WILDsound: The Film Podcast

A DANCE AWAY, 14min., USA Directed by Maxwell Gilbert A Dance Away tells the story of Ava, a college dancer who breaks her ankle during a performance a few months prior. Still traumatized and scared to go back on stage, her best friend, Riley, gives her a strange necklace, which mysteriously transports her into a realm. From there, she meets three dancers who give her a dance away. https://www.ins...

Watch best scene reading: https://youtu.be/IhdiRMQznCY Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? When Lizzie Franks, a gorgeous African-American paraplegic, is fired from her job at a company she helped start and her fiance dumps her, she joins The Iron Maiden, a women-only gym to find a reason to go on. But Brandon Wickie, the brilliant, ultra-wealthy owner of the gym kidnaps her. He...

I WISH I WAS A DOG, 12min., CanadaDirected by Katherine CostalWhen a young woman's desire to become a true member of her favourite art club turns her into a dog, she finds the newfound relationship between her and the members poses a different kind of challenge. https://www.instagram.com/kat_costal/ —— Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpo...

Final Transmission, 10min., UKDirected by Sean ColemanAlone aboard a crippled transport drifting through deep space, Commander Elias Walker records what will become humanity’s final message. Earth is gone, and the ship, once a vessel of hope, now carries only failure and silence. As oxygen fades, Elias begins a calm mission log, clinging to duty and procedure. But as systems die around him, the tr...

CROWDED RIVER, 9min., AustraliaDirected by Andrew M SullyWhen Jane, a mid-career novelist racing a looming deadline, accepts a last-minute dog-sitting stay in a secluded riverside home — the perfect hideout to finish her book, or so she thinks — ordinary moments begin to feel charged with unease. The quiet quickly curdles. A stranger arrives, claiming to be ‘maintenance.’ No phone signal. A river...

Watch the Best Scene of THE MEMORY TAX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDLcReloL8k A 14-year-old girl with an experimental neural implant can access the entirety of human knowledge with her mind, but every ‘download’ costs her a piece of her past. While hiding in plain sight from the shadowy corporation that created her, she must decide how much of herself she is willing to forget to save the peo...

REDLINING, 18min., USA Directed by Jason Stuart REDLINING is about a black & white family who live on the same property during the 1970s in the Georgia REDLINING era. The film explores the themes of generational wealth, prejudice, homosexuality, women’s rights and the legacy of discrimination in the American South. Who gets to live where? What happens when the parents pass? Who gets the house? And...

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3d7ULGYSPk What is your screenplay about? In 1947 a 19-year-old female genius is rejected for every job she applies to. She gets recruited into a covert military program working alongside peaceful alien refugees. When a test flight goes wrong, she’s the only one who can save the two men, including the one who spent months harassing her...

AN AFTERNOON IN KNIFE SELLING WITH PSYCHO SAMMY, 10min., Canada Directed by George Yonemon 18-year-old Jesse shadows a professional at his new kitchen knife-selling summer job. https://www.instagram.com/ge_orangeyonemori/ https://www.georgeyonemori.com/writing —— Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod

JC Bratton's Dollhouse, 19min., USA Directed by Ken Zheng, Livi Zheng In the wake of a mysterious family death, a couple’s night of mourning is interrupted by a strange delivery containing an antique dollhouse and a terrifying tale about its lone occupant. http://bluemilk.co/ —— Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod https://www.facebook.c...

The Offering, 3min., Canada Directed by Banpreet singh https://www.instagram.com/banpreet_gill 
Setting: Canadian streets at night. 
The Protagonist: a man living on the razor's edge of poverty, working gruelling hours for wages that barely cover his rent in an increasingly expensive urban landscape. 
The Conflict: After a particularly lean month, protagonist finally treats himself to a modest mea...

Learning to Cuss, 4min., USA Directed by Corey Foxx Two young boys decide it is time to learn the ways of speaking like an adult. https://instagram.com/austinfoxx11/ —— Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod

THE HARPIES, 4min., Canada Directed by Rogan Lovse The Harpies was written, filmed, and edited in 48 hours as part of the 2024 Run N Gun: Vancouver's 48 hour Film Competition. Winner of the Run N Gun's Best Cinematography and Best Art awards, as well as, being nominated for Best Picture, Best Editing, Best Sound, and Best Direction. https://www.instagram.com/the_harpies_horror_short_film/ —— Subsc...

