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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  • WILDsound DOC Shorts Festival: March 19/20 event

    BENGAL MEMORY, 34min,. USA
    Directed by Fahim Hamid
    A Bangladeshi American undertakes a journey to learn about Bangladesh’s liberation war and his family’s immigration to America, while grappling with the cognitive dissonance of belonging to both countries. Through personal interviews, archival ma...

  • IN THE SILENCE OF THE HEART, 20min., Sci-Fi/Drama

    Sabie lives with Valentín. After years of abuse and prolonged depression, Sabie is waiting for a sign from God that would grant her permission to take her husband’s life, and then her own.

    https://www.instagram.com/realizador.audiovisual

    Directed by Fernando Lazzarini

  • VULPES, 7min., USA, Drama

    After many years of conjuring the idea of 'man' and what it means to be human, a sly nimble fox spirit becomes a human to learn their ways.​

    https://lhoffheimer.myportfolio.com/work

    https://www.instagram.com/l.hoffheimer/

    Directed by Laura Hoffheimer

    Director Statement
    Vulpes is one of the fi...

  • THE TEA AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TEAPOT, 19min,. France/Vietnam

    In 19th century Vietnam, Chau is a young bubbling man who does not control his emotions. His meeting with a woman, Master of tea, and the nature, will upset his life.

    Directed by Lou Ma Ho

    Cast: Santi Sudaros, Junko Murakami

    https://makifilms.wixsite.com/productions

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

  • GIFT, 8min., USA, Drama

    A jaded alcoholic has his world view challenged by an unexpected act.

    Directed by Vince Eisenson

    Writer & Producer: Al Julian

    Director Statement
    This film was based on a real experience our screenwriter (Al Julian) had while leading group therapy sessions several years ago. The project went th...

  • PACING THE POOL, 8min., Australia, Documentary/Sports

    A tiny glimpse into the extraordinary life of Richard Pace. A different approach to life might have seen him crushed under the weight of the physical and mental stresses he has been through since he was a child, however, healing waters have helped him rise above it all!

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

  • THE STAMP, 10min., USA, Comedy

    A satire on how to complete a task within government bureaucracy.

    https://linktr.ee/anniewaits18

    https://instagram.com/the.stamp.shortfilm

    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-stamp-review

    Directed by Sharon Mayo

    Director Statement
    I graduated from NYU University in 2001 and ended up working ...

  • WILDsound DRAMA Shorts Festival: March 18/19 event

    Jake & Pete's Christmas Special, 20min., UK
    Directed by Luke Marley
    When the spirit of Christmas seems to have left a small town in Gloucestershire, Jake and Pete must find a way to restore it in time for Christmas.

    https://www.instagram.com/jakeandpeteshortfilm/

    https://www.wildsound.ca/video...

  • WILDsound NEW MEDIA Film Festival: March 17/18 event

    See the full lineup of films:

    Song of A Lost Tribe, in a Cosmic Rhapsody, 4min., Singapore
    Directed by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Matthieu Eymard, Christina Teenz Tan
    In a vibrant tapestry of color and sound, "Song of a Lost Tribe in a Cosmic Rhapsody" follows the journey of an ancient tribe of alpacas...

  • March 2025 ENVIRONMENTAL Fest Q&A after screening: RECKONING WITH THE WENDIGO

    Question & Answer session after festival screening with filmmakers from the March 2025 ENVIRONMENTAL Festival at the Carlton Cinemas, in downtown Toronto, Canada.

    RECKONING WITH THE WENDIG film.

    55min., Canada
    Directed by Danielle Da Silva

    Featuring Edmund Metatawabin—a residential school sur...

  • BEST Scene Reading: The Dwarf's Tale, by Tony Barone (interview)

    Set in 1890, the Greens (the leftist) vs Reds (Right Wing Faction) fighting for control of the government. Lucretia, daugher of a Red falls inlove with Mariano a stage actor who also happens to be a green. Her father forbids her to see him, and orders him to be killed while she is sent to a conv...

  • DIVERSITY Festival: March 16/17 event

    See the full lineup of films:

    Pondering Potatoes, 1min., UK
    Directed by Kessiah Leah Arthur
    A rare insight into the lives of potatoes and finally answering that question of what they're really thinking

    https://www.kessiahfilmdesign.co.uk/pondering-potatoes
    https://www.instagram.com/llamafacest...

