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Short Film Review: EARTHLOVE, 6min., Music Video

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EARTHLOVE, 6min., Sweden

Directed by Felicia Konrad, Johan Haugen

EarthLove is a poetic music/dance film with 6 dancers, filmed in the city of Malmö, south of Sweden. “There’s a revolution that needs to happen and it starts from inside each one of us. We need to wake up and fall in love with Earth. We’ve been homo sapiens for a long time. Now it’s time to become homo conscious.” Thich Nhat Hanh

http://www.istillliveinwater.com/

https://www.facebook.com/www.istillliveinwater.com

https://www.instagram.com/feliciavoiceperformer

Review by Andie Karvelis:

We all reside on this little blue rock called Earth. It’s our only home and it gives us so much. Oceans to swim in, grass to play in, trees that provide oxygen, plants that give us sustenance and so much more. If we don’t take care of our home, who will.


Swedish filmmakers and musicians, Kent Olofsson and Felicia Konrad have designed this love letter to the earth through music and dance. Set inside this lush, green forest with a gorgeous pergola, it is the perfect place to film this piece. The Cinematographer, Benjamin Zadig, made excellent use of this beautiful location.


There’s a wonderful contrast between the landscape and the dancers all dressed in bright colors and patterns. The clashing colors all fit the choreography and add to the persona of each dancer. Musically this takes you in so many unexpected directions while using a unique ebb and flow of dissonance. It’s whimsical, heartfelt and has a kind of psychedelic vibe to it that makes you want to just embrace nature and dance.

Today’s FilmFreeway Deadline: Toronto DOCUMENTARY Film Festival

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Over 50 FIVE Star Reviews!

NEW OPTION: For limited time – Option to submit and garner an automatic acceptance of your film. Agenda is to create exposure for the filmmaker and their film!

Submit via FilmFreeway:

With that acceptance, you will receive an audience feedback video. a written movie review on festivalreviews.org, and a blog interview.

Since 2016, the FEEDBACK Film Festival has been showcasing the best of Documentary Short Films. We now will be showcasing a Documentary Film Festival every month in the heart of downtown Toronto at the Carlton Cinemas.

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 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 our FILM FESTIVAL APP for 24 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.

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We also will be showcasing winning documentary treatments at our festival every single month.

Today’s Writing Festival Deadline: FULL Novel Festival submission

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Today’s Writing Festival Deadline: FULL Novel Festival submission

FULL NOVEL FESTIVAL. Deadline May 15th

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

Watch Novel Performance Readings:

Get FULL FEEDBACK on your entire novel, from our committee of Professional Writers, and Writing Consultants. Get your 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

Just VOTED one of the top festivals in the world today!

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.

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Watch Today’s Festival:

THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival Shorts – May 13/14 event
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/may-13-thriller

Watch Today’s Film Festival: THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival Shorts – May 13/14 event

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Go to the Daily Film Festival Platform http://www.wildsound.ca and sign up for the free 7 day trial to watch a new and original festival every single day.

Go to the festival page directly and watch dozens of films:
https://www.wildsound.ca/todays-film-festival/

Watch FILM: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/may-13-thriller

See the Full Lineup of Films:

A BEAUTIFUL LIFE, 15min., USA
Directed by Zsolt Kormendy
Two detectives investigate a mysterious kidnapping in Vác, Hungary. One of them is relentlessly being pursued by a malevolent dark figure that will stop at nothing to undermine the case and his life.

https://zsoltkormendy.com/films-and-projects
https://facebook.com/zsoltkormendy
https://www.instagram.com/a_beautiful_life_film

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/a-beautiful-life-review-thrilller

LIGHT, 23min., USA
Directed by Maurice Moore, Alex Rios
An intimate secret haunts a newlywed couple from Austin, TX while honeymooning in Barcelona Spain.

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https://www.facebook.com/MotivatePictures
https://www.instagram.com/mo.tivatepictures

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/light-reviews

THE SERENA VARIATIONS, 28min., USA
Directed by Warren Andrew Fischer
A young female violinist with undiagnosed autism spirals out of control as she works on a new opus with a domineering composer, embarking on a psychedelic journey that both pushes her to the edge of mental collapse and fuels her creative power.

