WANDER was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the January 2022 WILDsound Film. It’s also playing at our virtual festival next month. You can watch for free and sign up 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.

“After wandering through the desert a man must realize what are the important things in his life in order to survive the arid desert in moments of deep reflection triggered by his own survival.”

Conversation with Dimitri Luedemann on the process making this film with his producer/wife.

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I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE was the winner of Best Performances at the December 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. You can watch for free and sign up at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS).

“After a young mother of two is coerced into a fancy dinner with her loving but self centered husband she is confronted with a proposition she is unprepared for.”

Conversation with filmmaker Lindsay Clift on the making of the film.

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THE DARK HOBBY was the winner of BEST FEATURE FILM at the December 2021 ENVIRONMENTAL 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).

In Hawaii, a group of Native Hawaiians and conservationists struggles politically to protect the exotic fish being looted from the reefs. Turtles, whales, and dolphins are all protected, but not the fish. Now many verges on extinction. 28 million fish are in the aquarium trade pipeline at any given time. They undergo bladder piercing, fin cutting and starvation for shipment and reach the mainland dead or dying. They would have lived up to forty years on a reef. Fish species are in crisis worldwide and many are caught with cyanide and dynamite.

Conversation with documentary director Paula Fouce on the making of the film.

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DRIVE was the winner of BEST FILM 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).

An intimate look inside a musician and producer’s collaborative process. Nationally renowned cellist and composer Joshua Roman records his 2020 Music Journal piece “Drive” with Ryan Hadlock, producer at Bear Creek Studio.

Conversation with director Hayley Young on the making of the film. http://www.hayleyyoung.com/

Hayley Young began working as Staff Photographer for Seattle Magazine and Seattle Business Magazine in 2009. In the years since, she has personally photographed over 2000 people and places across Washington State. Her work has been published nationally as well, taking assignments for The Guardian, Washington Post, Fast Company, OUT Magazine and The Sunday Times (UK).

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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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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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ELEVATE was the winner of BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY at the December 2021 Documentary 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).

”Elevate tells the story of Matteo Manfron’s attempt on the Genoa – Mont Blanc record, a gruelling ~300km challenge that brings you from Genoa to Courmayeur by bicycle, and by foot for the rest of the climb to the top of Mont Blanc.”

Conversation with documentary filmmaker Robert Bean on the making of the film.

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GOODNIGHT BELLA was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the December 2021 WILDsound 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).

“An escaped convict makes a desperate attempt to see his daughter one last time, but stumbles upon a child in need. He is now forced to decide whether to save the boy or to keep running.”

Conversation with Clyde Capistrano on the making of his first film.

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THE LAST CROISSANT was the winner of BEST COMEDY FILM at the December 2021 COMEDY 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).

Conversation with filmmaker Jessica Redish on the process making the film.

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“Intergalactic Io” was the winning feature screenplay for 2021 at the LGBTQ+ Film & Screenplay Festival. Conversation with writer Seth Nesenholtz on the process of writing this screenplay and the art of writing “camp” movies.

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Space thief Io finds herself caught in a galactic war while attempting to sell a stolen crystal. Now the most wanted person in the galaxy, she races against the clock to save her alien dog and face responsibility for the war she inadvertently started.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
DOMINATRIA: Val Cole
NIRYAT: Julie Sheppard

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NAKUSA is a special film that played at the December 2021 MUSIC Film Festival. There is a 2nd screening on the WILDsound APP on February 10th. You can watch for free and sign up at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS).

Conversation with director/actor Jennifer Kramer on the making of the film. “Nakusa is a disabled girl who is deeply traumatized by the rejection of her mother at one week of age. Stuck inside her alienation, distorted perceptions and longings – she searches endlessly for the love we all need to survive or risks ceasing to exist.” A must see film for everyone.

Jennifer also is the youngest daughter of legendary director Stanley Kramer (It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World!, Guess Who’s Coming to Diner?) and actress Karen Sharpe (appeared on over 70 TV shows). She chats about her experiences as a child and we also talk about the recent passing of her father’s good friend Sidney Poitier.

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CARLOTA played to rave reviews at the Female Filmmakers Festival in December 2021. There is a 2nd screening on the WILDsound streaming service on February 1st. You can watch for free and sign up at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS).

Conversation with talented Mexican filmmaker Malu Solis on the making of this truly original short film and the process making it.

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AMERICA BOXED IN is the 2022 Documentary Festival feature film winner. A story that examines a world where globalization reigns supreme. It explores the consequences of the “heart of the global economy”—the freight container.

Conversation with filmmaker Casey G. Williams on the 7 year journey making this film.

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LAUNDRY DAY is the Fan Fiction Festival winner of BEST FILM for the 2021 season. It’s an amazing “Superman” origin story of Clark & Lois meeting for the first time in a laundry mat.

Conversation with the talented filmmaker Joshua Weathersby on the making of the film and the art of doing a fan film.

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WE ARE NATURE was the winner of Best Direction at the December 2022 Environmental Film Festival. Co-produced by Bacon Productions, based in Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm.

Conversation with filmmaker Christian Holm-Glad on the making of the film. He also shares the amazing story when he caught the Black Plaque in 2017, the first Norwegian in hundreds of years to do so.

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MEDIAN was the winner of Best Cinematography at the December 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival.

“A gay activist rallies the queer community after he and a trans activist are assaulted by a group of religious extremists.”

Conversation with Bay area filmmaker Matthew Riutta on the process making this award winning short film. We also dive into Matthew’s “day job” career as a Location Manager and working on films like “Fruitville Station”, “The Master”, and “Moneyball”.

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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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FIVE POUNDS OF PRESSURE was the winner of Best Performances at the Dec. 2021 Thriller/Suspense Film Festival.

“A despondent man is parked on the side of the road with a gun and a single bullet. As he prepares to take his own life, a young female hitchhiker holds him at knifepoint and demands to get out of town. Her reckless plan is now his ultimate way out.”

Conversation with Halifax, Nova Scotia native Liam Petite on the making of this film.

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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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PATRICIA'S ADDICTION was the winner of BEST FILM at the December 2021 COMEDY Film Festival.

“A social media influencer exposes her friends on social media, she has no idea what's coming her way.”

Conversation with filmmaker David Jimenez on the amazing journey from military man to filmmaker. “Patricia’s Addiction” is all about commitment from David and the entire cast & crew to make the best film possible under the strange circumstances making it.

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