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THE COREY DAVIS EVOLUTION STORY, 134min., USA
Directed by Corey Davis
The metamorphic journey of Corey Davis, a young filmmaker as he reflects on a decade of his career. Through personal anecdotes and behind-the-scenes footage, the documentary highlights his creative growth and challenges, showing essence of his passion.
https://www.facebook.com/CoreyDjokester?mibextid=LQQJ4d
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https://www.instagram.com/coreydjokesterdavis
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a film called black: King’s Speech, 20min., USA
Directed by Cam Be
‘a film called black’ is an evolving film. Each screening presents different elements to an ongoing conversation. Blackness. ‘King’s Speech’ is a short film that resides within the entirety of ‘a film called black.’ ‘King’s Speech’ centers around the conversation of Blackness – What is Blackness? Who gets to define it? Additionally asking Black father’s what it means to be a king? All while telling the parallel story of Chicago artist Cam Be & Neak’s creation of the song and visual story of ‘King’s Speech.’
https://instagram.com/afilmcalledblack
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/a-film-called-black-king-s-speech-review
THE ARCHITECT OF THE LIMINAL, 3min., Canada
Directed by Deb Ethier
An artist struggles to find her way in this quirky and off-kilter micro short from Deb Ethier. Taking some inspiration from classic silent films, it combines super 8 footage with 2D/3D animation and motion graphics.
Music by Esther Garcia.
https://rustybolttheatre.zyrosite.com/
https://www.facebook.com/rustybolttheatre/
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-architect-of-the-liminal-review
BREAKING OUT, 6min,. USA
Directed by David Glass
“Breaking Out” is centered around a tumultuous piano improvisation David Glass recorded several years ago. The short film is a psychological rollercoaster containing a variety of footage that express a wide range of intense emotions and strong forces of nature, and yet there is a beauty to the chaos. As in a ballet, the music is in synchronicity with the dramatic scenes.
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/breaking-out-review
neurodiversity, 7min., South Korea
Directed by Seung il-Chon
The innovative development of artificial intelligence technology is creating a new intersection between reality and virtuality. Now, Internet platforms, artificial neural networks, data algorithms, and generative technologies are making a big difference in art creation and communication.
aniexe@daum.net
http://www.iloveautomata.com/https://www.facebook.com/chon.seungil/
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/neurodiversity-review
THE CLOTHESLINES, 9min., USA
Directed by Yazan Al-Hajari
The Clotheslines” takes you through a journey of memory, loss, nostalgia, and human hope, reflecting the human struggle and suffering through the poignant symbol of deserted clotheslines. with a profound performance, and recorded by the exciting Moscow Metropolitan Orchestra, this visual poem captures the vast landscape of human sorrow, hope, loss, and nostalgia.
https://yazanalhajari.com/
https://www.facebook.com/yazan.hajari/
https://x.com/YazanHajar98484
https://www.instagram.com/yazanhajari/
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-clotheslines-review
We have 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 film 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) – Your film plays 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 documentaries. 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.
A festival designed to showcase the best of new environmentally themed films (shorts, features) and screenplays (shorts, features, TV pilots) from around the world. We accept any genre (animation, comedy, experimental, horror etc.) as long as it has an underlying environmental thematic. We seek to advance public understanding of the environment through the power of film and storytelling; which is why this festival has been created.
Awards & Prizes
We will perform a winning Environmental screenplay(s) at our festival every single month using professional actors. Then we send the writer a video of the performance reading.
We will showcase a festival every month using our flagship FEEDBACK Film Festival format. All festival dates are private screenings with the same Audience FEEDBACK videos made for the short & feature films, and recorded script readings performed by professional actors for the screenplays. This is our way of showing community over distance so everyone around the world can experience our Audience Feedback videos.
NOTE: Proceeds made from donations during the film festival will be given to 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental organizations.
