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Month: October 2025
Watch Today’s FREE Festival: Best of CHICAGO Festival Shorts
Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to http://www.wildsound.ca
Watch today’s Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/events/best-of-chicago-festival-shorts
Emma, 11min., Canada
Directed by Robert Bockstael
Two women, associated through addiction are spiraling downwards. In a rare moment of clarity, nearing the end of their salvageable lives, Emma remembers a long-forgotten ‘secret stash’ of money she and her grandmother kept for an emergency. Embarking on a quest for this treasure – this perceived salvation – they find instead an offer of redemption.
https://www.instagram.com/fantasyofcompanionship/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-timeless
NEXT UP, 30min., UK
Directed by Marion H von Loewenstern
Juliette Mandeville and Tilly Anders, two actresses follow a call for an audition to London. Juliette is already a successful and well-known actress who, however, due to her age, is no longer offered good film roles. Tilly Anders on the other hand, is at the beginning of her career, she is very young, inexperienced and full of self-doubt. The director is a shady character driven by selfishness. Juliettes audition doesn’t go well . Tilly is overcome nervousness and flees from the theatre before it’s her turn. How will the two women deal with it and will their lives take a turn? In the style of a surreal dramedy, the story gives a socially critical insight into the entertainment industry, with its possible obstacles and difficulties.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-next-up
Night Shift at Ned’s, 25min., USA
Directed by Hagen Mattingly
A seasoned waitress starts a new job at an overnight diner in the deep south, and learns new meaning to the term “customers from Hell.”
https://www.instagram.com/night_shift_at_neds
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-night-shift-at-neds
Chicago Crime, 19min., USA
Directed by Marcus DiPaola
Marcus DiPaola and Jermaine Kelly chase crime across Chicago, finding shocking differences between how police act in minority neighborhoods versus wealthy neighborhoods.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-chicago-crimes
Pesticide, 7min,. USA
Directed by Justin Graham
An exterminator duels both late night insects and an overbearing car salesman.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-pesticide
Invincibles, 25min., France
Directed by Shane Rosilio
This film is a dinner party behind closed doors. Hannah is hosting a dinner party at her house with her grandmother, her old school teacher, one of her classmates, and her brother, who lives with her. The classmate seems unaware of what he’s doing there, the school teacher tries to be as discreet as possible, and the brother keeps coughing. The atmosphere at dinner is heavy, as if everyone is superfluous, and the room is increasingly filled with unease…
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-invincibles
THE TENDER ONES WILL TRIUMPH, 15min., Poland
Directed by Francisco Bassignana
A young Ukrainian girl live in Poland as immigrant. she received several calls from her mother but she doesn’t want to answer because she think that something bad is going on.
https://wildsound.vhx.tv/videos/audience-feedback-the-tender-ones
Deadline Today: FAMILY Screenplay Festival
Submit via the site: https://festivalforfamily.com/
Get your script and story performed by professional actors at the Family Festival. Get your Short Film showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival and get a audience video.
The #1 Family Festival and Contest in the World today!
– 0ffers screenwriters, novelists and storytellers at all levels the fantastic opportunity to hear their stories read aloud using TOP PROFESSIONAL ACTORS (see below for recent performance readings).
– Offers filmmakers to get their works showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival. Then the filmmaker will receive and audience reaction video on their film (see below for recent film festival videos)
– One of the best places in the world for the writers to sell their script and/or obtain and agent.
– No matter what happens, you will receive full feedback on your work by our established committee. No other place in the world will you get coverage for the price you pay.
– Even if you’re just looking for feedback of your work, this is the festival for you.
– It’s there for all to see. The proof is in the viewership. These videos garner 1000s of views online. Some of the screenplay readings are more popular than actual studio films made!
– We specialize in showcasing Family stories and making sure that when the work is ready, the writer will benefit by at least obtaining a solid agent.
Deadline Today: THRILLER/SUSPENSE Short Story Contest
Submit via the site: https://thrillersuspensefestival.com/thriller-short-story/
Submit your THRILLER/SUSPENSE Short Story to the Festival here and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.
Accept only stories that fit into the thriller/suspense genres.
See example of recent readings completed:
Deadline Today: POLITICAL Novel Festival. (3 options to submit)
Submit your POLITICAL Book by the deadline.
Submit via the site: https://politicalfeedbackfestival.events/political-novel-festival/
Political narrative is a term used in the humanities and political sciences to describe the way in which storytelling can shape fact and effect understandings of reality.
Watch Novel Performance Readings:
Get FULL FEEDBACK on either the 1st chapter or entire novel book from our committee of professional writers and writing consultants. Get your novel performed by a professional actor at the festival. <
NEW OPTION: Or, just submit for an actor performance reading transcript of your novel (any 5 pages of your book). Great way to promote the sales of your book if you’re already published. (see examples on the video playlist below.) <
SUBMIT your novel now (both your 1st chapter or full novel accepted) To be eligible for our Writing Festival Events. Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation.
