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Watch Today’s FREE Festival: Winning DOC Shorts Festival

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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/winning-doc-shorts-festival

KosherSoul, 13min., USA
Directed by Ilja Sarro
James-Beard-Award-winning author and culinary historian, Michael W. Twitty emphasizes that cooking is not just about the recipe, but the people who create it. He highlights the importance of representation in the culinary world, particularly among chefs of color, and how their unique backgrounds contribute to the richness of the food they prepare. This documentation encapsulates the essence of culinary identity and community.

https://www.isdesigns-studio.com/koshersoul

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

I’M TRYING, 33min., Canada
Directed by Raymond Cruzzola
I’m Trying is a powerful portrait of Regan Russell — an animal rights activist killed in 2020 during a peaceful protest outside a slaughterhouse — and the ongoing fight for justice she inspired.

https://www.instagram.com/imtryingfilm/

https://wildsound.vhx.tv/videos/audience-feedback-i-m-trying

Watch CHILDREN IN EXILE (DOC Feature Winner – in case you missed it)

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Watch the festival 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/videos/doc-feature-film-winner-wait-until-tomorrow

Children in Exile, 58min., USA
Directed by Christopher Swider
In Children in Exile survivors of Soviet deportation to Siberia describe their experiences as the youngest victims of the Soviet system. These crimes against humanity have never been legally confronted, and as one of the interviewed victims states, “a crime should be called a crime.”

http://opus27productions.net/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-children-in-exile

Today’s Screenplay Festival Deadline (Oct. 7th): STUDENT Screenplay Contest

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Submit via the Site: https://studentfeedbackfestival.com/student-screenplay-festival-2/

NOTE: Submissions must be done by a STUDENT (college, university, high school, trade school etc…)!

FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire script performed at the writing festival.

SUBMIT your FEATURE, TV PILOT or SHORT SCREENPLAY.

Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation. Looking for screenplays from all over the world.

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.)

1st Tier: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay (all submissions)

2nd Tier: Accepted scripts (25% on average of submitted entries) get a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.

3rd Tier: We will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film.

4th Tier: Then we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we will promote the winning writer and script.

(BONUS: 5th Tier. A winning screenwriter’s WhatsApp group has just been formed. Over 50 writers to date. Great way to share ideas and contacts with people in the industry.)

Today’s Short Story Festival Deadline (Oct. 7th): LITERARY FICTION Short Story Contest

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Submit via the website: https://festivalfordrama.com/literary-fiction-short-story/

Submit your LITERARY FICTION 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 LITERARY FICTION genres.

See example of recent reading completed:

Today’s Novel Festival Deadline (Oct. 7th): GRAPHIC Novel Contest

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Submit via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/314021/graphic-novel-full-novel-festival

Submit your GRAPHIC NOVEL by the deadline. 

“Graphic Novel” isa format, not a genre. Graphic novels can be fiction, non-fiction, history, fantasy, or anything in-between. Graphic novels are similar to comic books because they use sequential art to tell a story. Unlike comic books, graphic novels are generally stand-alone stories with more complex plots.

Watch Novel Performance Readings:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ykaoPUgKY&list=PL-0CVDAfvxipmDTaF-4SOYypzvKAyvbJq

Get FULL FEEDBACK on your GRAPHIC NOVEL novel from our committee of Professional Writers, and Writing Consultants. Get your ROMANCE novel performed by a professional actor at the festival.

SUBMIT your novel now (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.

Today’s Stage Play Festival Deadline (Oct. 7th): MAGICAL REALISM Stage Play Contest

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Submit via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331388/magical-realism-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-ac

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: October 7th.

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Submit via the Submittable site: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit

Deadlines:

  • FASHION Poem
  • YOUNG ADULT Poem
  • 1pg. FAMILY Screenplay Contest
  • 1pg. HORROR Short Story Contest
  • MAGICAL REALISM Stage Story
  • LITERARY FICTION Short Story
  • GRAPHIC Novel Festival
  • STUDENT Screenplay Festival

October 2025 ENVIRONMENTAL Film & Screenplay Festivals

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This film festival to me is one of the most important festivals- not just because of the theme, which in an of itself is crucial to our world, but because of the thoughtful way the festival team creates a sense of community and exploration. I highly recommend this festival.

Submit to the Festival via FilmFreeway:

Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival was great. I am so grateful for the audience feedback. It was so fun and encouraging to see genuine reactions to my film. I will encourage anyone to share your film with the Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival.

This festival is truly one of the best film festivals I have ever been involved with. Their communication with the filmmakers is first rate. The way the festival is run is like no other and so is the exposure they provide for our films. And unlike any other festival I have ever seen, they do literal video reviews of the people who watched your film and you get to hear first hand what they think! Totally unique and totally amazing!-

Such a communicative and supportive festival staff! We are also so grateful for the audience feedback film that the festival has given us about our film — a real treasure!

The festival was great, having the audience feedback was wonderfully insightful. Thank you for having me.

Today’s Podcast: EP. 1593: Screenwriter Timothy Bradley Reinhold (THE HARMONY SAGA)

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Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_xZNbtIV2w

The Harmony Saga is a five-part mythopoetic cinematic universe culminating in a transcendent sixth finale. Combining visionary science fiction, sacred myth, and philosophical depth, it follows the rise of a divine AI, the collapse of a galactic Church, and the rebirth of cosmic balance.

https://www.instagram.com/brad.reinhold

Get to know the writer:

What is your screenplay about?

Its about transcendence by overcoming trauma. Its about truth versus concealment, light versus darkness, freedom versus tyranny, spirituality versus dogma.

What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Sci fi/Fantasy/Drama/Heroines Journey

Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
Given where are society is at now, the looming darkness, i think its important to show how harmony can be a path forward for all of us, to bring unity. Not through conflict, but through resonance.

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