In each episode, the C.E.O. of WILDsound, Matthew Toffolo, chats about all things storytelling and film. Conversations with talented individual from all around the world.
“2020” is a poetic short film that played at the September 2021 FEMALE Directors Film Festival. You can watch the festival and film at the Female Film Festival for FREE at home for 24 hours starting at midnight EST on Sept. 3rd right HERE.
Conversation with Heléna Antonio on the making of this film that is a love story about her daughter.
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THE SIEGE was the winner of BEST ACTION FILM at the September 2021 Film Festival. You can watch the film and festival for 24 hours starting at midnight EST on Sept. 1st HERE
THE MOONS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the August 2021 SCI-FI/FANTASY Short Film Festival.
“The first moon hangs over the city.
Six more are on their way.”
Conversation with the immensely talented filmmaker Gabriel Kalim Mucci on the making of THE MOONS and working with his wife on the film (the star of the film!).
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99 PROBLEMS was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the August 2021 SCI-FI/FANTASY Film Festival. You can watch the festival for FREE for 24 hours starting this Thursday at midnight EST HERE.
“A stranger offers people an opportunity to change their immediate future, an offer that could save them from danger.”
Candid and insightful conversation with Michael G. Kehoe on the process making this film.
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About the Filmmaker: Kehoe is an award winning filmmaker whose debut as a writer, director & producer received critical acclaim for his short film “SECOND DANCE” and was accepted to The Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival. While at Sundance he was approached by Prism Entertainment to direct an action/thriller he wrote titled “DOMINION” now on Amazon Prime. He went on to direct and produce another award winning dramatic short titled: “NOW DEPARTING”. His next film, he wrote produced and directed, was a drama/thriller in the vein of film noir titled “THE ART OF A BULLET”, which was highly successful in the foreign territories.
He created a production service company that served multi million dollar productions in Hollywood and over seas such as the Mission Impossible franchise starring Tom Cruise, the J.J. Abrams “Star Trek” franchise and remains in contact with JJ and his company Bad Robot. He created a concept series for the Food Network and directed a television special titled “CATERING IMPOSSIBLE” that featured Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Maggie Q and Lawrence Fishburne. This special spawned a number of series for the Food Network such as “Dinner Impossible”, “Restaurant Impossible”, “Hotel Impossible” and many more.
DIARY ROOM was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the August 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. “While abroad, Sam encounters a handful of strangers who inadvertently guide him in confronting the deep, dark truths he revealed on the reality show Big Brother”.
Playing at the LGBTQ+ Film Festival that you can watch for FREE right now HERE.
Conversation with the screenwriter and star of DIARY ROOM, Brett Epstein, on the process making this film.
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A COUPLE is a winning student short film from Italy about a young couple who meet again in Rome for a concert and then decide to spend the day together while waiting for the concert to get started.
Playing at the best of Student European Shorts Festival NOW for FREE. You can watch the festival and the film HERE.
Candid conversation with the very talented filmmaker Davide Pestrosino. He talks about the random story of how he got to make this film and what’s the future for this Italian filmmaker on the rise.
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WHAT? is a black and white, not-so-silent comedy about a struggling deaf actor, sick of agreeing to increasingly humiliating tasks just to get a role, who decides to take matters into his own… hands. Starring John Maucere
Interview with filmmaker Alek Lev on the process making this film. You can go to the film’s website at www.thewhatmovie.com/
Alek is also a podcast producer for the popular show Meeting Tom Cruise: www.meetingtomcruise.com/
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BARE NAKED TRUTHS is a micro-short comedy series that allows you inside the minds of the bored and often eccentric models who pose nude for drawing classes. You can watch the film HERE, playing at the Animation Film Festival.
Conversation with filmmaker Amy E. Powell on the process making this Web Series.
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THE DEPRESSION OF DETECTIVE DOWNS 2 is the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the August 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. You can watch the film HERE, playing at the Animation Film Festival.
Conversation with animator/filmmaker Anthony Thurman on the process doing this animation and why it’s very personal for him.
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DISCIPLE played at the July 2021 LGBTQ+ Short Film Festival. A film about a different kind of coming out. When a young moody Millennial reveals his HIV status in a queer support group, it sends Poe, a not so traditional gay priest who mentors the group, in search of his own inner truth.
Candid conversation with the writer/director/star of the film, Sebastian LaClause, on his personal journey making it.
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“Jubilee Nation” is an erotic thriller about a political conspiracy that takes place in a fictional 1960’s all-black nation created in the aftermath of the Civil War. It is what the world would look like if reimagined through an alternate historical lens.
Conversation with writer Henry Myers on the process writing this screenplay, with best scene reading afterwards.
Watch the best scene reading.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Hannah Ehman
Newscaster: Geoff Mays
Symington: Allan Michael Brunet
Farnsworth: Bill Poulin
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ROGUE SEVEN: A STAR WARS FAN FILM was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the July 2021 FAN FICTION Film Festival. You can watch the film and the full festival all day today HERE
”A young thief must save Rebel fighter pilots from an Imperial armada and an overconfident bounty hunter.”
Conversation with filmmaker James Martinez on the making of a Star Wars film and telling his own unique story in this universe.
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RUN GIRL RUN was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the July 2021 ACTION Film Festival. You can watch the film and the full festival all day today HERE
“Allison Pfaendler’s goal is to win the Detroit Free Press marathon. As she trains for the marathon, she is suddenly intercepted by 3 muggers, which is a chase that tests her stamina.”
Conversation with filmmaker J. Q. Nelson on the process making this film in Detroit, the city he grew up in.
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BEHIND THE GLASS was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the July 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. “Mario thinks he is in control. He thinks he knows what he is doing, and he looks down to the people on the other side of the glass, but what Mario doesn’t know is that the glass itself is not on his side.”
Playing at the July 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. Watch the film until Saturday morning HERE.
Conversation with talented animator Pedro de la Llave on the process making this amazing film from concept to execution.
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ARTICHOKE BOY is a short 2 minute animation film. “Troubling thoughts about color, gender and sexuality distract a young artichoke as they sit alone on a swing, swaying back and forth.”
Playing at the July 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. Watch the film until Saturday morning HERE.
Conversation with writer and director Phil E. Eichinger on the process making this terrific animation film. He also chats about working the grind as an actor and developing projects for himself.
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FOX KEEPER was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the July 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival.
“Based on the poem by Margaret Wesseling. The poem is about a man who finds a wild fox in a trap.”
Conversation with Joseph Franciosa on the process making this film and how he got inspired.
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MOVING-IN-LAW was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the Under 5 Minute Film Festival. WATCH the film and the festival this Friday. You can bookmark the festival link HERE
“Brigitte is moving into her apartment with the help of her sister Lisa, and brother in law, Aaron. But when Brigitte and Arron are left alone after Lisa is called away, one thing might easily lead to another between the in laws.”
Conversation with filmmaker Reynaldo Dumas on the making of this film from development to distribution.
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THE ALPINES is a Thriller/Suspense Feature Film that is playing at the July 2021 LA FEEDBACK Film Festival. Playing at the festival all day for FREE this upcoming Sunday.
“The Alpines” follows seven friends coming together for a weekend getaway after several years of little contact. They’ve grown apart. They’ve moved on with their lives. But the secrets of their past have come back to haunt them. This time with a very real threat ready to expose every last one.
Conversation with director Dante Azibahn and the writer and lead actor of the film Mally Corrigan on the process making this Indy feature.
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