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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  • PLASTIC TOURISM film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival (interview)

    PLASTIC TOURISM, 18min., Indonesia
    Directed by Ira Setiawati
    "Plastic Tourism" is more than a documentary; it challenges viewers to confront uncomfortable truths. It is a call to action and testament of the delicate balance between human leisure and environmental responsibility.

    Get to know the ...

  • AMERICANS SMELL GOOD film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival (interview)

    AMERICANS SMELL GOOD, 66min,. USA
    Directed by Emir Cakaroz
    The film combines the filmmaker’s story in the U.S.A. with people from different social, racial, and ethnic backgrounds that he wouldn’t have met if he hadn’t come to this country. It explores the experience of being in between many cultu...

  • PIERRE PINONCELLI, THE ARTIST WHO CUT OFF HIS FINGER, reactions DOCUMENTARY Fest

    PIERRE PINONCELLI, THE ARTIST WHO CUT OFF HIS FINGER, 85min., France
    Directed by Virgile Novarina
    Since his two hammer attacks on Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain urinal in 1993 and 2006, artist Pierre Pinoncelli has been known the world over for this iconoclastic and subversive act. This resounding art...

  • THE FORCADOS: BROTHERHOOD OF THE BULLS film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival

    THE FORCADOS: BROTHERHOOD OF THE BULLS, 31min., USA
    Directed by Bob Krist
    Unlike the Spanish or Mexican bullfight, in the Portuguese version, the bull lives to return to the ranch. But by the time he has been chasing the cape-wielding bandelahieros and been prodded with barbs by the cavalieros on...

  • Watch TORII short film. WILDsound Festival Oct. 2024

    TORII, 13min., Germany
    Directed by Martin Gerigk
    Torii is a short film in the form of an audiovisual composition about the traditional Shinto gates of the same name in Japan. The film uses these gates which symbolically mark the transition from the mundane to the sacred as representatives of a p...

  • Watch HOME short film. WILDsound Festival Oct. 2024

    HOME, 16min., USA
    Directed by Al Chang
    Seo-won navigates a fragmented reality filled with emotional encounters and haunting memories, seeking solace and clarity in her search for home.

    https://www.instagram.com/4lcfilm

    Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audienc...

  • Watch FEM/DOM - Empowered short film. WILDsound Festival Oct. 2024

    FEM/DOM - Empowered, 15min., USA
    Directed by Mitchell Suikess
    Violet is a resourceful, independent, and modern woman. By day, she works as a soft-spoken assistant for an abusive, and misogynistic boss, Mr. Mann. By night, Violet swaps her powerlessness for power, when she moonlights as a dominatr...

  • Watch MOISTURE short film. WILDsound Festival Oct. 2024

    MOISTURE, 25min., Brazil
    Directed by Duda Gorter
    Brazil: In a gray city in the near future, religious sects and rats live on the prowl. It rains non-stop.

    Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-moisture

  • Watch CHHAVA short film, WILDsound Festival Oct. 2024

    CHHAVA, 39min., India
    Directed by Anurag Srijit, Arman Shaikh
    Set in the storied Apshinge Military Village in Maharashtra, 'Chhava' offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of families bound by centuries of military service, from the reign of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to today. Crafted with ca...

  • Watch NOWHERE TO GO short film. WILDsound Festival Oct. 2024

    NOWHERE TO GO, 12min,. USA
    Directed by Annabelle Kumaar
    A young girl is haunted by her past as trauma follows her in the form of what she thinks is an illusion.

    Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-nowhere-to-go

  • Watch ANGELITO short film. WILDsound Festival Oct. 2024

    ANGELITO, 13min., USA
    Directed by Brent L. Peterson
    12-year-old Angelito dreams of becoming a gang member like his older brother until a tragic accident forces him to grow up far too quickly.

    https://antigravityfilms.com/projects

    Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
    https://www.wildsound.ca/vid...

  • Watch MISS YOU MOM short film. WILDsound Festival Oct. 2024

    MISS YOU MOM, 10min., Canada
    Directed by Steve Sugarman
    Kelsey and Julian meet Marcella, an odd antique store owner, who overhears Kelsey's regrets about her mom. Marcella offers her a mysterious building permit contained in a curious wooden box. The permit allows them to build anywhere they want...