  • Short Film Trailer: SECONDS IN ETERNITY. Directed by Christian Schu

    Seconds in Eternity, 42min., Estonia/Germany
    Directed by Christian Schu
    An elegant woman in her later years feels the relentless march of time as she mourns her lost youth and missed chances. Alone in a dimly lit room, her life seems to fade with each cigarette she smokes. She observes a vibrant ...

  • BEST Scene Reading: The Fold, by Robert Cooke (interview)

    Using his tech capabilities, Matt puts a team together to help build a virtual reality world that is a mirror if the real world, however, lack of funding needs they need to find some way get the project off the ground. Matt decides to impress the Dean of Engineering by telling him about a special...

  • DOC Shorts Festival: March 15/16 event

    SOUTH GEORGIA. In the heart of the wild, 30min,. Ukraine
    Directed by Andrii Andreiev
    As it sometimes happens in this vast Universe, a remarkable coincidence brought together a multitude of talented cinematographers, musicians, and film editors in the making of a documentary about South Georgia. W...

  • BEST Scene Reading: SPIDERSILK, by Akutra Ramses Atenosis Cea

    BUY Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Spidersilk-Akutra-Ramses-Atenosis-Cea/dp/1990695183

    With an imaginative technical view on the mechanics of time and space, Akutra weaves a schematic of logic that explores the fringes of reality in ways that are within the realm of the possibility and reality. Cre...

  • UNDER 5 MINUTE Festival: March 13/14 event

    See the full lineup of films:

    Bug Eye, 4min., USA
    Directed by Clint Green
    A marriage is tested by a man's obsession with bugs.

    https://www.youtube.com/@imjstudiosproductions

    https://www.instagram.com/clintjgreen

    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-bug-eye

    Pushing Up Daisies, 2...

  • ANTISEMITE, 13min., USA, Drama

    Seth, a college senior, is home for winter break. He’s spending a day relaxing and shopping on Fairfax Avenue when he’s suddenly confronted by an Orthodox Jewish man asking Seth if he’s Jewish. Seth’s chance encounter leads to a profound spiritual experience with life-changing implications.

    http...

  • THE CALL, 14min., USA, Film Noir, Thriller

    1965. A small man in a big world works hard to close a deal, doing everything he can to please his boss. But the clock is ticking, and someone is out to get him.

    https://www.instagram.com/oneiro_films/

    Directed by Ryan Jafri

    Cast: Tom Martin, Alex Hebert

    Director Statement
    I've always been in...

  • YOU CAN'T BE HERE, 16min., USA, Sci-Fi/Drama

    After humanity's destruction, one man wanders the wasteland in search of a safe place to settle down, until one day he is confronted by a group of people who don't belong.

    https://www.instagram.com/zac_pope/

    Directed by Zachary Pope

    Cast: Tanner Thomason, Ketta Kachemov, Alvin Heng, Lauren Tay...

  • LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival. March 12/13 event

    See the full lineup of films:

    longing/belonging, 3min,. Canada
    Directed by Rachael Withers, Niamh Wilson
    longing/belonging follows a queer femme struggling to break out of the mold of their straight relationship and their journey to discovering identity and community.

    https://instagram.com/lon...

  • MOVIE TRAILER FESTIVAL - March 2025

    See the full lineup of trailers:

    TREE, 3min., Iran
    A girl plants a sapling in her garden. But as the years pass, the tree feels lonely because the girl has forgotten it, and it emerges from the soil and leaves the girl. Until the girl goes back to the tree.

    FLICKER, 1min., USA
    For the most par...

  • TEST DRIVE, 15min., USA, Sci-Fi/Action

    In war-torn 2062, a grounded fighter pilot agrees to raise a genetically-modified child, only to discover his precocious daughter's DNA is designed for nefarious purposes.

    https://www.instagram.com/samtahhan

    Directed by Sam Tahhan

    Cast: Tasos Hernandez, Isabella Salazar, Steven Dudley, Jade Ho...

  • CHICAGO Festival Shorts Best of - March 11/12 event

    See the full lineup of films:

    ORANGE BLUES 24, 5min., USA
    Directed by Alyssa Dann
    One man seeks refuge from the world's crazy in the arms of his muse -- the love of his life! Alyssa Dann has taken this tongue-in-cheek Blues piece and brought it to life in a charming manner.

    https://oledudesong...