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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New Releases
  • SCRIPT MOVIE: White Chocolate, by Cecil Harris

    The killing of a teenage basketball prodigy in New York presents a life-threatening challenge for a beautiful Latina detective and her partner.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Erika: Val Cole
    Sam: Geoff Mays
    Serrano: Shawn Devlin
    Milagros: Julie Sheppard

  • SCREENPLAY MOVIE: Geva's Way, by Rebecca Robinson

    Overbearing father! Complacent mother! Frustrated dreams! Watch how Geva, against all odds, makes her dreams come true.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Geoffrey: Geoff Mays
    Geva: Val Cole
    Hugh: Shawn Devlin
    Gruffudd: Steve Rizzo

  • UNDER 5 Minute Festival: Feb. 27/28 event

    See the full lineup of films:

    FOUR MOM, 2min., Israel
    Directed by Itay Semo
    "FOUR MOM" is a short animated film displaying an ordinary morning in the life of a single working mom of 4.

    https://www.instagram.com/semo16itay

    Watch the audience feedback video:
    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/aud...

  • CHEAT MEAL, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival

    Cheat Meal, 16min., USA
    Directed by Drew Bierut
    Suspicious that his girlfriend is cheating on him with her new personal trainer, Owen decides to take matters into his own hands. What he discovers is far more difficult to digest.

    https://www.instagram.com/drewbierut/

  • ORANGE BLUES 24, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival

    ORANGE BLUES 24, 5min., USA
    Directed by Alyssa Dann
    One man seeks refuge from the world's crazy in the arms of his muse -- the love of his life! Alyssa Dann has taken this tongue-in-cheek Blues piece and brought it to life in a charming manner.

    https://oledudesongs.com/

  • REVOLTE, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival (interview)

    REVOLTE, 3min., Germany
    Directed by Julia Klawonn, Alexander Resch
    In 1932, the author Klara and the journalist Friedrich meet in the artists' bar „Luise" in Berlin. Klara is involved in the women's movement and wants Friedrich to help her print leaflets with the text: "Against the degradation of...

  • SPACE TRASH, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival (interview)

    Space Trash, 9min,. USA
    Directed by James Jarosz
    Short film and first installment of web series. A galactic garbage collector picks up a seemingly innocuous piece of space junk but it turns out to be more than he bargained for. This sci-fi action comedy will have you laughing, entertained and wan...

  • MORE THAN, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival

    More Than, 19min,. USA
    Directed by Stephanie Strauss
    After a year of aggressive treatment for metastatic breast cancer, Nina is processing her past trauma and her unexpected future. When a team of artists offer her a unique opportunity to explore healing through the performing arts, Nina is gifte...

  • ROCK ISLAND PRISON 1864, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival

    Rock Island Prison 1864, 7min,. USA
    Directed by Joy Shannon
    Guarding Confederate POWS in a Civil War prison, a runaway slave now Union soldier, desperately fights for power, or faces returning to slavery.

    https://www.rockislandprison.com/

  • MY BLOCK MY HERO, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival (interview)

    My Block My Hero, 25min., USA
    Directed by Gina D'Onofrio
    Jahmal Cole is the founder of My Block My Hood My City, a Chicago-based non-profit with a mission to inspire youth and empower local communities. He has been shot twice in his day-to-day life, an unfortunate reality that the teenagers and c...

  • FOR ALL I KNOW, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival

    For All I Know, 10min., USA
    Directed by Sam Sabawi
    An unexpected visit from her estranged daughter throws a pharmacist with OCD into a maelstrom of her darkest fears. As a buried history of postpartum intrusive thoughts resurfaces, she faces a harrowing choice: confront them or risk losing the ch...

