WILDsound: The Film Podcast
1,366 episodes - English - Latest episode: 29 days ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn each episode, our host Matthew Toffolo talks storytelling and film. Conversations with film professionals and great storytelling moments.
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EP. 1270 - Filmmaker Chris Hinton & Brian Todd (SYNTHETIC HOPE)
June 23, 2024 01:54 - 14.5 MBSYNTHETIC HOPE, 16min., USA Directed by Chris Hinton Faced with certain death a young girl unleashes a mysterious AI to help her escape. https://www.instagram.com/synthetic_hope Get to know the filmmaker: Listening to the first 30 seconds of Gravastar by Hybrid when I was sick. It sounds like what a robot would hear when it’s booting up. I thought to myself what scenario could I create to have this in live action. So I wrote a story that created this situation. Unfortunately I couldn’t g...
EP. 1269 - Filmmaker Sammy Verni (Low Down Larry Versus the Giant Reptile)
June 23, 2024 01:49 - 21.8 MBLow Down Larry Versus the Giant Reptile, 7min., USA Directed by Sammy Verni In their latest adventure together, Larry and Spike set out in a time machine to be the first to bring a living dinosaur back with them to present day. They’ve already been to the Moon and back, but this time have they gone too far? Get to know the filmmaker: Low Down Larry Versus the Giant Reptile is the second in a series of shorts that I have made based on a comic book character I used to draw when I was about ...
EP. 1268 - Filmmaker Paul Ambe Ngang (CLAIRE)
June 23, 2024 01:45 - 23.8 MBCLAIRE, 25min., USA Directed by Paul Ambe Ngang Committed to getting his crush to love him, Mark uses an AI to snoop into her private life; but when the AI unexpectedly develops love for him and spite for her, he must choose the AI or lose everything. https://www.instagram.com/claireshortfilm/ Get to know the filmmaker: I started to write this when it started to be a hot topic in 2023. Soon after the writers strike happened so I felt like it was now or never to get the story going. Su...
EP. 1267 - Screenwriter Kristine Spindler Denton (WHAT ARE BEST FRIENDS FOR?)
June 23, 2024 01:40 - 23.7 MBWatch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG9Sloz1fUg A woman who ran away from her past discovers that you can’t, as it catches up to her and drops off a 5 year old on her doorstep which forces her to grow up, face her past and move forward more honestly. Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod
EP. 1266 - Filmmaker Kristin Hildebrand (MELIORA)
June 23, 2024 01:35 - 20.2 MBMELIORA, 20min,. Estonia Directed by Kristin Hildebrand Emma is a perfectionistic painter with a rich husband and great style. But it soon becomes clear that her perfect life is merely an illusion. Emma is forced to navigate self-doubt, jealousy and to face the darkest parts of herself. Her repressed emotions come to life in the form of a Monster, who shows no mercy to those who have wronged her. In the end, Emma must choose between staying in her gilded cage or facing the Monster. https:...
EP. 1265 - Filmmaker Joe McGowan (P IS FOR PENIS)
June 23, 2024 01:31 - 15.8 MBP IS FOR PENIS, 9min., UK Directed by Joe McGowan An overdue catch up down the pub between two old friends is thrown into chaos by the inclusion of a terrifying third wheel with an embarrassing secret. http://www.thejoemcgowan.co.uk/ https://instagram.com/joe_mcgowan88 Get to know the filmmaker: I wanted to make a film that focused on an escalating absurd premise. I love a good sitcom that is led by strong, memorable characters who find themselves in a bit of a pickle. It’s Always Sunny...
EP. 1264 - Filmmaker Jean Frenette (DEJA VU)
June 23, 2024 01:26 - 20.3 MBDEJA VU, 14min., Canada Directed by Jean Frenette John is convinced he’s been on this planet for longer than his lifetime. This feeling of knowing more than what meets the eye troubles him deeply. Get to know the filmmaker: I had this idea mind for many years and always wanted to bring it to the big screen; I love telling stories. Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod
EP. 1263 - Screenwriter Batoul Shay Mourad (AJNABIYEH)
June 23, 2024 01:21 - 23.8 MBWatch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRNU8SevZIE As Israel occupies her home in 90s Lebanon, a stubborn teenage girl and her family who have returned to the homeland after growing up in Australia struggle just to get by socially as they brave the real danger around them, their judgemental peers. In this show, the scariest thing about The Middle East may very well be their teenage girls. Get to know the writer: Ajnabiyeh is a comedy series focused on a 15-year-old ...
