Watch the SCI-FI Film Festival – Best of WORLD Shorts – April 23/24 event

Go to the Daily Film Festival Platform http://www.wildsound.ca and sign up for the free 7 day trial to watch a new and original festival every single day.

Go to the festival page directly and watch dozens of films:
https://www.wildsound.ca/todays-film-festival/

Watch the festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/april-23-world-sci-fi

See the Full LIneup of Films:

ARITHAARAM (Facial Makeover), 13min,. India
Directed by B Suresh Kumar
Due to the advanced technological developments in Social media, the future of Therukoothu (Therukoothu in Tamil, is an ancient art, where artists play songs with dance and music in storytelling the epics. It is a folk art originated from the early Tamil country.) slowly started diminishing and the survival of the Therukoothu artists became a question mark? This film captures one such artiste and his mental agony.

https://www.facebook.com/babusureshkumar

https://www.instagram.com/sureshkumar_1971/

IRONIC IS THE IRONY, 2min, USA
Directed by Jonathan Christopher Martin-Ives
A couple find everlasting love, only for it to end tragically.

POEMS FROM THE THREKJSHANELLE, 4min,. USA
Directed by Jonathan Martin-Ives
A selection of three poems from Jonathan Martin-Ives based on his Threkjshanelle poetry/short story series. Threkjshanelle is a word from the RellianStorm which means collection or gathering.

DREAMING IN CYBERSPACE, 4min., USA
Directed Logan Fry
“dreaming in cyberspace” is about dreams, and the dreamspace within cyberspace. I’ve been fascinated by both, and in this film, I try to bring them together, showing fragments of dreams coursing freely through the mind, through both dreamspace and cyberspace, beyond and through time, and unfettered from the control of the consciousness.

https://www.patreon.com/LoneBuzzardFilmworks
https://www.facebook.com/actorloganfry
https://www.instagram.com/lonebuzzardfilmworks/

THE TABLEHERDER, 40min., Russia
Directed by Aleksandr Tretiakevich

OPTUM, 7min., USA
Directed by Alex Niforatos
A detective debates the nature of humanity with an AI terrorist that has captured him.

Watch the ENVIRONMENTAL Shorts Festival – April 23/24 event

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Go to the festival page directly and watch dozens of films:
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Watch the festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/april-23-environmental

See the Full LIneup of Films:

THE ART OF PAIRING, 16min., USA
Directed by Jack Mortensen, Brenden Osborn
As a looming fire threatens Oregon wine country, we follow vineyard steward Jason Tosch as he finds purpose in nurturing and protecting the land that has been his home since childhood.

https://www.instagram.com/officialosmo/

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-art-of-pairing-review

RETURN OF THE MANGROVES, 9min., UK
Directed by Leo Thorn
Return of the Mangroves follows the Mangrove Action Project (MAP) team to El Salvador to assess the health of mangroves in the Bay of Jiquilisco. MAP Co-Founder Alfredo Quarto and Jim Enright return to the bay 12 years after they conducted a mangrove restoration training, and with the help of Dr Laura Michie discover the impact of the training on the local people and the mangroves of the bay.

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/return-of-the-mangroves-review

SINCE THE SPILL, 16min,. USA
Directed by Declan Lighthouse

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/since-the-spill-review

THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, 12min,. USA
Directed by John Concillo
Most likely, a young person today in the U.S. will finish high school and not know of William O. Douglas. For anyone familiar with his legacy, this is insupportable. His ideas and philosophies are fundamental wellsprings for a genuinely democratic society. The thoughts and values expressed by Justice Douglas should be passed on to a new generation and reiterated to all U.S. citizens.

Home

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-environmental-justice-review

A POSTCARD FROM ANTARCTICA, 3min., USA
Directed by Saam Gabbay
A chance scout on a zodiac opens the door to mystery and majesty as Antarctica reveals its many gifts.

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/a-postcard-from-antarctica-review

Deadline Today: THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film Festival

Submit to the Festival via FilmFreeway:

This is a HYBRID film festival with live screenings for the audience feedback video you will receive, plus an optional virtual 2nd showcase to enhance the film’s exposure. Festival also conducts blog and podcast interviews with the filmmaker. We have also started a filmmaker’s WhatsApp group with over 100 joined to date to chat about next project and make contacts etc….

The monthly festival that showcases the best of Thriller/Suspense Genre Stories and Films from around the world.

THRILLER festivals occur 12 times a year in Toronto & Los Angeles. Go to the website for information on the next events.