  • THE LITTERBUG, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival

    The Litterbug, 9min., USA
    Directed by Jesse Womack
    Park Ranger Charlie and her young recruit Ranger Casey track down a serial litterer, the Litterbug.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28315183/
    https://www.instagram.com/jessewoooooomack/

  • Jeff Hilliard - Abandon, 7min., USA, Music Video

    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 with letting go of her wild side.

    http://www.jeffhilliard.tv/
    https://insta...

  • Winning Comedy Feature Film: COMIC IN COVID. Feb. 25/26 event

    COMIC IN COVID, 127min., USA
    Directed by Michael T. O'Brien
    An out of work comic, due to Covid-19, practices his routines in his car because the walls in his apartment are too thin and he doesn't want to disturb the neighbors.

    watch the audience feedback video:
    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/...

  • THE LAST HOUSEBOAT, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival (interview)

    The Last Houseboat, 31min., USA
    Directed by Colin D'Amelio
    The Last Houseboat is a heartfelt short documentary that delves into the history of a unique wooden vessel, lovingly crafted by a family patriarch in 1970. Anchored on the Rhode Island coast for over 50 years, the houseboat became more th...

  • BEEHOLD, reactions CHICAGO Feedback Festival (interview)

    Beehold, 18min., USA
    Directed by Ben Berry
    From his work with local nuns looking for answers about their barren apple trees to his consulting with golf courses in natural habitat management to classrooms, and his own design workshop – he is a true beeliever in the good story – the gospel of abun...

  • The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival

    The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China, 23min., Singapore
    Directed by Bill Callahan, Kieran Hanson
    What can noses tell us Chinese identity, and the PRC's increasingly important place in the world?

  • I AM 18, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival

    I Am 18, 40min., India
    Directed by Sasi Kumar
    "I am 18" is a powerful documentary set in India that delves into the lives of young adults as they reach the significant milestone of turning 18. This age marks a pivotal moment in many cultures and societies, symbolizing the transition from adolesce...

  • ARCTIC POLAR BEAR MOTHERS, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival

    Arctic Polar Bear Mothers, 16min., USA
    Directed by Carol J. Amore
    Immerse yourself in the "Seasons of Life"
    of a heroic Polar Bear Mother who has to
    protect and provide for her hungry cubs everyday
    in the everchanging arctic weather extremes.

    http://www.arcticpolarbearmothers.com/

  • SMILE FOR THE DEAD, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival (interview)

    Smile for the Dead, 54min., USA
    Directed by Hamilton Young Ward
    True crime meets the paranormal as "Smile for the Dead" uncovers the eerie mystery of William H. Mumler's spirit photography and his ghostly portraits that baffled the 1800s. This documentary investigates Mumler's techniques and why ...

  • PEKING OPERA, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival

    Peking Opera, 6min., China
    Directed by Yiqing Wei
    It is incumbent upon us to restore the glory of Peking Opera.

  • A SMALL ACT OF COURAGE, 16min., Comedy concert film

    Recorded during a live performance in Brattleboro, VT, humorist, story-teller and now... musician? Dylan Brody brings a guitar and a looping box to his act risking poetry, confession and an actual song to his act!

    Directed by Dylan Brody

    http://dylanbrody.com/a-small-act-of-courage

    https://ins...

  • Best of LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival. Feb. 24/25 event

    See the full lineup of films:

    MOM-CRETE, 5min., USA
    Directed by Jeremy Andrew Davis
    Combative siblings travel to a lakeside to spread their Mom's ashes.

    http://jeremyandrewdavis.com/
    https://www.facebook.com/thejeremyandrewdavis
    https://www.instagram.com/jeremyandrewdavis/

    Watch the audience ...

  • LGBTQ+ Feature Film Festival: THANK YOU FOR HER. Feb. 24/2th event

    THANK YOU FOR HER, 150min., USA
    Directed by Peyton Savington
    When aspiring fantasy novelist Anna Drake accidentally runs cyclist Lance off the road, she has no idea this chance encounter will change both their lives. As their romance blossoms, Anna finds herself falling for Lance's free-spirited ...