EP. 1262 - Filmmaker Andrew Laurie (DIPPERS IN THE ALTAI IV; EMERGENCE OF THE CHICKS)
June 23, 2024 01:15 - 21.4 MBDIPPERS IN THE ALTAI IV; EMERGENCE OF THE CHICKS, 54min., UK Directed by Andrew Laurie In the course of his work as a wildlife conservation advisor to the Mongolian government, Andrew Laurie followed up on a childhood fascination with White-throated Dippers on the Teme near Ludlow, by finding out more about their lives in the Altai Mountains. Now resident in Cambridge, Andrew has made four films on Dippers in Mongolia – covering nest-building, incubation, feeding of the chicks in the nest, ...
EP. 1261 - Filmmaker/Musician Aaron Steinberg (Band CAPTAIN DANGER)
June 23, 2024 01:06 - 18.8 MBHOLLY BY CAPTAIN DANGER, 5min., USA Directed by Aaron Steinberg Captain Danger soundtracks interstellar misadventures. https://www.captaindanger.com/ https://www.facebook.com/captaindangermusic https://twitter.com/captdanger https://www.instagram.com/captaindangermusic Get to know the filmmaker: Our band Captain Danger needed a music video to accompany our single entitled “Holly.” Our goals included making something fun that pointed to our sense of adventure as a group, musically and...
EP. 1260 - Writer/Actor Jana Miley (LITTLE ISSUES)
June 13, 2024 14:30 - 19 MBLITTLE ISSUES, 4min., USA Directed by Jerah Milligan When Andy discovers mid-coitus that her new beaux has a micro-penis, she rushes to her roommates who remind her that he’s thoughtful, adventurous, and way too hot to let go of. Besides, he's had this Little Issue his whole life: he must know how to use it! Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod
EP. 1259 - Filmmaker/Dancer Mariam-Saba Ahmad (BUTTERFLY'S BAQA)
June 13, 2024 14:24 - 22.4 MBBUTTERFLY'S BAQA, 6min., USA Directed by Abby London, Mariam-Saba Ahmad This heart-opening dance film Butterfly’s Baqa invites the viewer to drop into their heart and open to an experience of meaningful beauty. Dancers Mariam-Saba Ahmad and Antonio Samayoa move through a European traditional dance, the waltz, to modern American Pop music, expressing ancient Eastern spiritual concepts. The art and music are created and sung by Mariam-Saba Ahmad specifically for this film, to create a cohesiv...
EP. 1258 - Filmmaker Felicia Konrad (EARTHLOVE)
June 13, 2024 04:50 - 17.4 MBEARTHLOVE, 6min., Sweden Directed by Felicia Konrad, Johan Haugen EarthLove is a poetic music/dance film with 6 dancers, filmed in the city of Malmö, south of Sweden. “There’s a revolution that needs to happen and it starts from inside each one of us. We need to wake up and fall in love with Earth. We’ve been homo sapiens for a long time. Now it’s time to become homo conscious.” Thich Nhat Hanh http://www.istillliveinwater.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ www.istillliveinwater.com https:/...
EP. 1257 - Screenwriter Bethany Yoder (BOB’S BURGERS spec)
June 13, 2024 04:44 - 14.8 MBWatch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wva5vodSs0 Title: Boby’s Burgers: Word to the Pennywise After Louise trades 1000 Pennies for a $10 bill, she discovers that rare pennies can be very valuable. She enlists Gene and Tina to hunt down her traded pennies, but finds something more valuable than money. Meanwhile Bob and Teddy challenge the notion “you are what you wear.” Get to know the writer: Word to the Pennywise is a spec script set in the Bob’s Burgers’ Unive...
