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Eye of Jupiter is a short animated film that follows a lost astronaut contemplating life while drifting in orbit above Jupiter.
Directed by Roger Gallant
Composed by Sturne
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SENTIENT, 33min., Australia
Directed by Kayley Atkinson
Ella and her friends take a weekend getaway to rural Australia to disconnect from their devices and reconnect with one another. However, an evil presence has other plans for them.
https://instagram.com/sentient.thefilm/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-sentient
Menopause Menopaws, 14min., USA
Directed by Akiko Matsumoto
This short comedic film about menopause uses humor as a powerful tool to break down walls and spark honest conversations. While menopause can be overwhelming—hot flashes, mood swings, sleep issues—it also has moments of unexpected hilarity. By leaning into the comedy, the film shines a light on the realities of this transition, helping women feel seen, less alone, and hopefully sharing a few well-earned laughs along the way.
https://www.instagram.com/akiko_nyc_la_jp
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-menopause-menopaws
iHostage, 14min., Australia
Directed by Rosemary Reid
Abducted from her idyllic paradise and drugged, Ranger Jane Winter must escape her bonds or risk being caught in a predator’s unforgiving web forever.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33048716/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-ihostage
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Sumarsólstöður, 30min., France
Directed by Amélie Ravalec
In a world where art and reality collide, Miho’s vivid dreams reveal the cosmic force of the Architecture, uniting her with artists across the globe in a desperate battle to heal the universe.
https://www.circletimestudio.com/sumarsolstodur
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-sumarsolstoour
The Krystal Gene, 13min., USA
Directed by Stuart Michael Daly, Jobe Wolf
In 2024, A troubled young mother (Sophia) and her psychic son (Jacob) are desperately on the run from a super soldier unit, known as ‘Black Sun’. Such an elite and ancient order will stop at nothing in abducting her son for weaponizing his DNA to gene splice slave humans for a WW3 draft.
https://www.instagram.com/ascension.series
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-krystal-gene
Can’t Stop, A Star Trek Fan Production, 24min., Czech Republic
Directed by Radek Belina
The starship USS Greenwich Village, commanded by Captain Glenn Dirk, is sent to the Deneb system, historically known as the site of Captain Picard’s first contact with the mysterious and powerful being Q. The crew expects a peaceful scientific mission, full of exploration, discovery, and data collection. Newly appointed First Officer Felipe Scott, descendant of the famous Montgomery Scott, brings a fresh approach to planning and enthusiasm for space exploration.
https://startrekbridge.com/episode/cant-stop-star-trek-fan-production
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-cant-stop-a-star-trek-fan-production
THE GREY OWL, 1min., Mexico
Directed by Ramón Charbel Sánchez Márquez
In the remains of the once majestic “Danbo City”, two old friends colide.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-grey-owl
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Trapped in a questionable medical facility, a trans woman undergoes attempted forced conversion therapy. This is her fight to maintain her true identity, fighting against being mistaken for someone she’s not.
Directed by Nathan Thompson
Written by Chilli Kellaway
Cast: Lola Battle, Mckenna Bird, Sean Michael Cummings, Alexis Rea
Director Statement
What is it about our culture, our definition of what it means to be human, that relies so heavily upon our fear of “the other”? Why do we feel the need to dehumanize those we don’t understand or whose identity diverges from our own?
This is a story. A story of difference. A story of how a narrow group of medical “professionals” has chosen to try to “fix,” or convert that difference of identity into what they consider normal. A story also of resistance to being defined by this limited conceit of identity. A story of survival, of fighting for a true identity, of combating isolation with an imagined, soulful, hopeful ideal.
This is also a story of trauma. A story of prolonged separation and isolation from loving support that wears away at what it means for Audrey to be truly Audrey. A story that is repeated all too often.
I grew up during social protests about homosexuals being allowed to teach in public elementary schools. I grew up hearing claims that homosexuality is contagious. While medical science has repeatedly disproved this as a complete denial of scientific truth, we are still trying to find our scapegoats.
I am a straight, white man who receives the privileged societal benefits of that identity. Both of my children identify as queer. Neither of them has had to face the specific trauma of this story, but they have had to face many others. I want the world and our society to be a safer space for them, and an accepting space for who they truly are.
This story was brought to me four years ago as a student script worthy of production. No one in my classes felt capable of telling the story adequately so I took it on. It was shot in the Spring of 2019 then shelved due to other commitments. I was hopeful that our society would have grown and developed so that this story wouldn’t need to be finished. I was wrong. This is perhaps more pertinent now with the rekindled hate-speech targeting the transgender community.
When can we release our scapegoats, our fears of otherness? When can we celebrate our own true identities and identities different than our own?
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In a desert war land, the elite tactical team, only know as BRAVO, must be the eyes and ears for their comrades, ALPHA Team. With time on the essence, both teams need to be on alert for the capturing of the 6 mass villains of the land. A war of stealth, values, and friendship lay on the line as BRAVO Team must overcome their own internal struggles if they wish to accomplish the mission. The question is, will they?
