ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN was the winner of BEST DIRECTION at the April 2022 Toronto DOCUMENTARY Film Festival.

Project Links

• Website

• Instagram

“Faced with the possibility of her son Nicholas dying from intractable epilepsy, Dr. Jennifer Anderson, a Canadian physician and single mother of three, decides to treat her own child with cannabis. With the treatment, Nicholas goes from 3-4 seizures an hour, and in a near catatonic state, to playing with his twin brother and older sister, participating in life, and no longer needing emergency admissions to hospital.”

Conversation with Chase Gouthro on the making of the film.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app next month. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

INVINCIBLE is about a mysterious plague spreads across the kingdom of Lordaeron, the Prince, burdened by the guilt of his past and the weight of the crown, must rise to save his people from a sinister force sent to test him.

Conversation with writer Andreas Nelander about his award winning screenplay, followed by the audio version best scene reading.

Screenplay also showing on the WILDsound TV app next month. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

CHECKPOINT was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the April 2022 SCI-FI/FANTASY Film Festival.

Project Links

• Website

• Instagram

“After mysteriously awakening in a barren alien landscape, a self-serving prisoner must conquer a series of grueling trials in order to reunite with his lost love.”

Returning conversation with filmmaker Jason Sheedy (previously did podcast on his other award winning short film FENESTRA in 2021) about the making of CHECKPOINT.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app next month. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

NO HEARTBEAT was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the April 2022 Female Film Festival.

Project Links

• Website

• Facebook

• Twitter

• Instagram

“In a near-future Roe Vs. Wade has been overturned nationwide, banning abortion under any circumstance. 15 year old Nola discovers she’s pregnant and must try to find a way to safely choose what she knows is best for her future, despite her family’s strong conservative beliefs.”

Conversation with filmmaker Jana Devino on the making of the film and the important subject matter.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app next month. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

“What Makes Me Different” is a 1 page screenplay from writer Steven Kobrin

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://youtu.be/Yr0uBA5nOPE

A mid-air hijacking is thwarted by a rogue federal operative. But the incessant nightmares that plague him after the incident have more to do with his own mysterious origin.

Conversation with writer Steven Kobrin on the screenplay.

Screenplay also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

“Raising The Steaks: An Organic Farmer's Journey” played to rave reviews at the Toronto Documentary Film Festival.

https://www.instagram.com/raisingthesteaksdoc/

Conversation with filmmaker Madelyn Kleinsasser on the making of this Humber College student film about they world she grew up in.

“With the recent spike in veganism popularity people are realizing the harm we are doing to this planet and think the solution to it is to quit meat entirely. This creates hostility towards conventional farmers and ones trying to help the environment as well the animals they care for. Megan Thomas, owner and operator of Perry’s Corners Farm and young mother of twin girls shares her story of becoming an organic farmer in Southern Ontario. She discusses the hardships and joys of organic farming while promoting the practice in the face of climate change. Showing the quality of life her animals lead, free of cages and hormones, in order to bring attention to the miserable lives’ animals have with conventional farming methods. She is joined by Johann Kleinsasser, a biodynamic farmer who shares his words of wisdom from years of experience in the field.”

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

SOLO DUET was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the Toronto COMEDY Film Festival.

Project Links

• Website

• Facebook

• Twitter

• Instagram

“One man plays two brothers playing a piano duet, with hilarious results!”

Conversation with actor/writer/musician/filmmaker Paul Snider on the making of the film.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

COME AWAY DEATH played to rave reviews at the May 2022 LGBTQ+ Film Festival.

“The Clown's Song in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night evokes the fear an isolation of the early years of the AIDS epidemic.”

Conversation with filmmaker/creator Matthew Perifano on the making of the film.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

FREDDY, THE HANDYMAN played to rave reviews at the April 2022 COMEDY Festival.

Project Links

• Website

• Facebook

• Twitter

“Feeling confident after fixing his sink, Freddy places an ad as a Handyman.”

Conversation with filmmaker Ron Basci on the making of the film and the setup for a TV series.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

I’M FINE is the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the April 2022 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival.

“Allyson and her father join after years of separation and are both forced to revisit their past together.”

Conversation with filmmaker Justin Ho on the making of the film.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

AGAPE was the winner of BEST FILM at the April 2022 EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE Festival.