EP. 1256 - Filmmaker Mike McKay (JAYA)
June 13, 2024 04:37 - 21.3 MBJAYA, 50min., USA Directed by Mike McKay It is a rare blessing to meet someone filled with such joy, kindness and inspiration that they leave such a mark on you and your life is changed forever. Get to know the filmmaker: The story of evolved over a number of years, but really what began the inspiration was Jaya’s spirit and energy. I always found him to be a great personality in the community and one of the opportunity to get to know him and his life better. Subscribe to the podcast: h...
EP. 1255 - Filmmaker Anthony Orlando (HIGH LIGHT)
June 13, 2024 04:32 - 20.5 MBHIGH LIGHT, 4min., USA Directed by Anthony Orlando A young man musters the courage to face an alien lifeform rooting through his garage. Get to know the filmmaker: : As I saw my peers in the film industry sharing their new projects and getting laurels for their work, I knew I had to direct a new movie to promote myself so I could move forward in my career as a filmmaker. It had been a few years since I directed my last short, so I knew I had to create something new to showcase all the kno...
EP. 1254 - Filmmaker Olivia Andrus-Drennan (THE DOLPHIN DILEMMA)
June 12, 2024 19:08 - 24.2 MBTHE DOLPHIN DILEMMA, 18min., USA Directed by Olivia Andrus-Drennan Imagine, waking up being covered in third-degree burns, that’s what it’s like for the Burrunan dolphins in Australia. But why is this happening? That’s what Dr. Duignan, Director of Pathology at The Marine Mammal Center, Dr. Stephen’s from Murdoch University, and Dr. Robb from the Marine Mammal Foundation had to find out. This film explores this international collaboration that proves for the first time that these lesions be...
EP. 1253 - Filmmaker Nevin Boila (WAR COUPLES)
June 12, 2024 19:01 - 17.1 MBWAR COUPLES, 3min,. USA Directed by Nevin Boila In a desert war land, the elite tactical team, only know as BRAVO, must be the eyes and ears for their comrades, ALPHA Team. With time on the essence, both teams need to be on alert for the capturing of the 6 mass villains of the land. A war of stealth, values, and friendship lay on the line as BRAVO Team must overcome their own internal struggles if they wish to accomplish the mission. The question is, will they? http://www.nevinbolla.com/ ...
EP. 1252 - Filmmaker Virginie Kahn (DUNES)
June 12, 2024 18:56 - 16.4 MBDUNES, 10min., France Directed by Virginie Kahn It could be a Harlem theater in the fifties. Two strangers share the same emotion while watching a movie. The cinema exit door opens onto an imaginary desert where they will meet, Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod
EP. 1251 - Filmmakers Herve Marcotte & Amedee Beriot (AN ORDINARY EXPERIENCE)
June 12, 2024 18:50 - 20.5 MBAN ORDINARY EXPERIENCE, 52min., France Directed by Herve Marcotte In July 2022, I brought together two sixteen-year-olds, Jeanne and Romain, in a house by the sea. They didn’t know each other yet. I was determined to take them seriously, and make them live with all their uncertainties and reserves, an experience in the world of beauty. http://verissimusfilms.com/ Get to know the filmmaker: My first long documentary, “Encounter with Remarkable Souls,” focused on 25-year-olds, so it’s no s...
EP. 1250 - Producer Jerimiah Payne (MAKE A MOVE)
June 12, 2024 18:38 - 15.6 MBMAKE A MOVE, 20min., USA Directed by Dalie Caudle Make A Move is a docuseries about a national and international speed chess tournament with players from all walks of life and different levels of experience. http://www.makeamovela.org/ https://www.instagram.com/make.a.move.la/ Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod
EP. 1249 - Filmmaker Mary Elle Alexander (COOKIES 4 JANE)
June 12, 2024 18:24 - 19.2 MBCOOKIES 4 JANE, 62min., USA Directed by Mary Elle Alexander Ten years in the making, “Cookies 4 Jane” recounts the final chapters of the life of a beloved matriarch, Jane, as she battles Alzheimer’s Disease. Filmed, edited, and directed by Jane’s granddaughter, Mary, this intimate documentary condenses four years of raw footage into an hour-long, heart-rending, inspirational, and delightfully educational piece. https://vimeo.com/maryellealexander Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter...
