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For Aysia, 7min., Canada
Directed by Dani Alexandria
Aysia-May has a grandmother she will never meet and a family that won’t talk about her. When the family finally opens up, years of trauma begins to unravel.
https://instagram.com/DaniAlexandriaMusic
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-for-aysia
Wings, 10min., USA
Directed by Jia Xu
A young girl gets inner growth through the accidental death of her pet.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-wings
Only Human – Fairness and Justice, 2min., UK
Directed Yasmin Godo
Many communities are alienated by and distrustful of advances in genetics. It’s only human to fear, distrust and hesitate when scientists say they are working for your benefit – how do you know? The Only Human film tells Brenda’s experience of having sickle cell disease and uses this to ask scientists working on inherited disease to question whether they are really serving the patients they claim to support. The film pushes for a closer connection between science and society.
https://www.instagram.com/kcespcambridge/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-only-human
A Letter to Mom, 12min., Maynmar
Directed by Hung Ra
Hting, a Burmese immigrant, full-time sushi chef, and film student, shares a letter to his mom in which he describes the challenges, sacrifices, and experiences that shaped his education — including moving away from home and adapting to new environments — as he navigated the journey from a small village in Burma to becoming a film student in Philadelphia.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-letter-to-mom
Ask an Iranian, 15min., USA
Directed by Elliot Feld, Jonny Pottins
In this fast-paced piece, Iranian-Americans will speak to camera and reveal what life is truly like under the Iranian regime.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-ask-an-iranian
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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
sustain, 5min., Austria
Directed by Peter Schakl
sustAIn is the Idea to combine sustainibility and artificial intelligence. Openess is to show generally ideas of sustainibility.
https://www.instagram.com/peterschackl
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https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-sustain
Kazbegi, 5min., Slovakia
Directed by Yakiv Antypenko
Set to a traditional folk song recorded live at a Georgian wedding, this short documentary immerses viewers in the natural and cultural rhythm of the Kazbegi region. With no narration, the film focuses on the detailed sound design and visual atmosphere — where every insect and breeze plays like an instrument in a living orchestra.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-kazbegi
Portrait of a Seaweed Farmer: Ana Borrero, PhD, 10min., USA
Directed by Jeff Siebert
Portrait of a Seaweed Farmer: Ana Borrero, PhD, follows a Spanish marine scientist who leaves behind a high-stress academic career to cultivate something far more sustainable—seaweed and a life in balance. Now working in coastal Norway, Ana channels her scientific expertise into growing an industry poised to combat climate change through regenerative farming. With humor, heart, and humility, Ana reflects on her journey from a microscope-loving child to working mother of two, driven by both environmental urgency and a desire to be present for her young family. A deeply personal look at how one woman found meaning—and a future—beneath the surface.
https://www.instagram.com/yobananabones
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-portrait-of-a-seaweed-farmer
Operation Wolf Foster, 18min., USA
Directed by Justin Grubb
Once nearly extinct, the critically endangered Mexican wolf is making a comeback – thanks to a bold conservation effort that places captive-born pups into wild dens. Operation Wolf Foster takes you inside this high-stakes recovery program, following the delicate journey of newborn wolves as they’re flown across the country and carefully introduced into the wild, offering hope for the species’ future.
https://www.runningwild.media/
https://www.instagram.com/journeying_justin
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-operation-wolf-foster
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SMALL TOWN GIRLS, 4min., USA
Directed by Layal Hamdeh
Feeling confined by their small empty town and unambitious locals, Jasmine and Sarah entertain the idea of moving away to New York.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-small-town-girls
Hammerstone Meets Woofstock, 20min., Canada
Directed by Josh Holliday
A film that straddles the line between narrative and documentary, landing squarely on comedy. Steve Hammerstone is a small town radio host and big time buffoon, who’s sent to explore Woofstock: North America’s largest festival for dogs.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-hammerstone
Super Villain Coffee, 15min., USA
Directed by Leonard Frank Smith
“Supervillain Coffee” is a satirical comedy about Maximum “Chaos” Maxwell, a once-feared supervillain now slinging espresso in a hip downtown coffee shop. Max trades doomsday devices for latte art, grumbling about his past while perfecting milk foam with the precision of a mad scientist. His sidekick in this caffeine-fueled redemption arc is Travis “The Trendsetter” Thompson, ex-villain obsessed with livestreaming his barista life for TikTok clout—complete with hashtags like #VillainToVanilla. The shop’s a circus of chaos and coffee until Captain Righteous, Max’s old heroic nemesis, struts in to rub salt in the wound with smug jabs and a lactose-laden latte order that backfires hilariously. Between plunging toilets and dodging Travis’s phone, Max wrestles with his villainous past and barista present—until a rare moment of wisdom from Travis hints at deeper redemption, only for Max to shrug it off with a grunt. It’s a wild brew of absurdity, heart, and sharp laughs—a tale of evil gone mild, one overpriced coffee at a time.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-super-villian-coffee
THE CALLBACK, 10min., Canada
ISAAC is one of several actors auditioning for the lead in the globally renowned action franchise: MAX STORM. Every actor has been invited into the audition room, which is empty aside from a table with a black covering. Suddenly, they’re greeted by the voice of director DEAN WEST over the intercom. “Do whatever it takes to secure the role.” The tablecloth comes off, revealing a massive collection of deadly melee weapons. Everyone is skeptical, but distrust is already growing. When one of the actors sets his sights on Isaac, snatches an imposing knife off the table, and begins to close in, Isaac is forced to fight to survive.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-callback
Cosmic Rhapsody – A Journey of Hope, 3min. Singapore
Directed by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Christina Teenz Tan
In 2020, the world seemed to be on the brink. A global pandemic raged, wildfires scorched the earth, and anxieties soared. Yet, amidst this turmoil, a spark of hope ignited: NASA astronauts returned to space aboard SpaceX’s CrewDragon, the first mission of its kind in nearly a decade. This inspiring event, against the backdrop of a world in crisis, gave birth to “Cosmic Rhapsody.”