AGAPE is a short dance film loosely inspired by the film "If Beale Street Could Talk". It takes us on a journey of Black love in everyday moments through movement. It is a letter to the potential hope of life and love.

Conversation with filmmaker Zoe Edwards on process making the film.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

Watch the Short Story Reading.

Conversation with writer Keshia L. Nowden, followed by the audio version short story reading of “The Secret History”.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

WHISTLE, AND I’LL COME TO YOU was the winner of BEST FEATURE FILM at the April 2022 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival.

Project Links

• Website

• Instagram

“1900, Cambridge, Easter holidays. A young professor of Ontography, who only believes in science and facts, takes a one week vacation in a little village by the sea, Burnstow, in a beautiful hotel. A colleague of his, teacher of Archaeology, asks him to take a look at a Templars' ancient site that is near the beach. Here, the young man will find a strange bronze whistle and, seeing no danger in it, he proceeds to take it to his room to study it. But what lies beneath those old Roman ruins...?”

Conversation with Italian filmmaker Valentina Battorti on the making of the film.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

25 YEARS AFTER WOODSBORO was the winner of BEST FILM at the April 2022 FAN FICTION Film Festival.

Project Links

• Website

• Facebook

• Twitter

• Instagram

“This short non-profit fan film follows the events of the Scream films 1 through 4. Employees at a production company making a STAB TV series are targeted by a familiar attacker during a late night at the office.”

Conversation with Mark J. Parker on the making of this fan film.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

LENNON was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the April 2022 LGBTQ+ Film Festival.

Project Links

• Website

• Facebook

• Twitter

• Instagram

“Lennon” is a film about an individual experiencing homelessness who craves to be seen and heard, but all it takes is a stranger offering a cup of coffee to ignite some compassion. The best part is... that compassion can be contagious.

Conversation with creator Giovanna Ferraro on the making of the film.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

LIPSTICK OF THE BRAVE was the winner of BEST SOUND & MUSIC at the April 2022 LA LGBTQ+ Film Festival.

Project Links

• Website

• Facebook

• Twitter

• Instagram

Directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Bill Plympton, “Lipstick of the Brave” represents the animated journey of Madstone Rowan, composer and performer, as they find inspiration in the rock and pop music which inspired them to move beyond the gender binary and embrace their non-binary self.

Conversation with Madstone Rowan on the process of how the film got made.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

REPAIR UP THERE is a short documentary film that follows a group of Wind Turbine Blade Repair Rope Access Technicians that travel around the world and by utilizing Rope access repair wind turbine blades.

This short documentary follows one crew as they complete a fiberglass repair on a wind turbine for Invenergy on a wind farm in Snyder Texas.

Conversation with director Michael Barry & producer John Adams on the making of the film.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

FOUR PINS played to rave reviews at the April 2022 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival.

Project Links

• Instagram

Tucked away in Western Massachusetts lies a beautiful, quiet little town called Shelburne Falls. Here a young man named Tommy Graves spends his days tending to the declining lanes of the local bowling alley. In this place time feels stuck, as does Tommy.

Trapped in a repeating cycle of his own, as his grasp on memory slowly slips away, is Walter, an older gentleman, who comes in to bowl with his grandson every week. But his grandson doesn't show up, so now Tommy and Walter have to face each other as well as their own shortcomings.

Conversation with filmmaker Matthew Beltz on the making of the film.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

THE CLOWN'S FUNERAL was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the April 2022 WILDsound Festival.

“When his father, the former president of a funeral parlor was taken ill six months ago, the man, who as a child was forbidden to laugh, had to take his father’s place. However, recently something strange has come over the new director. Whenever he sees something funny, he hallucinates a clown.”

Conversation with filmmaker Yu Shibuya on the making of the film.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

THE GLOOMY VERACITY OF SEPARATION was the winner of BEST FILM at the March 2022 STUDENT Feedback Film Festival.

Project Links

• Instagram

“A short silent film, expressing a man experiencing the after math of the separation of a passionate, volatile and emotional relationship through visuals and memories.”

Conversation with filmmaker Cylia Marti Chasman on the making of the film.

Film also showing on the WILDsound TV app. You can sign up for the 7 day free trial 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. Then it’s only $3.99 per month.

Subscribe to the podcast via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook