Today's Film Festival
Today's film festival showcasing new movies from around the world in various genres.
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Best of DOCUMENTARY Shorts Festival
Lines of Determination | The David Wagner Story, 25min., USA
Directed by Alex de Montbel
David Wagner grew up as a natural athlete, always in motion, playing basketball, surfing, and chasing a dream of becoming a professional player. At 21, a day of surfing in Redondo Beach changed everything whe... -
Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of DOC Feature: GLOBAL WARNING
GLOBAL WARNING, 74min., Ireland
Directed by Garry Keane
An extraordinary journey across the planet showing how climate change is affecting our world, what it will really mean for us and what we can do about it.
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Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of DOCUMENTARY Shorts Festival
Lines of Determination | The David Wagner Story, 25min., USA
Directed by Alex de Montbel
David Wagner grew up as a natural athlete, always in motion, playing basketball, surfing, and chasing a dream of becoming a professional player. At 21, a day of surfing in Redondo Beach changed everything whe... -
Best of CHICAGO Shorts Festival
SHADOW, 5min., Austria
Directed by Timo Vogthttps://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-shadow
PIGMENT, 1min., USA
Directed by Clint Macy
Two dancers navigate an empty space and leave their markhttps://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-pigment
Forever Damned, 21min., USA
Direc... -
Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of CHICAGO Shorts Festival
SHADOW, 5min., Austria
Directed by Timo Vogthttps://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-shadow
PIGMENT, 1min., USA
Directed by Clint Macy
Two dancers navigate an empty space and leave their markhttps://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-pigment
Forever Damned, 21min., USA
Direc... -
Best of UNDER 5 Minute Short Film Festival
WTCHCRFT - Let's Get This Party Over With, 4min., USA
DIrected by Fanny Ketter
ANTHONY HEADS OUT AT DUSK TO PLAY A SET.https://www.instagram.com/w_t_c_h
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-wtchcrft
big white dog, 5min., USA
Directed by RIchard Stirling
Somewhere someone believe... -
Best of WILDsound Festival Short
The Signal Beneath, 5min., USA
Directed by Leonard Frank Smith
In a stormy coastal Florida radio station, weary late-night DJ Cameron Deep hosts "Moonlit Waves," a call-in show for wild conspiracy theories. As absurd tales pour in from mind controlling self-driving cars to interdimensional clown ... -
Best of STUDENT UK DRAMA Shorts Festival
THE ABSENCE OF EVERYTHING, 12min.
Directed by Gabriel Michael Sideras
In the stillness of a confession box, a suicidal young man opens up to a priest. As their conversation unfolds, the lines between faith, guilt, and responsibility begin to blur. The Absence of Everything is an intimate, minimal... -
STUDENT UK ANIMATION Short Film Festival
COOL BEAN, 1min.
Directed by Furter Holman, Thomas Howe
Watch as the beantastic stuntsman- er, stuntsbean, Buster Bean performs some death-defying stunts while holding two very alive and very insured eggs above his head!HOT MESS, 3min.
Directed by Tortor Smith
Hot Mess offers an insight into AD... -
Best of STUDENT UK THRILLER Shorts Festival
RAT TRAP, 12min.
Directed by Emilia Stevens
Rat Trap follows Sarah, who wakes after a drunken night out to find herself abducted and imprisoned in a grim, windowless dungeon, watched constantly through a security camera. Disoriented and terrified, she soon discovers she is not alone. Sharing the ... -
STUDENT POLAND Live-Action Shorts
MOTHER, 29min., Drama
Directed by Sebastian Kwidziński
Paulina (35 years old) is out on parole after serving a prison sentence for the murder of her husband Andrzej. She returns to her hometown to meet her 11-year-old son Nikodem. Jadwiga (55 years old), Paulina's mother-in-law who takes care of ... -
STUDENT POLAND Animation Shorts
FROM PLUSH AND WIRE, 7min.
Directed by Elliot Adrianna WItkowski
In a world where everything is made from plush and wire, a dinosaur keeps itself entertained while the hand of the creator brings a friend to life.THEFT IN THE SHADOWS, 3min.
