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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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December 4, 2021 - Filmmaker Dailey Moore (unfinished)

“unfinished” was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the November 2021 DRAMA Film Festival.

December 4, 2021 - Filmmaker Dailey Moore (unfinished)
Matthew Toffolo

Conversation with American filmmakers who made “unfinished” at a film school in the Czech Republic using Czech child actors as the leads and shot it on 16mm. An amazing story.

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November 23, 2021 - Filmmaker Doug Werby (NO TRICKS)

NO TRICKS was the winner of BEST FILM at the October 2021 WILDsound Film Festival. Doug also had another film, MOTORBIKE THIEF, play at the festival in 2020.

November 23, 2021 - Filmmaker Doug Werby (NO TRICKS)
Matthew Toffolo

“A chance encounter between two men from different worlds brings change and some unexpected wisdom. Shot entirely in San Francisco CA.”

Conversation with Doug on the making of the film and what his overall thematic for making film is.

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October 31, 2021 - Filmmaker Sara Caldwell (GLITCH)

GLITCH was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the October 2021 HORROR Underground Film Festival. You can watch this film and the festival for FREE on Sunday all day HERE.

October 31, 2021 - Filmmaker Sara Caldwell (GLITCH)
Matthew Toffolo

“During COVID, a single mom takes on a new assignment that has chilling consequences.”

Conversation with filmmaker Sara Caldwell on the making of the film.

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October 31, 2021 - Filmmaker/Animator Tank Standing Buffalo (RKLSS)

RKLSS was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the October 2021 HORROR Underground Film Festival. You can watch this film and the festival for FREE on Sunday all day HERE.

October 31, 2021 - Filmmaker/Animator Tank Standing Buffalo (RKLSS)
Matthew Toffolo

“Tank, a natural artist who is always drawing, runs into trouble with the law with his gang of friends. Tank is convicted, jailed, and subjected to solitary confinement and intense brutality. His art allows him to escape his terrible conditions. He discovers his own native spirituality while in jail, and through his art, finds a way to be in the world, and to reflect on his own reality.”

Conversation with Tank Standing Buffalo on how this film got made. See his Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/tankstandingbuffalo/

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October 27, 2021 - Filmmaker Lenny Lenox (THINGS I SHOULD HAVE SAID)

THINGS I SHOULD HAVE SAID is a proof of concept short film that played at the September 2021 LA Feedback Film Festival. “A man struggling with substance abuse after losing his family in a car crash finds purpose in life again after befriending a boy who is being bullied at school.”

Conversation with filmmaker/writer Lenny Lenox on the making of the film and why it was made.

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October 27, 2021 - Filmmaker Lenny Lenox (THINGS I SHOULD HAVE SAID)
Matthew Toffolo
October 20, 2021 - Filmmaker Edsta (TAKE THE VAX)
October 20, 2021 - Filmmaker Edsta (TAKE THE VAX)
Matthew Toffolo

TAKE THE VAX was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the October 2021 WILDsound Film Festival. “After the COVID-19 pandemic subsided, and people are getting back to their lives, Mark, a vaccine skeptic, soon realizes that he has no other choice but to take the vax.”

Playing at the Best of DRAMA Film Festival for FREE right NOW.

Conversation with Edsta on the making of this polarizing film and what motivated him to do it.

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October 19, 2021 - Screenwriter Brad Dude (FINDING EDEN)
October 19, 2021 - Screenwriter Brad Dude (FINDING EDEN)
Matthew Toffolo

FINDING EDEN is an award winning screenplay. “Captured along with 30 female asylum-seekers by modern-day pirates on a remote utopian island, Captain Anna Kruger struggles to escape while her rescue ship’s crew attempts to unite warring African, Arab and Asian villages to mount a rescue.”

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Conversation with Brad Dude on the process writing this screenplay. Followed by the 1st scene reading of the script.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Chike: Bill Poulin
Desta: Geoff Mays
Kruger: Hannah Ehman
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October 16, 2021 - Filmmaker Emily Ruhl (BLUE MOON)

BLUE MOON is a vibrant vignette of a love story that takes place in a single night. It follows two young women through Los Angeles as they explore the depths of themselves and one another. Playing at the LGBTQ+ Film Festival today - Watch for FREE NOW!

October 16, 2021 - Filmmaker Emily Ruhl (BLUE MOON)
Matthew Toffolo

Conversation with filmmaker Emily Ruhl on the process making this film from development to distribution.

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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.

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

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 13, 2021 - Actor/Producer Alexander Klebanoff (THE DECIPIO)

THE DECIPIO was the winner of BEST DIRECTON at the October 2021 LA Feedback Film Festival. “After years of working undercover, Agent Victor O'Connor becomes unhinged as he discovers things aren't exactly as they seem.”

October 13, 2021 - Actor/Producer Alexander Klebanoff (THE DECIPIO)
Matthew Toffolo

You can watch the best of CRIME/DRAMA Short Film Festival right now for FREE HERE

Conversation with the Producer/Lead Actor of the film Alexander Klebanoff on the making of THE DECIPIO.

