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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  • TORII short film, reactions WILDsound Festival

    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...

  • Watch - UP AT NIGHT - Under 5 Minute Festival showcase Sept. 2024

    UP AT NIGHT, 2min., Switzerland
    Directed by Hassan Camara
    http://ashesproductions.com/
    https://facebook.com/hassancamara
    https://instagram.com/hassancamaraa


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

  • Watch - WEEKEND RELEASE. Under 5 Minute Festival Sept. 2024

    WEEKEND RELEASE, 1min., UK
    Directed by Susanda Wolf
    A woman waits for her son to pick her up from the police station, but he isn't coming.
    http://palmanda.com/

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

  • Watch - TURNING A NEW LEAF. Under 5 Minute Festival Sept. 2024

    TURNING A NEW LEAF, 2min,. USA
    Directed by Isabelle Alison Hibbard
    Hazel and Willow, two teenage theater club members, exit from backstage after a rehearsal. Willow is upset by her role, and Hazel argues that no, being a tree and chorus member is the best. Hazel breaks into song, and the girls en...

  • Watch - NOUMENA. Under 5 Minute Festival Sept. 2024

    NOUMENA, 2min., USA
    Directed by Coby Resnick, Yanni Economos
    "Noumena" is an experimental film that explores the Kantian principles of reality. It follows a student studying at a library late at night as she tries to understand concept of metaphysics. As she becomes deeper in thought, her enviro...

  • Watch - THE NEW BEGINNING. Under 5 Minute Festival Sept. 2024

    THE NEW BEGINNING, 2min,. France
    Directed by Alexandre Diennet
    In a world in decline, Gareth questions his own survival. Along the way, he meets Jim, perhaps the last ray of hope capable of persuading him to remain among the living.

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

  • Watch - A PICCOLI PASSI. Under 5 Minute Festival Sept. 2024

    A PICCOLI PASSI, 5min., Italy
    Directed by Francesco La Barbera
    Antonio, a 12-year-old boy, defends a man from the abuses of his own friends. Following this event, the boy's present and future will be profoundly changed, together with that of those around him.

    https://www.instagram.com/_fralab24...

  • Watch THE LAND OF MEMORIES. Under 5 Minute Festival Sept. 2024

    THE LAND OF MEMORIES, 3min., Italy
    Directed by Rocco Losasso
    memories, happy or sad are always memories.
    a past time that can no longer return

    https://www.instagram.com/rocco___losasso

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

    D...

  • Watch PIPPY AND THE TYPIST. Under 5 Minute Festival Sept. 2024

    PIPPY AND THE TYPIST, 5min., USA
    Directed by Rachel Nemez
    Our protagonist, Pippy, discovers that a magical typewriter controls the events happening down below.

    https://rachelnemez.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/rachelnemez/

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

  • DANCE THE WALTZ short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Festival

    DANCE THE WALTZ, 12min,. Isreal
    Directed by Alona Milner
    “It is a dancing, whirling, almost hallucinatory ecstasy, an increasingly passionate and exhausting whirlwind of dancers, who are overcome and exhilarated by nothing but ‘the waltz.’” Said Ravel about his masterpiece “La Valse”.

    https://y...

  • FITTED SKIN short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Festival

    FITTED SKIN, 6min, USA
    Directed by Karen Gayle
    Set against the horizon of New York City, Fitted Skin is a dance short about finding comfort in the skin you’re in. Like a fitted sheet, it is almost impossible to get each corner to perfectly cover each edge. Paolo Nutini’s powerful score Iron

  • IN THE DISTANCE short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Fest (interview)

    IN THE DISTANCE, 10min., France
    Directed by Laëtitia Daché
    "In the Distance" is a choreographic triptych presented as short films, offering a perspective on the notions of complementarity and duality, expressions of resilience in the face of challenges.

    https://www.instagram.com/contradancecomp...

  • NOT ALONE short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Festival (interview)

    NOT ALONE, 5min., UK
    Directed by Maryam Imogen Ghouth
    A poetry film about creative expression, featuring the artist Sacha Jafri.

    https://www.instagram.com/maryamghouth

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    I felt compelled to speak up for artists and justify o...

  • kaleidoESSENCE pt.2 short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Festival

    kaleidoESSENCE pt.2, 2min., Canada
    Directed by Olukolade Daramola

    http://www.worldwideadhd.ca/
    https://instagram.com/worldwideadhd

  • BLAIRSVILLE short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Festival (interview)

    BLAIRSVILLE, 13min., USA
    Directed by Daniel Smith

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    Blairsville was born out of a deep connection to the landscape I encountered while travelling with my husband, a dancer and choreographer, to attend my best friend's we...

  • IMMORTALS short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Festival

    IMMORTALS, 4min., Peru
    Directed by Manzanon
    https://www.instagram.com/p/C85hAuwvVO2/

  • COUNTERPOISE short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Festival (interview)

    COUNTERPOISE, 20min., Australia
    Directed by Matt Byrne, Larissa McGowan
    Counterpoise is a stirring dance video made in collaboration between Australia's leading dance company working with artists with and without disability, Restless Dance Theatre, University of South Australia project - Connect2...

  • I DONT LOVE MY MOTHER short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Festival

    I DON'T LOVE MY MOTHER, 5min., France
    Directed by Gerard Cuq
    A woman plunges, through the iris of one eye, into water A woman dives, through the iris of one eye, into water illuminated by rays of light. She sings about her dislove for her mother... until her rebirth?

  • EMERGING short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC 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 encounte...

  • NYCTOPHOBIA feature film, reactions FEMALE Film Festival

    NYCTOPHOBIA, 88min., USA
    Directed by Seayoon Jeong
    As Liz struggles with nyctophobia (fear of the dark), a form of anxiety disorder that causes sleeping issues, she desperately tries to fall asleep by entering her “inner world” where she can access her happy childhood memories. However, she ultim...

  • KIDS OCEAN DAY / A LOVE PROJECT short film, reactions ENVIRONMENTAL(interview)

    KIDS OCEAN DAY / A LOVE PROJECT, 9min., USA
    Directed by David Creech
    A behind the scenes look at the the educational philosophy of Kids Ocean Day founder, Michael Klubock.

    https://www.kidsoceanday.org/
    https://www.facebook.com/kidsoceanday
    https://twitter.com/kidsoceanday
    https://www.instagram....

  • THE FLY COLLECTORS short film, reactions LBTQ+ Toronto Festival

    THE FLY COLLECTORS, 25min., Senegal
    Directd by Jeff Arak
    A group of men in Senegal volunteer as human bait to catch flies carrying a parasite that once blinded hundreds of thousands of people throughout Africa. Following the lead of Africa's leading medical entomologist, Daniel Boakye, the group ...

  • BIG EASY QUEENS feature film, reactions Toronto LGBTQ+ Festival

    BIG EASY QUEENS, 80min., USA
    Directed by Erynn Dalton
    Eighty minutes of pure horror queer celebration with original musical numbers, voodoo, zombies, Drag Queens, and campy neo-giallo delight soaked in blood, gristle, and glitter, oh my! In this “glam horror” righteous extravaganza, a battle for ...