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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  • TELEPHONES short film, reactions Under 5 Minute Festival

    Telephones, 4min,. USA
    Directed by Copper Giloth
    “Telephones” explores a personal journey through time, identity, and technological evolution, using a collection of telephones as a lens. Each phone, from a red Western Electric to a modern iPhone, symbolizes both moments in time - childhood, indep...

  • JOSS short film, reactions Under 5 Minute Festival

    Joss, 5min, China
    Directed by Anxin
    Joss, in Chinese "香火 (xiāng huǒ)“, has a double meaning: it refers to both incense offerings in temples and the continuity of family lineage. In most cases, this family lineage is traditionally believed to be passed down only through male descendants, linking ...

  • VOIGHT-KAMPFF short film, reactions Under 5 Minute Festival

    Voight-Kampff, 2min., Réunion
    Directed by Nicolas Gueniot
    The Voight-Kampff test is a psychophysiological test that measures the subject's involuntary emotional responses to morally or emotionally troubling questions. Lea is nervous as the test has just begun.

  • CLOTHE TROUBLE short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival

    Clothe Trouble, 2min., Australia
    Directed by Tony Zhang
    Clothe Trouble depicts the story of a main character who lacks the motivation to clean the house, becoming increasingly distracted by social media apps while continuously adding dirty clothes to a growing pile. Suddenly, the pile collapses, ...

  • THE STARS MY DESTINATION (Action Feature Winner)

    The Stars My Destination, 135min., Japan
    Directed by Keishi Suenaga
    A retired Russian-Japanese soldier Eiji Onodera (Keishi Suenaga) was going to his hometown in Japan. But on his way, he was caught and given a new mission by his ex-colleague Captain Vadim Dadikov (Gohnosuke Tokuda). Onodera and ...

  • Watch Today's FREE Festival: THE STARS MY DESTINATION (Action Feature Winner)

    The Stars My Destination, 135min., Japan
    Directed by Keishi Suenaga
    A retired Russian-Japanese soldier Eiji Onodera (Keishi Suenaga) was going to his hometown in Japan. But on his way, he was caught and given a new mission by his ex-colleague Captain Vadim Dadikov (Gohnosuke Tokuda). Onodera and ...

  • MAESTRO, 2min., Russia, Musical/Drama

    A pianist's fantasy. Rachmaninoff's masterpiece interpreted as a b-boy round.

    Directed by Manas Sirakanyan

  • EXPERIMENTAL/FASHION FESTIVAL - Best of Shorts

    Artifact, 1min., USA
    Directed by Nishanth (Ender) Gottipati
    In a world rushing forward, some things ask us to pause.
    To feel the rhythm of hands at work.

    hurricane, 6min,. Cuba
    Directed by Héctor Almeida
    An inner hurricane summons errant images and drifting fragments of time, dragging them towar...

  • Watch Today's FREE Film Festival: EXPERIMENTAL/FASHION FESTIVAL

    Artifact, 1min., USA
    Directed by Nishanth (Ender) Gottipati
    In a world rushing forward, some things ask us to pause.
    To feel the rhythm of hands at work.

    hurricane, 6min,. Cuba
    Directed by Héctor Almeida
    An inner hurricane summons errant images and drifting fragments of time, dragging them towar...

  • Short Film Trailer: NEW YORK TIMES CO. V SULLIVAN. Directed by Yanjia Yang

    New York Times Co. v Sullivan, 10min,. Canada
    Directed by Yanjia Yang
    In the heat of the Civil Rights Movement, a full-page ad in The New York Times sparked a legal battle that would redefine freedom of the press in America. Through archival footage, this short film explores how the case reinforc...

  • POLITICAL Feature Film Festival

    America's Radical Women: Forgotten Voices of History, 53min, USA
    Directed by E. Philip Brown
    "America’s Radical Women – Forgotten Voices of History" is a compelling documentary that brings to light the extraordinary lives and contributions of radical American women who defied societal norms to ch...

  • Today's FREE Film Festival: POLITICAL Feature Film

    America's Radical Women: Forgotten Voices of History, 53min, USA
    Directed by E. Philip Brown
    "America’s Radical Women – Forgotten Voices of History" is a compelling documentary that brings to light the extraordinary lives and contributions of radical American women who defied societal norms to ch...

