One more time with feeling! Matthew and Kierston do a round up of WILDsound’s Last festival- a documentary night!
It’s that time again ladies and gentlemen! Festival Round Up Time! Coming to you piping hot and fresh, get Kierston and Matthew’s take on this amazing festival, the films and as always the fantastic crowd!
It’s that time again folks! Time to hear Matthew and Kierston talk about the Festival that occurs on Thursday Nights at the Carlton! Tonight we dive into our Female-directed Films and our Under Five minute festival!
It's that time again folks! Festival Friday Round up Time@ check out theWildsound Podcast where Matthew and Kierston talk about all teh films they've
You know what day it is here at WILDsound? Friday! Which means it's time for the festival Friday Round Up from the Toronto-branch of WILDsound's Festival! Come hang out with Matthew and Kierston as they talk about the Dark Comedy Festival Night from the Carlton Cinema this part Thursday, August 30th, 2018!
On Fridays, Matthew and Kierston get on their computers at opposite ends of the city and discuss the craziness that was WILDsound's Thursday Night Festival at the Carlton Cinema. Today, it's an exciting leap down the films on the Female-directed film festival night!
List of films played at the festival:
MRS. MURPHY’S CONFESSION, 25min., USA, Comedy/Drama
Writer/Producer by Catherine Haun
Unable to connect with her distant husband and eight grown children, Marjorie Murphy tries helping out at Church. She is given responsibility to prepare a group of teen drop-outs for confirmation.
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BLOSSOM, 6min., Australia, Drama
Directed by Lisa Defazio
Childhood the one chance we get to transition from bud to bloom. Some memories just cannot be erased, they are like permanent markers in our own timeline.
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PREY, 10min., Canada, Drama
Directed by Vivien Endicott-Douglas
A young woman confronts her past and present romantic partners. Culminating into a meditation on identity, Prey explores how one of the hardest choices one has to make is to simply put themselves first.
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RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN, 6min., Portugal, Drama
Directed by Peta Milan
When a relationship turns sour, Justine finds her naked photos posted online and is inundated by secondary victimisation.
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AXioMA, 15min., Italy, Drama
Directed by Elisa Possenti
An accident and the inability to walk belong to the protagonist’s past as axioms, postulates that do not need to be explained. Each and every one of us is somehow touched by disability. As the storylines progresses, the finely interwoven threads of the plot unravel, showing how the main character feels like a burden not only to society, but also to his family, and to himself. Nonetheless, his story proves that anybody can get their chance to start anew.
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THE PITS, 6min., Canada, Comedy/Romance
Directed by Shetu Modi
At 13, Dhruvi is appalled to learn the Indian food she eats every day makes her armpits smell funny. Her struggle with pungent food and bold spices resurfaces years later, when she’s drawn to a fellow South Asian student in university.
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FOXY TROT, 14min., USA, Comedy/LGBT
Directed by Lisa Donato
A married couple unexpectedly face their relationship issues when they take ballroom dance lessons in a very heteronormative class.
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Every Friday Matthew and Kierston meet up to discuss the festival from the night before. Every Thursday at the Carlton Cinema in Toronto, WILDsound screens amazing films from around the world. Last night it was our Drama/Crime and Under-Five-Minute night. Let's hear about what the audience was like, and what the films were like as well!
A showcase of 12 short films from around the world:
#1 - UNEARTHED, 9min., USA, Drama/Crime
Directed by Daniel Bergeson
A mother must come to terms with her guilt after committing a heinous crime of vengeance.
#2 - SNIP, 6min., New Zealand, Drama/Crime
Directed by Kenneth Clark
A new hair style can change your life.
#3 - KALTRINA, 10min., Drama/Crime
Directed by Evi Stamatiou
Centers around Kaltrina, a nurse from Kosovo who lives and works in NY and the conflicts that occur when a stranger who breaks into her apartment.
