New Releases
New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.
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THE VACUUM SEAL film, reactions FEMALE Film Festival
The Vacuum Seal, 24min., USA
Directed by Sara Bhatt
A customer orders a sandwich from the lone employee of a butcher shop.
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SAFE film, reactions FEMALE Film Festival
SAFE, 20min., UK
Directed by Govind Chandran
When a compassionate helpline counsellor begins to grow concerned for the safety of one of her clients, she's forced to decide whether to trust her instincts or follow protocol. Safe is a tense, quietly powerful drama about the weight of responsibility... -
GINNY'S ENTERPRISE film, reactions FEMALE Film Festival (interview)
GINNY'S ENTERPRISE, 18min., Canada
Directed by Suzanne Marie Moreau
She boldly goes where no girl has ever been allowed before! How a young Star Trek fan foils her family's restrictive roles for girls by becoming the Captain of her own starship.Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you...
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REMINISCE film, reactions FEMALE Film Festival
Reminisce, 12min., USA
Directed by Leslie Morris
25 years younger than her husband, a woman's world is turned upside down when her husband's college classmates come to visit.
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WALK WITH ME THROUGH THE FIRE film, reactions FEMALE Film Festival
Walk With Me Through The Fire - The Curse of KK Hammond, 6min., UK
Directed by K.K. Hammond
Spaghetti Western meets horror music video from slide blues guitarist and friends.
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INVISIBLE film, reactions FEMALE Film Festival
INVISIBLE, 4min., Hungary
Directed by Rozina Pátkai
In a quietly radical act of feminist performance art, Vienna-based artist Rozina Pátkai transforms an ordinary suburban zebra crossing into a stage for the unseen labor of domestic life. -
PIECES OF ME film, reactions FEMALE Film Festival
PIECES OF ME, 1min., USA
Directed by Tzuyu Tung
My project, "Pieces of Me", is a self-reflection of my emotional journey from self-doubt to self-acceptance. There are always moments in life where we feel confident we can complete something, but then encounter an obstacle and feel self-doubt. Even... -
OCEAN OF MOTHERS film, reactions FEMALE Film Festival
Ocean of Mothers, 27min., Brazil
Directed by Letícia Prisco
”Ocean of Mothers" follows the journey of three friends navigating the challenges of modern motherhood. United by the pressure to be perfect mothers and exemplary professionals, they find strength in their friendship to overcome dilemmas... -
FATHER DADDY film, reactions FEMALE Film Festival
Father Daddy, 17min., USA
Directed by Mayrav Estrin
In a darkly comic exploration of faith, temptation, and redemption, a young priest, after hearing a congregant's confession of infidelity, finds himself spiraling into his own tangle of lust and hypocrisy. As he navigates a series of increasingl... -
RHYTHMS: AN INDIVISBLE MARATHON SWIM film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
Rhythms: An Indivisible Marathon Swim, 16min., USA
Directed by Zayde Naquio
On September 22, 2025, Chef Matthew Biancaniello embarked on one of the greatest challenges of his life: a 21 mile swim from Catalina Island to Palos Verdes, CA. While his journey is inspiring on its own, he didn’t do it ... -
The Birds Will Sing Again Annie's Story film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
The Birds Will Sing Again Annie's Story, 37min.,
Directed by Leslie Michael Dektor
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THE PRICE OF DREAMS film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival (interview)
The Price of Dreams, 19min., Canada
Directed by Hà Lệ Diễm
At just 15, Ngân longs to study and sing—but in northwest Vietnam, where child marriage and dowries still dictate futures, her life has already been planned. Her dowry—coins worth $400 CAD, a bottle of rice wine, and a kilo of pork—has al... -
VYR collective film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
VYR collective, 10min., UK
Directed by Ellada Ludogovska
"VYR" is a 10 minute poetic short documentary exploring the ancestral power of creativity among Ukrainian artists in exile. Set in London, the film follows a theatre collective founded by a Ukrainian woman, Vyr, as its members engage in int... -
PINBALL - THE AMERICAN GAME film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
PINBALL - THE AMERICAN GAME, 74min., USA
Directed by Mark Helms
One Ball, Infinite Stories.
Explore this unique American game from a totally new perspective. From Pinball’s origins in the 1600s to the present day, never-before-seen footage of the original first pinball machine from 1871, along wi... -
ASHEVILLE IS CALLING: A CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY film, reactions DOC Festival
Asheville is Calling: A Climate Change Emergency, 6min., USA
Directed by Hai-Lam Phan, Olivia Mowry
Extreme weather disasters are becoming more common, more powerful, and more deadly. Today, more than ever, federal agencies that help Americans prepare, respond, and recover from natural disasters ... -
A KNIGHTERS TALE film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
A Knighter's Tale, 81min., Ireland
Directed by Barney Edwards
Deeply in debt and abandoned by his backer, hemmed in by storms and further twarted by a global pandemic, world champion motorcyclist David Knight must cut a path to his lifelong dream of racing in that deadliest of races: The Dakar....
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THE 3100 film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
THE 3100, 49min. USA
Directed by Mark Fisher
The 3100™ is a cinematic exploration of Idaho’s 3,100 miles of navigable whitewater, the most found anywhere in the Lower 48. This film showcases the state’s most rugged and revered whitewater river systems while highlighting the power of experiencing ... -
THE TABLE WE SHARE film, reactions DOCUMENTARY Festival
The Table We Share, 7min., USA
Directed by Brock Edwards
In America’s breadbasket, a Kansas town confronts the paradox of hunger amid abundance — revealing how community, care, and courage redefine what it means to share the table. -
WILDsound Best Scene Reading: The Confessor, by Melissa Birks
In 1935 New York, an ambitious psychiatrist faces jeopardizes his career, marriage, and his own mental health when he fights to spare the life of confessed child killer Albert Fish. Inspired by true events.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
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THRILLER/SUSPENSE Best Scene: The Bait, by Bernardo Barreto
The Bait is a visceral survival thriller based on a true story. It follows João, a disillusioned real estate executive suffocating under the weight of his domineering family’s expectations. When his carefree friend Patrick invites him on a windsurfing trip to Búzios, João seizes the chance to rec...
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LGBTQ+ Best Scene: FOULED OUT, by Rodrigo Varandas
Ricardo's dad is a big shot basketballer who only wants the best for him. However, what his dad wants and what Ricardo wants are totally different. With his mother passed on, Ricardo and his dad Jorge are trying to spend more time together. But a surprise visit leaves Ricardo's hidden life expose...
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FEMALE Festival Best Scene: Hoe Phase, by Kate Lyn Whitaker
After her first-ever run of hookups and one night stands, a woman decides to track down each man from the past month and ask them to pay for her abortion.
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CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Wayne: Sean Ballantyne
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FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival Best Scene: Lifeboat, by Mason Mendoza & Bill Baber
LIFEBOAT IS A SCI-FI DRAMA - FEATURE FILM - BASED ON THE ACCLAIMED GRAPHIC NOVEL.
Three souls cheat death when they escape the destruction of their spaceship. Now their tiny “lifeboat” is adrift at the end of the universe. Their days are numbered. Every minute is precious. If you know the end, h...
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BEST Scene Reading: ETERNAL LIFE, by Jaaered Brown
Waking in a future with floating cities topping thousands of stories, run by radioactive intelligence, where imagination blends with machine, an amnesiac finds her destiny.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Anne-Marie: Val Cole
Alis: Elizabeth Rose Morriss