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNOF8lNvsOc After the death of her father and the loss of her racing partner, a veteran off-road driver enters an all-women desert rally with an unlikely teammate. Get to know the writer: 1. What is your screenplay about? DESERT BELLES is about a mature woman pushing herself to win an off-road desert auto race to save the family busines...

The Enigmatic Crew, 40min., USA Directed by Mark Buerck Five best friends: Tony, Leo, Jimmy, Jason, and Kevin reunite during spring break of March 2024 after being drifted apart due to their commitments of their College Education. They all spend the whole day together, hanging out, catching up on life, and discuss their past and their plans for the future. Especially their future plans to go on va...

WHEN FIGHTING MONSTERS, 18min., USA Directed by Sherill Quinn A bereaved detective struggles to make sense of his daughter’s untimely death. https://www.instagram.com/when_fighting_monsters_movie Get to know the filmmaker: 1. What motivated you to make this film? I’ve always believed that to make art is to make sense of the world you live in. The things you’ve experienced and the lessons you’ve le...

SHE WAS, 20min., Germany Directed by Abril Andrea Arnauda Appel When a migrant songwriter dies of an apparent suicide, her voice echoes the truth. https://www.instagram.com/shewas_shortfilm —— Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod

THE SEA, 10min., Canada Directed by Son Roberts This experimental short film is a "Jazz Monologue" presented by an elusive oracle. Through rage and reflection, incendiary prose and inspirational poetry, he reminds us of the legacy of lies that define our human journey. And he insists that we embrace the redemptive power of truth, from generation to generation. https://www.instagram.com/thesonrober...

The Rules of Life., 13min., United Arab Emirates Directed by Larry Neale Max still lives under his parents’ roof, drifting through life with no direction. He spends his days immersed in the digital world, avoiding the real one entirely. The dreams he once chased have faded, and now he’s stuck; unmotivated, uninspired, and unsure how he got here. https://www.instagram.com/papillonfilms20 ——- Subscr...

Roxy & The Man, 17min., USA Directed by Joey Medina A terminally ill Vietnam veteran finds solace and purpose in rescuing an abused dog no one else wanted, rediscovering the meaning of life and the profound power of companionship. Get to know the filmmaker: 1. What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to make a film about two broken souls that together become whole. 2. From the idea to the fi...

Echoes of Antietam, 6min., USA Directed by Christopher Vallone Echoes of Antietam is a haunting post–Civil War horror short film set on the blood-soaked farmlands of Maryland. https://www.instagram.com/valloneworks/ Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? I love history and a good father son story, so I thought that we really haven’t seen a “zombie civil war” film. So I th...

CAUGHT, 8min., USA Directed by Kevan Doyle Caught is a short documentary filmed in Sri Lanka that explores how building economies around recycling can inspire sustainable change in developing communities. Directed by Kevan Doyle, the film was featured in his TEDx talk after the organizer was so moved by its message, she insisted it be shared with the audience. Caught is a hopeful portrait of how l...

The Architect’s Dream, 8min., Israel Directed by Einat Graitser In a future where happiness is mandatory and grief is flagged as a system error, the architect of the city’s ‘Serenity Algorithm’ faces an impossible choice: purge the memory of her late sister to survive, or destroy the perfect utopia she built to remind humanity that pain is proof of life. Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated y...

The Sanctuary of the Leatherback is the continuing stories, following the first documentary, The Story of the Leatherback. This documentary will raise an important issue, relating to the recent death of mother Tai Meaung, a mother leatherback turtle along with her 136 unhatched babies in her belly. The incident is heartbreaking. Losing her has been a major blow for the conservation efforts for thi...

ACT!, 13min., USA Directed by Freddy Barouh Ten minutes before showtime, a theatre group unravels into warm-up disasters, personal drama and backstage chaos as they scramble to survive opening night. ——- Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod