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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  • LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene: PUEBLO, by Eric A. Vasallo (interview)

    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.

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    Self discovery, healing from trauma and beating the ubiquitous...

  • THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival 1st Scene: THE GARBAGE PATCH, by Jonathan Fear

    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...

  • COMEDY Festival Best Scene: The Big Date, by Paul Huenemann (interview)

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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...

  • COMEDY Festival 1st Scene: GUARDIAN AHOLE, by David Case

    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

  • HORROR Festival 1st Scene: VAMPIRA AND TIMBO, by A.L. Jobrail

    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

  • SCI-FI/FANTASY Best Scene Reading: Project Z, by Tori Mosser

    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

  • HORROR Festival 1st Scene: THEY BRING HELL, by Bernard Schaffer

    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

  • UNDER 5 Minute Festival Short Script: THE CYCLE, by Stephanie Neroes

    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

  • FEMALE Festival Best Scene: WAKING UP TO CHRISTMAS, by Susan Arscott

    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...

  • THRILLER/SUSPENSE 1st Scene: The Clearing Eliza, by Michael L Dennis (interview)

    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.

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    In post...

  • BEST Scene Screenplay Reading: DOORS OPEN, by Alicia Petralia (interview)

    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...

  • HORROR Festival 1st Scene: SOME KIND OF ROT, by Connor Jr Brown (interview)

    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...

  • COMEDY Festival Best Scene: GENDER REVEAL, by Stephen Lemieux (interview)

    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, ...

  • FEMALE Festival Best Scene: HIGH GROUND, by AG Conlyn (interview)

    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

    Get to know the writer:

    1....

  • 1st Scene Script Reading: MISSING PERSONS, by Nathan Burt (interview)

    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...

  • CHICAGO Festival Best Scene: Sharp for Life, by Candee Kramer (interview)

    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

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is ...

  • THRILLER/SUSPENSE Best Scene: Gang Agley, by Jeremy Hogan, Aaron Krygier

    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...

  • HORROR Festival 1st Scene: BLOOD RED, by Roberto Roy Nylund (interview)

    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...

  • 1st Scene Script Reading: Dorming "Picture of a Hot Girl", by Megan Esch

    CAST LIST:

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

  • ACTION/ADVENTURE Best Scene Reading: TRIBE LINE, by Harvey Goodman

    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 Mays

  • ACTION/ADVENTURE Best Scene Readng: ENTANGLED, by Larry Elmore (interview)

    A writer tasked with writing a true event is taken by the CIA to cover their tracks. However, his smart mind out smarts them when his characters learn their role in his book and save him

    CAST LIST:

    .Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris
    Amira Khan: Val Cole
    Ryan Tyler: Geoff Mays

    Get to know the ...

  • FEMALE Festival 1st Scene: CYCLIC, by Fenton E. Queens

    Celia is out to break general curses when she learns that her grandmother, her mother and herself were all victims of sexual abuse. With her 5 year old niece the main focus, she sets out a path to continue speaking out about this to avoid it happening to her.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    ...

  • CRIME/MYSTERY Festival Best Scene: DIRE STREETS by Alessandro Inca (interview)

    LOGLINE: In the 1940s, prisoners — including infamous mob boss Joe Blunda — were released to defend America from Nazi spy attacks. What happened to them remains a chilling mystery: none were ever seen alive again.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris
    Steve: Shawn Devlin
    Hoover: Geoff M...

  • FANTASY/SCI-FI Best Scene: SACRED STEEL, by Ryan Cooke

    Trexel Unit AJN-A 852 burst into existence, his spirit unblemished and at peace. But tranquility proves fleeting, as the insertion of his core processor shatters his serenity. Now, driven by a maddening quest to reclaim his lost bliss, AJN-A 852 forms an unholy alliance with a ruthless scientist....