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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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Feb. 13, 2021 - Filmmaker Lanca Li (AND WE COLLIDE)

A story about two men, two worlds and one real rocket. The summary of the winning LGBTQ+ short film AND WE COLLIDE from China. Playing at the LGBTQ+ Film Festival today. Watch the festival RIGHT NOW for FREE all day.

Great conversation with filmmaker Lanca Li on the process of making this film. It all started with the scheduled rocket launch to end the film. Then she went backwards from there.

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Feb. 12, 2021 - Actor/Producer Lara Heller (SYNTH)

A rogue scientist fights to free advanced humanoids that she built is the summary of the award winning SCI-FI short film SYNTH. Playing at the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Festival this upcoming today! Get your FREE TICKETS now and watch at home all day.

Conversation with the producer and star of the film, Lara Heller. The process of making the short film and how she brought on a terrific team of collaborators to make it. Screenwriter Ryan C. Coleman (The Walking Dead), director Scott Wheeler (Sinkhole), and the team of amazing actors and film crew. It was truly a professional production to make this film. Lara put it all together.

SYNTH was inspired by true events - Hanson Robotics in Hong Kong created a robot called Sophia. Sophia the A.I. is based on Audrey Hepburn's face and is the first robot to have citizenship in the world.

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Feb. 11, 2021 - Filmmaker Jason Sheedy (FENESTRA)

Dealing with a cheating boyfriend and an alien invasion all in one moment is the summary of the award winning short film FENESTRA. Playing at the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Festival this upcoming Friday. Get your FREE TICKETS now and watch at home all day.

Conversation with the director of FENESTRA, Jason Sheedy, on the process making the film and the art of telling a story on film in under 5 minutes. FENESTRA is one of those films that was executed perfectly and will get into every single film festival it submits to. Jason talks about his process and what he learned “not to do” from his past films.

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Feb. 10, 2021 - Filmmaker David Jung (ROAM)

“ROAM” is a Sci-Fi short film about a world where the wealthy can go for joyrides or outright steal the bodies of the young. One former victim, a young woman, raises an underground resistance to fight back.

Playing at the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Festival this upcoming Friday. Get your FREE TICKETS now and watch at home all day.

Great conversation with natural storyteller David Jung. David has many amazing stories in his journey through the film industry and he shares a few of them in this interview. Plus, how he made this ambitious movie, and the art of making an independent big budget short film.

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Feb. 7, 2021 - Filmmakers Ash & Phil Kreis (THE FANDOM)

THE FANDOM dives headfirst in the imaginative world of “furries,” the often-misunderstood internet subculture of fans of the anthropomorphic arts.

Watch this feature film HERE for FREE:

Stop by THE FANDOM store: https://store.thefandomfilm.com/

Amazing chat with the filmmakers of the film about the world of THE FURRIES. How they made the film and how there might be more films in the future.

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Feb. 6, 2021 - Filmmaker Janice Derosier (THE NEXT STOP)

The art of making your first short film. Don’t make it too long. Don’t make it too complicated. !-2 locations are perfect. Have an interesting setup with engaging characters. Then shock the audience with an twist reveal.

THE NEXT STOP is Janice Derosier’s first first and she made a great one. Playing at our special FEMALE Filmmakers Film Festival TODAY. Get YOUR FREE TICKETS now and sign up to watch the festival all day February 6th.

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Feb. 5, 2021 - Filmmaker Dalton Snider-Smith (FANTASY MASTER)

“The key to reconnecting after the death of her mother might just be the table-top game from her childhood.” FANTASY MASTER is playing at our special FEMALE Filmmakers Film Festival this upcoming Saturday. Get YOUR FREE TICKETS now and sign up to watch the festival all day February 6th.


Great conversation with director/writer Dalton Snider-Smith on the making of the film. If you have producer that really knows what they are doing, the chances to make a successful movie increase dramatically. Dalton was lucky to have what seemed to be a great producer to add to her great talent.

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Feb. 4, 2021 - Filmmaker Maria Brendle (TAKE AND RUN)

TAKE AND RUN is an amazing 38 minute short film about the Kyrgyz culture and the free and easy kidnapping of young women that takes place all too often.

