New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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COMRADE DOV Feature Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Sept. 2021 POLITICAL Film Festival
COMRADE DOV, 75min., Israel, Political Documentary
Directed by Barak Heymann
Goddamned communist. Internal enemy. Privileged Tel Aviv Ashkenazi.
It seems Dov Khenin has been called almost everything during his 13-year tenure as Member of Knesset for the Jewish-Arab party ‘Hadash’.
For years, ...
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SCREENPLAY TRAILER: The Treacherous Border, by Lawrence M. Watson
The Treacherous Border
Screenplay by Lawrence M Watson
Based on a true story of determination for a better life, risking it all.
Gene: Drama
My script centers around Antonio and Marina, the protagonists, who wish to cross their family illegally into the U.S. from Mexico. Arrangements a...
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POETRY Reading: Aaliyah, by Pete B.
Performed by Allan Michael Brunet
Aaliyah, by Pete Borreggine
All throughout my life,
I’ve searched for love alone,
A quest I made to find that love,
Was something I would never know,
For years I’d wonder where true love was,
And why it had forsaken me,
Years of turmoil and being left alo...
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The Spiral Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Sept. 2021 Film Festival
THE SPIRAL, 8min., Russia, Drama
Directed by Igor BuzaevWhen I was a little girl, I saw a movie about space, where people of the future could treat painlessly without cuts.
It became my dream, which my team and I were able to make true.
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Faith Interrupted Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from September 2021 Film Festival
FAITH INTERRUPTED, 15min., USA, Drama
Directed by Marquis Simmons
The piece gives a visual glimpse into mind and heart of someone that was assaulted, as they traverse the various stages of grieving and healing to once again find some sense of normalcy. -
We Save Us Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from September 2021 Film Festival
WE SAVE US, 14min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Aylin SozenWe Save Us is a short poetic documentary centering the expressions of New Yorkers leading up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election results. As tensions rise, the movement led by Black female activists to end police violence is ever-pr...
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POLITICAL Festival 1st Scene Reading: THE JUNIOR SENTATOR FROM IDAHO, by David LeBlanc
After her horn-dog, Senator husband drops dead in the middle of an office tryst, a sarcastic, lifelong trophy wife is enlisted by a group of cynical political insiders to complete his term in office, only to find herself wholly unprepared for the political spotlight.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Stev...
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Feature Film Trailer: THE ART OF SIN, 56min., Documentary, Norway
THE ART OF SIN, 58min., Norway, Documentary
Directed by Ibrahim Mursal
After coming to Norway as a refugee, Ahmed Umar has become a renowned artist. Proud of his roots, his art mixes Sudanese and western influences.
In 2015, he came out as gay on Facebook, making him the first openly gay man f...
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Powwow Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Sept. 2021 DOC SHORTS Film Festival
POWWOW, 4min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Keeley Gould
“POWWOW” documents a central event in Native American cultural that allows tribes to gather and reclaim indigenous rites and expresses the sacred and spiritual. The film is a message of strength and inspiration to promote the importance o...
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A Little Piece Of Home Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Sept. 2021 DOC SHORTS Film Festival
A LITTLE PIECE OF HOME, 10min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Lina Lyte Plioplyte
The Pedacito de la Tierra (A Little Piece of Home) documentary series weaves together humanitarian, migrant & refugee, food, and sustainability issues from around the world. The series shares stories of hope, growt...
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SHORT FILM TRAILER: Diary Room, 20min., USA, Comedy/Drama
Short Film: DIARY ROOM, 20min., USA, Comedy/Drama
While abroad, Sam encounters a handful of strangers who
inadvertently guide him in confronting the deep, dark truths he
revealed on the reality show Big Brother.DIARY ROOM: A new dramatic comedy starring & written by award-winning filmmaker Bre...