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-serena-variations-review

Filmmaker Podcast: EP, 1201 – Jamezz Iaiahe Hampton (REBIRTH)

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REBIRTH, 9min,. USADirected by Jamezz Iaiahe Hampton
In this contemporary twist on the biblical tale, Adam and Eve are thrust into an unfamiliar world after being expelled from Eden. Struggling to discern what is truly good and evil in this complex environment, they embark on a journey of self-discovery in order to set them free.

https://www.1209productions.com/hampton-experience
https://www.facebook.com/Jamezzhampton

https://www.instagram.com/Jamezzhampton

Get to know the filmmaker:

My good friend and I had endless talks about what this project could be leading up to his passing, and I just wanted to get a piece of completed work with his name on it in memory of him.

You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at http://www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast:

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Today’s FilmFreeway Deadline: ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIPS Festival

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This is a HYBRID film festival with live screenings for the audience feedback video you will receive, plus an optional virtual 2nd showcase to enhance the film’s exposure. Festival also conducts blog and podcast interviews with the filmmaker. We have also started a filmmaker’s WhatsApp group with over 100 joined to date to chat about next project and make contacts etc….

Submit via FilmFreeway:

Submit your ROMANCE or RELATIONSHIP Film or Screenplay to the festival today.

Get your short or feature film showcased at the private festival with the sole purpose of getting the filmmaker an audience feedback promotional video.

– NEW OPTION: Submit for a guaranteed acceptance.

– 8 Film Festival events a year.

– Filmmaker also receives a chance to talk about their film on the Film Festival ITunes Podcast and also do a blog interview.

– All accepted films receive an audience reaction video of how they felt about your film.

Then you can use that video to promote your film to get into more festivals and obtain a distribution deal.

Romance Screenplay Festival happens monthly.

– Full feedback given on all submissions by industry professionals.

– Winners get their script performed by professional actors and made into a video for them.

– Winners also get to talk about their work and script on the Film Festival ITunes Podcast.

Today’s Writing Festival Deadline: STAGE PLAY Writing Contest.

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I have to really thank the actors for my reading, nothing short of terrific as they were, nothing short of incredibly smart, attractive, and perceptive as they were. They brought the script to life.
– F. Maffai

Submit here: https://novelwritingfestival.com/stage-play-writing-contest/

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

Watch Today’s Film Festival: Best of LGBTQ+ Short Films

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Go to the Daily Film Festival Platform http://www.wildsound.ca and sign up for the free 7 day trial to watch a new and original festival every single day.

Go to the festival page directly and watch dozens of films:
https://www.wildsound.ca/todays-film-festival/

Watch FILM: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/may-11-lgbtq

See the Full Lineup of Films:

MY FIRST TIME – COMING OUT, 20min., Australia
Directed by Carolyn Cage
Made for queer people and their allies, ‘My First Time’ takes an unfiltered and heartfelt look at unforgettable first universal queer experiences from members from Australia’s LGBTQ+ community.

https://www.youtube.com/@WeArePride
https://www.facebook.com/WeArePrideNetwork/
https://www.instagram.com/we.arepride/

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/my-first-time-audience-feedback

LAST DANCE, 12min., Mexico
Directed by Fernando Garzafox
Dance like everyone is watching, Love like nobody is.
When Diego meets Raúl, he finds love within.

https://www.instagram.com/fergarzafox

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/last-dance-audience-feedback

IN WAVES, 5min., UK
Directed by Shaohan Song
Ke the cinephile begins writing her first script in front of the computer, projecting her complex emotions towards her ex-girlfriend Blue onto the characters she is creating. The surrounding space starts to transform in tandem with her imagination…

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/in-waves-audience-feedback

THE TWO SPINSTERS, 9min., Italy
Directed by Ugo Lanzotti, Roberta Pia De Angelis
Two ladies have been living together for many years. One of them, Maria, has to face an old family hostility for having chosen to live love…

https://www.instagram.com/roberta_de_angelis

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-two-spinsters-audience-feedback

TRANS PUNK, 32min., USA
Directed by Margaret Anne Plumb
A member of the trans community explores the hateful rhetoric and hyperbole surrounding the “transgender issue.” This intimate conversation, featuring those spewing the hate and those most affected by it, will aim to thrash, bash, and smash, this so called “issue.”