https://www.cosmicrhapsody.ai/
https://www.instagram.com/cosmicrhap/
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SMALL TOWN GIRLS, 4min., USA
Directed by Layal Hamdeh
Feeling confined by their small empty town and unambitious locals, Jasmine and Sarah entertain the idea of moving away to New York.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-small-town-girls
Hammerstone Meets Woofstock, 20min., Canada
Directed by Josh Holliday
A film that straddles the line between narrative and documentary, landing squarely on comedy. Steve Hammerstone is a small town radio host and big time buffoon, who’s sent to explore Woofstock: North America’s largest festival for dogs.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-hammerstone
Super Villain Coffee, 15min., USA
Directed by Leonard Frank Smith
“Supervillain Coffee” is a satirical comedy about Maximum “Chaos” Maxwell, a once-feared supervillain now slinging espresso in a hip downtown coffee shop. Max trades doomsday devices for latte art, grumbling about his past while perfecting milk foam with the precision of a mad scientist. His sidekick in this caffeine-fueled redemption arc is Travis “The Trendsetter” Thompson, ex-villain obsessed with livestreaming his barista life for TikTok clout—complete with hashtags like #VillainToVanilla. The shop’s a circus of chaos and coffee until Captain Righteous, Max’s old heroic nemesis, struts in to rub salt in the wound with smug jabs and a lactose-laden latte order that backfires hilariously. Between plunging toilets and dodging Travis’s phone, Max wrestles with his villainous past and barista present—until a rare moment of wisdom from Travis hints at deeper redemption, only for Max to shrug it off with a grunt. It’s a wild brew of absurdity, heart, and sharp laughs—a tale of evil gone mild, one overpriced coffee at a time.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-super-villian-coffee
THE CALLBACK, 10min., Canada
ISAAC is one of several actors auditioning for the lead in the globally renowned action franchise: MAX STORM. Every actor has been invited into the audition room, which is empty aside from a table with a black covering. Suddenly, they’re greeted by the voice of director DEAN WEST over the intercom. “Do whatever it takes to secure the role.” The tablecloth comes off, revealing a massive collection of deadly melee weapons. Everyone is skeptical, but distrust is already growing. When one of the actors sets his sights on Isaac, snatches an imposing knife off the table, and begins to close in, Isaac is forced to fight to survive.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-callback
Cosmic Rhapsody – A Journey of Hope, 3min. Singapore
Directed by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Christina Teenz Tan
In 2020, the world seemed to be on the brink. A global pandemic raged, wildfires scorched the earth, and anxieties soared. Yet, amidst this turmoil, a spark of hope ignited: NASA astronauts returned to space aboard SpaceX’s CrewDragon, the first mission of its kind in nearly a decade. This inspiring event, against the backdrop of a world in crisis, gave birth to “Cosmic Rhapsody.”
https://www.cosmicrhapsody.ai/
https://www.instagram.com/cosmicrhap/
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Bill W Conscious Contact, 58min, USA
Directed by Kevin Hanlon
Conscious Contact explores the personal spiritual quest of Bill W and his thirst for transcendence.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-bill-w-conscious-contact
The Last Wish, 14min., Ukraine
Directed by Ilya Noyabrev
On the threshold of the Supreme Court, everyone anxiously awaits the Decision about their fate. And only one strives to return to where a part of their soul remains…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35787336/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-last-wish
To The End, 14min,. USA
Directed by Ruiying Sun
When humans really get the chance to live forever, what will they choose.