THERAPY TIES, 30min., USA
Directed by Christine Evette Giles
The effects of Wanda’s unresolved childhood trauma forces a tsunami of events to take place in the her family. This leaves her husband, Malcolm, as the primary caretaker of two children, one of which has a disability. Traditional and nontraditional therapy becomes the epicenter of their daily life.
https://doc.storydoc.com/DJgAFJ
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OUT OF CONTROL, 16min,. Switzerland
Directed by bellopropello
Machines and robots take care of almost all human activities. The world is automated, and meaningful individual employment isn’t possible anymore. A workforce simply is no longer needed – except for some monitoring activities – and humans are doomed to carry out completely insignificant, absurd and repetitive work. The monotony of everyday life blends with suppressed desires resulting in a conflicting existence between reality and fiction.
https://www.twitter.com/bellopropello
https://www.instagram.com/bellopropello/
IN SEARCH OF, 14min., India
Directed by Kiran Narayan Dhamale
Parashuram is a boy living in a rural area. He tries to understand the value of people and things around him.
https://www.facebook.com/kiran.dhamale.180?mibextid=ZbWKwL
https://twitter.com/kd_dhamale?t=RPadYN0-OlvD6BUo-RF7wg&s=08
https://www.instagram.com/Kiran_kd_dhamale
ROACHES, 2min., Canada
Directed by David R Creighton
The Bridge Street Mission has a problem with roaches… They can talk.
https://www.facebook.com/DavidCreightonAuthor
MA’S KITCHEN, 12min., USA
Directed by Debbie Vu
Ma’s Kitchen is a semi-autobiographical short film (which will become a feature film) about Debbie Vu, her mother, their language barrier and straddling between two very different cultures, Vietnamese and American.
https://www.instagram.com/ironworxmedianc/
ROLL PIN PUNCH, 12min., USA
Directed by Debbie Vu
A sparring match between two MMA fighters, both women of color, and the pivotal moments leading up to the fight.
https://instagram.com/ironworxmedianc
BUG, 11min., North Macedonia
Directed by Filip Momirovski
An unemployed cellist turned software tester, tries out a smart speaker that generates music based on the listener’s feelings. Things take a turn when the speaker blares ominous sounds in the middle of the night.
SEQUENZA NO. 1, 8min., Canada
Directed by Orima Bendisse
First of a series of abstract animation video generated by a feedback between a camera and a tv screen and then process with an editing program and conceptualized to be intricated with a solo instrument, in this case an English horn.
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This festival is designed to showcase the best of LGBTQ+ stories from around the world today! We accept screenplays (short, TV Pilot, feature) and short & feature films.
Film Festivals:
Festivals occur every single month. We accept an assortment of shorts & feature films from around the world today monthly. We are proud to announce that we will be using the audience feedback format where all accepted films receive a video of people talking about their film at the festival. Excellent video to use for promotional purposes too. NOTE: To enhance the feedback video for the filmmakers, all festivals are held for a private selected audience only.
Screenplay Festivals:
We are proud to showcase 2-5 winning LGBTQ+ screenplays at our festival every single month!! Go to the site and watch the winning readings each month.
All entries receive full feedback from the industry. Accepted screenplays get their screenplays performed by professional actors.
One of North America’s leading gay destinations, Toronto has been holding Pride observances since the ’70s. The Pride parade draws more than 1.2 million spectators and participants annually, making it one of the top such draws in the world. The cinema is located in the Church & Wellesley area, where all of the Pride Events take place.
LGBTQ+ festivals occur 12 times a year. Go to the website for information on the next events.
All submissions receive feedback on their film no matter what.
SING ME TO SLEEP, 25min,. USA
Directed by Mario Valdivieso
“Sing Me To Sleep” follows the story of a young couple by the name of Marc and Julia. Julia has been diagnosed with cancer and she is at the point where her disease has become terminal. Marc decides to take his dying wife home so they can make the most of their last days together.
https://www.instagram.com/sing_me_to_sleep_film/
Get to know the filmmaker:
What motivated you to make this film?