EP. 1248 - Filmmaker Katya Mokoto (A MOVEMENT DEEPER THAN DANCING)
June 12, 2024 18:17 - 14.1 MBA MOVEMENT DEEPER THAN DANCING, 2min., France Directed by Katya Mokoto https://www.kitsuney.com/ Get to know the filmmaker: It was a spur of the moment decision, we met through a mutual friend whom was convinced that we could do cool things together and voilà ! Production / filming wise 3 days, then post is always longer because when you work on a small budget you try to arrange your planning between paid job. But also the main thing was to find the right compositor for the music. And wor...
EP. 1247 - Filmmaker Arniko Kumar Singh (DAKINI)
June 12, 2024 18:11 - 19.3 MBDAKINI, 43min., Nepal Directed by Arniko Kumar Singh When darkness holds the light, the thin line between good and evil becomes an illusion. Unravel the captivating journey between perception and reality. Get to know the filmmaker: I always wanted to make a movie based on folklore and bring originality to the screen. Hence, this movie was the best way for me to showcase my ideas and interests. Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsou...
EP. 1246 - Filmmaker Sean Winslow (PETEY POSSUM)
May 27, 2024 02:49 - 16.4 MBPETEY POSSUM, 5min., USA Directed by Sean Winslow Oh no! It’s *enter name here* birthday and Petey’s running late! Follow him on his journey to make the party. https://www.instagram.com/seanpwinslow Get to know the filmmaker: I like to write sketch comedy, so I was thinking about random funny ideas. I have a memory from my 6th birthday party at Chuck – E – Cheese of a TV above the stage showcasing Chuckie getting ready in quick clips before appearing in front of a bunch of screaming chil...
EP. 1245 - Filmmaker Danny Germansen (MANIFESTATION)
May 27, 2024 02:44 - 16.7 MB"A mentally ill person feels neglected by society and takes revenge." "When life is meaningless and everything is hopeless, where do you go?" Inspired by the life of Danny Germansen. Manifestation is an semi-autobiographical art-house short film about a mentally ill person who takes revenge on society because he feels neglected by his family, the social system, the community around him, and Society in general. He was mentally abused as a kid and adult by a psychopathic father. The film dra...
EP. 1244 - Musicians Malcuth & Facutum (CLOSER music video)
May 27, 2024 02:39 - 15.4 MBWatch the Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5kY5F_t0Go “Memory is a poet, not a historian” Martina's poignant odyssey through fractured memories unearths wounds from former lovers, embodying abuse, deception, and death, in her quest for self-acceptance. Official music video for “Closure” by Malcuth & Facutum (feat. Babi) Directed by Faraz Alam Stream "Closure" → https://fanlink.entervale.com/VALELPS001 Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://...
EP. 1243 - Filmmaker Chaya Gurkov (THE SHIDDUCH CRISIS)
May 27, 2024 02:28 - 20.5 MBTHE SHIDDUCH CRISIS, 24min., USA Directed by Chaya Gurkov An Orthodox Jewish girl struggled with her mothers expectations for an arranged marriage. https://www.instagram.com/reelworks Get to know the filmmaker: It was something I wanted to talk about. I think there is a narrow scope of Jewish stories in the entertainment sphere and I wanted to talk about an experience that I, and many women growing up in the Orthodox Jewish community, feel being in this dating system. I wanted to write a...
EP. 1242 - Screenwriter Thomas Anthony Brannagan (PATHFINDER DOWN)
May 27, 2024 02:23 - 15 MBWatch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eKEkCgFa-I She’s an emotionally damaged agent with a dilemma. Find a downed airman behind enemy lines, then decide whether to become his saviour or his assassin. Get to know the writer: Pathfinder Down is about the horrors of Totalitarianism, regardless of what political or religious dogma it cloaks itself in. It is also about the futility of war…even the victors emerge damaged. Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/...
