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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  • FRANK BARNETT IN "LOVE'S LONG SHADOW" short film, reactions ROMANCE Festival

    Frank Barnett in "Love's Long Shadow", 26min., USA
    Directed Daryl Della
    Frank Barnett, a San Francisco private detective, is pulled into a twisted case in West Texas as he tracks a mythical vial said to hold the secret to true love. As Frank digs deeper, he confronts his past, including a complic...

  • L'oeil des sables short film, reactions Under 5 Minute Festival

    L'oeil des sables, 2min., France
    Directed by Florian Lejal
    In ancient Egypt, a scribe witnesses a strange apparition: visitors from another time. Shocked, he draws them on papyrus, capturing the mystery. Now on display in a museum, this drawing continues to intrigue, leaving visitors with an unso...

  • AEOLUS 15 film, reactions Action/Fantasy/Thriller/Sci-Fi Festival

    Aeolus 15, 11min., USA
    Directed by Diego Ugalde
    Haunted by his past, an old man waits for a cosmic phenomenon that could let him communicate with a young astronaut from the past - that astronaut is himself.

    https://www.instagram.com/diego_ugpna/

  • 3 MINUTES short film, reactions Under 5 Minute Festival

    3 MINUTOS, 5min., USA
    Directed by Douglas Ryan
    Under the time pressure of a potentially life changing test, a young couple unexpectedly takes a quick but meaningful look at their past, present and potential future.

  • THE FOURTH STAR short film, reactions ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIPS Festival

    The Fourth Star, 15min., USA
    Directed by Carrie Anne Hunt
    An estranged couple comes to terms with their daughter's death on the eve of her birthday. Pulled apart by what they love most, Carolyn and Bruce are forced into a situation where they must face what was left unspoken in order to reconcile...

  • MOVING OUT short film, reactions ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIPS Festival (interview)

    Moving Out, 20min, Austria
    Directed by Marlene Auer-Pleyl
    Ben has a hard time saying no, which is why he is helping at a friends move now. Luckily, he meets Elena, who is busy trying to prevent her sister from moving out. And then, his complicated private life also gets in the way.

    http://alexa...

  • Stratagem The Movie feature film, reactions THRILLER/SUSPENSE Fest (interview)

    Stratagem The Movie, 111min.,
    Directed by Rick E. Cutts
    Rellik and his girlfriend Nosaer witness a crime and are immediately on the run as they try and elude a killer who seems to always be one step ahead of them. Will they escape can they escape? Follow along as Rellik and Nosaer try and escape...

  • TEA TIME short film, reactions THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival (interview)

    TEA TIME, 9min., USA
    Directed by B.T. Goldman
    A detective interrogates a strange elderly Englishman about a missing person in his neighborhood.

    https://www.instagram.com/cybereggproductions/

    Get to know the filmmaker:

    1. What motivated you to make this film?

    I hadn't directed a project of m...

  • JUNKY MONKEY short film, reactions Under 5 Minute Festival

    Junky Monkey, 3min., Japan
    Directed by Hirohisa Nakano Magy
    A man in Tokyo, desperate, wondering around , running through busy Tokyo scape and finally meet this guy to get something that he couldn't resist which is.....

    https://www.instagram.com/jovijova_official/

  • RIGHT BESIDE YOU short film, reactions Under 5 Minute Festival

    Right Beside You, 3min., USA
    Directed by Annie Winds land
    The night before her cousin’s wedding—to her ex—Isabel hides away, desperate to escape. But Liam, her fiercely loyal best friend, follows her, and something shifts. Their laughter fades. A glance lingers. A touch lasts too long. Unspoken t...

  • I WISH I WERE PRETTY short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival

    I Wish I Were Pretty, 20min., USA
    Directed by Hanah Chang
    Areum (which means 'beautiful' in Korean) is fixated on her physical appearance. She is convinced her monolidded eyes are why she is 'unpretty,' especially in comparison with her longtime best friend, Jane (as in plain Jane), who has doubl...

