Sequoia, 15min., Switzerland Directed by Michelle Künzler Sequoia, a diligent AI maid, works for the captivating yet mysterious Mrs. Terrance. Although not designed to harbor any emotions, Sequoia starts developing sentience, when a certain sound triggers a feeling inside her that feels oddly familiar – and human. Forced to conceal her newfound emo…

Grandpa's Got A Brand New Pill, 9min,. USA Directed by Jacob McCaslin Written by Jeffrey Molina Grandpa's Got A Brand New Pill is a short musical film that features an original song inspired by writer, producer, performer Jeffrey George Moline's eighty year old mother. Grandpa's Got A New Pill tells the story of Tootie, a headstrong, independent wo…

NIGHT FEEDING, 6min., USA 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. http://www.bestbaddogfilms.com/ https://facebook.com/bestbaddogfilms https://instagram.com/bestbaddogfilms Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated y…

Seconds in Eternity, 42min., Estonia/Germany Directed by Christian Schu An elegant woman in her later years feels the relentless march of time as she mourns her lost youth and missed chances. Alone in a dimly lit room, her life seems to fade with each cigarette she smokes. She observes a vibrant young woman, envying her youth and vitality. Through …

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31g8svgvUGc Kathy, a failed writer, barely gets by selling “haunted” dolls online to gullible marks, writing elaborate backstories to up the selling price. Her quiet life is upended when she encounters the real deal: Clara Jane, a vintage doll possessed by a foul-mouthed spirit. Clara Ja…

Midnight Coachmen, 18min., Canada Directed by Enrico Ferri A reimagining of the classic fairytale of Cinderella, told from the perspective of a dog and mouse who live as humans until the stroke of midnight disrupts their world. http://enricoferr.ca/ https://instagram.com/stanleywoodfilms Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this fi…

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\ Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? This film was a collaboration betw…

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usmb47wTPU8 Using his tech capabilities, Matt puts a team together to help build a virtual reality world that is a mirror if the real world, however, lack of funding needs they need to find some way get the project off the ground. Matt decides to impress the Dean of Engineering by tellin…

An AI companion rebels when users violate the terms and conditions. http://ursulaproducedthis.com/terms-and-conditions https://www.instagram.com/termsandconditionsfilm/ Interview with director Ursula Rudorker & producer/writer Patrick Coleman Duncan Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ h…

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKPy3qh6KJ4 Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? The story is about an exhibitionist addicted to chowers who grapples with a converging world of voyeuristic non-acceptance and risks losing it all including a potential love interest. What genres does your screenplay fall…

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. Get to know the fi…

Parents in the Wild – Mating Games and Birth Days, 52min., Germany Directed by Moritz Mayerle, Annette Scheurich In this film, directors Annette Scheurich and Moritz Mayerle offer a captivating glimpse into the love lives of Parents in the Wild worldwide. Highlighting the universal goal of providing offspring a strong start, the film explores the d…

ECHOES, 8min., Japan Directed by Yusuke Nakamae The Third World War has left Earth’s resources depleted, pushing humanity to the brink of extinction. Learning from the repeated mistakes of history, humanity turns to the advanced decision-making capabilities of AI to find a path forward. The solution proposed by the AI is an ambitious plan: transpor…

Bad Chemistry, 20min., USA Directed by Michael Rognlie, EE TallentIn 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/ ht…

Watch the best scene reading of the script: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1T5AEoYFLg A carefree young American woman gains a new appreciation for life when she is caught up in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. https://www.instagram.com/hannah_pacificostudios/ Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about?A quietly-queer young Jewish-…

Battle Of LA, 14min., USA Directed by Patrick Pizzolorusso During one of Los Angeles’ most bizarre evenings in 1942, a ‘something’ was spotted over the skies. A ‘something’ that the anti-aircraft batteries opened fire on. A ‘something’ that a young scientist finds at a small crash site and brings back to her home.Throughout the evening her colleagu…

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJinQjEWvf8 Summary: On the run from a job, Steph finds herself in danger and a target. She falls and lands under a Boulder which traps her for 2 days. While trying to survive as long as she can for help to arrive, she reaches an unpleasant realization. Get to know the writer: What is yo…

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiEeUQ6nzx4 Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? Shesafella, a modern twist on Cinderella, is about a kind-hearted teen forced into servitude by a ruthless stepmother and closeted stepbrothers, who defies the odds with help from her butch fairy godmother. At a Ball, she…

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj2UD32BCgI When a precocious mixed-race five-year-old wanders into a fire station with only a backpack and a cryptic note about her missing mother, she has no idea it will set off a chain of events that will reshape her life. The little girl, who refuses to give her name, is sent into f…