Filmmaker Podcast: EP. 1200 – Emeline Castaneda (TOTEM)

TOTEM, 3min., France
Directed by Emeline Castaneda
The day had started badly for Alice. But that was without taking into account the old saying “in the jungle you must wait, 13 helps yourself liberate”

Get to know the filmmaker:

It was originally for a contest. We had tell a story around the theme “number 13”. I have always expressed my self best with choreography and I already had this idea of a choreography about animal transformation. It was the merfect opportunity.

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Deadline Today: New York SCIENCE & NATURE Festival

Monthly Festival designed to showcase the best of SCIENCE and NATURE films (shorts, features, web series) and screenplays (short, feature, TV) in the world today.

Submit via FilmFreeway:

Any film & screenplay with a science and/or nature thematic and plot is eligible to be showcased at this festival.

Awards & Prizes

FILM FESTIVAL:

We are proud to announce a FOUR tier festival set up of your accepted film at the festival. Two screenings of your film at our festival, plus two separate interviews.

Screening #1 will take place in NYC and will be a private screening for a select group of people. They will then go home after the festival and record their comments of your film. Then we turn those comments into our regular FEEDBACK Festival Video.

For context, here is an example of a video from a recent festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EviO64sSbrA

Screening #2 takes place one time only (for FREE) VIRTUALLY for all to see on our online feed every single day. 365 festivals in 2022. Already these screenings are garnering an audience of 1000s each day.

So in the end you will have TWO showcases of your film and you’ll receive your audience feedback video a week before the Virtual Festival.

Then (Tier #3) we will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film. Then after that (Tier #4) we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we chat with you about the process of how the film was made.

SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL:

Winning screenplays performed by professional actors and made into a video each month. Film festival also occurs each month.

FULL FEEDBACK on all screenplay submissions. Film submissions can also request the committee’s feedback notes on their film.

Watch the SCI-FI Festival – Best of EUROPEAN Shorts – April 22/23 event

Go to the Daily Film Festival Platform http://www.wildsound.ca and sign up for the free 7 day trial to watch a new and original festival every single day.

Go to the festival page directly and watch dozens of films:
https://www.wildsound.ca/todays-film-festival/

Watch the festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/april-22-euro-scifi

See the Full Lineup of Films:

WE’RE COMING BACK, 9min,. Italy
Directed by Francesco Maffei
The last chapter of the invasion trilogy made by Lutey film. If in “The Rooftop” it was the house to be invaded and in “The child is hiding in the woods” it was the mind, in “We’re Coming Back” invasion becomes a threat to all humanity.

http://www.luteyfilm.com/
https://www.instagram.com/luteyfilm

FALLOUT, 8min., Malta
Directed by Maurice Micallef
The horror of nuclear explosions is unparalleled, evoking a nightmarish blend of immediate devastation and enduring consequences. The psychological trauma lingers indefinitely, haunting communities with the spectre of annihilation and leaving scars that endure for generations. This is Xanor’s story.

Home


@CMM-Productions-102460285380409

GLIESE, 20min,. Spain
Directed by Jorge Guimerá
Nacho awakens on the advanced planet Gliese. He is there by mistake and discovers that death does not exist. He must decide whether to remain on Gliese accepting his new condition or return to Earth with his needy younger brother and end the conspiracy forever.

DROP BY DROP—-DAMLAYA DAMLAYA, 5min., Turkey
Directed by Melihat Özdo?an A?gül
Agricultural land and drinking water are not infinite, they may run out one day.

@melihat.ozdoganaggul
https://www.instagram.com/melihat_ozdogan_aggul/

Watch the SCIENCE & NATURE Shorts Festival – April 22/23 event

Go to the Daily Film Festival Platform http://www.wildsound.ca and sign up for the free 7 day trial to watch a new and original festival every single day.

