New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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POETRY Reading: Reflection, by Sierra Fisher
Performed by Val Cole
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POEM:Mirroring myself
Only led to broken glass
Pick up the piecesStained with memories
Jagged and rusted with tears
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POETRY MOVIE: Sacred Fish, by Murray Eiland
Voice Over: Val Cole
Editor & Visual Design: Steve Rizzo
Produced by Matthew Toffolo
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SHORT STORY Reading: Cheryl, by Damon Yeargain
Performed by Val Cole
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CONTEMPORARY FICTION Novel Read: SOMETHING LIKE A NEW NORMAL, by Patti Patrissy
Peformed by Val Cole
Summary: Chris's life changes when the Covid-19 Virus becomes a global pandemic changing the course of her life plans.
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POETRY Reading: Lost Spring of Love, by Sheila Thadani
Performed by Val Cole
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POEM:Is it better never to have loved at all
Than to have loved and lost in sorrow’s pain,
When love departs on flights to be enthralled
With pleasures of youthful spring again.That temptation of Eros which beckons,
To shed one’s age and cast love’s old clothes;
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POETRY MOVIE: Ann Sathers, Boystown, Chicago, 1997, by Lee Erickson
Performed by Val Cole
Editor & Visual Design by Steve Rizzo
Produced by Matthew Toffolo
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FEMALE Festival SHORT STORY Reading: FEAR, by Cherloria Maskell-Smith
Performed by Val Cole
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10 MIN MORE short film, reactions WILDsound Festival
10 MIN. MORE, 9min., Canada
Directed by Atoosa Moshashaee
A schoolgirl is waiting for her mom to pick her up from after school and the last 10 minutes seems very hard to get through, until her drawing comes to make her companionship. -
SYMPHONY OF SCREAMS short film, reactions WILDsound Festival
Symphony of Screams, 11min., Brazil
Directed by Fernando Lazzarini, Jordan Mihailovsky
Two lazy sound guys from Chile are on a film shoot in Uruguay. They are upset because they have to work on their day off. They decide to exploit a local man to do their job for them, but soon realize that he ha... -
DANCING WITH WAVES short film, reactions WILDsound Festival
Dancing With Waves, 29min., USA
Directed by Emmitt Thrower
Tammi Judge, the founder of a transformative dance program, leads young dancers on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth, using the power of movement to heal, inspire, and change their lives forever. -
CAREER STALL short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
Career Stall, 8min., USA
Directed by Nima Nourani
A businessman’s routine bathroom break turns surreal when he’s trapped in a stall, witnessing a cascade of bizarre events.
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THE EGO DEATH OF QUEEN CECILIA film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia, 86min., USA
Directed by Chris Beier
A washed-up YouTube star blackmails an old rival in an attempt to reclaim her fame. But when things go awry, she finds herself ensnared by a drug trafficking ring. As Cecilia spirals out of control, she's forced to confront her t... -
THE AMERICAN TRAIL short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
The American Trail, 21min., USA
Directed by Tomer J. Keysar
The American Trail follows two friends who embark on a journey to walk across the United States. It’s not as glamorous as it seems — they're pitching tents on the side of the highway and trudging through mud for six months.
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CONFESSION short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
CONFESSION, 10min., USA
Directed by Paul Schwartz
A desperate man has just ten minutes to prove he is a winner.
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MONDAY'S CHILD short film, reactions WILDsound Festival
MONDAY'S CHILD, 22min., USA
Directed by Jodi Leib Coden
Monday's Child speaks to the heart of a woman's right to choose. After the fall of Roe v. Wade, Jenny faces untenable circumstances when she learns that her inviable pregnancy will compromise her health. As her sense of self begins to unrave... -
THE PAINTERS OF THE FUTURE (winning doc feature)
Those who stayed constantly talk about the future.
Every other house in Freimfelde, a former working-class neighbourhood, is empty. The lack of jobs, the absence of local suppliers, and the presence of decay are long-term effects of structural decline: in these parts of former Eastern Germany, t...
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Watch Today's FREE Film Festival: THE PAINTERS OF THE FUTURE (winning doc feature)
Those who stayed constantly talk about the future.
Every other house in Freimfelde, a former working-class neighbourhood, is empty. The lack of jobs, the absence of local suppliers, and the presence of decay are long-term effects of structural decline: in these parts of former Eastern Germany, ...
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Watch Today's FREE Film Festival: Best of DOC Shorts Fest
hurricane, 6min,. Cuba
Directed by Héctor Almeida
An inner hurricane summons errant images and drifting fragments of time, dragging them toward a threshold that resists form. A voice, part invocation, part echo, emerges from within the storm. Between the lived and the imagined, memory disintegrat... -
Watch Today's FREE Film Festival: Best of DOC Shorts Fest
hurricane, 6min,. Cuba
Directed by Héctor Almeida
An inner hurricane summons errant images and drifting fragments of time, dragging them toward a threshold that resists form. A voice, part invocation, part echo, emerges from within the storm. Between the lived and the imagined, memory disintegrat... -
Withing the Flow of Existence short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
Within the Flow of Existence, 2min,. USA
Directed by Truth Tran
A short, surreal visual meditation that invites viewers to reflect upon impermanence and interconnectedness, the illusion of self, and our place within the universe's grand cosmic interplay. -
LIGHT short film, reactions WILDsound festival
LIGHT, 5min,. Panama
Directed by Alberto Serra
The song, music video and story reflects the light within us and how external challenges can dim it. Darkness, simply the absence of light, becomes a metaphor for the protagonist's descent into villainy.
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MICHEL short film, reactions COMEDY Festival
MICHEL, 5min., France
Directed by Guillaume Courty
Two casting director from the TV show “I Have a Super Power” receive Michel, an accountant who is very good at mental arithmetic. Both agree to take him on the show... but not for the same reasons. -
THE INTERROGATION short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
The Interrogation, 5min., USA
Directed by Kyle Riggs, Dylan Lighthall
A Russian mob interrogation goes awry when an over-eager enforcer tries to pitch in, but can't get his mind out of the gutter.www.instagram.com/riggseyyy
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SHAME short film, reactions Under 5 Minute Festival (interview)
Shame, 5min., USA
Directed by Kelly Lynn Warren
When a woman is sexually assaulted by a mutual friend the night before, her confrontation with her best friend leads to tragic consequences.
https://www.instagram.com/shametheshortfilm/Get to know actor/writer/produer Ashna Sharan:
1. What moti...