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Watch Today’s FREE Film Festival: Best of FEMALE Directed Shorts

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Event goes LIVE for FREE at 8pm EST (New York time) Friday May 9, 2025!

Watch on the site page: www.wildsound.ca/browse

Direct page link: https://www.wildsound.ca/events/best-of-female-directed-shorts

Or watch on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/wildsoundfest

SEE THE LINEUP OF FILMS:

INSECT, 8min, Canada, Fantasy
Directed by Cherelle Ann, Sarah Higgins
In a subterranean prison, a bitter young girl and her supernatural ally hold a strange and beautiful man captive to avenge the crimes he has committed against her.

https://www.instagram.com/b_dog_films/

PORTRAIT OF CONSUMPTION, 8min,. Canada, Experimental
Directed by Gillian Fortin
Expressed in a metaphorical universe; a young woman named Jane
Doe’s entire existence depends on the interactions of her social following as if she is a mere puppet on strings desperately seeking approval through the digital form of likes, comments and emojis. When she is hit with a wave of cyber bullying following a post she made, Jane Doe begins to spiral into a dark descent where the very fabric of her reality begins to fray. In one final act to regain her social status, Jane performs a grand gesture for her audience just as the curtain closes.

https://www.instagram.com/alimashayehki/
https://www.instagram.com/gillianfortinfilms/


DAISY, 11min,. Australia, Romance/Period Drama
Directed by Alyssa Scott
“Daisy,” inspired by the real-life tale of our writer’s great-grandparents in 1930s Australia, unfolds the courageous journey of a young woman who defies societal expectations and risks losing everything as she embarks on a forbidden love affair, challenging the boundaries of family, faith, and the pursuit of true happiness.

https://www.instagram.com/daisyproductionsau/


.Do .Re .Mi, 9min,. USA, Drama
Directed by Yuan Yao
A girl with a talent for dance is about to face one of the most important auditions of her life, but on that day an accident happens…


NIGHT FEEDING, 6min, USA, Horror
Directed by Sarah K Reimers
Exhaustion and sleep-deprivation begin to take their toll on a new mother, who struggles through the strange, dark stillness of the 4am feeding.

https://instagram.com/bestbaddogfilms


HER LAST DAY, 14min,. China, Drama
Directed by Jiacheng Wang
A woman “Meizi” with her child who has lived in domestic violence for years travels back to her past wedding with her abusive husband while facing the decision to change her marriage.

Afrolistic: Black Healing From Zimbabwe to the Bay, 22min., Zimbabwe, Documentary
Directed by Nekia Wright, Shylet Ndarambwa
Black American healer shares about her practice and explores traditional healing, music, and dance in Zimbabwe.

https://www.instagram.com/afro.listic/

Watch Today’s FREE Film Festival: LGBTQ+ Feature: THE BIG JOHNSON

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Event goes LIVE for FREE at 8pm EST (New York time) Thursday May 8, 2025!

Watch on the site page: www.wildsound.ca/browse

Direct page link: https://www.wildsound.ca/events/lgbtq-feature-the-big-johnson

Or watch on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/wildsoundfest

THE BIG JOHNSON, 95min., USA
Directed by Lola Rocknrolla
Dean Johnson was a famous New York drag queen, rock star, sex party promoter and late in life escort. In 2007 Dean went on a job and never came back. Was it just an accidental OD, Dean had a history of drug use or was it something more sinister? Another escort died in the same apartment four days earlier. The mystery of his death is only part of Dean Johnson’s wild life. Dean was the first in many things, the first bald drag queen, the first to throw sex parties in the 80s during the AIDS crisis, the first openly gay singer on Island records (which cost him his record deal). The first and only person to throw a LGBTQ party at the iconic rock club CBGBs. Through Deans ups and downs, heroin, sobriety, love, sex, music, community, HIV, poverty, Dean survived them all. Until he didn’t. This film brings you into the burned out, fabulous world of the 80s East Village where the looming AIDS crisis made you want to live every day like it was your last. Dean Johnson personified this time in New York and in gay history. Dean Johnson was the man, the myth, the Big Johnson.

https://www.instagram.com/lolarocknrolla13/

http://www.lolarocknrolla.com/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-big-johnson

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: Thriller Feature: THE DAUGHTER, Ukraine

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Event goes LIVE for FREE at 8pm EST (New York time) Wednesday May 7, 2025!