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October 11, 2021 - Filmmaker/Animator Jack Tenbusch (SYMBIONIC)
October 11, 2021 - Filmmaker/Animator Jack Tenbusch (SYMBIONIC)
Matthew David Toffolo

SYMBIONIC is an animation short film about a Songbird who is forced to flee her deforested home accidentally clips her wing on a robotic facility antenna, plummeting into an underground scrap bin.

You can watch the amazing film playing at the Animation Festival NOW for FREE HERE.

Conversation with Animator Jack Tenbusch on the making of the film.

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October 5, 2021 - Filmmakers Mattias Königsson & Emil T. Jonsson (TRUE FRIENDS)
October 5, 2021 - Filmmakers Mattias Königsson & Emil T. Jonsson (TRUE FRIENDS)
Matthew Toffolo

TRUE FRIENDS played to rave reviews at the September 2021 Festival. “Conny is so tired of Corona. He feels so alone and his only human interface is with his brother on the phone. Browsing through his phone's contact list he decides to phone every single contact, even those he can't remember in order to find out who his true friends are.”

Conversation with directors Mattias Königsson & Emil T. Jonsson on the making of the film.

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October 1, 2021 - Filmmaker/Actor Kaitlin Gould (EXPECTATIONS)

EXPECTATIONS was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the October 2021 FEMALE Film Festival. Playing all day for FREE this Saturday. You can bookmark the page and WATCH HERE.

October 1, 2021 - Filmmaker/Actor Kaitlin Gould (EXPECTATIONS)
Matthew Toffolo

“EXPECTATIONS is a 6 minute short film about an unhappily married woman struggles to cope as she realizes her life is not what she expected it to be.”

Conversation with Kaitlin Gould on the process making this film. https://www.kaitlingould.com/

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September 30, 2021 - Filmmaker Pam Hervey (MENDING WALLS)
September 30, 2021 - Filmmaker Pam Hervey (MENDING WALLS)
Matthew Toffolo

MENDING WALLS is the winning feature documentary film of 2021. Playing at the Documentary Film Festival all day Friday. You can bookmark the page and WATCH HERE.

Conversation with co-director Pam Hervey on how and why the film got made.

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September 29, 2021 - OUT LOUD feature film team (Gail Willumsen, Jill Shinefield, Lindsey Deaton)
September 29, 2021 - OUT LOUD feature film team (Gail Willumsen, Jill Shinefield, Lindsey Deaton)
Matthew Toffolo

OUT LOUD is the winning feature film at the LGBTQ+ Film Festival. You can watch this film for FREE this upcoming Thursday HERE.

Interview with Director Gail Willumsen. Producer Jill Shinefield. Main Character Subject Lindsey Deaton.

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September 25, 2021 - Filmmaker/Animator Georgia Burnell (UNWOUND)
September 25, 2021 - Filmmaker/Animator Georgia Burnell (UNWOUND)
Matthew Toffolo

UNWOUND was the winner of BEST ANIMATION FILM at the September 2021 Animation Film Festival. “Follows an overworked woman who manifests a store full of her childhood plushies as a way to cope with the possibility of losing her job.”

You can watch the festival and film NOW at the Animation Film Festival streaming until the morning EST of Sept. 25th HERE

Conversation with animator Georgia Burnell on the making of the film.

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September 23, 2021 - Filmmakers Lucas & Sam Luna (MEMORIES OF GREEN)
September 23, 2021 - Filmmakers Lucas & Sam Luna (MEMORIES OF GREEN)
Matthew Toffolo

MEMORIES OF GREEN is a short film about the father and son dynamic set on a golf course. Part of the BEST of DRAMA Short Film collection.

Conversation with the filmmaking brothers Lucas & Sam Luna about the making of the film. From connecting as brothers during the Covid-era, to grabbing footage on a golf course at night for months, to putting it all together in editing.

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September 22, 2021 - Producers Kimberly Resch & Brian Ross (TETHERED, ARE WE THE EXPERIMENT?)

"TETHERED" is an award winning short documentary about digital addiction and our need to always be on our smart phone. https://consciouscontent.org/films/tethered/

September 22, 2021 - Producers Kimberly Resch & Brian Ross (TETHERED, ARE WE THE EXPERIMENT?)
Matthew Toffolo

Digital addiction is a hidden illness among us, and it has our society in a vice grip.

Conversation with the producers of the film and the making of "TETHERED". Go to their website to learn all about their films and mission: https://consciouscontent.org/

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September 21, 2021 - Filmmaker Suridh (Shaz) Hassan (SODO EXPRESS)
September 21, 2021 - Filmmaker Suridh (Shaz) Hassan (SODO EXPRESS)
Matthew Toffolo

SODO EXPRESS was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the July 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival.

Conversation with filmmaker Shaz Hassan on the making of this film.

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September 17, 2021 - Filmmaker Aylin Sozen (WE SAVE US)
September 17, 2021 - Filmmaker Aylin Sozen (WE SAVE US)
Matthew Toffolo

WE SAVE US is a documentary poetic short film centering on the New York City streets leading up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election results. You can watch the festival and film HERE starting at midnight EST on September 16th.

Conversation with filmmaker Aylin Sozen on the making of this terrific documentary film and how she was able to obtain all of the great footage she captured during the 5 days she shot the film.

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