  • OBSIDIAN film, reactions Action/Fantasy/Thriller/Sci-Fi Festival

    Obsidian, 18min., Canada
    Directed by Sohil Chhabra
    David Smith, a deeply troubled detective grappling with a brutal murder case and the collapse of his personal life, finds himself spiraling into darkness-only to uncover a path to unexpected self-discovery.

    https://www.instagram.com/abortedcinema/

  • BLACK PEOPLE DONT TANGO short film, reactions BLACK Festival (interview)

    Black People Don’t Tango, 13min., USA
    Directed by Robert Xavier Clark
    A African American man learns to tango after a trip to Argentina.
    Based on a true story.

    1. What motivated you to make this film?
    This short film Black People Don't Tango is adapted from a feature-length film script that I de...

  • SUPER VILLAIN COFFEE film, reactions Action/Fantasy/Thriller/Sci-Fi Festival

    Super Villain Coffee, 15min., USA
    Directed by Leonard Frank Smith
    "Supervillain Coffee" is a satirical comedy about Maximum "Chaos" Maxwell, a once-feared supervillain now slinging espresso in a hip downtown coffee shop. Max trades doomsday devices for latte art, grumbling about his past while pe...

  • NOW IT'S BETTER short film, reactions ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIPS Festival

    Now it's better, 12min., Romania
    Directed by Alice Ioana Nicolae
    In a world where it is easier to tear down than to build, to blame rather than to take responsibility, there are still resources for a better life. Although very painful and seemingly unique to each couple, the stories of our protag...

  • Dante's Inferno - The Ascension film, reactions Action/Fantasy/Thriller/Sci-Fi

    Dante's Inferno - The Ascension, 29min., UK
    Directed by Sofian Francis
    Dante, a regretful ex military contractor and his companion, his horse, search for his missing wife and daughter in the remnants of civilization decimated by thousands of malevolent entities known as ' Reapers ',

    https://ins...

  • STIGMA short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival (interview)

    STIGMA, 30min., Tunisia
    Directed by Dali Mansour
    During the Covid-19 lockdown, "Stigma" explores the emotional impact on Bochra, a young woman living alone in France. Through webcam exchanges with her parents in Tunisia, Bochra struggles with painful memories and a dark past. Confronted with soli...

  • EXCESS BAGGAGE short film, reactions THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival

    EXCESS BAGGAGE, 22min., UK
    Directed by Landon Vago-Hughes
    After murdering his friend Luke, Kevin is ready to skip town to get rid of the evidence. As he is about to leave, Eric, a concerned friend, shows up looking for Luke begging for Kevin's help in finding him. Little does he know, Luke is clo...

  • BLANCA short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival

    BLANCA, 7min., USA
    Directed by Carlos Grana
    During a coup in 1948, Peru’s First Lady must drive her maid and wounded chauffeur to the hospital down a treacherous road in the Andes.

  • WUKONG COURIERS film, reactions Action/Fantasy/Thriller/Sci-Fi Festival

    Wukong Couriers, 15min., USA
    Directed by Peter Gabriel Gagnon
    An unwitting bicycle messenger is chosen as the mystical hero to save the city from an ancient horror.

  • CAN YOU HEAR ME short film, reactions Under 5 Minute Festival

    Can you hear me?, 2min., USA
    Directed by Ramiyah Brooks
    After losing his mother, a young boy searches for answers in his role of her passing.

  • Watch Today's FREE Film Festival: FAMILY Shorts Festival

    Repeated memories, 15min., Uzbekistan
    Directed by Soo-Min Park
    Jong in studies in Uzbekistan and works as a part-time carer. Same as always, he spoon-feeds patients, cleans rooms and also toilet. One day, he gets a call from his friend, Ha-yeong. “I have a job for you. There an one old man who is...

  • Best Scene Reading: CROWNED LIES, by Kirene Bolsen-Long (interview)

    Dive into the high-stakes world of beauty pageants where appearances are not just deceiving—they're deadly. In 'Crowned Lies,' a seemingly glamorous event spirals into a treacherous game when Emily Brooks and her fellow contestants uncover a corrupt scheme involving the pageant’s top officials. A...

  • HORROR Festival Best Scene Read: TEXAN WEREWOLF IN MANHATTAN, by Terrence Ross

    What was the last great American werewolf movie? If you answered, An American Werewolf in London, you win the prize. Its combination of reality, humor and absolute terror, hasn’t been matched. Instead the few werewolf movies that have been made have mostly been exercises in gore and heavy breathi...