Watch the #EXPERIMENTAL Shorts Festival (in case you missed it) Watch the festival by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to www.wildsound.ca Watch today’s Festival: www.wildsound.ca/videos/exper... #wildsound #watchmovies #filmfestival

Today’s #FilmFreeway Deadline: THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film & Screenplay Festival filmfreeway.com/ThrillerSusp... In-person & hybrid festival with multiple screenings and interviews with filmmakers & screenwriters to promote and enhance the creator and their projects. #thrillersuspense

Experimental/Dance/Music Festival Testimonial – 209 FIVE Star Reviews!!!! filmfreeway.com/Experimental... “It was an honor to be a part of such a prestigious and well organized film festival that focused on music and dance! Thank you to all who were involved and for awarding my film” #filmfreeway

#COMEDY STAGE PLAY Writing Contest (get play performed by professional actors) wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/33140... Full feedback on all entries . #stageplay

Today’s Short Story Deadline: ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIPS Festival festivalforromance.com/short-story-... Submit your #Romance & #Relationships #ShortStory to the Festival here and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor

Today’s #Screenplay Deadline: Festival for DRAMA festivalfordrama.com FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee – 0ffers screenwriters at all levels the fantastic opportunity to hear their scripts read #dramafestival #screenwriting

Today’s Novel Deadline: HORROR Underground Festival festivalforhorror.com/horror-novel... Get FULL FEEDBACK on either the 1st chapter or entire novel book Get your novel performed by a professional actor at the festival. #horrorfestival #novel

Winners: May 2026 BLACK Filmmakers Festival festivalfordrama.com/2026/05/17/w... AUDIENCE AWARDS: Best Feature Film: THE SOLUTION Best Short Film: SENSE Best Direction: THE SIXTH STAGE Best Story: SINCEERLY, YOUR FATHER Best Experimental: WHO ARE YOU? Best New Media Film: THE WORKPLACE Web Series

HIGHLIGHTS: May 2026 LATINO Festival Winners festivalfordrama.com/2026/05/17/h... Best Feature Film: SNAPSHOTS Best Short Film: OCTOBER IS OVER Best Direction: THERAPY Best Story: CUBA COOCUYO REMIX Best Visual Design: JORGE GÓMEZ, ACTOR, MIMO, CLOWN Y TITIRITERO Best Experimental Film: CONFIDENT

WINNERS: May 2026 DRAMA Festival festivalfordrama.com/2026/05/17/w... Audience Award Winners: Best Short Film: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Best Story: OUR MONSTERS Best Direction: THE DANDELION GIRL Best Performances: AMERIKKKA Best Experimental: CUCA Best Micro-Short FIlm: ELLA BAKER #dramafestival #film

WINNERS: May 2026 ASIAN Film Festival asianfeedbackfilmfestival.ca/2026/05/16/w... A showcase of the best ASIAN Filmmakers and Films from around the world today. AUDIENCE WINNERS: Best Short Film: MY BELOVED MUKKU Best Direction: CinemaPARADIA,The wall who had heard. #asianfilmfestival #festival

WINNERS: May 2026 EUROPEAN Short Film Festival Showcase of the best #EUROPEAN SHORT FILMS in the world today. Best Short Film: SANGUIS Best Direction: based on a fake story Best Performances: ONE LOVE Best Documentary: DOCPOL-1 NATION 4 CITIES Best Story: A COLD WINTER AFTERNOON #shortfilm

#NORDIC Student Film Festival 2026: Winners & Highlights studentfeedbackfestival.com/2026/04/29/n... Best Short Film: 18 Micro-Short Film: THE LADDER Story: IN YOUR HANDS Direction: INTERVIEW WITH THE DEVIL Documentary: Riehpovuotna Experimental: CREATURES OF THE PAST Animation: AWOOGA!

Winners: May 2026 UNDER 5 Minute Festival under5minutefilmfestival.com/2026/05/16/w... Best Short Film: TRAPPED Performances: LEARNING TO CUSS Story: THE OFFERING Visual Design: THE EDGE OF SILENCE Direction: THE HARPIES Experimental: THE FRUIT Animation: OPPS 1 Minute Film: SOUL OF A FREE WOMAN

I WISH I WAS A DOG film, reactions WILDsound Festival youtu.be/OaLEeu8xh6k?... When a young woman's desire to become a true member of her favourite art club turns her into a dog, she finds the newfound relationship between her and the members poses a different kind of challenge.