Written & Directed by Nevin Bolla
Cast: Nevin Bolla, Christian Vilina
https://www.instagram.com/nevinbolla/
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THE SPECTER OF CHRISTMAS, 11min., USA
Directed by Joel Harlow
Official selection of Fantasia 2025 and voted Best Short FIlm at IFS/LA FilmFest 2025 The Specter of Christmas marks the fourth film in the “Old Time Radio” short film series. This time, a holiday adventure loosely based on “T’was the Night Before Christmas” narrated by Paul Giamatti.
https://www.instagram.com/morphology.fx
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-specter-of-christmas
SUBMERGED, 14min., Brazil
Directed by Heloísa Cardoso
A young woman waits for her lover for a secret trip. However, he does not show up and does not respond to her messages. That’s when strange and inexplicable events begin to happen in her house. She asks for help from her lover, who ignores her. Realizing that she is hopelessly alone, she gives up waiting for salvation and surrenders to her own shadow.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-submerged
SHADOW OF THE IMPOSTER, 5min., UK
Directed by Ortino Yang
Shadow of the Impostor is a surreal psychological short film that follows Aiden, a struggling actor on the verge of a breakdown as he prepares for a major audition. Battling self-doubt, rejection, and the dehumanizing nature of the industry, Aiden begins to experience a mental split—his shadow detaches from him, reflecting his inner turmoil and fractured identity. As reality blurs with hallucination, Aiden’s confrontation with this shadow self culminates in a defiant act of rebellion during the audition, symbolizing his reclaiming of agency in a world that tries to erase him.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-shadow-of-the-imposter
REPETITION, 5min., Italy
Directed by Michele Lazzaro
In the middle of the night, over a desolate bridge, a woman is chased by a man. Everything suggests that she is the prey, but in reality she is the hunter: a beautiful vampire who endlessly repeats her trap with the help of her accomplices.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-repetition
Folie Glacée, 11min., Canada
Directed by Louis Rémillard
Eli et Vincent se commandent une collation à la crèmerie locale sans s’attendre aux horreurs qui ruineront leurs rendez-vous en amoureux.
https://wildsound.vhx.tv/videos/audience-feedback-folie-glacee
FLESH WISH, 4min., UK
Directed by Timothy Benjamin Slessor
An experimental horror inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, David Cronenberg and Clive Barker, this music video / short details in an abstract way the summoning of demons through a ritual performed behind the locked doors of a 1970s terraced house. Images are a combination of 8mm cinefilm, analog stills and materal initially generated with the use of a variety of AI platforms before they were brought into After Effects were they were everything was heavily manipulated, with many layers of texture, noise and grain added, lighting added or altered, images distorted and blended together and so on. The actual editing was arduous, often frame-by-frame (everything was done by hand) with images further distorted and manipulated with a variety of blending modes. It was a one-man job and that one man was very, very tired by the end of it! (please note that the encode on the FilmFreeway screener is not very good, a sharper version can be seen on the Vimeo link used as the project website below)
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedbck-flesh-wish
BREACH, 3min., Canada
Directed by Ross Langill
A pregnant woman defends her house from two intruders
https://www.instagram.com/perspectivefilms1990/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-breach
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Sumarsólstöður, 30min., France
Directed by Amélie Ravalec
In a world where art and reality collide, Miho’s vivid dreams reveal the cosmic force of the Architecture, uniting her with artists across the globe in a desperate battle to heal the universe.
https://www.circletimestudio.com/sumarsolstodur
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-sumarsolstoour
The Krystal Gene, 13min., USA
Directed by Stuart Michael Daly, Jobe Wolf
In 2024, A troubled young mother (Sophia) and her psychic son (Jacob) are desperately on the run from a super soldier unit, known as ‘Black Sun’. Such an elite and ancient order will stop at nothing in abducting her son for weaponizing his DNA to gene splice slave humans for a WW3 draft.
https://www.instagram.com/ascension.series
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-krystal-gene
Can’t Stop, A Star Trek Fan Production, 24min., Czech Republic
Directed by Radek Belina
The starship USS Greenwich Village, commanded by Captain Glenn Dirk, is sent to the Deneb system, historically known as the site of Captain Picard’s first contact with the mysterious and powerful being Q. The crew expects a peaceful scientific mission, full of exploration, discovery, and data collection. Newly appointed First Officer Felipe Scott, descendant of the famous Montgomery Scott, brings a fresh approach to planning and enthusiasm for space exploration.
https://startrekbridge.com/episode/cant-stop-star-trek-fan-production
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-cant-stop-a-star-trek-fan-production
THE GREY OWL, 1min., Mexico
Directed by Ramón Charbel Sánchez Márquez
In the remains of the once majestic “Danbo City”, two old friends colide.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-grey-owl
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In the hauntingly enigmatic and dialogue-free short film, ‘Screaming Silence’, Elizabeth, a young woman in the aftermath of a traumatic event, navigates her world through a haunting soundscape of everyday noises, which ‘peoples’ her world and forces her to face her reality of circumstances and her fear of reaching out for help. As the audience intimately experiences her journey, Elizabeth’s silence becomes a bittersweet force, echoing the profound emotional depth that empowers her to move forward in an altruistic twist of an ending.
