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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  • CHAPTER XIII short film, reactions Female Festival (interview)

    CHAPTER XIII, 20min., Italy
    Directed by (Iris) Concetta Lombardo
    Sergio is a writer who has isolated himself from the world. His publishing house puts him under pressure. Stopping at Chapter XIII, he goes into crisis and doesn't know what to do. A presence, close to him, will force him to "look" ...

  • WHEN I'M WITH YOU short film, reactions Under 5 Minute Festival

    WHEN I'M WITH YOU, 4min., Canada
    Directed by Kanja Chen
    An emotional tale of how the enduring love between a young boy and his grandfather bridges the gap between generations.

  • SOBER the struggle no one else can see short film, reactions WILDsound Festival

    SOBER the struggle no one else can see, 12min,.
    Directed by Pauli Janhunen
    A once-promising boxer is haunted by his past mistakes and battling with alcoholism. His daughter watches from the sidelines - and fears losing him to his demons once again.

  • SELF-CARE IN SECONDS short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival (interview)

    SELF-CARE IN SECONDS, 15 seconds
    Directed by Curtis Johnson
    The film tells the story of a character's surprise visit from their future self, bringing a message of hope and redemption.

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

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    What ...

  • TRANSFORMATION short film, reactions FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival

    TRANSFORMATION, 12min., Germany
    Directed by Marcel Barsotti
    Only humans still live on Earth. Dangerous genetic experiments have wiped out the entire food chain. The only food which is keeping the last humans alive is the yellow Nova. In the far future, the last Drakzuls, highly intelligent beings...

  • THIS IS THIS short film, reactions WILDsound Festival

    THIS IS THIS, 12min., UK
    Directed Keith Sargent
    10 scenes from the micro-fiction world of the absurdist anti-soviet writer Daniil Kharms.

    http://www.3x3x3.tv/
    https://instagram.com/keithsargent3x3x3.tv

  • NO WAR short film, reactions WILDsound Festival

    NO WAR, 11min., USA
    Directed by Steven Wright Clarkson
    This video is a reaction to my original song "No War" off my "Speak the Truth" EP -- it is a post punk psychedelic track -- the video carefully uses AI animation -- there are many dozens of ai renderings edited together with additional effect...

  • BENEATH THE SURFACE: THE FIGHT FOR CORAL film, reactions ENVIRONMENTAL Festival

    BENEATH THE SURFACE: THE FIGHT FOR CORAL, 45min., UK
    Directed by Ian Derry
    A stunning one-off documentary exploring the corals of the Red Sea, where science and conservation are looking for ways to protect coral globally. Told through the eyes of a Saudi female free-diver, from Saudi Arabia to Me...

  • MY TURN! short film, reactions Under 5 Minute Festival (interview)

    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...

  • TEN (10) short film, reactions Under 5 Minute Festival

    TEN (10), 4min., UAE
    Directed by Iliya Hristov Atanasov
    In the depths of the Cordilia Trench, a seasoned submarine pilot named Sam embarks on a seemingly routine mission to collect biochemical samples, guided by the voice of Linda from the base station, only to face a deadly encounter with a mons...

  • LEARNING TO FLY short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival

    LEARNING TO FLY, 3min,. USA
    Directed by Samuel Alexander Slowik
    Learning to fly is a stop motion film by Sam Slowik featuring the adventure of Lego man and his rig friend, as they set out to learn how to fly.

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

  • THE STRATEGY feature film, reactions ENVIRONMENTAL Festival (interview)

    THE STRATEGY, 79min., USA
    Directed by Zied Kaf Alghazal
    A man wakes with amnesia after an explosion. Unaware of his identity, he's a mafia boss targeted by a cartel. His past threatens their operations. As he regains memory, he confronts the dangerous crime world.

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1....