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/trans-punk-audience-feedback

AVE MARIE, 13min,. New Zealand
Directed by Celestina Louisa Marie Sumby
Set in 1984 suburban Aotearoa New Zealand, Ave Marie is about adopted siblings Marie and Xavier who use dance as a way to escape the day-to-day reality of their mother’s religious rants and the neighbourhood bullies. While tough and unforgiving Xavier insists on putting himself front and centre of every dance routine and fighting the BMX gang for his right to wear lycra, Marie decides she wants to shine too. When their staunchly Catholic mother leaves the kids home alone for another funeral, Marie gets her chance.

https://instagram.com/ave_marie_shortfilm

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/ave-marie-audience-feedback

Short Film Review: DOWN IN FLAMES: THE TRUE STORY OF TONY VOLANCO VALENCI

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Directed by William Joseph Stribling. Written by and Starring: R.J. Lewis

Meet Tony Valenci and his bona fide sideshow of eccentric colleagues. Tony has spent his life dreaming of setting a world record. Despite numerous failures, Tony has never stopped believing in himself. Now, Tony has devised his most ambitious world record attempt yet: to be the first man to blow fire while skydiving. https://www.facebook.com/downinflamesfilm

Review by Victoria Angelique:

The film DOWN IN FLAMES never evokes sadness even when Tony meets his demise. The tone is light and humorous throughout the entire mockumentary. The story is entertaining and great characters are introduced that appear realistic with how the world was set up for the narrative. Circus acts talking about Tony, the Human Volcano, wanting to break a world record without blinking an eye about the danger he’d put himself in until Tony chooses to take it too far by jumping out of plane while blowing fire. 

The special effects and stunts in this film are remarkable. They seem flawless, as if the audience is actually watching these acts through a first person perspective. This can be credited to filmmaker William J. Stribling as every character is vastly different, which makes it quite entertaining to watch.

The editing is what makes this film memorable. Editor, Andy Stein, made this film feel like an actual documentary rather than a mockumentary. Footage is grainy to make it feel like it’s actual home videos of Tony as the characters remember him. The cinematography aids the editing as the set up is traditional documentary style of interviews. The end song feels like Johnny Cash meets the Devil Went Down to Georgia. It could easily become a hit. 

DOWN IN FLAMES is a humorous, yet uplifting story that has the audience rooting for Tony to succeed in his endeavor to break a world record. He seems like a character that would want his every move filmed or photographed since he wants to break the record through a dangerous stunt. Tony’s death doesn’t even bring the tone down as he died doing what he loved, something most sideshow acts succumb to through their dangerous stunts. It makes the film more exciting. 

Feature Film Review: CHANCE ENCOUNTERS. Performance Art

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Chance Encounters documents a one-person show of the same name by Juno award-winning musician and interdisciplinary artist Jesse Stewart. Combining storytelling and innovative music performed on a variety of unusual instruments, the film explores the profound impact that fleeting interactions with strangers can have on us.

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Review by Victoria Angelique:

The production of CHANCE ENCOUNTERS utilizes a brilliant storytelling technique that makes the audience forget this is a one man show. Jesse Stewart teaches important lessons through the people he has encountered that helped shape his life. He proves that people don’t need to spend a lot of money to make music, sometimes it’s the individuals met throughout life’s journey that will lead a person to create music and art in the most unexpected of ways. 

The soundscape that Jesse Stewart creates is ethereal. The items he uses creates a musical adventure that is a combination of nature with a touch of Heaven, even in the darker tones. The idea that earthly or manmade items can make such magnificent sounds is a treat for the ears. This film should be watched at full volume for the best experience. The fact that everyday items such as stones or keys can make music is outstanding, then adding in traditional musical instruments from different cultures makes this show an immersive experience. Stewart is able to flawlessly move throughout time as he tells his story, using music to bring his audience into different cultures. 

The theme of CHANCE ENCOUNTERS is quite powerful because it shows how certain people can change someone for the better. The wisdom of strangers can stick for life, as it clearly did with Jesse. The show has a subtle suggestion that perhaps the encounters a person has really isn’t by chance, but by fate. Throughout the storytelling, each of the people Stewart met seemed to come at a moment when he needed advice. 

Jesse Stewart is a captivating storyteller. If the film is able to fully immerse someone into his stories, he is probably even more remarkable live. If people don’t enjoy one man shows, CHANCE ENCOUNTERS will change that opinion. The combination of music with amazing storytelling is  something everyone should watch.