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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...

Question & answer session after festival screening with filmmakers from the May 15, 2025 festival at the Carlton Cinemas, in downtown Toronto, Canada.

Conversation with filmmaker Yusuf Begg

THE INTERNET OF EVERYTHING, 8min,. Canada

In a world where every click, swipe, and search is harves...

Tasha, a woman in her mid 40’s, trudges through the end of
her day until she sees an old flame on the train platform. The
lovers reminisce and rekindle feelings towards each other only
to realize that circumstance continues to keep them apart.

Directed by Jessica Q Moore

When a brilliant but shy young woman goes
on a quiz show to finance her niece’s ballet career, she falls in love with her eventual competition—a contestant with the longest winning streak in history whose sole focus has been to win at any cost, including lying about who he really is.

CAST LIST: ...

Three individuals go on a self-seeking journey to find out a way to get to a better version of themselves, seeking out a powerful Shaman who plays tricks on them mentally.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Wallace: Geoff Mays
Odys: Elizabeth Rose Morris

A grieving oceanographer and his fearless research partner discover a rogue North Korean general has built a hidden nuclear missile base beneath the Pacific’s Great Garbage Patch and must outwit his deadly forces and sabotage the launch before millions die in an undetectable first strike.

CAST L...

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Harry loves Sandy and has planned “the big date” to propose, but between his twin, her twin, the guys from the Bobcat rugby team, Roxie, Linda, and One Eye'd Jacks, the world seems against it. Comedy.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Harry: Geoff Mays
Sandy: Val Cole

G...

A bad angel is given a second chance to help the woman he let down at her high school prom. Now a brilliant OCD wreck of a lawyer, she needs the angel’s help more than ever. But being bad is the only thing he appears to be good at…

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Val Cole
Charlie: Geoff Mays

A lone prepubescent soon-to-be werewolf falls in love with a vampire. His family disapproves, but it's too late to stop them.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Vampira: Val Cole
Timbo: Shawn Devlin

A young, aspiring screenwriter looking for inspiration is swept into a chaotic, superpowered fight that reveals abilities she never knew she had

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Presley: Geoff Mays
Adina: Val Cole

Two Federal Agents investigate cases of the paranormal, usually ending with them splattered with goo, but a darker evil awaits.

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CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Pike: Geoff Mays
Farley: Val Cole
Officer Santos: Shawn Devlin

A family carries a heavy secret between father and son, passed down from generation to generation until it finally becomes to much for the last one.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Val Cole - 2
Detective/Soldier: Geoff Mays
Wife: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Man/Officer/Junior: Shawn Devlin

She thought she had it all—until she woke up in someone else’s
perfect life.
Logline: When high-powered executive Claire Beckett dozes off in
an airport lounge, she wakes to a life she never lived—complete
with a Christmas tree farm, a cozy cabin, and a quiet artist who
creates beauty from broken...

In post-Civil War America, a tormented young woman marked by ancestral abuse becomes the unwilling vessel for a curse born of ancient blood—but as the darkness awakens within her, so too does a scream powerful enough to end it.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Whispers/Teen Girl: Val Cole
El...

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Astrid: Val Cole
Norma: Elizabeth Rose Morris

Get to know the writer:

1. What is your screenplay about?

A former Army lawyer, Gemma Lightwater battles troubled family and calculating investors to reopen her Missouri Ozarks ranch that pairs broken veterans...

When a young, broke librarian buys an abandoned house on the outskirts of a British Columbian town, he starts to uncover the house's secrets as unexplained incidents occur.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Anna: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Eric: Shawn Devlin

Get to know the writer:

1. What is...

Mitchell Parkins is a 34 year old young man with a baby on the way, and a gender reveal party imminently closing in. Unfortunately, he's cursed. Going back hundreds of years, any time a Parkins finds out the gender of their child is a boy before it's born, they die on their 35th birthday. Worse, ...

Gloria is uncomfortable on her own skin and needs to learn how to love herself. She endured many challenges to love her body and even embraces a pregnancy that she didn't consent to.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Nancy: Val Cole
Gloria: Elizabeth Rose Morris

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Martin: Geoff Mays
Abraham: Steve Rizzo

Get to know the writer:

1. What is your screenplay about?

My screenplay is about a teenager named Abraham and his best friend Martin who are both on the precipice of graduating high school. As Abraham gr...

Sarah Smythe believes she only needs to follow the cards supplied by her company to make her first knife sale until she finds the perfect customer but they’re too sharp!

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Mr. Jones: Geoff Mays
McCready: Val Cole

Mark Tyler gets out of prison after twelve years for a robbery gone awry. The loot is still out there. A corrupt cop, a local grifter, a femme fatale and the partner he left for dead all come marching out of his past to come for it.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Counselor: Geoff Mays
Mark...

Summary: Researching transfusion therapy on different blood groups, something goes completely wrong when the test subjects start mutating and transforming into Zombie like creatures.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Marv: Geoff Mays
Ruby: Val Cole

Get to know the writer:

What is your scr...

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Mina: Val Cole
Willow: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Ruth: Hannah Ehman

An oilfield construction crew of 4 young vets working near the U.S, Canadian border, stumble upon a Mexican cartel and Canadian mob smuggling ring who in turn discover they know too much. A taut, fast-paced thriller.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris
Bethany: Val Cole
Nick: Geoff May...