Watch Today’s FREE Festival: ACTION/FANTASY/THRILLER Shorts

Festival goes LIVE at 8pm EST today (Friday May 23rd)

Watch Direct Link: https://festivalreviews.org/2025/05/23/watch-todays-free-festival-experimental-horror-feature-fest/

See the Full Lineup of FIlms:

Silent Token, 14min., USA
Directed by Camilla Della Vecchia
When Sonia, a descendant of a secretive law enforcement group becomes the target of a ruthless enemy from the past, she must uncover the truth about her family’s legacy. Guarded by the fiercely loyal protector Michael Stone and the powerful coin that she inherited. As danger closes in she must decide whether to stay hidden or embrace her destiny in the fight against corruption.

https://www.instagram.com/silent_token_film

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-silent-token-film



River, 25min., Hong Fong
Directed by Lap Fung Cheung
Based on the inescapable karma of the eight sufferings, assassin Fuk Kin Dai Ho runs and hides in the home of an eccentric old man Chung Ha Gong after being injured in the firefight during a mission. Could it be simply chance or fate that brings these two men together since they are both suffering from personal angst relating to the loss of loved ones and does this meeting help them in resolving some of that pain?

https://www.instagram.com/river.shortfilm

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-river



Stakaya, 12min., Canada
Directed by Bruce Crawford, Malcolm Sparrow-Crawford
In the heart of a corrupt city, David, a young Indigenous man trapped in the criminal underworld, encounters Raven, a mystical guide who awakens his inner strength and leads him on a transformative journey to become Stakaya, the wolf. With newfound power, Stakaya must navigate world of mystical beings, balancing the fight against corruption with the threat from those who seek to exploit their abilities.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-stakaya



Bitchcraft, 17min., Brazil
Directed by Luan Filippo
A 21st century witch casts a love spell for her neighbor. When she realizes that he is an idiot, and regrets it, she remembers that the spell is irreversible.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-bitchcraft

As Luna sees…, 5min, Australia
Directed by Zi Yin
Each individual will fills in their own way to fill the void created by death. I try to use the form of animation to tell the story of a girl saying her final goodbye to her kitten. With joy as a passing scene, smiling and waving goodbye.

https://www.instagram.com/elaine_yin_art

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-as-luna-sees



Survival: How Challenge Drives Growth, 13min., Australia
Directed by Timothy Laycock, Jesse Wallace
Six entrepreneurs heli-dropped into the wild with nothing but a pack and their will to endure. Five days of brutal terrain, hunting for food, and confronting their limits—physically and mentally. No comfort, no shortcuts—just Misogi-driven transformation.

https://instagram.com/joinparea/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-survival-how-challenge-drives-growth

Today’s FREE Festival: STUDENT & YOUNG ARTISTS Feedback Film Festival

STUDENT & YOUNG ARTISTS Feedback Film Festival – Deadline

https://filmfreeway.com/StudentFestival

FREE or GUARANTEED Acceptance Submissions!

This festival is designed to showcase the best of student short films and screenplays. Plus, short films and screenplays from young artists under the age of 30.

Over the last 5 years, the FEEDBACK Festival has noticed a dramatic increase of quality in young artist’s projects. So the time has come for a distinct showcase of the many amazing student films and screenplays from around the world.

Festival will occur every single month.

For the FREE Submissions:

STUDENT Film Festival VIRTUAL Events occurs once a month on the WILDsound Streaming Service.

All film submissions are FREE. Opportunity to have your film showcased on the popular streaming service for 48 hours.

(Other opportunities to garner a distribution deal with the company and have your film showcased always on the streaming service.)

PAID IN Options to submit:

If you submit for the paid service, ALL submissions get accepted and garner an audience feedback video of their film. Plus, a written movie review on http://www.festivalreviews.org

Screenplay Event:

Every SINGLE month, the festival will host a student screenplay reading series that will be performed by professional actors in Los Angeles and Toronto.

And every 2 months, the festival will host a “Best of Short Film” lineup using the popular FEEDBACK Festival format. The audience reaction video the student filmmaking team receives will help the film get into other festivals around the world.

Festivals take place the Revue LA LIVE Cinemas in downtown Toronto, and the Carlton cinemas in downtown Toronto.

Festivals occur 6 times a year in Toronto & Los Angeles. Go to the website for information on the next events.

This festival wants to show the future of cinema!

Today’s Free Film Festival: BLACK & WHITE Film Festival

Today’s FREE Film Festival submissions

BLACK & WHITE Film Festival

https://filmfreeway.com/BlackandWhiteFilmFestival

showcase of the best of black and white movies and screenplays in the modern era!

Festival will occur every single month.

BLACK & WHITE Film Festival VIRTUAL Events occurs once a month on the WILDsound Streaming Service.

All film submissions are FREE. Opportunity to have your film showcased on the popular streaming service for 48 hours.

(Other opportunities to garner a distribution deal with the company and have your film showcased always on the streaming service.)

This festival was created to celebrate the black and white aesthetics as a specific, peculiar and unique kind of artistic expression on film and video.

It also intends to showcase screenplays that the author visions is in B & W.

The image capture in the digital technology is born with colors but the artist’s intuition often urges for the black and white production. This proves the newness and interest in an aesthetic that can only be communicated through black and white.