Watch on the site page: www.wildsound.ca/browse

Direct page link: https://www.wildsound.ca/events/the-daughter-feature-film

Or watch on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/wildsoundfest

THE DAUGHTER, 97min., Ukraine
Directed by Egor Olesov
25 February 2022. War-torn Ukraine.

Seventeen-year-old hearing-impaired Olga, along with her father Roman, stepmother Marina and younger brother Sashko, is about to embark on a dangerous journey to the west of the country to escape advancing Russian tanks. Tragedy strikes when Roman’s car is destroyed near their country house and the whole family is trapped amidst chaos and despair in the quiet town of Bucha near Kyiv. The Russians enter the house and effectively take the family as hostages, forcing Olga, who has been hiding to come out from her shelter. Roman is being beaten and interrogated. Marina and Sashko find themselves locked in the basement. Fleeing the violence, Olga establishes contact with a handsome young Russian soldier nicknamed Swan and negotiates to save the family in exchange for money. However, Swan turns out to be a scoundrel and, after receiving the money, tries to rape Olga. One of the soldiers, Private Shalaev unexpectedly stands up in defence of the girl, but is killed by his own soldiers. Olga is doomed. Besides, she learns from Marina that her father, whom she accused of betrayal for many years, is not really her own father. Swan gets permission to dishonour the girl and then execute her, but he is killed by the badly wounded Roman. Roman asks Olga to lead Marina and Sashko out of Bucha, as only she knows the way through the forest. Roman sacrifices himself to cover their retreat. Olga, Marina and Sashko try to evade pursuit and hide in the forest. Marina is killed in front of her son by a grenade thrown by a Russian sergeant. Olga, who has lost her hearing aid, makes a last effort to save her younger brother. But after getting lost in the forest, she stumbles into a military roadblock. Hope is lost. Olga is sure that this is the last moment in their lives.

https://www.instagram.com/olesov/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26742888/?ref_=nm_flmg_unrel_1_dr

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-daughter-feature

HIGHLIGHTS: April 2025 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival

Watch Today’s FREE Film Festival: HORROR Feature Film RED WIN, 77min, Italy

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Event goes LIVE for FREE at 8pm EST (New York time) Tuesday May 6, 2025!

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Direct page link https://www.wildsound.ca/events/red-wins-feature-film

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Red Wins, 77min., Italy
Directed by A.M. Nonnis
Six people play a dark and ruthless gambling game in which every card can either grant significant rewards or decree a death sentence. With each turn, a mysterious red light selects the player, inexorably determining the fate of every participant.


https://www.instagram.com/mattia_nonnis

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-red-wins

Director Biography – A. M. Nonnis

Antonio Mattia Nonnis was born in Cagliari on September 2, 1998. Passionate about cinema from a young age, he pursued his passion by attending the National Academy of Cinema in Bologna. Over the years, he has been involved in various projects, including his debut film Red Wins. He is also the co-founder of the videomaker collective 3-Lights Studios.

Watch Today’s FREE Film Festival: HORROR Feature Film THE MERMAID, 105min., USA

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Event goes LIVE for FREE at 8pm EST (New York time) Monday May 5, 2025!

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WINNING HORROR Feature Film: THE MERMAID:

Directed by Soudabeh Moradian

A mysterious girl is saved from drowning by a fragmented family living in a desolate beach house. Her strange relationship with them becomes intimate and complex until everything reaches to a point of no return.

https://www.instagram.com/themermaidmovie/

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: Best of STAR WARS Short Films

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Event goes LIVE for FREE at 8pm EST (New York time) Sunday May 4, 2025!

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Direct page link: https://www.wildsound.ca/events/best-of-star-wars-shorts

Or watch on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/wildsoundfest

Amazing lineup of the best STAR WARS short films in the world today;

STAR WARS: RENDEZVOUS, 20min,. USA

Directed by Brett L. Peterson

A pair of do-gooders attempt to protect a young, force-sensitive girl from bounty hunters on their way to rendezvous with a mysterious contact with the power to protect her much better than they can.

https://antigravityfilms.com/projects

https://www.instagram.com/antigravityfilmsllc/

STAR WARS: THE TALES OF BOBA FETT, 4min., USA

Directed by Benson McKay

After a group of smugglers acquire a valuable asset, they soon realize they’re not alone. Without warning, they are being hunted by one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy.