Today’s #FilmFreeway Deadline: TORONTO COMEDY Festival (33 FIVE Star Reviews) filmfreeway.com/TorontoComed... FEEDBACK Toronto Comedy Film and Screenplay Festival is a must for filmmakers because you get direct feedback that allows you to know if your film works. #comedyfestival #comedy

Today’s FilmFreeway Testimonial: EXPERIMENTAL/DANCE/MUSIC Festival (209 FIVE Star Reviews) filmfreeway.com/Experimental... Professional people, i was honored to be in one of the selected films. Everything was amazing. #experimentalfestival #dance #music

Today’s 50% off Discount Code Deadline: Toronto/Los Angeles #DOCUMENTARY Festival filmfreeway.com/TorontoDocum... 50% off code: torontodoc50off IN-PERSON screenings and HYBRID Festival Mode: Entering 10th year, the #DocFestival now gives filmmakers 5 tiers to showcase and promote their film

Today’s #Writing Deadlines: Historical Fiction Short Story. Crime Novel. 1st Scene Screenplay wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2026/05/15/t... #writingfestival #novel #shortstory

Today’s Short Story Deadline: HISTORICAL FICTION Festival Submit your HISTORICAL FICTION Short Story to the festival and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself festivalfordrama.com/historical-f... #shortstory #writing

Today’s Novel Deadline: CRIME/MYSTERY Festival crimemysteryfestival.com/crimemystery... The #1 #Crime/#Mystery Festival and Contest in the World today! – Offers #novelists and #storytellers at all levels the fantastic opportunity to hear their stories read aloud using TOP PROFESSIONAL ACTORS

Deadline Today: MYSTERY STAGE PLAY Writing Contest (get play performed by professional actors) wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/33139... FULL FEEDBACK on your stage play Get a best scene of your stage play performed at the #writing festival #stageplay

Today’s #Submittable Writing Deadlines: REVENGE Stage Play. 1pg Story & Scripts. Spirituality Novel. THRILLER Screenplay. wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2026/05/15/t... #novelfestival #shortstory #stageplay

Deadline Today : THRILLER/SUSPENSE Screenplay Contest thrillersuspensefestival.com/thriller-sus... Submit your #screenplay that’s a thriller/suspense genre and/or plot line to the festival. Full feedback on your screenplay Get your #script performed at the writing festival. #thrillerfestival

Samaná: The Last Free Flowing River of Antioquia, reactions #ENVIRONMENT youtu.be/gHtJnNt3ag4?... The only major river in Antioquia, Colombia, that remains free flowing. While the rest of the region’s waterways have been dammed, the Samaná’s ecosystem remains intact, supporting a critical corridor

Deadline Today: Under 5 Minute Festival filmfreeway.com/Under5minFil... Festival occurs 10 times a year! And gives accepted films multiple options to showcase and promote your film. - audience feedback video - bonus 2nd screening - blog interview - podcast interview #under5minutefestival

Today’s #FilmFreeway Testimonial: THRILLER/SUSPENSE Film Festival filmfreeway.com/ThrillerSusp... Great communication. They are very accommodating and genuinely want to help fun makers be seen. #thrillerfestival #filmfestival

Today’s #FilmFreeway 50% off code Toronto/LA DOCUMENTARY Film Festival filmfreeway.com/TorontoDocum... 50% off code: torontodoc50off 69 FIVE Star Reviews IN-PERSON screenings and HYBRID Festival Mode: now gives filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. #documentaryfestival

Podcast: EP. 1775: Filmmaker Rogan Lovse (THE HARPIES) www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBQW... The Harpies was written, filmed, and edited in 48 hours as part of the 2024 Run N Gun: Vancouver’s 48 hour Film Competition. Winner of the Run N Gun’s Best Cinematography and Best Art awards #wildsound

Podcast: EP. 1776: Filmmaker Corey Foxx (LEARNING TO CUSS) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHxn... Learning to Cuss, 4min., USA Directed by Corey Foxx Two young boys decide it is time to learn the ways of speaking like an adult. #wildsound #filmmaking

Podcast: EP. 1777: Filmmaker Banpreet singh (THE OFFERING) www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4qa... 
The Protagonist: a man living on the razor’s edge of poverty, working gruelling hours for wages that barely cover his rent in an increasingly expensive urban landscape. #wildsound #filmmaking

