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.
SUPERHUMAN was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the June 2021 ENVIRONMENTAL Film Festival. You can watch the festival today (all day for free) HERE
Conversation with the team who brought SUPERHUMAN together and the terrific & important message it has.
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I WISH FOR YOU was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the June 2021 ENIVORNMENTAL Film Festival. You can watch the festival today (all day for free) HERE
Conversation with Stuart Rideout on the process of directing this important short film written by Michael Morpurgo and starring Jeremy Irons & Maxine Peake
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2020 is a short animated film about what it was like to live through the unrelenting world-wide disaster that was the year 2020. Playing at the ANIMATION Film Festival on Thursday. You can watch all day HERE
Conversation with the amazing animator JC Little. She talks about the making of 2020, and her experiences working in the industry as an animator. https://twitter.com/AnimatedWoman
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TOKYO WOMAN was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the June 2021 DOC SHORTS Festival. You can watch the festival today for FREE all day HERE
“Tokyo Woman encounters three working women in the midst of a tumultuous time in Japan’s gender relations. With a brief glimpse into their lives, these intimate exchanges allow for connection and understanding.”
Conversation with filmmaker Gwen Isaac on the process making this film.
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“One Step At A Time captures the story of brothers Kyle and Tom as they portaged canoes, over 200km and 20 days, in the Himalayan Mountains to raise money for KOSHISH Nepal. 100% of the money raised has gone directly to support KOSHISH Nepal in building a Women’s mental health Transit Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal.”
Learn all about this film and cause at https://www.theweightwecarry.com/ and/or go to their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TheWeightWeCarry/
Directed by younger brother, Seton Roberts, who also joins in the podcast conversation with Kyle Roberts & Tom Schellenberg to chat about their journey making this film.
Playing at the SPORTS DOCUMENTARY Festival this upcoming Thursday all day for FREE. Go to the exclusive link HERE.
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NECROPOLIS is an award winning TV PILOT screenplay. Conversation with writer Caledonia Hanson on the process writing this series and the process making it happen. Followed by audio version best scene reading of the script after the interview.
WATCH the video of the best scene reading.
Necropolis: A violent and seedy hell on earth, the part of the city everyone warns you about. When 18-year-old Eddie Soreno ventures into this insidious place to uncover the truth of his father’s past, only his sister, Maria, holds hope that he will return alive. Against the clock, Maria goes in after him, willingly risking her life so that her brother won’t suffer the same fate as their father.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Horaz: Sean Ballantyne
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FAREWELL MR. BAKER was the winner of FUNNIEST FILM at the June 2021 COMEDY Film Festival.
“A lone college professor strives to expose the flaws in our education system. Comedic short.”
Kate Schott chats about the making of this film with her creative team that she met at UCLA, and the making of this film.
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Musician Ajeet (https://ajeetmusic.com/) stops by to chat about her music video WHEN SHE RISES, that is playing at the June 2021 MUSIC Film Festival. WATCH, for FREE, this upcoming Sunday. Screens all day. Get your tickets HERE.
“Each stage of the moon’s cycle has an essence and a feeling. “When She Rises” invokes the feeling of an inward turn, and tells the story of quiet strength rising out of times spent in solitude and life’s shadows. In this it reflects the feeling of the waning moon; a descent through the inner layers to a deeper place within.”
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HIT THE BUCKET was the winner of BEST FILM at the June 2021 MUSIC Festival. Playing, for FREE, at the MUSIC Film Festival this upcoming Sunday. Screens all day. Get your tickets HERE.
“On an ordinary day in Union Square Park, Jordan, a soundcloud rapper, struggles to get pedestrians to listen to his music. Meanwhile, Brianna, a cypher rapper battles other freestylers for respect and Lorenzo, a 12 year old kid finds difficulty in learning how to bucket drum.”
Conversation with the talented filmmaking team on the process making this terrific film.
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NEW FLESH FOR THE OLD CEREMONY was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the June 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. Playing for FREE all say Saturday. Bookmark the page and see the full lineup HERE.
