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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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August 5, 2021 - Filmmaker Alek Lev (WHAT?)

WHAT? is a black and white, not-so-silent comedy about a struggling deaf actor, sick of agreeing to increasingly humiliating tasks just to get a role, who decides to take matters into his own… hands. Starring John Maucere


Interview with filmmaker Alek Lev on the process making this film. You can go to the film’s website at www.thewhatmovie.com/

Alek is also a podcast producer for the popular show Meeting Tom Cruise: www.meetingtomcruise.com/

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August 4, 2021 - Filmmaker Amy E. Powell (BARE NAKED TRUTHS)

BARE NAKED TRUTHS is a micro-short comedy series that allows you inside the minds of the bored and often eccentric models who pose nude for drawing classes. You can watch the film HERE, playing at the Animation Film Festival.

Conversation with filmmaker Amy E. Powell on the process making this Web Series.

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August 4, 2021 - Filmmaker/Animator Anthony Thurman (THE DEPRESSION OF DETECTIVE DOWNS 2)

THE DEPRESSION OF DETECTIVE DOWNS 2 is the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the August 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. You can watch the film HERE, playing at the Animation Film Festival.

Conversation with animator/filmmaker Anthony Thurman on the process doing this animation and why it’s very personal for him.

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August 3, 2021 - Director/Actor Sebastian LaCause (DISCIPLE)

DISCIPLE played at the July 2021 LGBTQ+ Short Film Festival. A film about a different kind of coming out. When a young moody Millennial reveals his HIV status in a queer support group, it sends Poe, a not so traditional gay priest who mentors the group, in search of his own inner truth.

Candid conversation with the writer/director/star of the film, Sebastian LaClause, on his personal journey making it.

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August 2, 2021 - Jessica Fox (Executive Producer - Power For Pollinators)

“Power for Pollinators” explores that all private and corporate land owners and land managers have a unique opportunity to turn tens of millions of acres of valuable land into healthy pollinator habitat. Narrated by CARRIE-ANNE MOSS. Written, Directed & Produced by MATHEW SCHMID. Executive Produced by GEORGE DICAPRIO with JESSICA FOX

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the June 2021 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival.

You can watch the film HERE

Conversation with Jessica Fox on the making of this very important film and her role to educate the world on how important pollination is in the future survival of mankind.

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August 1, 2021 - Screenwriter Henry Myers (Jubilee Nation)

“Jubilee Nation” is an erotic thriller about a political conspiracy that takes place in a fictional 1960’s all-black nation created in the aftermath of the Civil War. It is what the world would look like if reimagined through an alternate historical lens.

Conversation with writer Henry Myers on the process writing this screenplay, with best scene reading afterwards.

Watch the best scene reading.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Hannah Ehman
Newscaster: Geoff Mays
Symington: Allan Michael Brunet
Farnsworth: Bill Poulin

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July 31, 2021 - Filmmaker Sandra Moser (MARIPOSA)

MARIPOSA was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the July 2021 FEMALE Filmmakers Festival.

Conversation with filmmakers Sandra Moser on the process making this film, working with child actors, and the themes of the MARIPOSA short film.

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July 30, 2021 -Filmmaker/Actor Tonya Pinkins (RED PILL)

RED PILL is a multiple award winning feature film from veteran actress turned director Tonya Pinkins, who makes her feature directorial debut. Conversation with Tonya on the making of the film from conception to distribution.

Halloween weekend of the 2020 election, six old friends ride into red country armed with humor and naiveté.
When the meet an immovable force their plans are thwarted and their fight to win the election becomes a fight for their lives. Six progressives, one deadly weekend.

Film plays for FREE this upcoming Saturday all day. Bookmark the page HERE.

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July 29, 2021 - Filmmaker Ibrahim Mursal (THE ART OF SIN)

THE ART OF SIN is a feature documentary about Ahmed Umar. In 2015, he came out as gay on Facebook, making him the first openly gay man from Sudan, this causes a massive outrage in the Sudanese community.

Watch the film right now HERE

Candid conversation with director Ibrahim Mursal on the process making this film.

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July 27, 2021 - Filmmaker J.Q. Nelson (RUN GIRL RUN)

RUN GIRL RUN was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the July 2021 ACTION Film Festival. You can watch the film and the full festival all day today HERE

“Allison Pfaendler’s goal is to win the Detroit Free Press marathon. As she trains for the marathon, she is suddenly intercepted by 3 muggers, which is a chase that tests her stamina.”

Conversation with filmmaker J. Q. Nelson on the process making this film in Detroit, the city he grew up in.

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July 26, 2021 - Filmmaker Jeremy Benning (FOOTSTEPS)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the July 2021 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival. FOOTSTEPS is an inside look at the world of the Foley artist. This short documentary is a sneak peek into a unique post production sound facility located in rural Ontario, and hour north of Toronto. Winner of Festival Streams for FREE all day today. You can watch it HERE.

Conversation with the talented filmmaker Jeremy Benning on the process making this film and gaining trust from his documentary subjects.

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July 25, 2021 - Filmmaker Shane O’Neill (CLOWN)

CLOWN was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the July 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film. Festival Streams for FREE all day today. You can watch it HERE.

“Clown is a short, stylised documentary, delving into the hidden customs & quirks of the clowning community to tell the story of a life spent trying to make people laugh.”

Conversation with filmmaker Shane O’Neill on the process making this terrific documentary short and how he first met the documentary subject “Mattie the Clown”.

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July 24, 2021 - Filmmaker Alison Chace (UNDER THE SAME SKY)

UNDER THE SAME SKY was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the July 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. Festival Streams for FREE all day today. You can watch it HERE.

