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FEMALE Festival Best Scene: LITTLE HAVANA, by Natasha Zimmerman
When two women decide to shirk the domestication they seem destined for, they are thrust into the criminal underbelly of 1960s Miami.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Harold: Steve Rizzo
Jo: Julie Sheppard
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BEST Scene Reading: SOULS OF VIRIDIAN by Ayin Weaver
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Micheal: Geoff Mays
Rachel/Cleo: Hannah Ehman
Chaim: Steve Rizzo
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MOVIE TRAILERS Festival October 2024
See the Full Lineup of Trailers:
Concrete Rose
Directed by Amanda M. Ramírez
This documentary short follows Christina Green's journey from incarceration to empowerment as she leads a supportive housing program, highlighting resilience and community in the face of systemic injustice.MAY, 25TH...
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: DWINDLE, 17min., USSA
DWINDLE, 17min., USSA
Directed by John Broadhead
A motivated young woman and her blind father, travelers in a post-apocalyptic world, journey through a forest where the father’s chilling stories about an ancient, dangerous creature threaten to be more real than either can believe.
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: KILLING R, 15min., Sweden
KILLING R, 15min., Sweden
Directed by Irene Altagracia Perez Lopez
In a not-so-distant future where AI technology is part of everyday life, Rebecka (41), a successful architect and mother to Nonno (5), works from home with her sick daughter while her partner Carl (39) is away.
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: BEYOND THE SYSTEM, 16min., Ireland
BEYOND THE SYSTEM, 16min., Ireland
Directed by Fergus Mulligan
In 2100, Earth's inhabitants live under domes, believing the outside air unbreathable. A worker dreams of the world beyond and escapes using available tools. His attempt fails but becomes a signal flare, inspiring others.
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: LOW DOWN LARRY CONQUERS THE MOON MEN, 4min., USA
LOW DOWN LARRY CONQUERS THE MOON MEN, 4min., USA
Directed by Sammy Verni
At the height of the Space Race in July 1969, Larry Johnson and his trusty sidekick Spike, endeavor to be the first man (and dog) to set foot (and paw) on the Moon.
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: SIDE QUEST, 8min., USA
SIDE QUEST, 8min., USA
Directed by Stephen Richardson
A former noble turned bounty hunter ventures into unknown territory, seeking an enchanted item.
[email protected]Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-side-quest
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: PARALAND: THE PROLOGUE, 4min., USA
PARALAND: THE PROLOGUE, 4min., USA
Directed by Patrick McCarthy
Paraland is the story of three heroes charged with rebuilding the realm following the reign of a hateful tyrant. As they struggle to unite the land and bring together the twelve races, they must also solve magical mysteries, defeat l... -
FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: THE TOWN OF DEAD DREAMS, 14min., Canada
THE TOWN OF DEAD DREAMS, 14min., Canada
Directed by Manisa Hope
The Town Of Dead Dreams is the story of three friends Sun, Dew, and Kind who go on a journey to find a town that completely differs from the one they live in. On their way, they encounter an unexpected misfortune which changes their ... -
FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: PLANET X, 12min., USA
PLANET X, 12min., USA
Directed by Alex Knight
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: ANTI-SOCIAL CLUB, 24min., Denmark
ANTI-SOCIAL CLUB, 24min., Denmark
Directed by Danny Germansen
Anti-Social Club is a 24min art-house film about a young woman named Suzana who is living emancipated in nature but then is being forced by norms and rules of society to assimilate into to being a good, productive and law obedient citi... -
FANTASY/SCI-FI Fesival: ADAM SUSBE's LAST INTERVIEW, 20min., Bulgaria
ADAM SUSBE's LAST INTERVIEW, 20min., Bulgaria
Directed by Dima Proykova
Adam Susbe, the leader of the emancipated men, is invited for an interview In Sazi Wag's intergalactic studio. Provoked by the journalist's questions and interrupted by advertisements featuring defiantly naked men, Adam tries... -
FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: EXPERÏRE ALLEGORIA !, 8min., Tunisia
EXPERÏRE ALLEGORIA !, 8min., Tunisia
Directed by Anas Mejri
In 3018, Science, Art, Religion and Technology evolved.
Green, an Artist-Scientist, meet up with Red, a young lady, who seems to be a key to his newest discoveries. A new mystery he meets.
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: L.A. HAUNTED, 14min., USA
L.A. HAUNTED, 14min., USA
Directed by Arthur Mountaniol
A grotesque ghostly trip to the City of Fallen Angels. Los Angeles like you've never seen before.
https://rocksurrealist.wixsite.com/arthurmountaniol
https://www.facebook.com/rocksurrealistDirector Statement
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival: COUNTERFEIT, 18min., USA
COUNTERFEIT, 18min., USA
Directed by Michael E. Berg
A neo-noir dramedy about a desperate man past his prime who has a chance encounter with an unhappily married woman at a bar. They conspire over drinks and deception to arrange a contract killing of her husband. But when she arrives unannounced ... -
NOVEL Readng: THE COUNTERFEIT JOURNALISTS, by Robert Russin (interview)
Narrated by Val Cole
While doing an audit on a journalist named Ted Simon's, Delvin Woodhouse auditor follows up to interview the main source for all Ted's articles only to find that she has been missing for 2 years already.
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your novel about?
The Counterfei...
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Incomplete Without You
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Poetry Reading: MY WILD DESIRES, by A J Chilson
Performed by Val Cole
POEM:
I just can’t tell you exactly how much
I love looking at your sexy body,
And how badly I want my hands to touch,
And my lips to kiss – I am so naughty,
Wishing to be with you, and hoping you
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SHORT STORY Reading: Alone Together, by Alexandria Amaya
Performed by Val Cole
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SHORT Story Reading: The Myth of the Kite Bird, by Bella Kantor
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Poetry Reading: Death Wish, by Jordanna Miller (interview)
Voice over by Val Cole
POEM:
I wish you were dead.
Does that make me a bad
person?Maybe.
Anyway.
I wish you were dead.
It’s strange, you know?
Carrying around
this kind
of hate.Because it’s not the
boiling burning bubbling
kind that wakes me up at night.No.
it’s the quiet kind, the ...
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POETRY Read: Intimacy – The Duality of being Ace, by Eleanor Graydon (interview)
Performed by Val Cole
POEM:
I write a lot about intimacy. I write about my understanding of it. Using cannibalism and feasting as metaphors for sex. About bruises and teeth as symbols of love. Of fighting and commitment, all things both cruel and kind. But what I don’t write about, is the empt...
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POETRY Reading: You Never Know, by Martha Fox
Narrated by Val Cole
POEM:
For Gregg 1946-2023
When the boulder exploded
everything came at me—your car keys a bar of soap
that stroked your skin yesterdayyour pillow scent hurtled past
I couldn’t grasp itblast wave gut punch
blast windspiking lightning
from a burned-out god, signso...