New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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Lady Be Good Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 Experimental Festival
LADY BE GOOD, 6min., USA, Dance
Directed by James Kinney, Pierre Marais
A bartender reflects on the night everything changed. -
Parallelism Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK Oct. 2021 EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION Festival
PARALLELISM, 15min., Italy, Experimental Animation
Directed by Marco BolognesiIn terms of Mind Philosophy, “Parallelism” is a mind-body interaction dualist theory affirming that mental and physical events take place on a parallel course of existence, and interact with each other in a not casual...
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Bangkok 2.5 Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 Experimental Festival
BANGKOK 2.5, 4min., Thailand, Dance
Directed by Bo Nawacharee
In a city where fresh air has become a luxury, this dance film spills out the daily combat each metropolitan takes on. bangkok’s air that is polluted with pm2.5, as known as the fine dust, has been an ongoing issue with the lack of con... -
Cindy's Diner Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 Film Festival
CINDY'S DINER, 6min., Thriller
Directed by Benjamin Steinberg
A psychological thriller set in a 50s diner. -
Respire - Repeat Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 Experimental Festival
RESPIRE - REPEAT, 2min., USA, Dance
Directed by Alexander Petit Olivieri
Tracing the tethers of resistance and reflection, our breath doesn't keep secrets while our friendships find rhythm in togetherness. -
Polar Bear Bears Boredom Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK Oct. 2021 ANIMATION Festival
POLAR BEAR BEARS BOREDOM, 7min., Japan, Animation
Directed by Koji Yamamura
A polar bear who is very bored with various marine animals in the deep blue sea.
It continues an ancient tradition of "Caricatures of Frolicking animals" in scroll painting-style; this time, "Frolicking Sea Animals," in a... -
Cleaning Up Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 Film Festival
CLEANING UP, 14min., USA, Crime
Directed by Christopher Barga
Two mid-level crooks have just pulled off the biggest heist of their careers, but the job isn't over yet. -
Dr Mania Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 COMEDY Film Festival
DR. MANIA, 11min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Joshua Crenshaw
Evil genius Dr. Mania and his motley crew of super villains are confronted by their arch nemesis. -
A Martyr Of The Pen Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 Film Festival
A MARTYR OF THE PEN, 10min., UK, Thriller
Directed by Alan Hamwan
A freelance journalist has been kidnapped and thrown in the foot of a car. Only the flare of his lighter can illuminate his claustrophobic prison in this speeding car. He searches desperately for any way he can escape. With time ru... -
LIBRE - A CELEBRATION OF THE QUEER BODY Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival
LIBRE - A CELEBRATION OF THE QUEER BODY, 16min., Ireland, Documentary
Directed by Arthur Lopes
Four individuals from the queer community reflect on struggles and personal triumphs that universally translate to open minds and those of a willingness to learn and understand. -
Snow Globe Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 Film Festival
SNOW GLOBE, 8min., Dark Drama
Directed by Christopher Ryan Laughter
A devious housewife prepares her husband’s killer Christmas gift, but when reality comes knocking her past and future collide. -
only living boy Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 Experimental Festival
only living boy, 5min., USA, Dance
Directed by Rachel Leigh Dolan
only living boy; a love/hate story for New York is a dance narrative about the duality of being an artist in the city. We are equally inspired and disparaged at the same time. -
Where Do I Go? Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from the Oct. 2021 EXPERIMENTA/MUSIC Festival
WHERE DO I GO?, 11min., Canada, Musical
Directed by Micheal Hidetoshi Mori
Contemporary dance, spoken word and masterful piano intertwine in this breathtaking short. -
ON PATROL: STOPPING ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE ONE STREET AT A TIME Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 DOCUMENTARY Festival
ON PATROL: STOPPING ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE ONE STREET AT A TIME, 14min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Shako Liu
Spurred by a rise in anti-Asian violence, 'Asians with Attitudes,' a volunteer-based evening patrol group in Oakland's Chinatown, has galvanized the Asian American community to become one ... -
River Queen: Winter's End Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from the Oct. 2021 EXPERIMENTA/MUSIC Festival
RIVER QUEEN: WINTER'S END, 17min., USA, Musical
Directed by Grace Gibson
RIVER QUEEN: Winter's End is the first leg of a musical voyage through the waters of life. Gibson’s directorial and artistic debut, the beginning of her study and reintroduction of the modern rock-opera, where the pairing of... -
Comme La Pluie Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from the Oct. 2021 EXPERIMENTA/MUSIC Festival
COMME LE PLUIE, 3min., France, Music Video
Directed by Caroline de Maigret
“Comme la pluie” is her first music video. -
Black Molasses Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from the Oct. 2021 EXPERIMENTA/MUSIC Festival
BLACK MOLASSES, 16min., UK, Musical
Directed by Scarlett Fae, Nathan Shadrach
Written & directed by, and also starring Scarlett Fae, ’Black Molasses’ is a short film which follows a regular Sunday in the life of G, a 20-something and explores a correlation between her experiences and those of Mot... -
The Ghoul Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 Film Festival
THE GHOUL, 12min., Australia, Thriller
Directed by Ryan Osmond
Two men, one crime. -
Turfin Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 Experimental Festival
TURFIN, 8min, USA, Dance
Directed by Latiece Brown
Turfin is a short documentary giving a brief glimpse into the world of the Bay Area street dance called, Turf Dancing. -
Wanted Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from the Oct. 2021 EXPERIMENTA/MUSIC Festival
WANTED, 8min., USA, Music Video
Directed by Samara Lerman
A stranger enters a bleak town, carrying a curious case whose contents unlock something in the joyless inhabitants. What desires are they hiding and what will happen to those lost souls left in his wake? -
Memoirs Of A Mozlem Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK Oct. 2021 CHICAGO Feedback Festival
MEMOIRS OF A MOZLEM, 5min., USA, Animation
Directed by Bayan Jarad
A Muslim American student and her cousin face some awkward situations on the public bus. However, there's always something positive to be found. -
Symbionic Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK Oct. 2021 CHICAGO Feedback Festival
SYMBIONIC, 6min., USA, Animation
Directed by Jack Tenbusch
A Songbird who is forced to flee her deforested home accidentally clips her wing on a robotic facility antenna, plummeting into an underground scrap bin. Her collision caused an error within the facility: an obsolete robot is activated. -
Byoul Part 2: Da Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 Experimental Festival
BYOUL PART 2: DA, 9min., South Korea, Dance
Directed by Taso Papadakis
"Da reinterprets DaEun Jung and Melody Shim’s long-time collaboration Byoul through the intimate lens of filmmaker Taso Papadakis. Da blurs the boundaries between the classical form and pedestrian moves as well as discipline a... -
Scavenger Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Oct. 2021 SCI-FI Film Festival
SCAVENGER, 3min,. USA,
Directed by Jeffrey Morreale
A lone intergalactic scavenger seeks to recover an ancient artifact on a distant world...as long as her A.I. doesn't get her killed first.