“Under The Same Sky, featuring women from China to Australia to Mexico, was filmed when worldwide mandates kept people in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The team behind the documentary got creative, interviewing the women over Zoom, and incorporating footage they shot from their daily lives, rounded out with inspirational footage.”

For further information, go to their website: https://www.pinkwisdom.com/about-the-documentary

Conversation with director Alison Chace on the making of this film and what’s next for her and Pink Wisdom, the online community she created with advice on relationships and careers from female experts.

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July 23, 2021 - Animator/Filmmaker Pedro de la Llave (BEHIND THE GLASS)

BEHIND THE GLASS was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the July 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. “Mario thinks he is in control. He thinks he knows what he is doing, and he looks down to the people on the other side of the glass, but what Mario doesn’t know is that the glass itself is not on his side.”

Playing at the July 2021 ANIMATION Film Festival. Watch the film until Saturday morning HERE.


Conversation with talented animator Pedro de la Llave on the process making this amazing film from concept to execution.

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July 21, 2021 - Drag Queen Superstar TeTe Bang (WHERE LOVE LIVES feature doc)

Tete Bang was one of the main subjects in the award winning documentary feature WHERE LOVE LIVES, that is a part of our July 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. We chat with the Drag Queen Superstar about being a part of this film and how she really had a lot of trust in the director’s vision.

You can visit TeTe’s website at www.tetebang.co.uk/ and follow on Intagram @tete_bang

You can watch the festival HERE until the morning of July 23, 2021

WHERE LOVE LIVES, 54min., USA, LGBT Music

Directed by Brilliams

Through the stories of Glitterbox’s kaleidoscopic family of artists, dancers and queer performers, Where Love Lives explores themes of identity and self-expression and the vital importance that clubland plays for those whose identities are not fully accepted in the mainstream. Expertly navigating through nightlife culture’s history, and introducing its present, the film meets the fabulous creatures that inhabit it, and connects the dots that drew each of them to answer dance music’s call. 

About Glitterbox

Glitterbox is a nightlife brand and record label founded in 2014 by Defected Records head Simon Dunmore, now one of the world’s most talked-about club nights. Starting as a weekly party in Ibiza, Glitterbox has evolved into a global brand hosting parties in established venues across the world from New York to Amsterdam, Croatia, Australia and more. Characterised by an inclusive, uplifting party atmosphere designed to unite all ages, persuasions and walks of life on the dancefloor, Glitterbox parties bring the world’s most respected DJs to appear alongside emerging talents for a soundtrack of dance music in its purest forms. Meanwhile the 21st-century disco label is renowned by discerning music lovers for breaking the latest dancefloor anthems, while celebrating the origins of dance music with golden era disco and house.

Glitterbox’s Classic House & Disco Anthems playlist: https://defstream.lnk.to/Glitbx

General links:
wherelovelives.film
glitterboxibiza.com
twitter.com/Glitterbox
instagram.com/glitterboxibiza
facebook.com/glitterboxibiza

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July 20, 2021 - Filmmaker Joseph Franciosa (FOX KEEPER)

FOX KEEPER was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the July 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival.

“Based on the poem by Margaret Wesseling. The poem is about a man who finds a wild fox in a trap.”


Conversation with Joseph Franciosa on the process making this film and how he got inspired.

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July 19, 2021 - Filmmaker Reynaldo Dumas (MOVING-IN-LAW)

MOVING-IN-LAW was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the Under 5 Minute Film Festival. WATCH the film and the festival this Friday. You can bookmark the festival link HERE

“Brigitte is moving into her apartment with the help of her sister Lisa, and brother in law, Aaron. But when Brigitte and Arron are left alone after Lisa is called away, one thing might easily lead to another between the in laws.”

Conversation with filmmaker Reynaldo Dumas on the making of this film from development to distribution.

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July 18, 2021 - Anjali Mehta, Proma Khosla, Raashi Desai (DESCENT Dance Film)

“Descent” follows the story of K, a former asylum client of creator Anjali Mehta’s (https://www.theartiviststudio.com/) who was separated from her daughter upon arriving in the United States. Like so many other adults seeking asylum, the loss of her child at the hands of immigration authorities led K into a downward spiral — one that eventually manifested as schizophrenia.

WATCH the Dance Film HERE

Interview with the creative team of the film:

Cinematography & Editor: Raashi Desai

Director: Proma Khosla

Dancer, Story & Concept: Anjali Mehta

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July 16, 2021 - Screenwriter Aubree Sweeney (FIX ME)

FIX ME is the winning SHORT Screenplay from the 1st Scene & Short Script Festival. Interview with writer Aubree Sweeney on the process writing this story with the first scene reading after.

WATCH the 1st Scene Reading HERE

CAST LIST:

Narration: Allison
Arianna: Kyana Teresa
Miss Walker/Sara: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Mason: Allan Michael Brunet
Dr. Ruffalo/Tammy: Hannah Ehman
Tom/Isaac/John: Bill Poulin
Larry/Jack/Homeless Man: Shawn Devlin

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July 15, 2021 - Filmmaker Michael Messner (1ST YEAR CHECKING)

1ST YEAR CHECKING is a feature SPORTS DOCUMENTARY Film that documents the life of the filmmaker’s son Grayson, a 12 year old hockey player as he goes into the dangerous and unknown world of check hockey.

WATCH the Film NOW for FREE all day Thursday HERE

Conversation with Michael Messner on the process making this film and the world of HOCKEY in general.

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