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.
In the middle of night, a man’s quiet routine is disrupted by small, unsettling signs that something is sharing his space. As fear pushes him into hiding, the boundaries between safety and threat collapse. When help finally arrives, the house becomes a trap, revealing that whatever lurks within doesn’t leave witnesses.
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Florence is invited to Katsumi’s wedding ceremony in Tokyo. Excited for the opportunity to see Katsumi again & have time away with her boyfriend – she learns that not all is as it seems and that some changes will be made in order for her to be happy.
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Conversation with director Alex de Montbel, executive producer Albert Crane, and doc subject David Wagner, on the making of the short documentary film from the "Your Everyday Heroes” series.
David Wagner grew up as a natural athlete, always in motion, playing basketball, surfing, and chasing a dream of becoming a professional player. At 21, a day of surfing in Redondo Beach changed everything when a wave drove his head into the ocean floor, breaking his neck at the C5–C6 level and leaving him paralyzed. In the hospital, as doctors spoke of “permanent” chairs and “permanent” changes, David confronted the loss of his old life with the support of a fiercely loving family that refused to let him give up.
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#FareLife gives us a peak inside the lives of Connecticut strangers from all walks of life as they ride from place to place with everyone's favorite FareRide driver, affectionately called “buddy”. From drag queens to estranged parents to drunk strangers, follow “buddy’s" adventures as he navigates the streets and the pitfalls of living, in this zany, touching and often times irreverent ride of a lifetime.
Conversation with the creative team of the TV Web Series.
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The Redemption of Faust, 18min., USA
Directed by Genel Mejia
After making a pact with Mephistopheles, Goethe's Faust finds . . . redemption and transcendence in the ideal of the Eternal-Feminine.
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Peace Wilderness Man, 35min., Australia
Directed by Tim Millard
An Australian war veterans journey from trauma to inner peace in Norways remote Arctic Circle.
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For centuries, mathematicians chased an elusive dream: one formula that explains the mystery of Saturn's rings, rotating celestial spheres, and spinning tops. The puzzle was known as The Mathematical Mermaid. Many men tried and failed. Then, one extraordinary mind defied tradition and dared to solve it.
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CLOSURE, 9min., USA
Directed by Dainique Jones
In this dance film, we watch a couple unravel into a cycle of control, distance, and longing. Through movement rather than words, the film explores the weight of regret—the ache of what cannot be undone, and the haunting persistence of love that has turned toxic. A visceral portrait of connection and loss.
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Nanny Ivy, an English nanny, is hired to help an American family with their troublesome children but when she arrives, it becomes clear that the adults and other people in the children's life are the problem so she enlists her charges to kill them all. They return to England to start a new life as assassins.
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A grieving tourism commissioner and a physicist on probation rescue a relic of the Manhattan Project from the world’s largest landfill.
Get to know the writer:
What is your screenplay about?
The Demon Core of Fresh Kills is the story of a grieving tourism commissioner and a physicist on probation, who discover the reason for their failures and frustrations in life are tied to a supernatural relic of the Manhattan Project, which they have to rescue from Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island.
What genres does your screenplay fall under?
It’s science fiction, in the form of an alternate history of the borough of Staten Island in New York City. It’s told as a mockumentary.
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The Encarne Trilogy, min., USA
Directed by SI Reasoning
The Encarne Trilogy is a series of no-budget shorts regarding the creation of my son and his entrance into the physical plane. It won Honorable Mention for Best Experimental Film at the 2025 Paris Around Films International Film Festival (ARFF), Best Arthouse in the Absurd Film Festival Monthly (Milan) July 2025, and Bangkok Society of Film Critics Award for Experimental Film at the Bangkok Movie Awards for July 2025.
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A young woman in Chicago needs to make a decision through the course of a day in her life. This story is an attempt in feminist cinema as the main character acquires full agency at the end of the film to make her decision.
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In a future where fertility is rare and tightly controlled, an eighteen-year-old girl is publicly selected as a Miracle Maker after failing to comply with a mandatory wellness check. As she is celebrated and subjected to months of ritualized spectacle broadcast to the world, she comes to believe her pregnancy is a blessing meant for her alone. Only after the birth does she awaken to the truth: the celebration was a trial, the child was never hers to keep, and she has been absorbed into a system that forces fertile women to endlessly repopulate society.
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The dark side of relationships and suburban life, where secrets amongst friends ruin lives and betrayal has deadly consequences.
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Forever Damned, 21min., USA
Directed by Julius Corbin
Two brothers born into slavery were given a choice of freedom but they had to pay the ultimate price... their own mortality. Now cursed as vampires, the brothers must fight for salvation and escape from the shadows.
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Directed by Eliza Goodwin
The Pomegranate Theory is a 10-minute short film in the genre of fantasy realism. The film takes place in a society where people wear animal masks to represent their inner selves. Muyal, a young woman who bears the mask of a rabbit, is beginning to lose herself by allowing her love for Holter, a young man with the mask of a fox, to engulf her.
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Don Scioli chats with Matthew Toffolo about this latest feature documentary.
Who Wants to Live Forever, the Wisdom of Aging is a one-hour documentary film about the myths, facts and contradictions in the never-ending battle for both longevity and healthy aging, produced by Zan Media. The filmmakers behind this movie offer no conclusions but suggest each viewer examine the information and decide for themselves whether living longer is a good thing or a bad thing. Is real progress being made in the field of healthy aging? Are folks being taken advantage of in the quest to remain young – and how? Who are the charlatans? Is aging actually a disease or a natural, degenerative process? How much longer would you actually live if the diseases associated with aging are cured? What is the real role of diet and exercise in aging? What is the difference between lifespan and healthspan?
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Don Scioli is a graduate of the world renown University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communication, where he obtained his Master’s Degree in Cinema. He was part of the team that won an Academy Award® for Best Short film while at the university. He received his BA in English from St. Joseph University in Philadelphia, where he founded the Communications Department and served as Professor of Communications for five years.
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Maryjane Is One Word, 13min., USA
Directed by John Liang
A young adopted woman meets her biological mother for the first time.
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The Pomegranate Theory is a 10-minute short film in the genre of fantasy realism. The film takes place in a society where people wear animal masks to represent their inner selves. Muyal, a young woman who bears the mask of a rabbit, is beginning to lose herself by allowing her love for Holter, a young man with the mask of a fox, to engulf her.
https://www.instagram.com/thepomegranatetheory/
Conversation with the Humber College producer and DP of the award winning film.
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A Silent Scream, 7min., USA
Directed by Isabelle Kalkwarf
A short film following the perspective of a young girl, going through an anxiety attack.
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