https://www.screamingsilencefilm.com/
https://instagram.com/kalynelizabethwood
Directed by Kalyn Elizabeth Wood, Hal Waghorn
Writer & Lead Actor: Kalyn Elizabeth Wood
Sound Design: Oliver Bignell
Director Biography – Kalyn Elizabeth Wood, Hal Waghorn
Kalyn is an American – Irish actress based in London and Los Angeles. Kalyn became interested in acting at a young age and began training when she was twelve years old. At the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Wood received a perfect study score. In 2020, she received a BA in History from the University of Mississippi. In 2023, Wood received an MA in Text & Performance from Birkbeck University. Her film ‘Screaming Silence’ has gone on to win 25 awards.
Hal is an award winning director currently based in Bristol in the UK. He’s been studying at Bristol University for the past 3 years where he not only collaborated on a range of short films but also co founded Bristol Collaborative Arts, a Bristol based arts society created to give young artists a space to collaborate on film theatre and music projects. He now works in the British film and TV industry as a floor runner and is looking to work on future projects with like minded creatives.
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THE SPECTER OF CHRISTMAS, 11min., USA
Directed by Joel Harlow
Official selection of Fantasia 2025 and voted Best Short FIlm at IFS/LA FilmFest 2025 The Specter of Christmas marks the fourth film in the “Old Time Radio” short film series. This time, a holiday adventure loosely based on “T’was the Night Before Christmas” narrated by Paul Giamatti.
https://www.instagram.com/morphology.fx
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-specter-of-christmas
SUBMERGED, 14min., Brazil
Directed by Heloísa Cardoso
A young woman waits for her lover for a secret trip. However, he does not show up and does not respond to her messages. That’s when strange and inexplicable events begin to happen in her house. She asks for help from her lover, who ignores her. Realizing that she is hopelessly alone, she gives up waiting for salvation and surrenders to her own shadow.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-submerged
SHADOW OF THE IMPOSTER, 5min., UK
Directed by Ortino Yang
Shadow of the Impostor is a surreal psychological short film that follows Aiden, a struggling actor on the verge of a breakdown as he prepares for a major audition. Battling self-doubt, rejection, and the dehumanizing nature of the industry, Aiden begins to experience a mental split—his shadow detaches from him, reflecting his inner turmoil and fractured identity. As reality blurs with hallucination, Aiden’s confrontation with this shadow self culminates in a defiant act of rebellion during the audition, symbolizing his reclaiming of agency in a world that tries to erase him.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-shadow-of-the-imposter
REPETITION, 5min., Italy
Directed by Michele Lazzaro
In the middle of the night, over a desolate bridge, a woman is chased by a man. Everything suggests that she is the prey, but in reality she is the hunter: a beautiful vampire who endlessly repeats her trap with the help of her accomplices.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-repetition
Folie Glacée, 11min., Canada
Directed by Louis Rémillard
Eli et Vincent se commandent une collation à la crèmerie locale sans s’attendre aux horreurs qui ruineront leurs rendez-vous en amoureux.
https://wildsound.vhx.tv/videos/audience-feedback-folie-glacee
FLESH WISH, 4min., UK
Directed by Timothy Benjamin Slessor
An experimental horror inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, David Cronenberg and Clive Barker, this music video / short details in an abstract way the summoning of demons through a ritual performed behind the locked doors of a 1970s terraced house. Images are a combination of 8mm cinefilm, analog stills and materal initially generated with the use of a variety of AI platforms before they were brought into After Effects were they were everything was heavily manipulated, with many layers of texture, noise and grain added, lighting added or altered, images distorted and blended together and so on. The actual editing was arduous, often frame-by-frame (everything was done by hand) with images further distorted and manipulated with a variety of blending modes. It was a one-man job and that one man was very, very tired by the end of it! (please note that the encode on the FilmFreeway screener is not very good, a sharper version can be seen on the Vimeo link used as the project website below)
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedbck-flesh-wish
BREACH, 3min., Canada
Directed by Ross Langill
A pregnant woman defends her house from two intruders
https://www.instagram.com/perspectivefilms1990/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-breach
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AL RAWDAH, 7min., Saudi Arabia
Directed by Yasser Mohamed Abdelsalam
Al-Rawdah (الروضة) is a cinematic visual experience that invites viewers into the sacred serenity of Al-Rawdah Al-Sharifah, the revered space within the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. With no dialogue, the film relies entirely on immersive visuals and an evocative score to reflect the deep spiritual essence of one of Islam’s holiest sites.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-al-rawdah
THE NATURE OF DEATH, 16min., USA
Directed by Sean Cruser
When an eccentric park ranger crosses paths with a grieving hiker, he offers his help in finding the perfect spot to scatter the hiker’s father’s ashes. As they venture deeper into the remote wilderness, the ranger’s true intentions begin to blur.
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