EP. 1241 - Filmmaker Yuri Omar Shariff Williams (HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS)
May 27, 2024 02:15 - 17.8 MBHOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS, 95min., USA Directed by Yuri Omar Shariff Williams, Nathan Cribari In this participatory documentary, join Yuri and Rodney on a heartfelt mission as they, dressed as Santa's helpers, traverse the diverse landscapes of every US state during the holidays. Their goal is to bring hope to families facing difficult circumstances, including those in animal shelters, homes with special needs, disabilities, and individuals battling life-threatening illnesses. From snow storms ...
EP. 1240 - Actor Lukas Akan (DUAL)
May 27, 2024 01:24 - 10.9 MBDUAL, 7min., USA Directed by Yu Wang Get to know actor Lukas Akan: I didn’t make the film, I’ve only acted in it. I was approached with the script from a filmmaker, but I was hesitant in pursuing it. I usually don’t like horror films, but I found the script interesting to play from an acting point of view, and since I haven’t done anything like it before I thought It would be a fun challenge for me as an actor. Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.insta...
EP. 1239 - Filmmaker Simone Kisiel (CHANGE MAKERS: The Global Race to Save Our Seas)
May 26, 2024 20:44 - 21.2 MBCHANGE MAKERS: The Global Race to Save Our Seas, 14min., USA Directed by Simone Kisiel Advancements in the fishing industry have led to devastating consequences, not just for sea life being hunted to extinction, but for communities around the world who depend on the ocean’s bounty to survive. https://changemakersfilm.com/ https://www.facebook.com/MagicDogProductions https://twitter.com/MagicDogMovies https://www.instagram.com/magicdogproductions/ Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitt...
EP. 1238 - Screenwriter Rhyess Nash (SAND – Part I “Burial”)
May 23, 2024 17:13 - 18.2 MBWatch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buP7_6XCNEg Summary: After Nefret goes missing, it puts Mazim’s place in the war in doubt, but despite his family’s safety, he won’t leave without Nefret, which leads him to face horrifying consequences. Get to know the writer: My screenplay is about, thematically, the struggle of reconciliation. The protagonist, Mazim Al-Farouq, chooses to have he and his family (wife and son) remain in their home village of Zareda, despite th...
EP. 1237 - Writer/Performers Gica Pucca and Constantin Augustinus Sieve (SAUDADE)
May 23, 2024 17:07 - 19.8 MBSAUDADE, 6min., USA Directed by Josie Hull A dancer faces a ghost of her past and has to come out victorious to find her true self once again. https://www.instagram.com/josie__hull/ Get to know writer/performers Gica Pucca and Constantin Augustinus Sieve: GICA: One night I was going through my drawer and I found a love letter from a past relationship. After reading all those words, my heart was divided in two. A part that wanted all those memories again and the other, that knew this was ...
EP. 1236 - Musician Daniel Prypchan (AL REVES music video)
May 23, 2024 17:02 - 23.9 MBAL REVES, 3min., Venezuela Directed by Luis Figeuredo A music video by Human Productions featuring Danny Pryp and Pat Gales. ‘Al Revés’ is an original song performed by Danny Pryp. http://dannypryp.com/ https://facebook.com/dannypryp https://instagram.com/dannypryp Get to know musician Daniel Prypchan: When we finished my song “Al Revés” I was in love with it. I loved how romantic it was and immediately it came to me images of a desert, the romanticism of a mysterious woman… I was in V...
EP. 1235 - Filmmaker Camilla Daldoss (TESOCO NUEVO: LAND OF JAGUARS)
May 23, 2024 16:11 - 12.7 MBTESOCO NUEVO: LAND OF JAGUARS, 37min., Mexico Directed by Camilla Daldoss, Fernando Costantino Martinez Belmar In a remote mayan community called Tesoco Nuevo located in the selva of Yucatan – Mexico, people have a special relationship with nature. The forest that this village protect is home of the largest wild cat in America and one of the most endangered: the jaguar. The documentary shows how they all have the important role to preserve it. https://tesoconuevo.wixsite.com/documentary h...
