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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  • THE SWEATER short film, audience reactions (interview)

    THE SWEATER, 9min., Canada
    Directed by Maziyar Khatam
    Pressured into giving away his clothes, an emasculated young man obsessively attempts to reclaim his cherished sweater before it vanishes into the donation abyss.

    https://www.instagram.com/funnybonepictures/

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. ...

  • BENEATH THE SOIL short film, audience reactions

    BENEATH THE SOIL, 4min., Australia
    Directed by Peter Edward Hartwig
    A deeply introspective experimental film, delving into the psyche of an eclectic artist on a quest to complete his most important art. In 4 minutes, we journey through the artist's emotional landscape as he unveils a haunting col...

  • HIT-GIRL: A Kick-Ass Christmas Story short film, audience reactions

    HIT-GIRL: A Kick-Ass Christmas Story

  • SCI-FI Film Festival - Best of South American Films - April 20/21 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    GOOD NIGHT, 1min., Brazi
    Diected by Paulo Leão
    Strange sounds surrounding home

    https://www.facebook.com/paulo.leao.31

    NO MAN'S LAND, 15min., Argentina
    Directed by Enzo Pedroni, Francisco Castro Inveninato
    Threatened by imminent danger, Victoria and her baby seek ...

  • DOC International Showcase - Apri 20/21 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    THE ROAD OF INHERITANCE, 9min., China
    This is about the inheritance of traditional craft of sword-making by craftsmen.

    Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-road-of-inheritance-review

    WORLD WAR II: THE SHIPWRECKS OF TRUK LAGOON, ...

  • 1pg. Comedy Short Script: SECOND CHANCE, by Paul Huenemann (interview)

    Sam is out to avenge his true love being stolen from him.

    CAST:

    Narrator: Geoff Mays
    Sam: Steve Rizzo

    Get to know the writer:

    . What is your screenplay about?
    Poor Sam, outmaneuvered by a devious, conniving administrator , not only lost his job, but his true love and is going to get his ...

  • ASIAN Festival Best Scene: TARAKI, by Robert Salter

    An Air Force Pararescue commando battles an organized crime syndicate who killed his sister and is hunting his niece. Taraki Gil, a deadly hand-to-hand fighter trained at a very young age by a Filipino martial artist, is recalled from combat duty in Syria to return to Las Vegas by a Red Cross mes...

  • CRIME/MYSTERY Festival 1st Scene Reading: REV, by Dante Savion (interview)

    When a petty car thief gets into a Monte Carlo he finds abandoned and running, he doesn't realize he's also getting into a $500,000 drug deal gone wrong. Will he be the hero of someone else's story, or will everyone be brought down by his hidden past?

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Business Ma...

  • Fan Fiction: DOCTOR WHO "The Prodigal Heist", by Jessie S. Hymowitz (interview)

    In this episode of Doctor Who, The Doctor and her friends are caught in the middle of a museum heist, but the perpetrator is a familiar face to the Thirteenth Doctor. But who is she?

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Shawn Devlin
    Jen: Val Cole
    Ryan Sinclair: Geoff Mays
    Yasmin Khan/: Allison Kampf

    Get t...

  • Action Best Scene: PATHFINDER DOWN, by Thomas Anthony Brannagan (interview)

    She’s an emotionally damaged agent with a dilemma. Find a downed airman behind enemy lines, then decide whether to become his saviour or his assassin.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Paisley: Geoff Mays
    Madelaine: Hannah Ehman

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?
    P...

  • 1pg Short Script: THE ANSWER, by Nate Lewinski (interview)

    A film student makes a call, the answer changes his life.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Nathan: Steve Rizzo
    Police Officer: Sean Ballantyne
    Grandma: Hannah Ehman

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    This one page script The Answer is about the moment I received th...

  • COMEDY 1st Scene Reading: PIECE OF CAKE, by Kevin Peter Irigoyen Penatello

    You may think that breaking up a wedding is a piece of cake, but sometimes you get a slice that's fully loaded.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    News Caster: Andy Camp
    Gina: Hannah Ehman
    Mike: Sean Ballantyne

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    Piece of Cake follows Gi...