Playing at our special FEMALE Filmmakers Film Festival this upcoming Saturday. Get YOUR FREE TICKETS now and sign up to watch the festival all day February 6th.

Great chat with the filmmaker Maria Brendle on the 4 year journey to make this film. From development and research, to filming in foreign country with many language barriers, to the conflict of the film’s subject, to the post-production process.

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Feb. 3, 2021 - Producer Hayes Steinberg (HOCKEY 24)

HOCKEY 24 is a feature documentary about a day in the life of community hockey in Canada. Multiple filmmakers from coast to coast film a day in hockey in a 24 hour span.

Playing at our special SPORTS Film Festival this upcoming Friday. Get YOUR FREE TICKETS now and sign up to watch the festival all day February 5th.


Conversation with co-producer Hayes Steinberg talking about making this film from concept to distribution. Multiple moving parts. Multiple film shoots occurring in Canada at the same time. Also dive into the why this film was made and the future of hockey. Go to his website: http://www.hayessteinberg.com/

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Feb. 1, 2021 - Sean Strub (Mayor of Milford, Pennsylvania)

Sean Strub was the subject in the award winning feature documentary MY FRIEND, THE MAYOR:
SMALL-TOWN POLITICS IN THE AGE OF TRUMP
. A film about his pursuit (a gay man, HIV positive, liberal) of becoming mayor of Milford, Pennsylvania, a Trump supporting “red” town. It played at our LGBTQ+ Film Festival to rave reviews. Some of our frequent attendees called it the most joyful film that has ever played at our festivals. (Sean wins. Spoiler alert!!)

This is one of those podcasts where we could have chatted with Sean for 5 hours. He’s lead a fascinating life. Just go to his Wikipedia page for examples. This podcast chat was about making this documentary, his motivations to run for mayor, and the day to day operations of being a mayor of a small town.

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Jan. 31, 2010 - Filmmaker Victoria Negri (2 WEEKS)

2 WEEKS played at the January 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. A landmark short about asexuality.

Summary: When 20-something-year-old Tanya begins to realize she’s asexual, the highly charged sexualized world she lives in as an actress and partner begins to fall apart and feels more and more like an unbearable nightmare.

Great chat with the multi-talented directed Victoria Negri. How you need to keep grinding away., connect with other artists, and work on your talent day by day. The art of being successful.

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Jan. 29, 2021 - Producer/Writer Vanessa Burns (100 CANDLES)

100 CANDLES is a Comedy Short from Australia: A 99 year old, Queen Lizzie fanatic, dies on the eve of her 100th birthday. So, her loving grandson goes to great lengths to get her the letter from the Queen, disguising her death at the party. But as suspicion builds, he doesn’t give up – not without that letter.

Playing at the COMEDY Film Festival this upcoming Saturday. RSVP your free tickets to watch online now.

Great chat with the writer of the film Vanessa Burns. How it came to be and how Queen Elizabeth does send letters to anyone who turns 100.

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Jan. 28, 2021 - Filmmaker Rennik Soholt (FORCED CHANGE)

FORCED CHANGE is a feature documentary that uses the path of destruction left behind by Hurricane Katrina as a vehicle to bring to life unique human stories that shed light on what it means to be home. Filmed at critical moments over the last fourteen years, FORCED CHANGE is a heart-breaking retrospective of four unique and relatable, but displaced, characters that left New Orleans after the hurricane and never returned home.

Great chat with the filmmaker Rennik Soholt on the 15 year process making this film. Rennik is an accomplished Emmy Nominated Producer. See IMDB credits.

Film playing at the Documentary Film Festival this Friday Jan. 29th. RSVP your FREE tickets and stream for free at home.

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Jan. 24, 2021 - Filmmaker Derek Elliott Bagley (MEMENTO MORI)

MEMEMTO MORI is one of the more creative and innovative short films that you’ll ever see. Played at our LGBTQ+ Film Festival in January 2021.

Great chat with the filmmaker Derek Elliot Bagley on the process of making this film and moving from Chicago to Montreal while making it.

