Today's Film Festival
Today's film festival showcasing new movies from around the world in various genres.
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Watch Today's FREE Festival: MOVIE TRAILER Genre Festival
THE GUNSLINGER GRIFTER LOGAN, 2min., USA
Directed by Stephen Rubac
Apocalyptic future bounty hunter.THE GOBLINS OF SYCAMORE STREET, 3min., USA
Directed by Jay Lorenz
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a world where goblins aren't just creatures of myth and legend, but your ... -
Watch Today's FREE Festival: Best of MUSIC Film 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... -
Best of EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival
The Pomegranate Theory, 10min., Canada
Directed by Eliza Goodwin
The Pomegranate Theory is a 10-minute short film in the genre of fantasy realism. The film takes place in a society where people wear animal masks to represent their inner selves. Muyal, a young woman who bears the mask of a rabbit,... -
Best of DANCE Films 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 ... -
Best of ENVIRONMENTAL Shorts Festival
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... -
Best of WILDsound Shorts Festival
LUTEAL, 15min., Canada
Directed by Robert Morrison
Caught between intimacy and isolation, Abbie wants to move in with her partner when she’s at her best but retreats each month during the luteal phase of her menstrual cycle. Her partner, Kar, struggles to navigate these tumultuous waters, strivin... -
WILDsound EXPERIMENTAL Shorts Festival
The Encarne Trilogy, 16min., USA
Directed by SI Reasoning
The Encarne Trilogy is a series of no-budget shorts regarding the creation of my son and his entrance into the physical plane. It won Honorable Mention for Best Experimental Film at the 2025 Paris Around Films International Film Festival (... -
Best of FANTASY Shorts Festival
TEXAS STRANGE, 9min. USA
Directed by Justin Eugene Evans
After two months on a distant planet, John Thurston returns to his ragtag crew of criminals and thieves. He expects a heroes welcome...instead they've held themselves a vote.https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-texas-strange-...
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Best of CRIME Shorts Festival
HANDYMAN, 3min., France
Directed by Thomas Faccinihttps://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-handyman-crime-thriller
WHEN FIGHTING MONSTERS, 18min., USA
Directed by Sherill Quinn
A bereaved detective struggles to make sense of his daughter's untimely death.https://www.instagram.com/w...
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Best of THRILLER/SUSPENSE Short Film
THE HUNTED, 23min., USA
Directed by Josh Harum
A suspense thriller set in the world of doomsday preppers. John, a devoted follower, joins Gary, a conspiracy theorist Youtube personality, to establish an off-the-grid commune called the 'True Way.’ When nothing changes in the world, John’s commitme... -
Best of LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival
Ten Poem Project (Auntie), 4min., USA
Directed by Nakoa Taggart, Gabriel Vazquez
Ten Poem Project is a hybrid dance film that brings together poetry, movement, and lived testimony to explore migration, identity, and artistic resilience. Emerging from a larger practice-as-research monograph, the f... -
FEMALE Festival: Best of North American Shorts
SMALL TOWN GIRLS, 4min., USA
Directed by Layal Hamdeh
Feeling confined by their small empty town and unambitious locals, Jasmine and Sarah entertain the idea of moving away to New York.https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-small-town-girls-female
BLINK, 16min., USA
Directed by Tru... -
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
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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... -
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... -
SCI-FI/FANTASY Short Film Festival
The Dying Knight, 22min., UK
Directed by Andrew Gladman
A knight, found on the brink of death, embarks on a quest to determine his fate.https://instagram.com/finalframecinema
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-dying-knight
Feet Don't Fail Me Now, 7min., USA
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Best of CRIME/MYSTERY Shorts Festival
HALF PAST, 20min., USA
Directed by Jonas Fryer
A group of con artists learn the importance of trust during a heist where everything goes wrong.https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-half-past
TRIGGER, 33min., Greece
Directed by Haris Gioulatos
If you were told there was an organiza... -
Best of HORROR Shorts Festival
The music of Erich Zann, 15min., Hungary
Directed by Dóra Barbara Sánta
The story features the figure of a silent old man who feverishly plays the violin in his attic room every night to stave off some unimaginable horror, which is not explained at the end of the novel. The story is told from the... -
Best of MICRO-SHORT HORROR Films
FIRESTARER, 8min., Germany
Directed by Marc Schiesser
During her lunch break, a pregnant woman encounters a stranger who knows more about her than he should. A fleeting moment – and her world falls into a nightmare from which she will never awaken.https://www.instagram.com/outsidetheclub/
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COMEDY Shorts Film Festival
Time Off, 20min., Israel
Directed by Yoav Geva
Two in reserve soldiers, not the sharpest tools in the shed, decide to rob their asshole officer's shop while home for some time off from the war.https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-time-off
Faire Play, 24min., USA
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ENVIRONMENTAL Festival Showcase
What Wine Owes to the Night, 2min., Belgium
Directed by Mathieu Blanchart
In the silent darkness, the vines whisper, the leaves quiver, and the earth still breathes. What the Wine Owes the Night is a visual and sensory poem, an intimate dive into the nocturnal life of a vineyard. With little or n... -
DOC Feature Winner (Shanaya's Path)
Shanaya's Path, 54min., Netherlands
Directed by Frank Röhrig
Shanaya’s Path follows the intimate journey of Shanaya, a young person from Darjeeling who identifies as a woman and dreams of transitioning despite immense social and familial resistance. Since gender norms are rigid and visibility for... -
HUMAN NATURE DOC Shorts Festival
Greenfield, 34min., USA
Directed by Rob Herring
Greenfield is an intimate look into the mind and mission of Robin Greenfield — one of the world’s most radical environmentalists. Known for his bold eco-experiments, including wearing a month’s worth of trash through Times Square, living a full year... -
SOCIETY DOC Shorts Festival
Bounty Uncharted - The Alphonso James Story, 11min., USA
Directed by Jeff Ragovin
Bounty Uncharted follows Alphonso James on a quiet day at sea off the coast of the Hamptons during his first ever fishing experience. What begins as a simple outing becomes a deeply personal reflection on freedom, r...