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: Sinner? I Barely Know Her!, by Adelaide Young

    While trying to explore her sexuality, 17-year-old Maggie struggles with her religious OCD and comes face to face with questions that seem too hard to answer. What should we take from religion? What should we do when we feel religion is taking from us?

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morri...

  • ANIMATION Festival 1st Scene: Carlsbad, by Eleanor Christina Cain

    Over 4,000 years ago in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico, a gentle Indigenous teen at odds with his tribe’s gender expectations discovers a magical cavern world that forces him to confront who he is and who he is meant to become.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Sakwa: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    ...

  • FEMALE Festival 1st Scene: NEXT STOP: HELL'S END, by Walter Hochbrueckner

    Nikki is in need of a new life, she flees from her abusive husband to become a stripper in a small town.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Geoff Mays
    Eva: Elizabeth Rose Morris
    Barb: Val Cole

  • 1st Scene TV Spec Script Reading of THE BEAR, by David Case (Comedy Festival)

    On the anniversary of Mikey’s death Carmy gets news that his tormentor, David Fields, is coming to review the restaurant.. things derail when Carmy severely burns his arm.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Carmy: Geoff Mays
    Richie: Shawn Devlin

  • WILDsound Festival 1st Scene: Blue Idaho, by Noah Zayn Mortier

    A grieving widower and a trans nurse confront faith, loss, and identity on a road trip that forces them to reconcile their past with the possibility of love.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Richard: Geoff Mays
    Blue: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

  • COMEDY Festival SHORT Screenplay: Linked, by Dion Aralihalli (interview)

    Linked is a surreal dark comedy about Jordan, a man slowly losing his identity to the performative chaos of LinkedIn. Comment wars turn passive-aggressive, emojis become weapons, and the platform bleeds into reality.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Geoff Mays
    Various: Hannah Ehman
    Various: Val Cole
    Vario...

  • FEMALE Festival Short Screenplay: Mum Before Motherhood, by Helen Rana

    A shocking incident by a train track reveals a new side of his mother to Jack.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Jack: Geoff Mays
    Mum: Val Cole

  • UNDER 5 Minute Festival SHORT Screenplay: VIRAL, by John Cooney (interview)

    Due to his actions during a daring rescue, young Deputy Sheriff McGee follows in his late father's footsteps by being selected to receive the department's Medal of Valor.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Tracy: Val Cole
    McGee: Geoff Mays
    Sheriff Knight: Shawn Devlin
    Clown: Sean Balla...

  • Best of DIVERSITY Festival Films

    Voyeur, 6min., Iran
    Directed by Maryam Hashempour
    A girl enters a coffee shop while waiting for her friend. An unknown number sends her a photo of her, taken just before she enters the coffee shop. The unknown person sends the photo several times until...

    The Great Human Crime, 19min., Sweden
    D...

  • Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of DIVERSITY Festival Films

    Voyeur, 6min., Iran
    Directed by Maryam Hashempour
    A girl enters a coffee shop while waiting for her friend. An unknown number sends her a photo of her, taken just before she enters the coffee shop. The unknown person sends the photo several times until...

    The Great Human Crime, 19min., Sweden
    D...

  • BEST Scene Reading: THE FINAL FIGHT, by Todd J. Stein

    When Hollywood producer Scott Cohen returns to Brooklyn on an unexpected trip, he’s shocked to find his father, Martin Cohen, a former Golden Gloves champ, living in squalor under the control of his manipulative second wife and her mob-connected relatives. The full horror comes into focus when Sc...

  • EXPERIMENTAL Festival Best Scene: A Glimpse of the Moon, by James Wiliam Tuttle

    A socially invisible college dropout in Maine is finally seen when coaxed into performing as The Unknown Stripper. Reveling in newfound attention, he sets off to make a name for himself at a famous Boston strip club. Battling insecurities and a malicious headliner, he gets one chance to win his p...

  • BLACK Festival Best Scene: The Weight of Wind, by d.b. Roderick

    Blown off course into abolitionist Bermuda in 1835, the U.S. brig Enterprise carrying 78 enslaved people forces a desperate mother and a conflicted captain into a collision with law, conscience, and profit where one storm at sea becomes a reckoning that could free them all.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator...

  • HORROR Festival Best Scene Reading: Friend, by Gordon Graveley (interview)

    "Friend" follows the heading-for-divorce parents of a precocious nine-year-old who befriends an older, intellectually disabled man. Friend is in a great place—well written and with a strong premise.

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    A precocious tween befriends a lonel...

  • FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival 1st Scene: THE LAST BLOCK, by Miguel Camacho

    In 2140, a "perfect" existence is maintained by advanced AI. As the defining "Last Block" event looms, Elian is compelled to seek true reality, whatever its cost.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    AI Voice: Shawn Devlin
    Elian: Geoff Mays

  • ROMANCE Best Scene Reading: Act Three Problems, by Matthew Lowe

    At the altar, Julian cannot go through with his wedding to Rose, but the pair are forced to work together for a part reshoot of their latest movie. With the studio determined to keep the breakup a secret, the pair must keep up the pretence of a couple which creates plenty of onset tension. Howeve...

  • FANTASY Best Scene Reading: THE ORION QUEEN, by Howard "Buddy" William Lewis III

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    It is a tale of redemption and what it might take to push the worst villain in the Orion Colonies to seek it. The answer is a psychic tie to a native Orion alien who plays the memories and experiences of all of her victims through Charli...

  • Best of COMEDY Shorts Festival

    Roaches, 2min., Canada
    Directed by David R Creighton
    The Bridge Street Mission has a problem with roaches... They can talk. A cautionary tale.

    Hedgehog in Africa, 3min. Ukraine
    Directed by Oksana Karpus, Alexander Sparinsky
    Musical adventures cartoon for the youngest; because this continent attr...

  • Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of COMEDY Shorts Festival

    Roaches, 2min., Canada
    Directed by David R Creighton
    The Bridge Street Mission has a problem with roaches... They can talk. A cautionary tale.

    Hedgehog in Africa, 3min. Ukraine
    Directed by Oksana Karpus, Alexander Sparinsky
    Musical adventures cartoon for the youngest; because this continent attr...

  • WOOLWORLD, 10min., Poland, Animation/Fantasy

    Have you ever wondered what live would be in a world made of wool? In Woolworld, people, animals and everything that surrounds them is made of wool and all is closely tied together. The only person capable of making sure that Woolworld functions smoothly is Mr. Wooly. He is, however, old and tire...

  • Best of ANIMATION Shorts Festival

    Beyond The Fringe, 5min., Spain
    Directed by Han Tang, Costanza Baj, Giulia Zanette
    In a quiet evening, an intriguing little paper figure magically emerges from a notebook. At first, it was full of curiosity and excitement. But soon, when the little paper figure suddenly discovers just how small a...

  • Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of ANIMATION Shorts Festival

    Beyond The Fringe, 5min., Spain
    Directed by Han Tang, Costanza Baj, Giulia Zanette
    In a quiet evening, an intriguing little paper figure magically emerges from a notebook. At first, it was full of curiosity and excitement. But soon, when the little paper figure suddenly discovers just how small a...

  • EUROPEAN Shorts Film Festival

    Head Over Heels, 12min., UK
    Directed by Ignacio Rodó
    When conventional therapy fails, it's time for a crazy approach.

    The Nest, 7min., Spain
    Directed by Ignacio Rodó
    It's the first night he's bringing someone home. They must be quiet.

    https://www.instagram.com/ignacio.rodo

    H. Pippi Lovecraft, ...