New Releases

New Releases

New videos from the WILDsound Festival. Daily MOVIES to watch. Plus, screenplay readings, poetry readings, audience feedback videos.

Share
New Releases
  • Watch Today's FREE Festival: FEMALE Film Festival: Best of FOREIGN Films

    Friday Night Flop, 16min., UK
    Directed by Simon Friedberg, Elliott Gerner
    A mother tries desperately to reconnect with her estranged daughter.

    https://www.instagram.com/fridaynightflop

    https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-friday-nght-flop-female

    DESERTION, 30min., Luxembourg
    Dire...

  • Podcast: EP. 1724: Filmmaker Ari Grubb (ANADROMOUS)

    ANADROMOUS, 5min., USA

    Directed by Ari Grubb

    When they find themselves evolving out of their aquarium home, two fish set off on a musical journey of self-acceptance and queer joy, and find community in a freaky fish gay bar in the deepest depths of the ocean.

    https://www.instagram.com/anadr...

  • CHICAGO Festival Short Winners

    How We Hamsters Die, 6min., USA
    Directed by Phoebe Burdick, Mio Gribskov
    A comedic 2D animated short film that tells the absurdly tragic stories of hamsters from the after-life. Built upon interviews & true stories, the film aims to entertain while promoting responsible pet ownership and proper t...

  • Watch Today's FREE Festival: CHICAGO Festival Short Winners

    How We Hamsters Die, 6min., USA
    Directed by Phoebe Burdick, Mio Gribskov
    A comedic 2D animated short film that tells the absurdly tragic stories of hamsters from the after-life. Built upon interviews & true stories, the film aims to entertain while promoting responsible pet ownership and proper t...

  • THE GREAT HUMAN CRIME, 19min., Sweden, Comedy/Drama

    Kaveh is an Afghan, non-violence activist who only wants peace for all mankind. But unfortunately the reality is not always what he wants. And fate forces him to face many challenges in his life. But in addition to all the difficulties, he will never give up until he reaches his final goal.

    http...

  • Podcast: EP. 1722: Filmmaker Keshav Srinivasan (THE FLESH PEOPLE)

    Two roommates, desperate to feel successful in the milieu of New York City, turn to macabre money-making schemes by performing underground surgeries and serving human meat to unsuspecting customers.

    https://www.keshav-srinivasan.com/the-flesh-people

    https://www.instagram.com/thefleshpeoplefilm
    ...

  • Podcast: EP. 1721: Filmmaker/Journalist Siamak Dehghanpour (EXPOSED)

    A young, ambitious journalist will have her first high-profile live interview with the President. The country is on the verge of a significant war, externally and internally. After a series of questions, the interview takes a dangerous course.

    —-

    Subscribe to the podcast:

    https://twitter.com/...

  • Best of CHICAGO Festival - Foreign Shorts

    The Voice of Time, 5min., Italy
    Directed by Carlo Guttadauro
    The Voice of Time is a cinematic tale inspired by the essence of Opera, entrusted by the Consortium of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena PDO to director Carlo Guttadauro and his studio Anam Cara Comunicazione, with the creative pre...

  • Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of CHICAGO Festival - Foreign Shorts

    The Voice of Time, 5min., Italy
    Directed by Carlo Guttadauro
    The Voice of Time is a cinematic tale inspired by the essence of Opera, entrusted by the Consortium of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena PDO to director Carlo Guttadauro and his studio Anam Cara Comunicazione, with the creative pre...

  • WHAT KIND OF WORLD IS THIS? film, reactions MUSIC Festival

    What Kind of World is this?, 50min., USA
    Directed by Jacob Rudin

  • PAINT A MIRROR film, reactions MUSIC Festival

    PAINT A MIRROR, 3min., USA
    Directed by Nicole Mesri

    https://www.instagram.com/mesrinicole

  • THE DUST OF THIS PLACE film, reactions DANCE Festival

    The Dust of This Place, 20min., USA
    Directed by Vanessa Van Wormer
    Set in the high desert of California off of Historic Route 66, The Dust of this Place follows a couple lost in the limbo of a repeating moment in time, exploring absence, presence, and how a single difference in choice can affect ...

