CLOWN was the winner of BEST FILM at the January 2022 COMEDY Film Festival. Also playing at the WILDsound TV app later this 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.

“A critical moment in the life of a seemingly hugely successful stand up comedian.”

Conversation with stand up comedian turned filmmaker Joe Bor on the making of this film written by Seann Walsh.

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February 4, 2022 - Filmmaker Joe Bor (CLOWN)

Matthew Toffolo

“De Yojoa, Con Amor” played to rave reviews at the Female Film Festival. Also playing at the WILDsound TV app 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.

De Yojoa, Con Amor" (From Yojoa, with Love), created by Tanisha Petherbridge, is a personal exploration of Honduran American identity by cooking chicken soup. Accompanied by her mother’s memories of her home near Lake Yojoa in Honduras, she illustrates the traditional Honduran experience of learning by watching the cooking process.

Conversation with animator Tanisha Petherbridge on the making of the film.

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February 3, 2022 - Filmmaker Tony K. Hall (LONESOME)

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February 3, 2022 - Filmmaker/Animator Tanisha Petherbridge (De Yojoa, Con Amor)

Matthew Toffolo

PILLOW TALK was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the LGBTQ+ Short Film Festival. Also playing at the WILDsound TV app all day today. You can watch for free and sign up at www.wildsound.ca (available on your streaming services and APPS). There is always a DAILY film festival to watch, plus a selection of award winning films on the platform.

“With a new dating device that simulates physical touch, an isolated chef, Jerome, uses it to make a genuine connection. After only finding men looking for virtual one-night stands, he finally stumbles upon Minoru, an awkward artist who lives on the other side of the world.”

Conversation with James Elinski on the making of the film.

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February 3, 2022 - Filmmaker James Elinski (PILLOW TALK)

Matthew Toffolo

LONESOME was the winner of best feature film at the December 2021 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival. Also playing at the WILDsound TV app 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.

“Lonely city dweller Guy, is struggling to find his ideal partner. In a trip to the beach suggested by his roommate, he may have found his ideal match with the free spirited Roxie. ‘Lonesome’ is an ode to classic cinema, New Wave cinema, and an ode to silent film.”

Conversation with Milwaukee native Tony K. Hall on the making of the film.

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February 3, 2022 - Filmmaker Tony K. Hall (LONESOME)

Matthew Toffolo

THE LIVING SEA was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the December 2021 Toronto Documentary Film Festival. 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.

“Young scuba diver Ema Poposka believes if people could see the beauty of the ocean and of the corals, they will change their minds about sea protection. This inspired her to join Action for a Cause to produce a documentary film about Hong Kong corals.”

Conversation with young Hong Kong filmmaker Ema Poposka on the making of the film.

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February 2, 2022 - Filmmaker Ema Poposka (THE LIVING SEA)

Matthew Toffolo

WATCH THE FEET was the winner of BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM at the December 2021 Environmental Film Festival. 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.

“In just a few minutes, the character Elsie (LC) will show consumers how to consider a products’ entire life cycle to make their actions have more impact than just the words.”

Conversation with Sashko Danylenko & Laura Tufariello on the collaborative process making the film.

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February 2, 2022 - Filmmakers Sashko Danylenko, Laura Tufariello (WATCH THE FEET)

Matthew Toffolo

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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February 1, 2022 - Filmmaker Dimitri Luedemann (WANDER)

Matthew Toffolo

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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January 30, 2022 - Filmmaker Lindsay Clift (I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE)

Matthew Toffolo

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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January 25, 2022 - Filmmaker Paula Fouce (THE DARK HOBBY)

Matthew Toffolo

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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January 24, 2022 - Filmmaker Hayley Young (DRIVE)

Matthew Toffolo

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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January 22, 2022 - Filmmaker Caitlin Gray (REVERIE)

Matthew Toffolo

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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January 21, 2022 - Filmmaker Oscar De Leon (TRIP 27)

Matthew Toffolo

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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January 19, 2022 - Filmmaker Robert Bean (ELEVATE)

Matthew Toffolo

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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January 18, 2022 - Filmmaker Clyde Capistrano (GOODNIGHT BELLA)

Matthew Toffolo

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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January 17, 2022 - Filmmaker Jessica Redish (THE LAST CROISSANT)

Matthew Toffolo

“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.

January 14, 2022 - Screenwriter Seth Nesenholtz (Intergalactic Io)

Matthew Toffolo

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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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January 13, 2022 - Filmmaker/Actor Jennifer Kramer (NAKUSA)

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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January 12, 2022 - Filmmaker Malu Solís (CARLOTA)

Matthew Toffolo

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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January 11, 2022 - Filmmaker Casey G. Williams (AMERICA BOXED IN)

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January 10, 2022 - Filmmaker Joshua Weathersby (LAUNDRY DAY - Superman Fan Fiction Film)

Matthew Toffolo

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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