  • FLY AWAY, FROGGY BOY short film, reactions ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival (interview)

    FLY AWAY, FROGGY BOY, 8min., Canada
    Directed by Mia Lobo
    Fly Detective Francis McFly loses his partner to the infamous ‘Croaks’, a frog gang at the centre of his most recent investigation. Stricken by grief, he decides to get revenge, and go head to head with their ravenous leader, The Frogfather...

  • THE ARCHITECT OF THE LIMINAL short film, reactions Festival (interview)

    THE ARCHITECT OF THE LIMINAL, 3min., Canada
    Directed by Deb Ethier
    An artist struggles to find her way in this quirky and off-kilter micro short from Deb Ethier. Taking some inspiration from classic silent films, it combines super 8 footage with 2D/3D animation and motion graphics.
    Music by Esthe...

  • BLIND DREAMERS short film, reactions DANCE Festival

    BLIND DREAMERS, 6min,. France
    Directed by Sandra Geco
    A visual fable with poetic notes that oscillate between reality and surrealism to reveals a universe mixing plastic, landscape and poetry.

  • THE CLOTHESLINES short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC Festival

    THE CLOTHESLINES, 9min., USA
    Directed by Yazan Al-Hajari
    The Clotheslines" takes you through a journey of memory, loss, nostalgia, and human hope, reflecting the human struggle and suffering through the poignant symbol of deserted clotheslines. with a profound performance, and recorded by the exc...

  • KITE short film, reactions DANCE Festival (interview)

    KITE, 6min,. Canada
    Directed by Jerry Trieus
    A short film about a dancer on a mission to experience flight. The journey is disappointing and filled with challenges. The result is a transformation as the dance artist finds strength through perseverance and ultimately freedom.

    Get to know writer/p...

  • EMERGING short film, reactions DANCE Festival

    EMERGING, 14min., USA
    Directed by Jessie Nowak, Monica Parra Allen
    Emerging narrates the tale of the Founders, dedicatedly constructing their civilization, and the Saurians, concealed within the woods. After years of isolation from one another, they are unexpectedly brought together. This encount...

  • I HOPE short film, reactions DANCE Festival

    I HOPE, 4min,. Canada
    Directed by Dylan Blake Murray
    This contemporary dance short film depicts a group of friends who are individually dealing with varying misfortunes and hardships in their personal lives. On New Year’s Eve, they come together to reflect on their hopes for the future. They find...

  • a film called black: King's Speech short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC Fest

    a film called black: King's Speech, 20min., USA
    Directed by Cam Be
    ‘a film called black’ is an evolving film. Each screening presents different elements to an ongoing conversation. Blackness. ‘King’s Speech’ is a short film that resides within the entirety of ‘a film called black.’ ‘King’s Speech...

  • MIHI: At the center of our gaze short film, reactions DANCE Festival (interview)

    MIHI: At the center of our gaze, 15min., France
    Directed by Cyril Durand-Gasselin
    Introspection is a mental activity which can be described metaphorically as the act of “looking inside” oneself, through a form of attention paid to one's own sensations, states or thoughts. In psychology, this is t...

  • BEYOND THE FINISH LINE short film, reactions ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival

    BEYOND THE FINISH LINE, 16min., USA
    Directed by Matthew Williams
    Beyond the Finish Line follows the journey of Marisa Pasnick as she prepares for the grueling Bigfoot 200 race while facing the challenges of an eating disorder. Marisa's story is a testament to resilience and strength as she naviga...

  • THE CAPTOR feature film, reactions ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival (interview)

    THE CAPTOR, 64min., USA
    Directed by Sean De La Nuez
    An ex-soldier with PTSD decides to become the vigilante of his neighborhood, taking justice into his own hands against porch pirates.

    https://www.facebook.com/alejandra.alanis.ortiz
    https://www.instagram.com/alejandra.alanis.ortiz/

    Get to kno...