  • CLOSURE film, reactions DANCE Festival

    CLOSURE, 9min., USA
    Directed by Dainique Jones
    In this dance film, we watch a couple unravel into a cycle of control, distance, and longing. Through movement rather than words, the film explores the weight of regret—the ache of what cannot be undone, and the haunting persistence of love that has ...

  • JINSHAN: Seams of Gold film, reactions DANCE Festival

    JINSHAN: Seams of Gold, 12min., USA
    Directed by Megan Lowe
    Set against a majestic outdoor rock wall, "JINSHAN: Seams of Gold" is a site-specific vertical dance film that reimagines gravity as a partner in storytelling. Harnessing the power of rock climbing technology, dancers are lifted into the ...

  • MER - OF OCEANS AND BODIES film, reactions DANCE Festival

    Mer - Of Oceans and Bodies, 2min., Canada
    Directed by Katrina Piacek
    Mer - Of Oceans and Bodies is a hydrofeminist experimental dance film that explores the interwoven experiences of femme bodies and oceans under extractivism. This work takes on an hydrofeminist perspective, exploring the interwo...

  • EDGE film, reactions DANCE Festival

    EDGE, 14min., Spain
    Directed by Abel Moreno Pradas
    Locked in, separated by a huge glass and deprived of speech, two people meet without knowing how they got there. Where are the limits that prevent us from acting in unjust situations? Are they physical or are they within us?

    https://www.instagr...

  • RESTORING HOPE film, reactions Environmental Festival

    RESTORING HOPE, 6min., USA
    Directed by Sofia Ridgway, Jen Won, Nika Iverson
    We are Sofia Ridgway, Nika Iverson, and Jen Won, three high school seniors who, before our senior year, filmed this documentary to explore coral restoration and the challenges facing coral reefs worldwide. With equipment ...

  • BREAKING ICE: THE MAKING OF CRACKS IN THE ICE film, reactions Environmental Fest

    Breaking Ice: The Making of Cracks In the Ice, 5min., USA
    Directed by Jason Lindsey
    “Breaking Ice” follows photographer Jason Lindsey as he creates his “Cracks in the Ice” series, prompted by his son's question about what the world will look like due to climate change. Unable to give clear answer...

  • VALÈNCIA'S THE CITY THAT FUELS SUSTAINABLE CHANGE, reactions Environmental Fest

    VALÈNCIA'S THE CITY THAT FUELS SUSTAINABLE CHANGE, 11min., Spain
    Directed by PASCUAL IBÁÑEZ, CRISTIAN FONT
    València is promoting a project to reduce food surplus in the meetings tourism sector, transforming events into more sustainable spaces.

    https://www.instagram.com/cemasvlc/#

  • THE WINDMILL AND THE SEA film, reactions Environmental Festival

    The windmill and the sea, 12min., South Korea
    Directed by Lysia Valentina Gani
    In a coastal fishing village, fishermen often find plastic fragments inside their catch. A local child turns these into windmills, treating them as precious toys. One day, a visiting child disdainfully throws a windmil...

  • THE TASTE OF NATURE II film, reactions Environmental Festival

    THE TASTE OF NATURE II, 62min., Japan
    Directed by Tateyuki Adachi
    Because it was a rare variety with a distinctive floral and fruity aroma, making Ecuador the world's leading cacao producer. However, about 100 years ago, two diseases caused the cacao to become extinct.

  • DEAF TO HAPPINESS film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL Festival

    Deaf to Happiness, 70min., India
    Directed by Dhruv Vyas
    A writer is trapped in a world where time is broken, memories do not exist, and nothing feels real. His hand moves against his will, endlessly writing something unseen while his mind fights for meaning. Desperate, he begins writing a story, ...

  • EPIPHANY OF LIMITS film, reactions MUSIC Festival

    Epiphany of Limits, 4min., Japan
    Directed by Fuyubi Kusamori
    In golden shadows, a girl discovers that her limitations are not walls but gateways. Blending near-future science fiction with Akashic-inspired geometric visions, this AI-crafted film-music hybrid captures the burning moment when we acc...

  • THE BEATS OF NOMADS film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL Festival

    The Beats of Nomads, 3min., China
    Directed by Jing JI, Guanzhen GAO
    The Beats of Nomads is an experimental short film that explores spiritual drifting and identity uncertainty in a world, where belief systems have lost their cohesion. Rather than depicting nomadism as a form of geographic movemen...