A showcase of the best of new films in the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Fantasy Film: DEMON
Best Thriller/Suspense Film: THE DAY IS YOUNG
Best Sci-Fi Film: BEFORE THEY FORGET
Best Action Film: TEMPORAL TAKEDOWN
Best Visual Design: IDEAL FRIEND
Best Animation Film: THE PLANET THAT DOESN’T EXIST
Best Direction: BIORESET
Best Performances: NO ONE SAVE ME
Best Story: SENSUS MORI
IDEAL FRIEND, 18min., Ukraine
Directed by SERHII ALOSHECHKIN
In the not-so-distant future, Alice finds herself stranded on a remote beach and must make a life-defining choice with the help of her neuro-implanted AI companion, prompting an exploration of the consequences of human reliance on technology.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-ideal-friend
The Planet That Doesn’t Exist, 8min., Israel
Directed by Nadav Embon
Professor Star l’Etoile set at her desk, her notes, were packed into spiral leather bound notebooks, stacked one atop of the other.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-planet
DEMON, 18min., USA
Directed by Patrick Torres
https://instagram.com/illuminatingswordsman
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-demon
BIORESET, 10min., Bolivia
Directed by Denis Steven Arana
In the near future, after a once in a lifetime event completely changes people’s lives, a young man must travel through a desolate landscape in search of a mysterious item.
https://www.instagram.com/bioreset.short/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-bioreset
No One Save Me, 12min., UK
Directed by Ben Rafferty
A woman grapples with the sudden loss of her partner and sets out on a search for answers that may change everything.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-no-one-save-me
The Day Is Young, 20min., USA
Directed by Taymour Ghazi
A broken old man, haunted by lost dreams, is granted an unexpected second chance at redemption by transforming into his younger self to chase his lifelong goal of becoming a boxing legend.
https://www.instagram.com/thedayisyoung.shortfilm/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-day-is-young
Before They Forget, 8min., USA
Directed by Teresa Garza
In a dystopian future where families are torn apart, a mother is granted one annual reunion with a digital simulation of her child — a fragile ritual that tests the limits of memory and love.
https://www.instagram.com/teresagarzachecalamovie/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-before-they-forget
Temporal Takedown, 8min., Norway
Directed by Martin Sofiedal
A woman with mysterious time freezing powers infiltrate a dirty car workshop in hopes of gaining information about a nefarious gangster. The mechanics are not compliant to her request and an epic and time-bending fight ensues.
https://www.instagram.com/directorsofiedal/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-temporal-takedown
Sensus Mori, 8min., USA
Directed by Sydney Rincón
When an elusive society agrees to be interviewed, a journalist must contend with their ideologies or risk falling prey herself.
https://instagram.com/sensusmori
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-sensus
Action/Adventure Film & Screenplay Festival 