Today's Film Festival

Today's Film Festival

Today's film festival showcasing new movies from around the world in various genres.

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  • Watch Today's FREE Festival: 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 ...

  • Watch Today's FREE Festival: 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 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-...

  • Best of CRIME Shorts Festival

    HANDYMAN, 3min., France
    Directed by Thomas Faccini

    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-handyman-crime-thriller

    WHEN FIGHTING MONSTERS, 18min., USA
    Directed by Sherill Quinn
    A bereaved detective struggles to make sense of his daughter's untimely death.

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

  • Best of THRILLER/SUSPENSE Short Film

    THE HUNTED, 23min., USA
    Directed by Josh Harum
    A suspense thriller set in the world of doomsday preppers. John, a devoted follower, joins Gary, a conspiracy theorist Youtube personality, to establish an off-the-grid commune called the 'True Way.’ When nothing changes in the world, John’s commitme...

  • Best of LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival

    Ten Poem Project (Auntie), 4min., USA
    Directed by Nakoa Taggart, Gabriel Vazquez
    Ten Poem Project is a hybrid dance film that brings together poetry, movement, and lived testimony to explore migration, identity, and artistic resilience. Emerging from a larger practice-as-research monograph, the f...

  • FEMALE Festival: Best of North American Shorts

    SMALL TOWN GIRLS, 4min., USA
    Directed by Layal Hamdeh
    Feeling confined by their small empty town and unambitious locals, Jasmine and Sarah entertain the idea of moving away to New York.

    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-small-town-girls-female

    BLINK, 16min., USA
    Directed by Tru...

  • FEMALE Film Festival: Best of FOREIGN Films

    Friday Night Flop, 16min., UK
    Directed by Simon Friedberg, Elliott Gerner
    A mother tries desperately to reconnect with her estranged daughter.

    https://www.instagram.com/fridaynightflop

    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-friday-nght-flop-female

    DESERTION, 30min., Luxembourg
    Dire...

  • CHICAGO Festival Short Winners

    How We Hamsters Die, 6min., USA
    Directed by Phoebe Burdick, Mio Gribskov
    A comedic 2D animated short film that tells the absurdly tragic stories of hamsters from the after-life. Built upon interviews & true stories, the film aims to entertain while promoting responsible pet ownership and proper t...

  • Best of CHICAGO Festival - Foreign Shorts

    The Voice of Time, 5min., Italy
    Directed by Carlo Guttadauro
    The Voice of Time is a cinematic tale inspired by the essence of Opera, entrusted by the Consortium of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena PDO to director Carlo Guttadauro and his studio Anam Cara Comunicazione, with the creative pre...