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WILDsound's The Film Podcast

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.

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February 19, 2022 - Filmmaker Sasha Marie Speer (UNBORN)

UNBORN was the winner of BEST FILM at the February 2022 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival.


”Shot entirely underwater, Unborn is a poetic journey about becoming a mother. About grief and loss. Hope and wonder. What if a woman cannot conceive? What if she loses a pregnancy? Can she still fulfill her dream?”

Film also playing at the WILDsound TV app next month. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.


Conversation with filmmaker Sasha Marie Speer on the making of the film.

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February 18, 2022 - Filmmaker Drew Berry & Musician Kaya Usher (CORE)

CORE played at the February 2022 DANCE Festival.

Film also playing at the WILDsound TV app next month. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Conversation with musician/singer Kaya Usher (https://kayausher.com/) and co-director Drew Berry on the making of the film.

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February 17, 2022 - Interview with the "Between the Balance" film team

BETWEEN THE BALANCE played to rave reviews at the January 2022 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival.

Conversation with co-director/choreographer/dancer Nicole Kadar. Director/Editor Steven Speliotis. And composer William Catanzaro.

Film also playing at the WILDsound TV app today.. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.


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February 13, 2022 - Filmmaker/Performer Evi Tzortzi (ANACHRONISM)

ANACHRONISM was voted BEST DIRECTION at the January 2022 DANCE Film Festival.


Film also playing at the WILDsound TV app next month. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.


Conversation with filmmaker Evi Tzortzi on starring in and directing ANACHRONISM.

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February 12, 2022 - Filmmaker Mark DeChiazza (SPIEL)

SPIEL was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the January 2022 MUSIC Film Festival.


Film also playing at the WILDsound TV app next month. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.


A child transforms a desolate vacant lot into her playground, not for idle play, but for a contest with herself—serious, urgent, and mystical. Her actions bring her to uncanny intersections with a musician, whose ferocious efforts on the glockenspiel are strangely entangled with her own games. (The score is a movement from the double-Grammy-nominated album Seven Pillars.

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January 22, 2022 - Filmmaker Caitlin Gray (REVERIE)

REVERIE was the winner of Best Direction at the December 2021 Romance & Relationship Film Festival. There is a 2nd screening on the WILDsound APP in February. You can watch for free and sign up at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS).

A dance/music video: A woman is haunted by the memory of her lost love.

Conversation with filmmaker/choreographer Caitlin Gray on the making of the film with

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January 21, 2022 - Filmmaker Oscar De Leon (TRIP 27)

TRIP 27 was the winner of Best Direction at the December 2021 MUSIC Film Festival. There is a 2nd screening on the WILDsound APP in February. You can watch for free and sign up at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS).

A visual album that unfolds over 5 chapters. Lacking inspiration for his music, Huck goes on a wild hitchhiking adventure that takes him across the American Southwest.

Conversation with Oscar De Leon on the making of this film.

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January 5, 2021 - Filmmakers Robyn Mineko Williams, Mike Gibisser (ENDED WHEN)

ENDED WHEN was produced by the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Ended When is a short film by acclaimed choreographer Robyn Mineko Williams featuring an excerpt of her popular work Cloudline, performed by Hubbard Street Dancer Alysia Johnson with music by Alencia Norris.

"End of the World” Written by Sylvia Dee and Arthur Kent.

Conversation with co-directors Robyn Mineko Williams & Mike Gibisser

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January 3, 2022 - Filmmakers Oliver Sandino & Kevin Zambrano (CRIMSON'S CABARET)

In "Crimson’s Cabaret," desire drives two performers through a whimsical show of music, dance, and theatre. Between reality and fantasy, two sisters try to maintain their relationship, while finding their way to stardom. Winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2021 DANCE Film Festival.

Conversation with co-directors Oliver Sandino and Kevin Zambrano on the making of this uniquely creative film. How two childhood friends decided to make a film and amazing things happened because of it.

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Dec 12, 2021 - Creators Arturo Bandinelli & Celina Liesegang (Viscera: Autopsy of a (non)human body)

“Viscera: Autopsy of a (non)human body” was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the December 2021 DANCE Film Festival.

Conversation with Producer/Choreographer Celina Liesegang & Director/DP/Editor Arturo Bandinelli on the making of this amazing short artistic piece.

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November 12, 2021 - Filmmaker/Dancer Simone Cita Kieltyka (EXIT)

EXIT was the winner of BEST FILM at the November 2021 DANCE Film Festival. You can watch the film & festival TODAY for FREE all day HERE.

“The Film is about the moment before and after a “tipping point”. Rotating, spinning around, being stuck, being airborne, wearing out – getting out and exploring the leeway. which is quite elusive…”

Conversation with dancer/director Simone Kieltyka on the making of the film.

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OctoBER 15, 2021 - Musician Morgan-Paige Melbourne & Director Micheal Hidetoshi Mori (WHERE DO I GO?)

WHERE DO I GO? was the winner of BEST FILM at the October 2021 Experimental/Dance/Music Film Festival. You can watch this film now on their YouTube Channel.