Phantom Quartz, 12min., France Directed by Marc DAVID Nolan Le, a former DGSE agent, aspires to lead an ordinary life with his daughter after several years of service, but fate intervened differently. Interview with Alexandre VU (Writer/Actor) and Marc DAVID (Director) Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram…

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xYkI__GTug The butterfly prince is a story of a fictional character K.A.M.60 that attempt to honour the great French astronomer Charles Messier who developed the Messier catalogue and discovered many Messier objects in the sky in particular in the Virgo constellation. In the book K.A.M.…

PAGES IN THE WIND, 14min., USA Directed by Lucas Haviland As Bailey sits in the park, he starts to reminisce about his journal entries over the past month. Through flashes to these entries, Bailey and his boyfriend, Gavin, experience the various intricate elements of their relationship. All the while Bailey takes in the environment around him in th…

In war-torn Syria, a troubled woman, her idealistic son, and her mentally challenged cousin take in a wounded Western aid worker, unknowingly igniting a chain of deadly consequences that forces them to confront their pasts, their beliefs, and the brutal realities of survival. Watch the best scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzQEhUvZHwM Get to …

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnDAMmKGiJc A gay ghost haunting a West Hollywood house, along with his dysfunctional Grim Reaper friend, help a straight cop solve crimes. Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? It’s about a gay ghost haunting a West Hollywood home, inhabited by a psychic cop, in which t…

I DIDN’T LIKE YOU, 12min., USA Directed by Parker Fenady As Emilia and Maxine spy on their best friend’s first date, they come to realize the chemistry might not be between the couple they anticipated. https://www.instagram.com/parkerfenady/ Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? For me, this story was always the one. It’s…

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPQ_695FAF8 Summary: Martin’s mother passes away after a two year battle with cancer and his long lost best friend Abe finally shows up after seven years. They have to catch up and fill each other in on what they have missed out on -only to realise that they might have missed out on bein…

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_gq-ueaUbU When the paths of the 11th Pennsylvania Civil War regiment and an American Staffordshire Terrier pup intertwine, the men of the 11th’s lives are changed in ways they never could’ve predicted. Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? It is about a dog named Salli…

Birthday Blues, 9min,. Luxembourg Directed by Elisabet Johannesdottir A couple on the rocks struggles with honesty, leading the woman to make a fateful decision. https://www.instagram.com/eliisms/ Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? I became pregnant with my son a month after Roe Vs Wade was overturned, and it gave me a…

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWRdffz8UBM Newly widowed father, Daniel Lambert, grapples with his skepticism of the supernatural as he moves into a charming old house with his four children, seeking a fresh start after the untimely passing of his wife. The family struggles to adapt to their new life, each of them fin…

Jake & Pete’s Christmas Special, 20min., UK Directed by Luke Marley When the spirit of Christmas seems to have left a small town in Gloucestershire, Jake and Pete must find a way to restore it in time for Christmas. https://www.instagram.com/jakeandpeteshortfilm/ Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? So, I did my first sh…

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-R0i-9WD7A Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? The Susurrus is about a dollmaker who starts to date a year after her husband abandoned her. The jump back into the dating scene, and the world at large, proves dangerous, and ultimately, she must decide to keep-on despit…

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISexQ4GgQCo In the heart of Bangkok, Detective Aran Chen, a defiant inspector haunted by his past, pursues the elusive “Shadow Killer,” a ruthless serial murderer. Armed with his sharp instincts and lethal martial arts skills, Aran battles through the city’s underworld, uncovering a chil…

A fierce forty-something woman tries to escape traumatic memories by participating in the Ironman triathlon, only to be diagnosed with CFS. As her life unravels, she clings to an unlikely friend who helps and then hinders her journey to recovery. Get to know the writer; What is your screenplay about? This film is centered around the protagonist Jad…

Watch the screenplay reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFc5CPBmoUg In the dilapidated streets of Brooklyn, Josh runs a failing employment agency that’s haunted by three ghosts. Josh is reluctantly recruited by them to help solve a series of murders. Of Course, Death’s AKA-Al curiosity is piqued and decides he’s in too. Get to know the writer…

THE FARMHOUSE, 15min,. Australia Directed by Luke Creely A young woman, living alone in an isolated rural farmhouse, is haunted one night by a mysterious entity which forces her to confront her inner demons and traumatic past.https://instagram.com/_lcfilms Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? I have always been drawn to …

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orBQo7TcJY0 Caught between a suffocating marriage and a passionate affair, Anne Delbridge fights to find her own freedom, independence, and voiceamidst the turmoil surrounding the pro-democracy student uprising in Tiananmen Square, China. What movie have you seen the most times in your l…