  • SCI-FI/FANTASY Best Scene: SAND - Part I "Burial", by Rhyess Nash (interview)

    Summary: After Nefret goes missing, it puts Mazim's place in the war in doubt, but despite his family's safety, he won't leave without Nefret, which leads him to face horrifying consequences.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Mezut: Steve Rizzo
    Layla: Hannah Ehman

    Get to know the writer:

    1. Wh...

  • Winning TV Spec Screenplay: NIGHT COURT "Abby vs The Lawbot" , by Corey Taft

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Abby: Hannah Ehman
    Dan: Steve Rizzo
    Proseuction-Bot: Sean Ballantyne
    Defense Bot: Andy Camp

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    It's a spec script of Night Court on NBC. The episode that I wrote is about Judge Abby Stone, a sympatheti...

  • Female Festival Best Scene: DISCHORDANT, by Melanie Munt (interview)

    A down-on-her-luck violinist reluctantly accepts an offer to teach a young boy with severe social anxiety.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Shawn Devlin
    Rachel: Hannah Ehman
    Gracie: Val Cole

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    Dischordant is a live action/animation hybrid abou...

  • LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene: BARNABY AND BELLA, by Georgina Boeheim

    Lonely curmudgeon Gerald has his life turned upside down with the unexpected arrival of his five-year-old orphaned grandson Barnaby following the death of his estranged daughter. But Barnaby, who likes to wear dresses and be called Bella, challenges all of Gerald's bigoted limitations to an extre...

  • DOC Shorts - HUMAN INTEREST Festival - April 19-20 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    FOR EVERYTHING THERE WAS A SEASON, 20min., USA
    Directed by Trevor Bloom
    A changing climate alters the fragile balance of survival for both wildlife and people in the Greater Yellowstone region. Visualized as the story of each of the four seasons, we’ll show you how...

  • Black & White Festival Feature Showcase: MEMORY OF WATER - April 19/20 event

    MEMORY OF WATER, 76min., France
    Directed by Michael LASSERRE

    Loïc, a photo artist plagued by doubt, is preparing his new exhibition, but his stubbornness to create his ultimate work of art will see him forced to confront a ghostly figure from his past.

  • DOCUMENTARY Shorts Festival - Apri 18/19 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    TARARUA S-K, 22min., New Zealand
    Directed by Andy Carruthers
    Have you ever wondered what it feels like to push your limits in the wild, facing the ultimate physical challenge? The Tararua SK Traverse is waiting for you.

    https://tararuask.com/
    https://www.facebook...

  • BLACK & WHITE Shorts Festival - April 18/19 event

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    SOMETHING WICKED DWELLS, 8min., USA
    Directed by Waide Riddle
    This silent film adaptation, based on the critically acclaimed poem, follows four men chained together in the gallows of Hell. Each face their demise one-by-one at the hands of the Beast.

    http://amazon.c...

  • POLITICAL Festival (April 11-17) Today's Festival: NORTH AMERICAN Shorts

    See the Full Lineup of Films:

    PROJECT "M", 12min., Canada
    Directed by Aneil Contractor
    1. Canadian Residential School were innocent small children were killed (genocide) in the Residential School.
    2. It's a dark secrete of Canada! where innocent children were killed (genocide) from year 1867 - ...

  • DOC Feature Film: BUSTER KEATON: HOME. April 17/18 event

    BUSTER KEATON: HOME, 83min., USA
    Directed by Jim Schaub
    Buster Keaton: Home is a documentary that tells the story of Buster’s early life on the road as a child vaudeville star and how he found his home along the shores of Lake Michigan. Illustrated with rare images of family photos, datebooks and...

  • WEDNESDAY short film watch, 4min., Hungary, Comedy

    When a Jewish woman (30) makes her son (5) pee on the wharf of Danube river in the night of mid-fourties Budapest, we don’t know yet that this is their last moment together. Because the facist Arrow Cross party officer plays with them with particular cruelty. Because they are the members of that ...

  • Poetry Movie - LOVE POEM 5806 MILES

    Watch the LOVE poetry contest winner that was turned into a movie.

    by Sean Killen

    Visual Design & Editing by Steve Rizzo.

    Produced by Matthew Toffolo and WILDsound Festival.