https://instagram.com/tte_filmofficial
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-to-the-end-short-film
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Chaton – From the Future, 3min,. USA
Directed by Marcus CB Soori
Chaton’s super-danceable and hard-punching debut track is inspired by futurism, the aspiration to create technologies seemingly from the future, to enable a better life for us all today.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-chaton
The Once Upon a Time that Never Was, 3min., Canada
Directed by Deb Ethier
Animated experimental music video for the original song “The Once Upon a Time that Never Was”. With words and music by Deb Ethier and sung by Belén Mariscotti, the song evokes those compelling (and often disquieting) moments from childhood fairy tales, challenging our memories of them.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-once-upon-a-time
Immersed – A Cinematic Immersive Album by Justin Gray, 60min,. Canada
Directed by Justin Gray, Michael Fisher
Justin Gray’s Immersed is a groundbreaking cinematic album that transforms how audiences experience music. Composed, recorded, and produced as an immersive audio experience, the album features 38 artists from Toronto and around the globe, placing listeners at the center of a three-dimensional global orchestra.
https://www.instagram.com/justingraysound/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-immersed
Churches Rise On My Skeleton, 3min,. USA
Directed by Gina Furnan
“Churches Rise On My Skeleton” is the lead single and first short film connected to Eric Terino’s conceptual live album “Indelible Sundries”. The track, which sets an autumnal mood to introduce the project, is a meditation on the shared experience of bereavement that Terino describes as “a desperate plea for understanding, addressed from one ghost to another.”
https://instagram.com/ericterino
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-churches-rise
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Sauvetage, 5min., Australia
Directed by Jackson Bentley, John Stokes
When a special forces operative is held captive by a sadistic crime boss is interrogated, the only way to save him is through the element of surprise.
https://instagram.com/sauvetage_short_film
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-sauvetage
Copilot, 6min., USA
Directed by Jeremiah Hammerling, Robert Devine
A lost android stumbles upon an animated TV show he’s surprised to find himself starring in and remembers his true nature.
https://instagram.com/hidden__fortress
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-copilot
EXIMO, 20min., UK
Directed by Mayed Al Qasimi
Merald and Shaylyn, two skilled engineers, are part of a pioneering mission to the outer reaches of Earth’s solar system. When Shaylyn declines Merald’s invitation to dinner with his family, it seems like a trivial decision—until everything changes. A catastrophic failure in the Kepler drive triggers an emergency evacuation, and as chaos unfolds, Merald’s only thought is Shaylyn. Racing against time, he leads her back to his family, hoping to escape together—only to face unexpected betrayal. Forced to seek another way off the ship, they crash-land on a desolate moon, their fates entwined in a struggle for survival. With oxygen low and hope fading, Merald makes a choice that will define them both forever.
https://www.instagram.com/dorosphere/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-eximo
A Princess’s Plea, 8min., USA
Directed by Brooke Thornton, Madison Hubler
Princess Circe awaits in her tower when Vince Davenport, crown prince of a rich kingdom, comes to claim her as his wife. But with the beast left unslain and the princess left unimpressed, Vince’s quest takes a dark and unexpected turn.
https://www.instagram.com/aprincesssplea
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-a-princess-plea
Midnight Station, 3min., Brazil
Directed by Rafael Beck
In a dark subway station forgotten by time, a man awaits the last train of the night, unaware that he’s about to cross the threshold between reality and nightmare, in an inevitable confrontation with his own fears. Entirely created using artificial intelligence, Midnight Station immerses the viewer in a dreamlike and unsettling universe, questioning the boundaries between consciousness and the unknown.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-midnight-station
LAB RATS, 18min., USA
Directed by Stimson Snead
A man finds himself in cage, like a lab rat. The most recent abductee of a prolonged alien invasion. There he joins a woman, a day-one abductee, long consigned to the mind altering drugs given to her by their alien overlords. Together, they must decide whether or not to succumb to being pets or face the absurd horror of their reality and find a way to escape the lab.
https://www.instagram.com/stimsonsnead/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-lab-rats
To The End, 13min,. USA
Directed by Ruiying Sun
When humans really get the chance to live forever, what will they choose.
https://instagram.com/tte_filmofficial
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-to-the-end
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Intermission, 25min,. Spain
Directed by Arnau Vilaro
During a theater rehearsal, David receives a phone call that throws him off. He walks aimlessly through Barcelona, physically present but mentally elsewhere. His wandering helps him revisit spaces that take on the form of reveries in a noisy city that never stops transforming.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-intermission
Getting Her, 30min, USA
Directed by Chris Haifley
A hipster lesbian Casanova takes her dorky best friend, a chauvinist and virgin under her wing to teach him how to romance ladies; the goal, lose his virginity before their 10 year high school reunion.
https://instagram.com/gettingher_pilot
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-getting-her
Law’s World: Lipstick Bandit, 13min., USA
Directed by Law Artis
“A sassy pansexual sex blogger prepares for a high-profile house tour, but his plans are derailed by his narcissistic bestie, determined to retrieve something she claims is irreplaceable.”
http://lawartis.com/https://instagram.com/laws_world
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-laws-world
PEELING, 17min,. Japan
Directed by Ryusei Emi
The main character Shiori, who struggles with her own identity, one day visits a women’s sex club. She has a secret that she cannot tell anyone and is afraid of being rejected, so she has a hard time exposing herself. With the help of her therapist, Takeru, she peels away her insecurities and fears.
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