New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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DON'T TRUST THE DEAD film, reactions HORROR Festival (interview)
Don't Trust the Dead, 19min., USA
Directed by Peter VanOosting
Consumed with grief over the death of his forbidden love, Frank seeks the help of a medium. As fate envelops him, he reaches deeper into the world of the dead, despite a dire warning.Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated yo...
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FAMILIAR film, reactions HORROR Festival
FAMILIAR, 10min., France
Directed by Julien Homère
Elodie wakes up in the middle of the night, alone in the marital bed. Getting up to look for her husband, she comes face to face with his black silhouette at the end of the bedroom corridor. He has the same voice as her husband, speaks like her h... -
TRIPOLAR film, reactions HORROR Festival
Tripolar, 13min., USA
Directed by Rogelio Robles
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THE RECLUSE film, reactions HORROR Festival (interview)
The Recluse, 13min., USA
Directed by Matt Webb
In early 2025 a breach at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory puts residents of Oak Ridge and surrounding counties at risk. During a mandatory curfew imposed by local officials, a man reluctantly allows strangers who show up at his doorstep to spend th... -
HAUNTING WITHIN film, reactions HORROR Festival
Haunting Within, 8min., USA
Directed by Megan Wynd
The Haunting Within begins with a woman (Shannon Sullivan) waking in her pajamas on an empty street—no memory, no direction, just the creeping sense that something is wrong.
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A MOTHER'S RECALL film, reactions HORROR Festival
A MOTHER'S RECALL, 86min., Argentina
Directed by Mauro Iván Ojeda
A married couple welcomes young Genaro into their home through adoption. Upon his arrival, he meets his new siblings, Nuria and Samuel. But it doesn’t take long for Genaro to sense that something is deeply wrong within the househol... -
Short Film Trailer: THE WAY BACK HOME. Directed by Angy Akly
The Way Back Home, 2min., Lebanon
Directed by Angy Akly
The Way Back Home is a two-minute poetic film that unfolds underwater, where a woman’s expressive movements accompany a powerful monologue on identity, womanhood, and self-ownership — written, directed, and narrated by the filmmaker herself.... -
Short Film Trailer: PIE IN THE SKY. Directed Susan Lim.
Pie In the Sky, 8min., USA
Directed Susan Lim
Pie in the Sky" is an enchanting music video that marries playful animation with the raw power of original recordings at Abbey Road Studio One, and a resplendent orchestral performance at the Barbican Concert Hall, London. The video opens with world-a... -
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Jeff Hilliard - Love Myself, 3min., USA
Directed by Jeff Hilliard
Official music video for Tim Travers and the Time Travelers Paradoxhttps://www.instagram.com/jeffhilliard
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-jeff-hilliard-love-myself
Change - Kramon, 4min., USA
Directed by Mere... -
Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of MUSIC Shorts
Jeff Hilliard - Love Myself, 3min., USA
Directed by Jeff Hilliard
Official music video for Tim Travers and the Time Travelers Paradoxhttps://www.instagram.com/jeffhilliard
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-jeff-hilliard-love-myself
Change - Kramon, 4min., USA
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Watch the Winning MUSICAL Feature: JULIET & THE KING
JULIET & THE KING, 92min., Iran
Directed by Ashkan Rahgozar
The Iranian King gets an invitation to visit France. While visiting a "Romeo and Juliet" play in Paris, the actress catches his eye. He falls in love with her so deeply that he asks her to perform the same play in Tehran, so he can impre... -
Watch Today's FREE Festival: MUSICAL Feature: JULIET & THE KING
JULIET & THE KING, 92min., Iran
Directed by Ashkan Rahgozar
The Iranian King gets an invitation to visit France. While visiting a "Romeo and Juliet" play in Paris, the actress catches his eye. He falls in love with her so deeply that he asks her to perform the same play in Tehran, so he can impre... -
ALL EYES ON YOU film, reactions THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film Festival (interview)
ALL EYES ON YOU, 23min., UK
Directed by Ted Clarke
Paranoid couple Adam and Claire move to the peaceful countryside for a fresh start, but quickly become unsettled by a series of sinister interactions with their new neighbours, putting their trust - and relationship - to the test…Get to know th...
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FEMALE Fest TV Pilot 1st Scene: PRIORITY ONE, by Hannah Augenstine (interview)
Three interconnected teams - firefighters, police officers, and 911 dispatchers - face relentless emergenies in Indianapolis, balancing personal struggles with the split-second decisions that determine life or death.
CAST LIST:
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CRIME/MYSTERY Festival 1st Scene: MURDER ON MARS, by Patrick McKinley
In 2058, A murder investigation leads two police detectives down a dangerous path during the early days of the colonization of Mars.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
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WILDsound Festival Script: Polite to the Death (Nanny Kills), by Pippa Blackmore
Nanny Ivy, an English nanny, is hired to help an American family with their troublesome children but when she arrives, it becomes clear that the adults and other people in the children's life are the problem so she enlists her charges to kill them all. They return to England to start a new life a...
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Watch Today's FREE Feature Festival: Winning POLITICAL Feature (A Beginning for the Final Songs of a River)
A Beginning for the Final Songs of a River, 70min., Germany/Iran
Directed by Meysam Oghbaei
Filmed over six years, this documentary follows the changing fate of the Zayandeh Rood river in Iran. Through the perspectives of local farmers and communities, it portrays the environmental and social cha... -
Watch the Best of POLITCAL Festival Short Films
Adas Falasteen, 8min., Palestine
Directed by Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini, Samar Taher Lulu
"Palestine Lentils" is a documentary film that tells the story of a Palestinian chef and his role in using his hobby as a shield against the famine caused by the war on Gaza, preserving the spirit of resilience... -
Watch Today's FREE Film Festival: Best of POLIITCAL Festival Films
Adas Falasteen, 8min., Palestine
Directed by Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini, Samar Taher Lulu
"Palestine Lentils" is a documentary film that tells the story of a Palestinian chef and his role in using his hobby as a shield against the famine caused by the war on Gaza, preserving the spirit of resilience... -
LA LGBTQ+ Best Scene Reading: SHRINK, by Teddy Andrews (interview)
A young man attends the final session of his compensated work therapy program. The therapist remains ever oblivious as his lies begins to swallow the room whole.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Ashton: Sean Ballantyne
Therapist: Hannah EhmanGet to know the screenwriter;
1. What is your sc...
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CRIME/MYSTERY Festival Scene: STREET KNOWLEDGE, by Greg Sawicki, Brian Miller
Haunted by both a past transgression and the unsolved murder of his hero-cop father, a biracial Philadelphia detective with a reputation for losing his cool sets out on a quest to take down a criminal kingpin, but as the investigation unfolds, he realizes he might not be prepared for what he unco...
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ENVIRONMENTAL Script Reading: 20/20: Search for Independence, by Harold L. Brown
A cattle rancher invents a new energy source to replace oil and gets caught in international conflict and espionage over global energy and must assess who he can really trust.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Jeff: Sean Ballantyne
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November LA LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Ashley Bones: The Bimbo Cannibal, 15min., USA
Directed by Lee Dubin
Ashley Bones is just your regular pink-loving bimbo-core girly girl, with an absolutely relentless hunger for the flesh and blood of men. She is always on the hunt for the most irritating boys she can find, because there is just ...