EP. 1234 - Screenwriter Melanie Munt (DISCHORDANT)
May 23, 2024 16:04 - 15.3 MBWatch the Screenplay Reading: https://youtu.be/QexzCn2nFPc A down-on-her-luck violinist reluctantly accepts an offer to teach a young boy with severe social anxiety. Get to know the writer: Dischordant is a live action/animation hybrid about self-destructive, single Rachel, a forty-year-old violinist whose greatest dream is just to get her job back with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra but fucks it up every time, and David, a selectively mute, neurodivergent eleven-year-old with a dark se...
EP. 1233 - Filmmaker Jax Deerman Kinlaw (WEREWOLF MARGARITA)
May 23, 2024 15:59 - 15.4 MBWEREWOLF MARGARITA, 10min., USA Directed by Jax Deerman Kinlaw A young woman is stalked by a werewolf. Get to know the filmmaker: I originally wrote Werewolf Margarita as an assignment in a college screenwriting class. The assignment: pick a random song lyric out of a hat and write a 5-10 page screenplay inspired by the song lyric. I got the lyric, “I saw a Werewolf drinking a Pina Colada” and it started from there. When we did a class reading of the script, i got great responses from bot...
EP. 1232 - Filmmaker Stephanie Williams (MY ROCKSTAR)
May 23, 2024 15:52 - 16.8 MBMY ROCKSTAR, 13min,. USA Directed by Stephanie Williams, Graham Nothrup "My Rockstar" is a compelling and emotional short film that follows the journey of Amanda (aka “Eva” of the band Eva Under Fire”), a determined young Latina woman who dreams of becoming a rockstar while navigating the challenges of her father's opiate addiction. The story delves into the complexities of familial relationships, self-discovery, and the power of resilience. The film aims to evoke strong emotional responses...
EP. 1231 - Filmmaker Allexxis Youngs (PLEASE CLICK 2)
May 23, 2024 15:46 - 13.5 MBPLEASE CLICK 2, 4min., USA Directed by Allexxis Youngs Two friends fight to keep their sanity after encountering amysterious video online, there is no escape but to become a part of the video. Get to know the filmmaker: Lol, this film was for a screenwriting class. We had to come up with 3 to 5 ideas. Me being a Reddit user and into the deep web stuff. I saw a story that made me think about human interactions with tech/media. And it just clicked, the response I got from my professor and c...
EP. 1230 - Filmmaker Michael DiBasio-Ornelas (THE YORKIE WEREWOLF)
May 23, 2024 15:41 - 22.5 MBTHE YORKIE WEREWOLF, 74min., USA Directed by Michael DiBiasio-Ornelas A rebellious teen witch is turned into a tiny werewolf and thrown into the middle of a decades-old war between one small town’s creatures of the night — and the local mafia. https://www.instagram.com/michaeldibiasio/ https://twitter.com/MichaelDiBiasio Get to know the filmmaker: Fun. The goal of this film was to do something absurd, to enjoy the process of that, and to make something that would hopefully make a lot of...
EP. 1229 - Filmmaker Elisabetta Zavoli (THE FISHERMAN, THE ALIEN, THE SEA)
May 23, 2024 15:37 - 16 MBTHE FISHERMAN, THE ALIEN, THE SEA, 9min,. Italy Directed by Elisabetta Zavoli In June 2023, the population of blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) boomed unexpectedly in the Goro lagoon, Delta of Po River, Italy. Here, amidst the alarmed but inactive shouting of the entire community, a young fourth-generation fisherman, Alessio Tagliati, leader of a small cooperative of clams farmers that has lost all their production to the blue crabs’ voracity, faces this new environmental challenge by revivi...
EP. 1228 - Filmmaker Zach Marks (A VALLEY REBORN)
May 22, 2024 18:13 - 15.4 MBA VALLEY REBORN, 11min., USA Directed by Zach Marks “A Valley Reborn” is a short documentary that highlights the careful restoration of a portion of the San Miguel River, situated in the historic town of Telluride, Colorado. Led by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in partnership with the United States Forest Service (USFS), this project aims to remediate the adverse effects of a century of mining activity, which left the riverbed laden with heavy metals such as lead and arsenic. Th...
