Month: August 2025

Watch the WILDsound EUROPEAN Shorts Showcase

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Watch today’s Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/european-shorts-showcasae

THE LAST WISH, 14min., Ukraine
Directed by Ilya Noyabrev
On the threshold of the Supreme Court, everyone anxiously awaits the Decision about their fate. And only one strives to return to where a part of their soul remains…

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-last-wish-film

DOBRINA, 5min., Germany
Directed by Hannes Rall
Lotte Reiniger meets Sergio Leone in this animated short, where desire burns as bright as the desert sun.

https://wildsound.vhx.tv/videos/audience-feedback-dobrina

SMOLDERING SMOLDERING, 5min., Ukraine
Directed by Ilya Noyabrev
This song is about the faith of the Ukrainian people in victory and a bright future, and illustrates our present.

https://www.instagram.com/anna_khanina/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-smoldering-smoldering

BELONG TO YOU, 6min., Iceland
Directed by Ísak Magnússon, Óliver Sólberg
Belong to you follows a swimming pool employee who thinks about his relationship with his coworker on a quiet night.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-belong-to-you

Today’s FilmFreeway Deadline: EXPERIMENTAL, DANCE, MUSIC Festival

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Deadline Today to Submit to the Festival via FilmFreeway:

Currently 198 FIVE star reviews on FilmFreeway!

In-person public screenings, plus other avenues to enhance the filmmaker’s film (audience feedback video, virtual festival, blog & podcast interview).

NOTE: The festival has created a hybrid festival with 4 tiers to enhance your film and your festival experience. All accepted films receive all four tier options:

Tier #1 – Your film plays at a public live event where we will record the audience reactions of your short or feature and then send you the feedback video. Or, it plays at a private festival event where the audience will record their comments/reactions to your film on their camera or phone, then we edit them and send you a promotional video. No matter what you will receive a promotional video of your film of people commenting on your film.

Tier #2 (optional) – We put up your film live on the Film Festival Streaming Service for 30 hours and invite a select industry audience to watch it. With this system, some films have already received a distribution deal, as many platforms are looking for solid feature and short films. We can not guarantee anything, of course but this has been very helpful to many in the past. (see testimonials below.)

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.

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The goal of this festival is to showcase the best of new experimental short films and independent music videos from around the world. Films that don’t get a fair shake from other film festivals because programmers don’t know where to “categorize” these films. There isn’t a typical linear story occurring so most festivals can’t truly understand the talent and beauty around these films.

We want to showcase films that showcase true originality and talent from filmmakers from every corner of the globe. And also showcase new musicians who have made a music video and want it to be shown.

Turning 52 Today: Kristen Wiig

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I can relate to having those people in your life that you feel are moving on to this great, big, normal life and you’re like, ‘What’s wrong with me?’

At parties, I’ll start talking and notice everyone is looking at me and feel dumb and say, ‘Forget it,’ and then start eating things.

If you’re creating anything at all, it’s really dangerous to care about what people think.

I enjoy being characters rather than myself.

I don’t rehearse a lot. I try to keep it organic. Even in movies, the less I rehearse, the better I am.

I don’t know if you can articulate an instinct.

I don’t always just want to do the same thing.

Turning 54 Today: Richard Armitage

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Live acting is a kind of adventure sport. I don’t go abseiling or snowboarding, but I sometimes think that stepping out on stage can have the same kind of adrenaline rush.

I don’t think actors need to go on pedestals. I don’t buy it. I think it’s a weird thing. It’s like you become someone else, like stepping into another universe.


You can spend a bit of yourself when you give yourself to a character. At the end of a job, you have to remind yourself who and what you are.

MOVIE REVIEW: Navigating the Clickety-Clack: How to Live a Peace-Filled Life in a Seemingly Toxic World

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Navigating the Clickety-Clack is a 28X award-winning enlightening TV Series, based on the 4-volume award-winning international BESTSELLER book series with the same name. Producer / director, Keith Leon S. hosts this 7-episode series exploring topics that include, death, fear, job loss, money fear, family issues, relationship challenges, and how to stay peace-filled in a seemingly toxic world.

http://navigatingtheclickety-clack.com/

Directed by Keith Leon S.

Review by Victoria Angelique:

The documentary, NAVIGATING THE CLICKETY-CLACK, is a positive and upbeat series that will follow the stories of individuals describing key moments in their lives that changed their lives. The filmmakers consider the phrase “clickety-clack” as the moment that life “switches gear” or changes unexpectedly to the point it often causes significant distress, but questions if it should or if we are simply needing a different perspective in order to get back on our divine paths.

Many people have heard of the phrase, “count your blessings”, which is rephrased in this series as part of the clickety-clack. It’s described as the moment where people confuse stressors with blessings and end up getting overwhelmed. One example given is when a different perspective is offered to show that what is frustrating one of the interviewees was seen as blessings by his late father. It just took someone else’s point of view for him to take a step back and realize his life wasn’t as bad as he thought at that moment to begin enjoying life instead of living through what he perceived as stress. He was merely stepping into a new phase of his life.