Directed by Anna Oleksandrivna Kovalchuk
"Theft in the ... -
Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of STUDENT UK THRILLER Shorts Festival
RAT TRAP, 12min.
Directed by Emilia Stevens
Rat Trap follows Sarah, who wakes after a drunken night out to find herself abducted and imprisoned in a grim, windowless dungeon, watched constantly through a security camera. Disoriented and terrified, she soon discovers she is not alone. Sharing the ... -
STUDENT ISRAELI Short Film Festival
THE TRAGEDY OF THE LADY, 14min., Drama
Directed by Doron Neeman
Hannah, a young actress, is forced to compete for the role of Lady Macbeth against her friend, whom she secretly loves.https://tportmarket.com/films/orbidden-holiness/?shareID=2902
sketchbook, 3min., Animation
Directed by Adam Jab... -
STUDENT NORDIC SHORTS FESTIVAL
IN YOUR HANDS, 9min., Sweden
Directed by Cassandra Isabelle Hedberg
After a traumatic event, Hanna begins therapy to make sense of what happened. When her therapist introduces an alternative treatment, she’s plunged into a hypnotic journey through the memories that shaped her—each more unsettling... -
Best of AUSTRALIAN LIVE-ACTION SHORTS Festival
UNDER THE WATER, 10min., Magic Realism
Directed by Isabella Andronos
An eleven-year-old girl, targeted by misogynistic taunts and violence, retreats into the pages of a picture book about the sirens of the sea. As strange events pull her toward the ocean, what begins as an escape into fantasy bec... -
Best of STUDENT Festival Canadian Live-Action Shorts
DREAMS IN TRANSLATION, 16min., Drama, Psychological
Directed by Onyemaechi Mervyn Ojukwu
Mgbeke, a 25-year-old Nigerian Igbo woman living in Newfoundland, returns from her mother’s burial in Nigeria carrying unresolved questions and re-experiencing childhood trauma. Her attempt to settle back int... -
Best of STUDENT Festival Canadian Animation Shorts
ONISM, 3min.
Directed by Farah Ma
Inspired by a conversation with my mom about a lonely fish in a big tank, this film explores the feeling of being stuck through the story of a middle-aged woman working in a goldfish store. When a whimsical and unexpected encounter breaks her routine, she begins ... -
Best of EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival
The Pomegranate Theory, 10min., Canada
Directed by Eliza Goodwin
The Pomegranate Theory is a 10-minute short film in the genre of fantasy realism. The film takes place in a society where people wear animal masks to represent their inner selves. Muyal, a young woman who bears the mask of a rabbit,... -
Best of DANCE Films Festival
CLOSURE, 9min., USA
Directed by Dainique Jones
In this dance film, we watch a couple unravel into a cycle of control, distance, and longing. Through movement rather than words, the film explores the weight of regret—the ache of what cannot be undone, and the haunting persistence of love that has ... -
Best of ENVIRONMENTAL Shorts Festival
Breaking Ice: The Making of Cracks In the Ice, 5min., USA
Directed by Jason Lindsey
“Breaking Ice” follows photographer Jason Lindsey as he creates his “Cracks in the Ice” series, prompted by his son's question about what the world will look like due to climate change. Unable to give clear answer... -
Best of WILDsound Shorts Festival
LUTEAL, 15min., Canada
Directed by Robert Morrison
Caught between intimacy and isolation, Abbie wants to move in with her partner when she’s at her best but retreats each month during the luteal phase of her menstrual cycle. Her partner, Kar, struggles to navigate these tumultuous waters, strivin... -
WILDsound EXPERIMENTAL Shorts Festival
The Encarne Trilogy, 16min., USA
Directed by SI Reasoning
The Encarne Trilogy is a series of no-budget shorts regarding the creation of my son and his entrance into the physical plane. It won Honorable Mention for Best Experimental Film at the 2025 Paris Around Films International Film Festival (... -
Best of FANTASY Shorts Festival
TEXAS STRANGE, 9min. USA
Directed by Justin Eugene Evans
After two months on a distant planet, John Thurston returns to his ragtag crew of criminals and thieves. He expects a heroes welcome...instead they've held themselves a vote.https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-texas-strange-...