Produced by Tapestry Opera: https://tapestryopera.com/

You can learn more about Morgan-Paige Melbourne at: https://morganmusic5.wixsite.com/morganpaigepianist

Conversation with director Micheal Hidetoshi Mori and musician Morgan-Paige Melbourne on the process making this music video.

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October 9, 2021 - Director/Choreographer Rachel Leigh Dolan (only living boy)

only living boy; a love/hate story for New York is a dance narrative about the duality of being an artist in the city. We are equally inspired and disparaged at the same time.

Winner of BEST FILM at the October 2021 DANCE Film Festival. You can watch the film and festival right now for FREE on the website page.

Interview with the talented Rachel Leigh Dolan (https://www.rachelleighdolan.com/) on the making of “only living boy” from conception to distribution.

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September 11, 2021 - Filmmaker Sven Niemeyer (ULRICHS 1867)

ULRICHS 1867 was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the September 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. You can watch the film & festival right now HERE.

Conversation with the multi-talented director Sven Niemeyer (www.svenniemeyer.com) on the making of ULRICHS 1867 and the reason for making it.

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August 6, 2021 - Filmmaker Sonia Gemmiti (OUTSIDE MY WINDOW)

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW is an expressionistic exploration of agoraphobia and isolation. A young woman stares outside her window, summoning the courage to step outside. Playing at the DANCE Film Festival. You can watch the festival HERE for FREE NOW.

Conversation with Sonia Gemmiti on the process making her first film. We also dive into her decade long career as a Hollywood feature film Set Decorator.

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July 21, 2021 - Drag Queen Superstar TeTe Bang (WHERE LOVE LIVES feature doc)

Tete Bang was one of the main subjects in the award winning documentary feature WHERE LOVE LIVES, that is a part of our July 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. We chat with the Drag Queen Superstar about being a part of this film and how she really had a lot of trust in the director’s vision.

You can visit TeTe’s website at www.tetebang.co.uk/ and follow on Intagram @tete_bang

You can watch the festival HERE until the morning of July 23, 2021

WHERE LOVE LIVES, 54min., USA, LGBT Music

Directed by Brilliams

Through the stories of Glitterbox’s kaleidoscopic family of artists, dancers and queer performers, Where Love Lives explores themes of identity and self-expression and the vital importance that clubland plays for those whose identities are not fully accepted in the mainstream. Expertly navigating through nightlife culture’s history, and introducing its present, the film meets the fabulous creatures that inhabit it, and connects the dots that drew each of them to answer dance music’s call. 

About Glitterbox

Glitterbox is a nightlife brand and record label founded in 2014 by Defected Records head Simon Dunmore, now one of the world’s most talked-about club nights. Starting as a weekly party in Ibiza, Glitterbox has evolved into a global brand hosting parties in established venues across the world from New York to Amsterdam, Croatia, Australia and more. Characterised by an inclusive, uplifting party atmosphere designed to unite all ages, persuasions and walks of life on the dancefloor, Glitterbox parties bring the world’s most respected DJs to appear alongside emerging talents for a soundtrack of dance music in its purest forms. Meanwhile the 21st-century disco label is renowned by discerning music lovers for breaking the latest dancefloor anthems, while celebrating the origins of dance music with golden era disco and house.

Glitterbox’s Classic House & Disco Anthems playlist: https://defstream.lnk.to/Glitbx

General links:
wherelovelives.film
glitterboxibiza.com
twitter.com/Glitterbox
instagram.com/glitterboxibiza
facebook.com/glitterboxibiza

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July 18, 2021 - Anjali Mehta, Proma Khosla, Raashi Desai (DESCENT Dance Film)

“Descent” follows the story of K, a former asylum client of creator Anjali Mehta’s (https://www.theartiviststudio.com/) who was separated from her daughter upon arriving in the United States. Like so many other adults seeking asylum, the loss of her child at the hands of immigration authorities led K into a downward spiral — one that eventually manifested as schizophrenia.

WATCH the Dance Film HERE

Interview with the creative team of the film:

Cinematography & Editor: Raashi Desai

Director: Proma Khosla

Dancer, Story & Concept: Anjali Mehta

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July 9, 2021 - Producer Haylee Thompson (WAKE dance film)

WAKE is an artistic story-telling dance film designed to educate and bring awareness to underlying issues that have become normal in our society.

DANCE film playing at the DANCE Film Festival TODAY. You can watch anytime all day HERE

Conversation with producer Haylee Thompson on the making of this film and the twists and turns of story & design to make it happen.

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June 30, 2021 - Filmmaker Robert Steven Mack (CHISEL)

CHISEL was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the June 2021 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. Festival plays for FREE all day on June 27th. Bookmark the page to view HERE.

2nd interview with director and performer Robert Steven Mack on the making of this film and what the future holds for this talented individual who just graduated from Indiana University.

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June 24, 2021 - Filmmaker Steve Selman (THE SAND BOX)

THE SAND BOX is a film about being stuck in time, exploring an emotional state of mind through movement, while using sand as a medium. Playing at the EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival on today. You can watch all day HERE

Conversation with Steve Selman about making this film at the Coney Island beach and working with the talented performer Elya Osmanova

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