The concept is interesting. It’s one that has been discussed in many different ways, through many religions and academic groups. This series aims to address the concept of getting back to a positive world through looking at oneself by becoming a spectator of your own life. It depicts stories of those who figured out how to do that, either by themselves or with help to get a fresh perspective. It tackles the issue most people don’t want to admit head on, that often we hold our own selves back.

The series is careful to address issues that some people may be sensitive to, such as suggesting people might be the cause of their own toxic world and it can only change if each individual person is willing to start taking a step back to look at themselves. The clickety-clack seems to be about the transition period in life when people must follow intuition and get a fresh perspective to continue on a positive journey that has been aligned for us, even if it might not make sense at the time. It means to look towards the future and try not to stress so that the world becomes less toxic.

Today’s FilmFreeway Deadline: WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival

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Submit to the WILDsound Festival Today:

Entering its 18th year, WILDsound now gives filmmakers 5 tiers to showcase and promote their film. (all accepted films garner the audience feedback festival, the 2nd bonus screening, and the interviews.)

1) Screening #1, where you will also obtain your audience feedback video.
2) Screening #2 virtually on the streaming service WILDsound TV (optional)
3) Screening #3 at a sold-out public screening at the Carlton Cinemas in Toronto or the LA Live Regal Theatre in Los Angeles.

4) Podcast interview at WILDsound Radio on ITunes
5) Blog interview promoting you and your film.

The first film festival screening gives you our award-winning Audience FEEDBACK videos made for the short & feature films.

Festival is also known for it’s Screenplay portion of the festival. We do recorded script readings performed by professional actors. FULL Feedback no matter what, on all submissions from industry professionals.

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– Your film will get screened in front of a large, broad audience.

– We are a feedback festival and you will actually hear what the industry and film lovers think of your film.

NEW Showcase: Submit your FEATURE FILM and receive an audience feedback promotional/testimonial video of your film. Great video to use to get into more festivals and/or promote your film. All submissions receive the committee’s feedback notes on their film no matter what, as per their request.

All festival videos garner 100s of views and set the film and filmmaker up to be accepted to more festivals from around the world.

Writing Festival—WEEKLY Screenplay Festival Events.

Accept stories from all over the world. FULL FEEDBACK on all entries from a committee of Professional writers, consultants, and producers. WINNERS get their stories read by professional actors at the monthly Writing Festival events. See deadlines below for screenplay, TV, novel, short story, and stage play contests.

We perform at least 20 winning screenplay readings a month.

Turning 69 Today: Kim Catrall 

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[on Sex and the City (1998)] The show is celebrating what it’s like to be a woman. We do things people think about but don’t vocalize. It gives men and women permission to talk in a way that is healthy.
I’ve been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point, I expected to be playing moms and wives. It’s exciting to play a femme fatale.


[on her role in Crossroads (2002), where she plays Britney Spears’ mother, who abandons her daughter as a baby and later rejects her as a teen] It was one of the hardest jobs in my life. I had to be mean to Britney Spears. She is such a little Southern sweetie who is only 20. She was so nervous and so well-prepared, and I had to reject her on screen because I’m her horrible mother who has left her.


I’m finding now in my 40s that the less makeup I wear, the better. I think softer is better as you get older. With everything. Except men. I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman
being stronger and independent then some of the men my age.

Turning 36 Today: Hayden Panettiere

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I think at the age I’m at, it’s really hard for a film career, and I’m at a point in my life where I thought it would be a good idea to be a part of a good show and to be able to finish school.


Some people ask me whether I’m a “mama’s girl” or a “papa’s girl”. I’m *nobody’s* girl. My brother clings to our parents; I’m the one shoving them out the door.


I don’t need to feel stick-skinny. To me, the confident curvy girl is so much sexier than the insecure skinny girl.

So my tattoo means ‘Live without regrets.’ It’s not that you don’t regret things in life, but you at least try to learn from them. It’s misspelled too [accidentally, as rimipianti], so I literally have to live by that advice!


[25 February 2022; on Vladimir Putin, the president who started Russian invasion of and war against Ukraine] I have personally witnessed the strength of the Ukrainian people who fought so hard for
their independence and have continued to passionately defend their country over the years. What Putin is doing is an absolute disgrace!

This horrific moment in history sends a terrifying message: the message that in this day and age, in year 2022, it’s okay to violate the rights of free people and allow autocrats like Putin to take whatever they please.

Turning 58 Today: Carrie-Anne Moss

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After The Matrix (1999), I cannot wear sunglasses. As soon as I put them on, people recognize me.


I think dreams are important to inspire us to get out of bed every morning. A sex scene is much harder than a fight scene. It’s one thing to say, ‘Kick higher,’ but ‘Kiss harder’ – that’s just crazy.


I wouldn’t play another character like Trinity out of respect to her and respect to the film. I don’t want to be the leather-clad, kicking-butt girl with another name. It would be like cheating on Trinity.


I don’t have issues with playing moms. When a role is well-written, whatever it is, it’s just about playing the truth of the character. I always wanted to be a mother. I love it.