Submit a novel book and get it seen by the world.
A great way to get your words out there, obtain the agent you’re looking for, or just get your story seen by more people. If you win, your story will be seen by 100,000s of people when it’s read online using a top professional actor. It’s a rush you’ll never experience in your life seeing it come to life that way.
Deadline Today: ONE PERSON SHOW: STAGE PLAY Writing Contest (get play performed by professional actors)
Submit via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/328671/one-person-show-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-a
Brought to you by the Story Pitches Festival: https://storypitches.com/
Submit your Stage Play that is a one person show. (just one performer)
FULL FEEDBACK on your stage play from our committee of Professional Playwriters, Production Heads and Story Consultants. Get a best scene of your stage play performed at the writing festival and made into a video for the winner.
Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival.
SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks
Today’s Submittable Writing Deadlines: September 30th
Submit via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit
- ALLEGORY Poetry Contest
- ONE PERSON SHOW Stage Play Contest
- 1pg. PARANORMAL Short Story
- 1pg. CRIME/MYSTERY Screenplay Contest
- MYSTERY Novel Festival
- ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIPS Screenplay Contest
- THRILLER/SUSPENSE Short Story Contest
ALLEGORY Poetry Contest (Get poem made into a movie. Every submission gets a poetry video reading.)
Submit via the site: https://festivalforpoetry.com/allegory-poetry-contest/
Submit via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/340135/romance-poetry-contest-get-poem-made-into-a-movie-every-submission-gets-a-poetr
Accepting any poetry in any genre or length that’s about ALLEGORY in any way.
All poems will be posted on this network. Over 95,000 unique visitors a day. The winning poem will have their poetry made into a movie.
The RULES are simple:
1. Write a POEM that’s about ALLEGORY. Send it to this contest for $15 and it will be POSTED on this site, guaranteed for 100,000s to see. (you own all rights to this poem)
2. SUBMIT as many poems as you like.
3. The poem can be anything about ALLEGORY. An event/situation that occurred about ALLEGORY in general.
Today’s FilmFreeway Testimonial: CRIME/MYSTERY Film & Screenplay Festival
Submit to the Festival via FilmFreeway:
Great festival! Very quick to respond and give feedback. It was a pleasure to be a part of and be selected. Thank you!
Short Film Review: The Moors in Spain: The Freedom Fighters. Directed by Tirrell J. Paxton
The Moors were Arab and African Muslims from Northern Africa who liberated the people of the book in Spain.
Review by Parker Jesse Chase:
The Moors in Spain blends animation, narration, and historical dramatization to retell a story often
overlooked in Western classrooms. This is the story about the arrival of Arab and African Muslims in
Spain and their long-lasting impact on Europe. Based on the book The Moors in Spain: When Arab and
Africans Led the World, the film reframes the Moors not as conquerors, but as liberators. A group of
people who sought to bring education, technology, and coexistence to a region divided by ignorance and
oppression.
The film opens in Mecca, 613 AD, “the age of ignorance,” as the narrator calls it. Through a mix of
stylized animation and voiceover, we’re shown a harsh world where poverty rules and women are treated
as less than human. The violence is softened by animation, yet it’s still deeply felt. The story then moves
across regions from Tangiers to Guadalette, from Cordoba to Toledo each stop marking a key moment in
the Moors’ mission to spread their faith and values.
At its core, the film is about the clash between religion, power, and principle. “Fear law, fear law, fear law,”
echoes through one of its most memorable sequences, showing how religion, politics, and control
intertwine. The filmmakers don’t shy away from depicting war and bloodshed. The battles between
Muslims, Jews, and Christians are brutal, leaving viewers questioning what liberation really means when
freedom must be fought for.
While the film clearly wants to honor the Moors as bringers of progress. A builder of cities, inventors of
technologies, or even defenders of knowledge. Its visual storytelling often leans into the duality of
contradiction. The closing narration praises their legacy of coexistence, yet the animation doubles down
on scenes of chaos and rebellion. We see men cheering death, not dialogue. We see control replacing
peace. It’s a tension that makes the film interesting, but also confusing in tone.
At times, the piece plays like an educational documentary and something that could be shown in a
classroom. At other times, it feels more like a piece of propaganda, simplifying complex histories into a
moral struggle between “white and brown,” “oppressed and oppressor.” The message is clear, but the
nuance gets lost in the noise.
Still, The Moors in Spain deserves credit for tackling a subject rarely given space on screen. It reminds us
history is not written by the victors, it’s rewritten by those who dare to challenge the narrative. Even with
its uneven tone and heavy-handed symbolism, the film sparks important questions about faith, power, and what it really means to be free.
A visually bold, morally complex retelling of Moorish history that swings between education and agitation.
Its heart is in the right place, but its message sometimes gets buried under the weight of its own passion.
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