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DIVERSITY Festival 1st Scene Reading: North Beyond East, by Alex Farhandi
Logline: A high-achieving student neglects her application to a prestigious academy in order to stay with and look after her HIV-positive sister.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Olivia: Kyana Teresa
Darlene: Hannah Ehman
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FAN FICTION TV Best Scene Reading: WOOSUNG 2020, by Janet Oh
This script is a greatly structured story about the challenges of someone who isn’t familiar with her culture and is trying to integrate herself into it. Dealing with that while also being appointed CEO makes for a story with high stakes. Mixing the chaebol culture with an Americanized protagonis...
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Things I Should Have Said Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Sept. 2021 Film Festival
THINGS I SHOULD HAVE SAID, 8min., USA, Drama
Directed by Lenny Lenox
A man struggling with substance abuse after losing his family in a car crash finds purpose in life again after befriending a boy who is being bullied at school. -
FAN FICTION Best Scene Reading: ROBIN (Batman Series), by Kaley Chandler
When Dick Grayson is taken in by billionaire Bruce Wayne, he begins to uncover a secret side to Gotham - and to his new guardian.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Ringmaster: Geoff Mays
Dick: Sean Ballantyne
Alfred: Bill Poulin
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SHORT Screenplay Reading: Uninvited, by dQ Kaufman
A affluent woman on her last night receives an unwelcome visitor.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Sean Ballantyne
Jane: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Lucy: Kyana Teresa
Man #1: Geoff Mays
Man #2: Andy Camp---
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FAN FICTION Best Scene Reading: BARRY: Spark Joy, Jessica Montanez Prince
No-Ho Hank manipulates Barry into another job, Barry accidentally lands a big acting role, Sally has trouble on her new job and Fuchs has a close call with the Chechens.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Fuches/Noho Hank: Bill Poulin
Barry: Geoff May
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"enough" Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from September 2021 Film Festival
"enough", 14min., USA, Cinematic docu-fiction
Directed by Caleb SlainA dream, a nightmare, a musical. Shot over 10 years, this surreal hip hop odyssey unpacks the stormy inner world of Nathan Nzanga, a Congolese-American artist coming of age in a fractured nation.
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Dropping Out Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from September 2021 Film Festival
DROPPING OUT, 16min., USA, Drama
Directed by Niko Gonzalez"Dropping Out" is the story of two sisters attempting to reconnect, amidst the backdrop of an industrial town. The youngest, Chloe, is destined for greatness, as she prepares to head to a top university in England. The elder, more cynica...
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CRIME Festival 1st Scene Reading: THE SPLIT, by Nicola Green
Based on true events, this is the story of three lives intertwined; a 1960's London sporting hero turned gold thief, a sick child and a grieving daughter, determined to uncover her family's secrets, finding far more than she ever could have bargained for.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Steve Rizzo
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SCI-FI Festival 1st Scene Reading: VIOLE(N)T, by Thomas D. Rotenberg
A man and a woman wake up in a house with no memory of how they got there, only to find that they're locked inside and need to solve three puzzles to escape...or so they think.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Steve Rizzo
Man/Abe: Geoff Mays
Woman: Hannah Ehman-----------
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Memories Of Green Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Sept. 2021 Film Festival
MEMORIES OF GREEN, 7min., USA, Drama
Directed by Sam Luna
A man recalls his childhood experiences with his father on the gold course. -
BEST Scene Script Reading: BLACK MO, by Peter Noel
In the early 1800s a young girl and her family from Africa are abduct, taken to the United States and tortured as they try to salvage their humanity. Escaping from her captors, the young girl evolves from battered slave to successful businesswoman. (Based on a true events.)
CAST LIST:
Narrat...
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Cuerpo Universal Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Sept. 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival
CUERPO UNIVERSAL, 20min., Canada, Experimental
Directed by Liana Carbone
Out of the cave, the womb of Mother Earth, Jade emerges to rediscover the world through her healing process. In the ocean of consciousness she is reborn as a universal body.