Year: 2025

Watch Today’s FREE Film Festival: DOC Feature Film: Depth Nomads – Kazakhstan

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FREE festival starts at 8pm EST tonight at http://www.wildsound.ca/browse

Watch the festival here:  https://www.wildsound.ca/events/doc-feature-film-depth-nomads-kazakhstan

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Depth Nomads – Kazakhstan, 78min., France
Directed by Arnaud Palu
Laurent was once an elite French judoka. In 2008, he participated in the Beijing Olympics, carrying the hopes of a nation only to walk out moments later, defeated in his first fight. What followed wasn’t just the end of a match, but the quiet burial of a dream. He gave up on judo, silenced by shame, convinced that failure defined him. When we invited him to join us in the forgotten steppes of Kazakhstan, he accepted, not to return to the sport, but to finally confront the part of himself he had abandoned.

https://www.instagram.com/depth.nomads/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-depth-nomads

Today’s Podcast: Travis Limoge (FIELD REPORT | FLACK FAMILY FARM)

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FIELD REPORT | FLACK FAMILY FARM, 15min., USA
Directed by Travis Limoge
Nestled in the hills of Enosburg Falls, Vermont Flack Family Farm has been contributing to the vibrance of their community through their symbiotic work in the soil for nearly a half a century.

https://www.instagram.com/underblkflag/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-field-report

What motivated you to make this film?
As a Chef I have spent the last decade of my career dedicated to researching and implementing community based solutions to the industrial food complex. I have made many impactful relationships with farmers who are working hard to revitalize their local food sheds and felt inspired to share their stories as the majority of the documentaries currently available on food and food production are either glossy or focused on a specific problem rather than demonstrating the collaboration between farmer, soil, and community, the struggles they face and the actions of resilience they take on a daily basis.

From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?
We had a good idea of the message we were trying to relay in the film and when we set out on the farm to shoot the story unfolded chronologically as we were working hand in hand from harvest to production of the fermented products, when we got to post it was quick work as we were smitten with the story we had captured, all told the whole film from start to finish took a month.

How would you describe your film in two words!?
Thought Provoking

What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?
The organic nature of the production didn’t really come with obstacles, just lessons, Flack Family Farm welcomed us in and took the reins, we just followed along.

What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
It was wonderful to receive feedback from the audience, it was touching that they were able to really connect with the message and the feedback let us know that we had captured the story we were trying to tell.

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July 2025 ENVIRONMENTAL Film & Screenplay Festival Testimonials

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Wonderful festival, great feedback and I loved the audience feedback video the festival made for Black Cockatoo Crisis. Five stars all round. 🙂

Excellent festival. Detailed feedback and friendly staff.

Perfect for the audience we were hoping to show the film too. Wonderful experience.

Thank you EFSF!!! We LOVED all the reviews and comments and engagement your audience members shared about for Tomorrow – it was super rewarding!

This was an OUTSTANDING Contest to participate in. When my script ‘Underwater Hazards’ made it to Official Selection I was invited to have a short podcast created of actors table reading my first scene. When my script moved forward to Award Winner, Mathew interviewed me about the script for a Podcast. The support is amazing. I couldn’t be happier. Thank you Environmental Film & Screenplay!

Today’s Writing Deadlines: July 13, 2025

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Submit to these exciting festivals today. Festivals that offer feedback from the industry, plus performance videos.

BIOGRAPHY Short Story Festival (everyone wins):

BIOGRAPHY Short Story Festival (everyone wins) – July 13th deadline

A biography is a written account of a person’s life that tells the story of their experiences, accomplishments, and challenges. The word “biography” comes from the medieval Greek words bios, meaning “life”, and graphia, meaning “writing”.

Submit your Short Story to the Festival and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.

LGBTQ+ Novel Festival (3 options to submit):

LGBTQ+ Novel Festival. (3 options to submit). Deadline July 13th

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.

LGBTQ+ Screenplay Festival:

LGBTQ+ Screenplay Festival

This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.)
1) Full Feedback on your script
2) Actors performance video reading of your script
3) Blog interview promotion.
4) Podcast interview on the Film Festival ITunes show.