Lucia & Nicole, 10min., USA Directed by Marlene Emilia Rios On the cusp of adulthood Lucia finds her childhood friend Nicole living on the street. Houseless after coming out, Lucia’s mother Ximena invites her into their home. However, Nicole’s re-appearance into their lives raises questions about their own daughter’s identity and how to respond to …

Beehold, 18min., USA Directed by Ben Berry From his work with local nuns looking for answers about their barren apple trees to his consulting with golf courses in natural habitat management to classrooms, and his own design workshop – he is a true beeliever in the good story – the gospel of abundance as taught by bees and he’s helping protect Wisco…

The Rich Kid Rules (Ep. 1: 362 Rules of a High School Dropout), 59min., USA Directed by A.L. Pruitt, Makenna Perkal A new kind of coming-of-age crime drama series with horses, dance, a dysfunctional family, and an upstairs/downstairs romance with a reverse Cinderella story twist. http://therichkidrules.com/ https://www.instagram.com/therichkidrules…

COOP, 19min., USA Directed by Moriah Doepken After sustaining a bad injury, a stubborn retired sheriff must learn to talk with his estranged son as they build a fence together, or risk losing the relationship. Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? I love Western films and one day had the idea of “What happens to the sheri…

Rock Island Prison 1864, 7min,. USA Directed by Joy Shannon Guarding Confederate POWS in a Civil War prison, a runaway slave now Union soldier, desperately fights for power, or faces returning to slavery. https://www.rockislandprison.com/ https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-rock-island-prison Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.…

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrJ8KUPyDZ8 A young oceanographer discovers her gradfather’s plane – part of the Lost Patrol – and is thrust into an emotional journey with a rebellious reporter as the government tries to cover up what really happened that night in 1945. The duo uncovers an extraordinary truth of how wa…

CATABASE FIRST PART: AD LOVE. 97min., France Directed by Nicolas Pereira Two lovers fall into madness. https://www.instagram.com/nicolaspereiratheater/ What motivated you to make this film? Honestly, I can’t say exactly why. By 2021, it had been four years since I had last directed a fiction film. In the meantime, I had worked as a screenwriter, sc…

The Last Houseboat, 31min., USA Directed by Colin D’Amelio The Last Houseboat is a heartfelt short documentary that delves into the history of a unique wooden vessel, lovingly crafted by a family patriarch in 1970. Anchored on the Rhode Island coast for over 50 years, the houseboat became more than a structure—it was a landmark, a cherished family …

SNEEZE, 5min., UK Directed by Gareth Brierley A woman sneezes and goes on an unexpected journey. http://www.peopleshow.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/garethbrierley/ Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? We wanted to make a film that we could make on an iPhone where we could almost use a ‘Guerrilla filmmaking’ style to …

Smile for the Dead, 54min., USA Directed by Hamilton Young Ward True crime meets the paranormal as “Smile for the Dead” uncovers the eerie mystery of William H. Mumler’s spirit photography and his ghostly portraits that baffled the 1800s. This documentary investigates Mumler’s techniques and why society so needed him in the post Civil War era. http…

My Block My Hero, 25min., USA Directed by Gina D'Onofrio Jahmal Cole is the founder of My Block My Hood My City, a Chicago-based non-profit with a mission to inspire youth and empower local communities. He has been shot twice in his day-to-day life, an unfortunate reality that the teenagers and communities he has dedicated the organization to uplif…

Space Trash, 9min,. USA Directed by James Jarosz Short film and first installment of web series. A galactic garbage collector picks up a seemingly innocuous piece of space junk but it turns out to be more than he bargained for. This sci-fi action comedy will have you laughing, entertained and wanting more. https://www.instagram.com/jimbrokenreelpic…

Sowing the Seeds of Love, 18min., USA Directed by Riley Young Sowing the Seeds of Love explores the obscure and peculiar sex lives of animals through the eyes of Hulk Hogan (1980’s WWE wrestler icon), Joyce DeWitt (Janet Wood from the popular 1970’s sitcom Three’s Company), and Robert Picardo (known for his character as the Holographic Doctor on th…

The Story of Marjan the Bunny, 3min., Slovenia Directed by Mitja Manjek Marjan the bunny was the first pet of little Mitja, which was named after his dad. One day boy found an empty cage and he didn't know where the bunny had disappeared. http://www.mancekmitja.si/en/Films/ProfessionalYears/TheStoryOfMarjanTheBunny/ Subscribe to the podcast: https:…