EP. 1227 - Filmmaker Tor Kristoffersen (DIRECT ACTION)
May 22, 2024 18:09 - 17 MBDIRECT ACTION, 13min., UK Directed by Tor Kristoffersen A teenage environmentalist leads a protestagainst a coal mine, setting her on a collision coursewith her father, the police and courts. https://www.instagram.com/torkistoffersen/ Get to know the filmmaker: A few things – the first is obviously the climate crisis, which is pretty much the backdrop (in some way) for all the scripts I write – having this unprecedented and existential issue staring us in the face, which we’re not really...
EP. 1226 - Filmmaker Roberta Pia De Angelis (THE TWO SPINSTERS)
May 22, 2024 18:04 - 14.2 MBTHE TWO SPINSTERS, 9min., Italy Directed by Ugo Lanzotti, Roberta Pia De Angelis Two ladies have been living together for many years. One of them, Maria, has to face an old family hostility for having chosen to live love… https://www.instagram.com/roberta_de_angelis Get to know filmmaker Roberta Pia De Angelis: This film was born as a final project at our university last year. What we wanted to tell was a homosexual story but in a different way. What motivated us to write this story, as ...
EP. 1225 - Filmmaker Maziyar Khatam (THE SWEATER)
May 22, 2024 17:59 - 20.6 MBTHE SWEATER, 9min., Canada Directed by Maziyar Khatam Pressured into giving away his clothes, an emasculated young man obsessively attempts to reclaim his cherished sweater before it vanishes into the donation abyss. https://www.instagram.com/funnybonepictures Get to know the filmmaker: This idea has been bouncing around in my head since 2017: a guy donates his sweater at his girlfriend’s request, but his male friends make him feel inferior, so he decides to steal it back at all costs to...
EP. 1224 - Filmmaker Lisa Drupsteen (LIKE MOTHER)
May 22, 2024 17:54 - 16.5 MBLIKE MOTHER, 8min., Canada Directed by Lisa Drupsteen A young woman navigates her romantic life while trying her best to dodge her mother’s demons. Will she have the strength to break the cycle of manipulation? Or simply fall victim to the old adage: “Like Mother, Like Daughter”… https://www.instagram.com/lisa_drupsteen Get to know the filmmaker: A short story I wrote while a student at The Second City Film School (formally the Harold Ramis Film School) featured a zany, narcissistic moth...
EP. 1223 - Filmmaker Kaitlyn Leach (CONSERVINNG MOUNTAINS)
May 22, 2024 17:49 - 9.15 MBCONSERVING MOUNTAINS, 10min., USA Directed by Kaitlyn Leach An educational short documentary discussing some of the wildlife conservation efforts happening around the state of West Virginia. Throughout the film you will listen to a local DNR Assistant Chief, Wildlife Biologist, and Park Rangers talk about West Virginia’s varying wildlife. The specialists will further talk about the local wildlife’s importance to our ecosystems, and the conservation projects they work on to help ensure their...
EP. 1222 - Screenwriter Jessie S. Hymowitz (DOCTOR WHO “The Prodigal Heist”)
May 22, 2024 17:45 - 17.2 MBWatch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKxzQH6JMdY In this episode of Doctor Who, The Doctor and her friends are caught in the middle of a museum heist, but the perpetrator is a familiar face to the Thirteenth Doctor. But who is she? Get to know the writer: My screenplay is about The Thirteenth Doctor and The “Fam” are caught in the middle of a museum heist on the planet Prodigal. The Doctor seems to recognize the perpetrator, but she is unsure from where. This scre...
EP. 1221 - Filmmaker David Babasiev (STRUGGLE)
May 22, 2024 17:38 - 16.6 MBSTRUGGLE, 5min., Armenia Directed by David Babasiev In the remote mountains a family facing intense challenges as the mother and their prized cow approach childbirth simultaneously. Get to know the filmmaker: I’ve always wanted to showcase the reality of the struggle that many face. This film is a reflection of that desire, aiming to shed light on the raw, often unseen challenges people endure. How people are capable of facing two challenges at the same time and going through that. Subsc...