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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New Releases
  • THE LITTLE GIRL short film, reactions WILDsound Festival

    THE LITTLE GIRL, 10min., USA
    Directed by Tamara Luisa Hernandez
    The Little Girl" is a poignant true story of a woman who embraces her identity as a plus-sized woman while navigating the complexities of love. Through her late-night interactions with strangers, she confronts the harsh realities of ...

  • STAY HERE short film, reactions WILDsound Festival (interview)

    STAY HERE, 12min., Canada
    Directed by Amelia Mitchell
    A troubled young man's infatuation with his coworker spirals out of control after she introduces him to a dangerous coping mechanism.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    It probably shows, but when I made t...

  • IVANIA short film, reactions HORROR Festival

    IVANIA, 12min., Spain
    Directed by Luigi Abanto
    Michael (45). He is a camera repair technician. One day an old Voightländer camera comes into his hands to repair it. When he turns it on, he discovers that the camera captures the presence of a woman who lives in the same space and time as Miguel, a...

  • AND VOILA short film, reactions WILDsound Festival

    AND VOILA, 13min., Canada
    Directed by Piero DaCosta
    An interview granted by Angelo Villa depicts the life and work of the most important artist of his time, Leo Park whom he used to call a friend once. Past and present come together in this game of power and corruption.

    https://pierodacosta.com...

  • OASIS short film, reactons FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival

    OASIS, 10min., USA
    Directed by jiarui
    A man, on the verge of death in the desert, comes to a mysterious civilization he has never been in contact with.

  • GIEROGI APPA short film, reactions FEMALE Film Festival

    GIEROGI APPA, 16min., USA
    Directed by Yeonwoo Kim
    The meaning of "Gireogi Appa" is a South Korean term that refers to a man who works in Korea while his wife and children stay in an English-speaking country such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia or New Zealand for the sa...

  • REPLACED short film, reactions HORROR Festival

    REPLACED, 5min,. USA
    Directed by Nicholas Campbell
    Depressed college student Sam attempts to reach out to her mother in the afterlife but welcomes something else instead.

  • MY TURN! short film, reactions WILDsound Festival

    MY TURN!, 5min., USA
    Directed by Isabelle Maria Tumboimbela, Daisha Lin Sherman
    One sunny morning in Jakarta, Indonesia, Beth and her younger sister Liz become fierce rivals in their race to the bathroom. Beth regrets unintentionally hurting her little sister during the scuffle, and they both rea...

  • 11 BLOCKS TO GO: THE BET short film, reactions, COMEDY Festival (interview)

    11 BLOCKS TO GO: THE BET, 10min., USA
    Directed by Nathaniel P. Claridad
    Samantha, a free-spirited hapless romantic, discovers her 30-something-year-old BFF Drew, a gay high-functioning drug-addled sex addict, hosting an orgy in lieu of honoring his personal commitments.

    http://www.11blockstogo...

  • NDAZKOH feature film, reactions FEMALE Film Festival

    NDAZKOH, 64min,. Canada
    Directed by Tracey April Cochrane
    A documentary about a first nations community showing Strength, forgiveness and resilience.

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

  • PLAIN AS NIGHT short film, reactions THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival (interview)

    PLAIN AS NIGHT, 4min,. Canada
    Directed by Seth Mackie
    A man witnesses a murder from his dorm room.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    The initial motivation was an assignment for a digital media program I enrolled in, where I had to make a short film. The idea...

  • WIT'S END short film, reactions HORROR Festival

    WIT'S END, 10min., USA
    Directed by Cassidy Tee
    A struggling comedian’s final act takes a surreal turn. While unraveling his grip on reality, the lines are blurred between performer and puppeteer.

  • HUSTLE short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival

    HUSTLE, 8min., Brazil
    Directed by Maria Eugenia Portolano, Joh Pagov
    João has one day to make enough money to buy a crib for the baby he is expecting with his partner.

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

  • THE COREY DAVIS EVOLUTION STORY film, reactions WILDsound Festival

    THE COREY DAVIS EVOLUTION STORY, 134min., USA
    Directed by Corey Davis
    The metamorphic journey of Corey Davis, a young filmmaker as he reflects on a decade of his career. Through personal anecdotes and behind-the-scenes footage, the documentary highlights his creative growth and challenges, showin...

  • THE DROWNING POOL short film, reactions CRIME/MYSTERY Festival (interview)

    THE DROWNING POOL, 12min,. Spain
    Directed by Enrique Novials
    Ariadna, a former police officer, is now a detective shocked by the recent death of her mother due to Covid. In the midst of this, she must find a child who has been kidnapped after school.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivate...

  • THERAPY TIES short film, reactions FEMALE Film Festival

    THERAPY TIES, 30min., USA
    Directed by Christine Evette Giles
    The effects of Wanda’s unresolved childhood trauma forces a tsunami of events to take place in the her family. This leaves her husband, Malcolm, as the primary caretaker of two children, one of which has a disability. Traditional and no...

  • DARK ROOM short film, reactions HORROR Festival (interview)

    DARK ROOM, 11min., USA
    Directed by Rogelio Robles
    After losing everything, a man slowly and painfully loses his mind right before your eyes. Becoming the serial killer he was destined to be.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    It was something that I felt I ne...

  • EXCEPTION short film, reactions WILDsound Festival

    EXCEPTION, 32min., Canada
    Directed by Rodrigue Hammal
    When a leaked video of his lecture on the Psychology of Oppression goes viral and sparks accusations of anti-Semitism, tenured Palestinian-American professor Karim Hadawi finds himself at a crossroads with a harrowing ultimatum: issue a public...

  • THE KID WHO DROWNED AT SUMMER CAMP short film, reactions HORROR Festival

    THE KID WHO DROWNED AT SUMMER CAMP, 4min., USA
    Directed by Marianna Hersko

  • 115 feature film, ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIP Festival reactions

    115, 81min,. Canada
    Directed by Dave Huynh Macon
    In the '80s, alien Emily crash-lands near the quaint town of Stony Plain, desperate to find the enigmatic fuel "115." Stuck in a reverse time loop, she relives her mission daily, struggling to blend in while searching for the elusive substance. Eve...

  • TERRA DRACONIS film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival

    Terra Draconis: posterity and prosperity of fossils in the modern age, 22min., USA
    Directed by Braeden Clete Meyer
    Since its inception as a commercial interest in the 19th century, a growing debate has formed around vertebrate fossils to collect, research, and sell significant specimens on the wo...

  • LIVE FROM THE GENEVA! short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival (interview)

    LIVE FROM THE GENEVA!, 13min,. USA
    Directed by Nick Leahy
    Amidst the hysteria of the Red Scare in 1953 Chicago, a nightclub staff becomes entangled in a political scandal when their star performer's iconic red-and-gold pocket square becomes the focal point of media chaos.

    https://www.themovied...

  • GROWING UP film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival (interview)

    GROWING UP, 54min., USA
    Directed by Leslie Dektor
    16 years in the making, “Growing Up” focuses on Fernando Pullum and the impact he’s had on thousands of youth in South Central Los Angeles. Through music Fernando rose above his own harrowing childhood and for decades he’s passed that gift along t...

  • Natural Light short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival

    Natural Light: The Remarkable Transformation of a School on Detroit’s East Eight Mile, 18min., USA
    Directed by Richard R. Murray
    When a new leader arrives at one of Michigan’s worst schools, he seeks help from a unique firm known for solving “impossible” school problems. But the challenges are en...