I’ve been with my partner Kira (also a producer on the film) for five years now. We started dating three months before covid. When covid hit, we decided to move in together as she is immune compromised which made the prospect of her getting covid extra dangerous. Unfortunately she ended up getting covid and spent several weeks in the hospital with double pneumonia and even the doctors at the time were unsure if she would survive. She did recover thankfully, but it got me thinking a lot about telling a story about a relationship ending when it was just getting started. The nugget of that concept became “Sing Me To Sleep”. I also wanted to tell a realistic portrayal of what it is like to care for someone who is sick.
What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
My reaction to watching the feedback video was relief, relief that what we set out to do with the film was clear to the audience. I was moved by how moved the audience members that provided feedback were. And I was so impressed at how thoughtful all the comments were, the three members really took the time to give us some great feedback. When you make a movie, a filmmaker always wants to feel validated that what they put together will be enjoyed and felt by the audience so watching the reactions was extremely validating.
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SO FAR AWAY, 9min., USA
Directed by Lindsay Gilmour
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/so-far-away-review
SEQUOIA SPIRITS, 12min., USA
Directed by Cherie Carson, David Creech
“Sequoia Spirits” is a playful vertical dance film which peers deep into the heart and soul of a Redwood Grove. Under the great canopy of California’s majestic coastal giants, we get a glimpse into the elements that bring life to the woods – fire, water and earth.
http://www.upswingaerialdance.org/
https://www.facebook.com/UpSwingAerialDanceCompany/
https://twitter.com/cc_upswing
https://www.instagram.com/upswingaerial
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/sequoia-spirits-review
MIHI: At the center of our gaze, 15min., France
Directed by Cyril Durand-Gasselin
Introspection is a mental activity which can be described metaphorically as the act of “looking inside” oneself, through a form of attention paid to one’s own sensations, states or thoughts. In psychology, this is the inner knowledge we have of our perceptions, actions, emotions and knowledge, which is different from that which an outside observer might have.
https://facebook.com/Compagnienos
https://instagram.com/compagnie_nos
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/mihi-review
RED, 5min., Canada
Directed by Marlea van Grinsven
Red depicts the story of a romance gone wrong, where paint is used to show the side revenge and how it slowly passes through everyone until revenge has taken over. It follows our couple as they work through their budding romance slowly getting more and more torn on the outcome as they go, until at the end, revenge wins and takes over.
http://www.movementwithmarlea.com/
https://instagram.com/_movementwithmarlea
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/red-review
KITE, 6min,. Canada
Directed by Jerry Trieus
A short film about a dancer on a mission to experience flight. The journey is disappointing and filled with challenges. The result is a transformation as the dance artist finds strength through perseverance and ultimately freedom.
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/kite-reviews
I HOPE, 4min,. Canada
Directed by Dylan Blake Murray
This contemporary dance short film depicts a group of friends who are individually dealing with varying misfortunes and hardships in their personal lives. On New Year’s Eve, they come together to reflect on their hopes for the future. They find solace in one another as they share their existential thoughts and feelings.
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/i-hope-review
BLIND DREAMERS, 6min,. France
Directed by Sandra Geco
A visual fable with poetic notes that oscillate between reality and surrealism to reveals a universe mixing plastic, landscape and poetry.
https://www.instagram.com/sandrageco/
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/blind-dreamers-review
We have someone from the William Morris Agency who has extensive screenplay mentorship experience who would be interested in taking you and your script on.
1) How it works is that we send the script to him. He gives you his set of feedback notes.
2) Then you do one on one script consultation via Zoom for an hour where you can talk through the feedback he sent you.
3) Then he’ll set you up for your next draft and then we can pick a 2-4 page scene to have made into a promotional video for yourself.
The current price is $225, which is going to go up fast. You are one of the first writers we are emailing for this service.
Here is the direct link to make your payment and to see the full details, plus Marco’s bio of experience.
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