Film Website: http://mementomori.film/

Summary of Film: At the center of this stylized, allegorical melodrama, a tyrannical matriarch lies helpless and alone on her deathbed. Her family – scattered in different corners of the house – impatiently wait for their unbeloved queen to finally die. The audience becomes a voyeur into this private, claustrophobic world where the Matriarch’s daughters trade biting insults, her maid steals her jewelry, and her grandchildren discuss gay sex while doing drugs. After she takes her last breath, surrounded by kitsch mementos in-lieu of adoring mourners, her family members, and the audience, are confronted with processing the death of someone who’s legacy is questionable.

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Jan. 23, 2021 - Filmmakers Alejandro Fanzago & Anne Valmont (THE GRIN OF EVIL)

THE GRIN OF EVIL is one of the best Fan Fiction film you’ll ever see. It’s also a teaser to a much bigger story. Interview with the director/star Alejandro Fanzgo and the producer Anne Valmont in Argentina.

Summary of Film: The Grin of Evil aims to explore the Joker's philosophy from his peculiar point of view and away from his faithful adversary. It's a journey of what lies behind the jokes and laughs: each chapter offers a different approach of the character, who will be portrayed in various styles. As fans, our main interest is to pay tribute to the characters that made a difference in our childhood and teenage years. The idea of bringing these characters and their universe to life from the vignettes is exhilarating. We feel committed to develop a creative challenge that would bring out the best of each artist, making it personal to us and to the viewers as well.

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Jan. 22, 2021 - Filmmaker Braden Joe (ALIVE)

ALIVE was the winner of BEST DOC FILM at the upcoming Dance & Music Festival. WATCH this film and an amazing lineup of shorts for FREE this Saturday: https://experimentalfilmfestival.com/next-los-angeles-event/

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About the film: A hybrid, experimental documentary which explores the issue of modern-day slavery perpetrated by the fast fashion industry. Through art, dance, and anthropology, Alive seeks to start the conversation of our individual role in the world, and our responsibility to fix its issues.

Braden chats about the process making this film and the unique location they shot the film in.

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Jan. 21, 2021 - Filmmaker/Musician Mr. Corazon (THE DYING LIGHT)

THE DYING LIGHT was the winner of BEST FILM at the upcoming Dance & Music Festival. WATCH this film and an amazing lineup of shorts for FREE this Saturday: https://experimentalfilmfestival.com/next-los-angeles-event/

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Mr. Corazon chats candidly about the inspiration of making this music video as a support for Black Lives Matter. A true talent, he wrote, directed and did the music for this video.

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Jan. 20, 2021 - Filmmaker Max Westerman (SMALL-TOWN POLITICS IN THE AGE OF TRUMP)

WATCH MY FRIEND, THE MAYOR: SMALL-TOWN POLITICS IN THE AGE OF TRUMP at our POLITICAL Film Festival this upcoming Friday: https://lafeedbackfilmfestival.com/virtual-cinema-screening/

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Candid conversation with the filmmaker and how this film came to be.

Summary of FILM: Among the first to be hit by the AIDS epidemic in the 1980’s, Sean Strub’s political ambitions took a backseat as he struggled to survive. Now 60, he is running for mayor of a conservative town in Pennsylvania. How will this liberal, openly gay ex-New Yorker and founder of POZ, a magazine for people with HIV, fare in a rural community that voted for Donald Trump?

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Jan. 19, 2021 - Filmmaker Toby Hayman & Paige Lee (THE BIRDER)

Director Toby Hayman & Producer/Editor Paige talk about the process of making their short DOC film THE BIRDER. Still time to watch the film and the festival now: https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/

Summary of film: J. Drew Lanham has lived his life vicariously through birds. As a boy in rural South Carolina they showed him a world beyond his backyard, and taught him how the places of the world are connected. Today as an ecology professor and ornithologist he watches birds to learn how our environment is changing. They provide a warning, but they also give us hope.

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Jan. 18, 2021 - Katherine Sweetman & Jade White (Documentary HIGH FLYING JADE)

Chat with filmmaker Katherine Sweetman & Documentary subject Jade White from the award winning short doc HIGH FLYING JADE. Still time to watch the film and the festival now: https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/

Summary of Film: Walking the line between mindfulness and adrenaline rush, an American, bipolar, aerialist tries to reconcile her suicidal inclinations, her past life as an air traffic controller and the pressures of training for opening night at the Vietnamese circus.

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