  • QUITTING DRUGS short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival (interview0

    QUITTING DRUGS, 20min., USA
    Directed by Ali Imran Ch, Fatima Mughal
    Bumb Shah is a Pakistani rapper whose traumatic life experiences heavily influence his music. Like many artists, he began using drugs early in his career, hoping that they would fuel his creativity. Before long, he fell into a ra...

  • THE COWGIRL short film, reactions Female Festival

    THE COWGIRL, 6min., USA
    Directed by Armando Hernandez
    A cowboy at a bar about to order his very last drink at closing time meets his unexpected match: a cowgirl waitress who gives him the check (and a whole lot more).

  • THE RHYTHMS NEVER END film, reactions ENVIRONMENTAL Festival

    THE RHYTHMS NEVER END, 5min., USA
    Directed by Leonard L. Eckhaus
    “The Earth is Created. It is day number one.” A spiritual, self-reflective, series of short poems about creation - about all the gifts mankind has been given: the rhythms of night and day, of life, the seasons, the oceans and more. ...

  • WEASEL short film, reactions FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival (interview)

    WEASEL, 2min., Mexico
    Directed by Hisham Iyad Hajir

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?
    I would like to get rid of a lot of the clutter in my house, but I don't know how. The film peers into an alternate reality where technology provides a solution to this probl...

  • BRAISING short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival (interview)

    BRAISING, 19min., USA
    Directed by Bryan Ribeiro
    Conroy –a crestfallen, fast food cook who dreams of becoming a chef– finds community with a peculiar “charity” organization, all while he strives to deepen his connection with his widower father.

    https://www.instagram.com/braisingfilm

    Get to know...

  • TENDU short film, reactions Under 5 Minute Festival (interview)

    TENDU, 2min., USA
    Directed by Sophie Power, Michelene Mallard Billy
    What happens when you grow up in a world where there was only one projected image of what a ballerina “should look like” - down to the pink nude pointe shoes?

    https://www.sophiepower.info/

    Get to know the filmmakers:

    1. What...

  • HEALING THE LAND short film, reactions ENVIRONMENTAL Festival

    HEALING THE LAND, 9min., USA
    Directed by Sue Williams
    “Healing the Land” follows six months of animal life on Wild Harmony Farm, a 40-acre organic livestock spread run by Rachael Slattery and her husband Ben. As they describe their situation, young farmers today are inheriting tired land, land t...

  • CHRISTMAS AT DOUG'S short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival

    CHRISTMAS AT DOUG'S, 12min., Canada
    Directed by Dean Harder
    Doug hosts a Christmas party every year. These parties are usually lacklustre at best with regifting being the norm. Mike and Chelsea have reservations about attending again but follow their Holiday good deed to give Doug some Christmas ...

  • 1st Chapter NOVEL Reading: Justice Puzzle, by David Newdorf

    Narrated by Val Cole

  • Short Film Trailer: Santa Fe & Esmeralda - Crossroads. Dir. by Christel Veraart

    Santa Fe & Esmeralda - Crossroads, 16min., USA
    Directed by Christel Veraart
    In the transformative backdrop of Argentina's evolving democracy and vibrant art scene from 1987 to 1996, "Santa Fe & Esmeralda - CrossRoads" chronicles the profound and enduring friendship between Kita, a young Dutch wom...

  • Poetry Reading: “Kaleidoscopic Portraits”, by Tierney Chapman

    https://youtu.be/SdXX45Ec4lo

    Voice Over: Val Cole

    POEM:

    Holy water smells like fresh herbs
    or maybe it was the older women in the back pews
    with the flower laced hats, and rosemary scented skin.
    Skin so thin, the stained glass saints
    stained the paper thin veins.
    I didn’t like church much as ...

  • Watch THE OTHER GUY short film. BLACK & WHITE Festival Sept. 2024

    THE OTHER GUY, 16min., UK
    Directed by Kit Ramsay
    Peter gathers his three closest friends for a poker night. Their first gathering since he recently became single. The existing tension between the group quickly thickens when Peter not only learns they all attended a party his ex was also present a...