https://www.instagram.com/br_mckay/

https://www.instagram.com/_jonathan_gallo_/

STAR WARS: THE BLOOD CRYSTAL, 32min,. USA

Directed by Dark Hoffman

Two young JEDI, Daptain Drovat and his Padawan, were secrectly sent by the Rebellion to find the Blood Crystal, rumored to have infinite powers. A young Sith races to an abandoned Imperial Kyber mining base on the moons of Orsicca in order to procure the crystal fo the Empire. Following orders from the Rebellion and the Empire, both Sith and Jedi have found themselves on the same moon, fighting to find the Blood Crystal…

https://www.instagram.com/darkgrafix/

STAR WARS: ROGUE SEVEN, 15min., USA

Directed by James Martinez

A young thief must save Rebel fighter pilots from an Imperial armada and an overconfident bounty hunter.

https://www.instagram.com/rogueseven_film

STAR WARS: BUCKETHEADS, 13min, Canada

Directed by Marco Bossow, Andy Brown

A squad of storm troopers are transporting a POW with valuable information from Yavin 4, but getting off planet will test their mettle.

http://www.transmutepictures.com/

https://instagram.com/bucketheadsfilm

STAR WARS: Fallen Knights

Directed by Lance Hopper

Kidnapped! Jedi Knights Pem’Aiara and Tala Vane have been abducted by the evil Galactic Empire. Taking place 3 years after the Great Jedi Purge, our heroes must face brutal truths about their beliefs while being interrogated by the insidious Commander Strand. After being beaten by a Purge Trooper, all looks hopeless for these brave Jedi as they prepare to meet The Emperor himself…

https://www.instagram.com/swfallenknights

https://www.facebook.com/lance.hopper.777

STAR WARS: DRESCA, 7min., USA

Directed by Jessica Champneys

When Dresca – an injured imperial pilot – is rescued by rebels after the Battle of Endor, she must choose between her loyalty to the Empire and the kindness of strangers she once thought of as monsters.

http://starwarsdresca.com/

https://www.instagram.com/starwarsdresca

STAR WARS: HEIR TO THE EMPIRE, Chapter 31, 14min., UK

Directed by Damien Valentine

Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian arrive at Sluis Van for a much needed break. Instead, they walk into Grand Admiral Thrawn’s massive assault on the shipyards. The Millenium Falcon and Rogue Squadron are all that stand between the defenseless New Republic ships and the approaching Imperial fleet.

http://codedtransmission.com/htte/

https://www.instagram.com/darth_angelus/

Watch Today’s Festival: CHICAGO Festival Shorts Festival.

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Watch Film Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/chicago-festival-shorts-april-2025

Bad Chemistry, 20min., USA
Directed by Michael Rognlie, EE Tallent
In Bad Chemistry, a traumatized young woman goes to stay with her deceased boyfriend’s parents, only to discover chilling truths lurking beneath their kindness. This horror short explores grief, psychological torment, and the dark side of family.

https://www.badchemistrymovie.com/

https://www.instagram.com/miromakesmovies/

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-bad-chemistry

The Cormorant’s Shadow, 1min., Switzerland
Directed by Barbara Peikert
A funny cormorant relaxes on a buoy in the lake and watches an animation that reveals a plan behind it: AI or the urge to take part in the spectacle?

http://www.astrazione-fiction.info/

https://www.instagram.com/baraba_pe/

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-cormorants-shadow

The Light in the Dark, 6min., Taiwan
Directed by YuFeng Chiu
This story is about climate disaster survivor and his comforter/savior . I lived in Taiwan this small island, there were many typhoons and floods in my memory, earthquakes were also often happened in my dairy life. My works always focus on the survivors, including the comfort women and earthquakes survivors and the poor rains and flood survivors in many places because of the climate changing.

https://chiulattefriend.wixsite.com/my-site

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-light-in-the-dark

serpentine, 19min., USA
Directed by Annie Young, Madeline Mack
After leaving an abusive relationship, a woman seeks refuge with a trauma treatment facility that promises healing. But as she learns more about their treatment methods, she starts to realize that the organization’s motivations may be far more sinister than they seem.

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-serpentine

A LIFE BET, 2min., France
Directed by Marwan Tinhougga
As the game reaches its peak, a debate ensues between Amir and Seydou, while Franck, completely inert to the conversation, takes advantage of the situation. During this poker hand, both cunning and majestic, the discussion between the two friends intensifies, creating such an intense atmosphere that it prompts the viewer to reflect on their own values and life choices in a moment of introspection.

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-a-life-bet

Watch NEW Film on the Platform: Bonheur / Happy Place | Dance/LGBT, Canada, 3min.