“A lesbian reverie set amidst the backwoods of New England, New Flesh for the Old Ceremony explores the physicality of grief through a macabre fable about a woman whose wife is devoured by and then possesses their beloved pack of dogs.”
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DEFINING DODO was the winner of Best Performances at the June 2021 LGBTQ+ Film Festival. Playing for FREE all say Saturday. Bookmark the page and see the full lineup HERE.
“This story was written to spark viewers’ prior knowledge (even if only on a tangential level) of growing up and navigating the realities of machismo in the pursuit of self-expression from a Latino perspective.”
Conversation with director and star Lauren Harris on the making of DEFINING DODO from concept to distribution.
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“Touch the Boulder” is a feature documentary that follows a satirical sports blogger’s longshot campaign against a corrupt political machine for a State House seat in rural Ohio.
Playing at the POLITICAL Film Festival this Friday. Get your FREE tickets HERE.
Conversation with filmmaker Benedict Kasulis on the process making the documentary and finding the story in editing.
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FIRST TIME was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the June 2021 HORROR/THRILLER Film Festival. WATCH this film and the festival right HERE.
“A young woman panics after getting revenge on her abusive boyfriend.”
Conversation with the talented filmmaker Euan Foulis on the speedy and effective process making this film.
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THIS MODERN MAN IS BEAT is the winner of BEST THRILLER short film for the 2021 season. You can watch this film at the HORROR/THRILLER Festival this upcoming Friday for FREE HERE.
Amazing conversation with screenwriter turned producer David Schroeder on the process making this film. From Crowdfunding to Distribution - it’s a story you’ll want to hear.
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1997 BUDAPEST was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the May 2021 Experimental Film Festival.
“In 1997, at the age of sixteen, the dancer and choreographer Mimi Jeong moved to Budapest from South Korea. She stayed in Budapest for two years. It was her first experience abroad. Today her connection to Budapest is a special one, it is light-hearted, lonely, nostalgic and sorrowful.”
Conversation with filmmaker Rachel Pasztor on why she made this film and her connection with Budapest and Mimi Jeong.
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EXIT AT ENTRANCE was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the May 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. Playing at the COMEDY Film Festival today. Stream for FREE all day Sunday HERE
“A black comedy about a pregnant woman, Louise, who wants an abortion, meeting a receptionist, whose professional and empathetic lines are a little blurred.”
Conversation with the Denmark filmmaker on the process making this film.
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BYSTANDER was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the May 2021 COMEDY Film Festival. Playing at the COMEDY Film Festival this Sunday. Stream for FREE all day Sunday HERE
“A foot chase leads to a set of unexpected, and unfortunate consequences.”
Conversation with filmmaker Sam Wall on the 3 year journey making this Comedy short. Must listen!
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EAVESDROPPING ON THE ELDERS was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the May 2021 BLACK Filmmakers Feedback Film Festival.
Kiah Clingman talks about the amazing story of how this film got made and the tribute it was for her father.
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WE ARE CONJOLA – OUR FIRE OUR STORY is a feature film from Australia playing at the May 2021 ENVIRONMENTAL Film Festival.
After almost being wiped off the map, a traumatized community waited for help. But it never came. Conjola was abandoned and left for dead. Local artists then started creating. They needed to heal. It gave the community hope and solidified their journey to recovery, together. Ash hopes that this film will be part of that recovery.
Watch the festival HERE until the end of the weekend. Must watch documentary.
Conversation from Canada to Australia with filmmaker Anthony “Ash” Brennan about how this film NEEDED to be made and how he had to balance his emotions telling such a personal story.
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WEEPING WATER was the winner of BEST FILM at the May 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival. A film about the perils of a shark whose fin is hunted to sell as a delicacy. The dancer interprets the grace of the shark’s movements until the dire moment when he is captured in ropes and his fin severed. Shot entirely underwater.
WATCH this film HERE at the festival this Friday. Streams all day for FREE.
Interview with filmmaker Hyonok Kim on the process of making this innovative film.
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