#4 - THE GHOULIES, 5min., Australia, Drama/Crime
Directed by Harrison Lane
Two brothers have their relationship tested when 11 year old Cooper wants to become a part of his older brother's gang.
#5 -PERSONA, 2min., UK, Animation/Experimental
Directed by Thomas Donnelly
Persona is a metaphorical film which uses masks in order to depict the destructive nature of Communism in pre-Soviet Russia
#6 - GIRL IN YELLOW, 3min., USA, Drama/Family
Directed by Christopher Tjajadi
A switch in perspective reveals that nothing is as it seems.
#7 - BROTHERS, 5min., USA, Drama/Family
Directed by Randy Kerr
Set in the Pacific Northwest, three brothers find refuge and redemption from a troubled home through their love of fly fishing for steelhead and the enduring relationships they forge on the river.
#8 - KCLOC, 3min., India, Documentary/Animation
Directed by Ninaad Kulkarni
KCLOC is a 3D animated documentary on people's perceptions of time. A selection of brief interviews provide the voices for ten meticulously designed CGI clock characters, in a variety of real-world settings, as they respond to a single question: "What does time mean to you?"
#9 - THE CORD, 5min., USA, Drama
Directed by Catherine L. Allard
Adam and his friends enter the house. The mood is going to turn cold. He is about to do something that will change everything. His mind is made up. He is ready to cut the cord.
#10 - NOT THE SAME RIVER. NOT THE SAME MAN, 4min., Animation/Experimental
Directed by Michelle Brand
A fisherman takes his boat out on the river. While he and his surroundings are in a constant flow, the viewer observes the passing of time, watching everything go through movement and change. In an ever-flowing cycle, things come to be, change, evolve, and pass on....
#11 - IN THROUGH THE NIGHT, 4min., Drama/Experimental
Directed by Josiah Cuneo
By recalling a childhood story, a world of daydreams and longing unfold against a quiet backdrop of the quotidian.
#12 - FIREFLIES, 3min., UK, Drama
Directed by Aram Atkinson
Camping is a magical time for any child, but for this particular young girl and her father, it is an experience they'll never forget. Fireflies is about the dedication and love of a father to his daughter, and the mysterious and magical things that can happen when you let your imagination run wild
Every Thursday, WILDsound hosts a Film Festival! Matt and Kierston meet on Friday mornings to talk about the festival, the themes, the crowd, the comments and the films that made the night so great!
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7 Documentary Short Films were presented at the August 2nd Festival. Here is the lineup:
SAN GUERRERO, 4min., Argentina, Documentary
Directed by
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A portrait of an american ex-patriot lilving in Buenos Aires and working as a city tour guide during the day and a prostitution tour guide during the night
WATER, 4min, USA, Documentary
Directed by Mark Knight
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Window Channel Network takes you on a four-minute journey to some of the planet’s most spectacular glaciers, waterfalls, beaches, rivers and waterways.
WEEKEND WARRIOR, 6min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Jonathan Harris
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ISIS WAS HERE, 25min, Iraq, Documentary
Directed by Farman Abdalrahman Karim
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HAART KENYA, 13min., Kenya, Documentary
Directed by Danielle Da Silva
An organization dedicated to ending modern slavery (human trafficking) against women and children in Kenya and East Africa. Simas spent two weeks photographing their workshops, community, and grief-stricken survival stories.
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HEARING FILMS, 8min., Canada, Documentary
Directed by Arsen Martyrosian
CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film! A story of visually impaired film enthusiast Joe Sidarose, that questions the perception of film as a visual medium and exposes the way descriptive cinema influences audience.
BEYOND THE WALL, 26min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Jay Root, Todd Wiseman
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Get past the rhetoric and experience the reality of the U.S.-Mexico border. The film puts viewers into the shoes of undocumented immigrants, Border Patrol agents and a Texas borderland rancher to explore the nation’s most pressing border and immigration issues.