MISSTEP, 2min, UK, Drama
Directed by Sam Brewster

A banker is on his way to work when a careless trip on a railway platform forces him to question his prejudices.

MISSTEP Played at the WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival in January 2016. Here is the transcript of the audience feedback from the festival. Moderated by Matthew Toffolo.

Read interview with the director Sam Brewster
MISSTEP – Audience Feedback

MT: Anybody want to make a first comment about “Misstep”?

Audience 1: I laughed at the end credits because they said “no investment bankers were harmed in the making of this movie” and I thought that was very funny. Why am I thinking of “Sliding Doors” which is a movie I never saw but somehow it makes me think of that movie just from the little bit I know about it. It just seems that he learned a lesson. He would have died if…

OH MY OH AGAMI, 4min, Egypt, Documentary/Poetry
Directed by Hani R. Eskander

A visual poem depicting a life of an Agami resident who reminisces his childhood amidst the ongoing destruction and illegal construction.

OH MY OH AGAMI Played at the WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival in January 2016. Here is the transcript of the audience feedback from the festival. Moderated by Matthew Toffolo.

Read interview with the director Hani R. Eskander

OH MY AGAMI – Audience Feedback

MT: “Oh My Agami”, the film from Egypt, a poetry film, anybody who has been to our festival in the past, we’ve shown a few poetry films. This has a certain feel to it, does anyone want to make the first comment?

Audience 1: I just thought it looked very beautiful, the black and white changing to color when he’s in current time. I liked that. It was subtle but it kept with the…

The OSCARS wrapped last night so we wanted to give a tribute to the two films that were shown at our festival that won the big award.

First film is RYAN – Watch it NOW:

This Oscar®-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. Ryan is living every artist’s worst nightmare – succumbing to addiction, panhandling on the …

RYAN played at the WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival in 2007. It’s an amazing Animation/Documentary that was produced by the National Film Board of Canada

The OSCARS wrapped last night so we wanted to give a tribute to the two films that were shown at our festival that won the big award.

2nd Film: THE DANISH POET

The film follows Kaspar Jørgensen, a Danish poet in the 1940s who is seeking inspiration. At the suggestion of his psychiatrist, Dr. Mørk, he travels to Norway to meet the famous author Sigrid Undset. However, after arriving in Norway, he meets Ingeborg, a farmer’s daughter, and they fall in love. He proposes to her, but discovers that she is already engaged, at her father’s wish. She promises not to cut her hair until they are reunited, and Kaspar returns to Denmark.

THE DANISH POET played at the WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival in 2008. It’s an amazing Animation that was produced by the National Film Board of Canada

Jane Musky is one of the top Production Designers working in the industry today. She has designed over 40 productions in the last 30 years, working with directors Mike Newell, Ivan Reitman, Andy Tennant, Gus Van Sant, Jerry Zucker, James Foley, and The Coen Brothers, to name a few. She also happens to be married to the President of the United States (well on the TV show Scandel) for the last 28 years too!

It was an honor to interview Jane and talk about her amazing career, and it looks like she’s just getting started.

Matthew Toffolo: You have been the Production Designer on over 30 films in the last 35 years. Is there a film or two that you’re most proud of?

Jane Musky: My favorite films as a Designer are GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS and THE DEVIL’S OWN.

GlenGarry was a once in a lifetime chance to work with…

WILDsound has announced their 10 Twitter Short Story Winners for March 2016. The 2nd winners of 2016. Now their 140 character stories will be made into a video.

Read the 10 winners:

Reunited by DianesDigitals

The years flew by with him. The years dragged since he passed. Now it’s time to reconnect as he takes my hand and we share an endless kiss.

BIRDS by Goldie Alexander

Magpies
butcherbirds
cockatoos and
wattlebirds
swoop over our garden to
dive swoop plunge plummet
whistle argue & quarrel
in their constant search for worms
and love

The Way We Were by John Halili

I’ve seen first hand how a friendship can die. From an unspoken truth that became an all too told lie. Now all I have left are the memories.

Steve/Stephanie by Julie Balloo

You didn’t see me, but I recognised you. Your dress and heels and newly sculpted breasts finally solved…

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SPOTLIGHT (USA 2015) ***1/2
Directed by Tom McCarthy

Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Stanley Tucci, John Slattery, Jamey Sheridan

Review by Gilbert Seah

SPOTLIGHT deals with the cover-up by the institution known as the Catholic Church of their priests committing the unspeakable sin of child molestation. But it is not so much a revelation drama – as everyone knows the fact already after the news has already spread – but how the Boston Glove uncovered the fact.

SPOTLIGHT is the account, based on actual events, that the words claim at the start of the film to add credibility of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that rocked the city and eventually the world. The characters are the “Spotlight” team of reporters. These are investigative reporters who pick a controversial topic and take it all out to provide…