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Today’s Podcast: Filmmaker Gary Alvarez (SWEET DREAMS)

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Sweet Dreams, 34min., USA

Directed by Gary Alvarez

Set in the near future when most people can no longer dream, “Sweet Dreams” follows the story of Esperanza, a young woman who’s excited to be a mom for the first time. Weeks before the baby is due, her partner Kiké goes missing. As she searches for him and her savings dwindle, she comes across an opportunity to make some quick money: surrogate dreaming, a new technological advancement which allows her to sell the dreams of her unborn child through a dreamcatcher clinic. After a trial run, Esperanza begins to suspect that the clinic is somehow connected to Kiké’s disappearance.

https://www.instagram.com/sweetdreams_film/

What motivated you to make this film?
A conversation I had with my wife when she was about 6 months pregnant with our son, Sol. We discovered that he was dreaming in the womb and that idea blew my mind! I thought it would make a good story and I started writing the script later that night.

From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?
3 years and 5 months.

How would you describe your film in two words!?
Must watch!

What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?
Post-production: from false starts on VFX to losing an AE to scheduling sound design and raising funds to pay for all of it! 

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Watch Today’s FREE Festival: Artist Feature Film Winner: NADO

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FREE festival starts at 8pm EST tonight at http://www.wildsound.ca/browse

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NADO, 68min., Italy
Directed by Daniele Farina
NADO is an intimate and powerful journey through the life and work of one of the greatest Italian sculptors of the twentieth century. A story of resistance and courage, a human parable of will and joy that spans a whole century.

https://www.instagram.com/danielefarina.video

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

Watch THE LINE WE CROSSED (winning Environmental feature) – In case you missed it

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FREE festival starts at 8pm EST tonight at http://www.wildsound.ca/browse

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The Line We Crossed, 110min., US
Directed by Liz Smith
A British story of dissent, drawn from the frontlines of climate resistance. Through the experiences of those who stood in defiance, it traces the quiet unraveling of our protest rights. The film challenges audiences to question what makes dissent effective and where the line of acceptability is.

http://www.thelinewecrossed.com/https://www.instagram.com/p75investigates/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-line-we-crossed

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July 2025 WILDsound Festival Testimonials (118 FIVE Star Reviews)

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Submit to the WILDsound Festival Today:

Great to have our films in! Thank you!

This festival delivers. Great feedback and is a great value to submit your film or screenplay to. I was proud to have received a Best Documentary award for my film DANCING WITH WAVES. A festival I will continue to submit future films.

This is one of the best festivals that we’ve had the honor to be a part of. Having audience members provide video feedback is such a great addition to having won for Best Performances for our film Triggered 2.0! The additional offering to be on the Wildsound Podcast, and incredible communication just adds to the enjoyment of being a part of this festival. We look forward to receiving a trailer that includes clips of audience feedback as well!

WILDsound is a legit great festival that keeps to everything they advertise! The perks and communication are great. I was absolutely thrilled and honored to have my film win best short and the feedback video of audience reactions to my film that they sent me was outstanding! Thanks for everything guys!

Thanks for screening “Bay For Blood” at your festival! This is the second time I have been with this festival and I have so many positive things to say. The multiple screenings, the feedback video, the written review, the interview, and access to the online screening are some of the many things that this festival offers.

This festival is more professional, punctual and generous than most festivals I have been a part of and I will definitely be submitting future projects to the WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival.

Today’s Writing Deadlines: July 12, 2025

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Submit to these exciting festivals today. Festivals that offer feedback from the industry, plus performance videos.

FEMALE Writers Short Story Festival (everyone wins):
https://femalefilmfestival.com/female-writers-short-story-festival/

Submit your FEMALE short story to the festival here, and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video.

SCI-FI/FANTASY Novel Festival:
https://fantasyscififestival.com/fantasysci-fi-novel-festival/

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)

ANIMATION Screenplay Festival:
https://feedbackanimationfestival.com/

This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.)
1) Full Feedback on your script
2) Actors performance video reading of your script
3) Blog interview promotion.
4) Podcast interview on the Film Festival ITunes show.