Go to the festival page directly and watch dozens of films:
https://www.wildsound.ca/todays-film-festival/

Watch the festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/april-22-sci-and-nat

See the Full Lineup of Films:

A CACOPHONY OF SCALES, 6min., USA
Directed by William Thinnes
Music scales, weigh scales, and industrial scales converge to warn of the disasterous effects we are having on butterfly scales.

http://popdoves.com/

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/a-cacophony-of-scales-review

MARION GRUBER: PREPAREDNESS IS PREVENTION, 30min. USA
Directed by Donald Rayne Mitchell
Dr. Marion Gruber is a world-renowned expert in vaccine development, regulation, and licensure. She worked at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for many years, serving as the director of the Office of Vaccines Research & Review (OVRR) from 2012-2021. In this short film, Dr. Gruber and several of her colleagues describe their efforts to ensure that life-saving vaccines were available during some of the most recent and well-known public health emergencies and why preparing for the next infectious disease threat is critical.

https://hillemanfilm.com/marion-gruber

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/marion-gruber-review

CRISIS, 6min,. USA
Directed by Patrick Wei
Set against the backdrop of a drought-stricken New York City, this gripping short film delves into the harsh realities faced by its residents as the government imposes a stringent water rationing measure, limiting each individual to just 1 gallon and 3 ounces of water daily. As tensions rise and survival instincts kick in, “Crisis” paints a harrowing picture of the potential consequences of our environmental actions and the lengths to which people might go when faced with the direst of necessities. 1

https://www.instagram.com/Ingenious96

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/crisis-review

BEYOND PROFIT: SEEKING SUSTAINABILITY, 25min., Canada
Directed by Nick Graham Ridley
Two students embark on a journey in search of sustainability in business, exploring questions of profit maximization and corporate social responsibility.

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/beyond-profit-review

SWAMPS, 1min., Canada
Directed by David Convery
Bello takes a mystery trip through the wood wide web and lands in a swamp – nature’s water treatment plants.

Future Chicken Home


https://www.instagram.com/futurechickenofficial/

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/swamps-review

Filmmaker Podcast: Nicholas T. Collier (RENEGADE EPISODE 1: REDEMPTION)

RENEGADE EPISODE 1: REDEMPTION, 20min., USA
Directed by Nicholas T Collier
After learning the mob controls the city, detective Daniel Graves decides to become the newest vigilante in Westwick City, Renegade.

https://www.instagram.com/34_nicholas_34/

Get to know the filmmaker:

Growing up, I have always loved comic book movies, and they’re the reason I decided to become a filmmaker. This was my love letter to the genre, my way of taking all these films and stories I grew up with, and telling my perspective of them.

You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at http://www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

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Watch WILDsound DOCS Festival – April 21/22 event

Go to the Daily Film Festival Platform http://www.wildsound.ca and sign up for the free 7 day trial to watch a new and original festival every single day.

Go to the festival page directly and watch dozens of films:
https://www.wildsound.ca/todays-film-festival/

Watch the festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/april-21-docs

See the Full Lineup of Films:

TEAM OCEAN, 40min., USA
Directed by Bethany Teague
10 nonprofits along both U.S. coasts fight for a better future for our one ocean, and therefore our world. Team Ocean is a celebration of how each organization’s talents, expertise and passions weave together a beautiful tapestry of teamwork from every sector – fisheries, species protection, food security, arts, education, recreation and more.

https://clickandpledge.com/project-ocean/
https://www.facebook.com/clickandpledge
https://twitter.com/clickandpledge
https://www.instagram.com/clickandpledge/

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/team-ocean-review

TOLLERMANIA, 27min,. Canada
Directed by Karen Lang
In this film, Ukrainian-Canadian ceramic artist, Natalia Laluq, interprets the life and work of Canadian world champion figure skater and artist, Toller Cranston, through a stop-motion installation of individually crafted ceramic plates. The art project itself was almost 2 years in the making. The show took place at Toller Cranston’s studio in Mexico in 2014, the year before Toller died. This documentary shows the work from initial concept through process and completion. It is one artist interpretation of another artist’s work and life.

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/tollermania-review

HOSPITAL ART, 2min., USA
Directed by Ethan Knecht
A short aesthetic review of Westchester Medical Center’s art.

https://www.instagram.com/knechtions

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/hospital-art-review

SWISS CHEESE HOLES, 20min., USA
Directed by Ethan Knecht
Covertly filmed in Disney World, Swiss Cheese Holes is a multi-layered documentary that explores the timeless question: How do you make a film about your father’s mental breakdown in Disney World?

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.instagram.com/knechtions

Filmmaker Podcast: EP. 1197 – FILMMAKER LEO ROJAS & ACTOR/WRITER ANGELO BALARAM (APHASIC DREAM)

APHASIC DREAM, 24min,. Bolivia

Directed by Leo Rojas Fernando, a guy with a messy life, starts having strange dreams of a kid in an abandoned warehouse.

http://leorojas.me/

https://www.instagram.com/steverojas00/

You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at http://www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

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