  • THE TRENT SAUCER, 4min., USA, Documentary/Sci-Fi

    Tagline: We may never know

    The year was 1950. The camera used was a Kodak Roamer. But were the negatives altered? And what did President Harry Truman say about UFOs at that time - just three years after the Roswell incident? His reaction is included in this five minute documentary.

    Directed by ...

  • THE SILENT SYNTHETIC SYMPHONY: A Human-AI Collaboration, Greece, Experimental

    In a silent environment, artificial intelligence meets the boundless human mind and together they unite their powers to create a music and dance piece of scientific fantasy. The lyrics, composed by a robotic mind simulating the writing style of the great author William Shakespeare, draw upon a po...

  • The Entire Lifespan Of A Mayfly, 13min., USA, Comedy/Romance

    When Jimmy gets stood up on a first date, to his surprise, the dating app sets him up with a substitute date who fills in for his no-show and saves his night.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30982663/?ref_=tt_mv_close

    Directed by Samip Raval

    Cast: Jackie Renee Robinson, Isaac Klein, Samip Raval

  • Best of POLITICAL Shorts Festival

    Two Things: Compromise and No Compromise, 3min., USA
    Directed by Lindsey Morrison Grant
    The filmmaker examines the origins, necessity, and natural aspect of "compromise" juxtaposed with human power-mongers' antithetical weaponization of the concept.

    Memories of Occupation - Pyrgi, 9min., Greece
    ...

  • Watch Today's FREE Film Festival: Best of POLITICAL Shorts Fest

    Two Things: Compromise and No Compromise, 3min., USA
    Directed by Lindsey Morrison Grant
    The filmmaker examines the origins, necessity, and natural aspect of "compromise" juxtaposed with human power-mongers' antithetical weaponization of the concept.

    Memories of Occupation - Pyrgi, 9min., Greece
    ...

  • Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of ANIMATION Shorts Fest

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    COMET, 4min., South Korea
    Directed by EO Jin Kim, Hyeon Ji Han
    The main character, Circle, was performing a ritual to become a star in the night sky with three friends, a triangle, a square, and a pentagon.
    But before becoming a star, space snakes that prey on appre...

  • Extinguish the flares and light up life, 29min., Spain, Documentary/Environment

    Pablo Fajardo, the renowned environmental lawyer who managed to bring down the North American transnational Chevron (formerly Texaco), shows us his world of commitment for the rights of an Amazonian population affected by oil activities. Together with the activist Donald Moncayo and the Union of ...

  • Watch Festival: ACTION/FANTASY/THRILLER Shorts

    See the Full Lineup of FIlms:

    Silent Token, 14min., USA
    Directed by Camilla Della Vecchia
    When Sonia, a descendant of a secretive law enforcement group becomes the target of a ruthless enemy from the past, she must uncover the truth about her family's legacy. Guarded by the fiercely loyal prote...

  • Watch Today's FREE Festival: ACTION/FANTASY/THRILLER Shorts

    See the Full Lineup of FIlms:

    Silent Token, 14min., USA
    Directed by Camilla Della Vecchia
    When Sonia, a descendant of a secretive law enforcement group becomes the target of a ruthless enemy from the past, she must uncover the truth about her family's legacy. Guarded by the fiercely loyal prote...

  • Watch Festival: EXPERIMENTAL HORROR FEATURE Fest

    Shucks, 50min,. USA
    Directed by Ty Brueilly
    A slow burning and silent eerie tale about escaping followed by personal transformations, addiction, programed human nature and the primal urges of evolved creature comforts through a macabre metaphorical manufacturing process. Written, Directed and Sco...

  • Watch Today's FREE Festival: EXPERIMENTAL HORROR FEATURE Fest

    Shucks, 50min,. USA
    Directed by Ty Brueilly
    A slow burning and silent eerie tale about escaping followed by personal transformations, addiction, programed human nature and the primal urges of evolved creature comforts through a macabre metaphorical manufacturing process. Written, Directed and Sco...

  • Watch Festival: EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC shorts

    See the full lineup of films:

    inner necessity, 10min., USA, Experimental
    Directed by Ethan Wagner
    "The artist is not only justified in using any form necessary for their purposes, but it is [their] very duty to do so."

    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-inner-necessity

    La Ghost...