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Watch Film: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/bonheur-happy-place-dance-short-film

With the right people, a happy place is only relative.

Dancers: Chanel Lacasse & Greer Whillans

Writer/Director/Editor: Maxime Beauchamp

Director of Photography: John Flemming

Camera Team: Ethan Johnson, Sammy Su, Laurence Leeke

Sound Designer: J.B. McCarthy

Song: A New Day by Lane King

Property of Aimer Films Inc.

https://www.instagram.com/max.beauchamp/

Watch Today’s Festival: EXPERIMENTAL Shorts Festival

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Watch the Film Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/experimental-festival-april-2025

Duties of My Heart, 10min., USA, Poetry
Directed by Judy Lieff
Originally shot on 16mm and remastered in 2024 with additional elements, Duties of My Heart breathes life into Barbara Barg’s poem through the expressive and evocative movement of American Sign Language and dance. It creates a visual and auditory poetic experience and weaves a tapestry of sorrow, resiliance and revival.

https://www.instagram.com/judylief/

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-duties-of-my-heart

CHIMERA, 7min., South Korea, Dance
Directed by Minsu Kim
A presence curls up behind a thin veil on stage. From below, the serpent’s head—’Chimera,’ a camera—slithers its way up. The red recording light in Chimera’s lens flickers on, awakening the presence.

https://visualphilosophy.work/

https://www.instagram.com/haesae.kkum/

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

FRAGILE, 3min., Germany, Experimental
Directed by Lucas Buchholz, Bernd Brink
Every day, millions of packages are shipped, billions of messages are sent—our world seems more connected than ever. Even in the most remote corners of the planet, we are within reach. But have we truly come closer to one another?

https://www.instagram.com/lucasbuchholz_official/

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

SPARKS, 2min,. France, Dance
Directed by David Ravel
Alone on a vast stage, a dancer moves through a space sculpted by light. He observes, senses, letting the sensations guide his body. An instinctive dance emerges, visceral, almost organic. Each movement becomes an exploration, a silent quest in resonance with the luminous pulses enveloping him.

https://www.instagram.com/doggydazzzz/

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

Watch Today’s Festival: MUSIC Shorts Festival

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Watch Film Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/music-festival-april-2025

After the Spread, 3min., Canada, Musical
Directed by Ash K Tysowski
A group of teenagers navigate their night-life, and their emotions, to the song “After the Spread” by “the Idea of machines”

https://www.ashtanimation.com/animation/after-the-spread

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-after-the-spread

ECHO, 7min., Germany, Musical
Directed by Annekatrin Meyers
Echo is a mountain nymph, cursed by Hera to only ever repeat the last words spoken to her. She falls deeply in love with Narciss, who rejects her, leaving Echo heartbroken. Echo‘s unreturned love and inability to express herself causes her to slowly die. Her bones turn to stone and her voice remains in nature.

https://instagram.com/fee_meyers

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-echo

Iku Ma Pa Mi (Death Don’t Kill Me), 9min., Nigeria, Musical
Directed by Akintunde Oluwaseyi Smith
Iku Ma Pa Mi is a modern take on a Yoruba death elegy in which the supplicant hails the mothers and spirits that control death and pleads for their mercy so that they live a long and fulfilling life before the eventuality of death. Performed by Ariky, it is the soundtrack to upcoming movie Ifihan Ika (Manifestation of Wickedness.)

http://www.gsrprong.com/ikumapamihttps://www.instagram.com/gsrprotv

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-iku-ma-pa-mi

Sofia Portanet – Lust feat., 3min., France/Germany, Musical
Directed by Béla Baptiste
Lust delves into themes of love, passion, self-doubt, depression, and healing. The song expresses the longing for closeness and the desire to heal someone through kisses and love. When we feel unwell, we often withdraw and isolate ourselves, making it difficult to let someone in—both emotionally and physically. Allowing oneself to be held, to be loved, and to surrender in another’s arms requires courage and a willingness to open up. Though not always easy, there is beauty in being truly seen for who we are, beyond self-doubt and difficult times.

https://www.belabaptiste.com/

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-sofia-portanet

Composing Big Sur: John Wineglass’ Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 35min., USA, Musical
Directed by Douglas Mueller
Composer in Residence John Wineglass’ creative process of his most recent Monterey Symphony commission, Sacred Land: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra.

https://www.instagram.com/dougmuellerfilm/

Watch the audience feedback video:
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-composing-big-sur