Over 20...

  • FIGHT THE FEAR short film, audience reactions

    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...

  • COGNITIVE DISSONANCE short film, audience reactions

    COGNITIVE DISSONANCE, 2min., USA, Dance
    Directed by Anthony Chirco
    A young woman ventures deep into the depths of her own mind to reconcile her cognitive dissonance.

  • MASK short film, audience reactions (with director interview)

    MASK, 15min., USA, Drama
    Directed by Peter Jang
    When a combat veteran tries to escape his PTSD by working out at a boxing gym, a confrontation with a mysterious man amplifies his worst fears.

    Get to know the director:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    Depression and suicide, in and out...

  • MEASURLESS short film, audience reactions

    MEASURLESS, 10min., Canada, Dance
    Directed by Xavier Curnillon, Louise Bédard
    ART DANCE

    https://www.lbdanse.org/

  • KATANA short film, audience reactions (director interview)

    KATANA, 4min., Netherlands, Dance
    A short dance film celebrating female empowerment, inspired by Asian culture.

    http://www.art-and.nl/

    Written, choreographed, and performed by Cheroney Pelupessy, the film Katana represents the reflection of her journey towards standing in her feminine power.

    “...

  • MAN FIRE CLAY short film, audience reactions (with director interview)

    A portrait of American woodfire ceramic artist Peter Callas.

    Director Biography - Michael P. Callas

    Michael Callas is a creative producer, writer and director with 12+ years of experience in entertainment in commercial, TV, Feature, and short/arthouse productions. An East Coast native headquar...

  • ISLE OF RUM short film, audience reactions (with interview)

    ISLE OF RUM, 52min., Germany, Documentary
    Directed by Sarah Vianney
    A glimpse into life on a remote Scottish Island, human inhabitants about 37 and counting...

    Interview with the Filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    During the pandemic, I felt people around me lose faith in thei...

  • A BIG RUN - MALAPAD'S MARATHONS short film, audience reactons

    A BIG RUN - MALAPAD'S MARATHONS, 5min., Canada, Documentary
    Directed by Reid Valmestad
    A Big Run represents the commitment, dedication, and passion that many community athletes share amongst one another. It aims to inspire viewers by showcasing the raw emotions, challenges, and sacrifices that ma...

  • BLEED FOR ME short film, audience reactions (with interview)

    BLEED FOR ME: ART OF THE DEATHMATCH, 28min., USA, Documentary
    Directed by Matthew L. Lenz
    What Does it cost to make great art? A lot of Blood apparently. This documentary follows various deathmatch wrestlers as they put their bodies on the line to make compelling art.

    https://vimeo.com/724285630...

  • TO SPEAK IS TO LIVE - FREED FROM STUTTERING feature film, audience reactions

    TO SPEAK IS TO LIVE - FREED FROM STUTTERING, 55min., Documentary
    Directed by Sonja Schütz, Sabine Schütz
    In the documentary, 11 formerly stuttering people aged 9 - 30 years tell of their daily, painful experiences around stuttering with its limitations. Stuttering affects 1% of the world's popula...

  • NEVER ASK WHY short film, audience reactions

    The unfulfilled dream of a young football fan became the catalyst to help achieve the dreams of talented young under-15 football / soccer players who come from very underprivileged and under-nourished families, struggling to meet their daily needs.

    'Never Ask Why' is the journey of Jishnu Mitra ...

  • OUR VOICE NOW feature film, audience reactons (director interview)

    OUR VOICE NOW, 56min., Documentary
    Directed by John Redlinger
    An in-depth examination of youth incarceration and probation in Los Angeles County. The film highlights organizations such as The Arts for Healing and Justice Network and the Antirecidivism Coalition, as well as testimonials from real ...

  • JUST LOVE STORIES: QUEENS RULE TOGETHER short film, audience reactions

    JUST LOVE STORIES: QUEENS RULE TOGETHER, 6min., USA, Documentary
    Directed by Tezarah Wilkins
    This short film explores what love and community look like through the vehicle of cycling and how one woman went from quarantine to QRT, Queens Rule Together, a Philly based global cycling community whose...