#Podcast: EP. 1778: #Writer JC Bratton (JC BRATTON’S DOLLHOUSE) www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAON... In the wake of a mysterious family death, a couple’s night of mourning is interrupted by a strange delivery containing an antique dollhouse and a terrifying tale about its lone occupant. #wildsound

Today’s #FilmFreeway Testimonial: WILDsound FEEDBACK Festival filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFil... Loved how expansive the festival is, including a screening, a review, a podcast interview, and audience feedback. All played a really big role in getting more eyes on the film! #wildsoundfestival

Watch the BLACK Short Film Festival (in case you missed it) Watch the festival by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to www.wildsound.ca Watch today’s Festival: www.wildsound.ca/videos/best-... #wildsound #shortfilmfestival #watchmovies

Walking the Walk: A Film Professor’s Journey into Screenwriting www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDfz... Professor turned winning screenwriter Candace Egan chats with Matthew Toffolo about their journey from giving lectures on film theory to her students, to actually venturing into writing scripts herself

The Art of Creative Freedom in Independent Film www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEI8... Actor-turned-filmmaker from the Bay Area, Sherill Quinn chats with Matthew Toffolo about the freedom when making Indy Films and how this is the true artform in the medium for all professionals. #wildsound #indyfilm

Sticking to Your Vision: Disagreeing With Film Professors www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFUC... Mexico to Germany filmmaker Abril Andrea Arnauda Appel chats with Matthew Toffolo about creating her true vision for her student thesis film and not listening to her professors to do so #wildsound #thesisfilm

Will AI Replace Traditional Filmmaking? The Film Festival Perspective www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAC0... Matthew chats about the group film festival chat that occured on The “Film Festival Alliance” zoom call with over 50 festival directors and how the room was divided on their take on AI films.

THE SEA film, reactions WILDsound Festival youtu.be/Q9Gq6PebhgQ?... THE SEA, 10min., Canada Directed by Son Roberts This experimental short film is a "Jazz Monologue" presented by an elusive oracle. Through rage and reflection, he reminds us of the legacy of lies that define our human journey.

LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene: ESQUISSE OF AFFLICTION, by Zicheng Li www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC2_... DANNY, a 23-year-old college graduate, returns to his childhood home in Monterey, California, following the sudden passing of his Mother, LORRAINE. #lgbtqfestival #bestscene

INTERNAL COLOR film, reactions #WILDsound Festival youtu.be/edeAKbu-y-c?... INTERNAL COLOR, 16min., USA Directed by Davïd Asambadze, Anastasïa Asambadze A troubled woman reconnects with her unborn child. #filmfestival submit to the festival: filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFil...

UK Student Film Festival 2026: Winners & Highlights studentfeedbackfestival.com/2026/04/30/u... Best Animation: THE TREES HAVE EYES 3D Animation: HOT MESS 1 Minute Film: PLANET TOAD Hand Drawn Animation: CAT-TASTROPHE Stop Motion Animation: A DIGNIFIED BURIAL Drama Animation: FROZEN LAKE

COMEDY Poem: I live so close Im Wearing Pajamas, by Annie Christain www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioSq... #comedypoem #poetry #poet

BODY IMAGE Poem: Shadow Body, by Lawrence Bridges www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvPY... #bodyimage #poem #poetry

Podcast: EP. 1776: Filmmaker Corey Foxx (LEARNING TO CUSS) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHxn... Learning to Cuss, 4min., USA Directed by Corey Foxx Two young boys decide it is time to learn the ways of speaking like an adult. #wildsound #filmmaking

Today’s #Submittable Deadlines: 1pg. Story & Screenplays. LGBTQ+ Stage Play. SCI-FI Short Story. ESSAY Writing wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2026/05/09/t... #writing #novelfestival #shortstory #stageplay

Deadline: MYSTERY STAGE PLAY Festival wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/33139... Get a best scene of your stage play performed at the writing festival and made into a video for the winner.

Deadline Today: ROMANCE Novel Festival (3 options to submit) festivalforromance.com/romance-nove... #1 FOR the ENTIRE NOVEL for feedback and results. #2 FOR the 1st CHAPTER NOVEL for feedback and results. #3 Submit simply FOR a Transcript Novel Video Performance Reading (2000 words or less)

Deadline Today: DYSTOPIAN Short Story Festival thrillersuspensefestival.com/dystopian-sh... Submit your Short Story to the Festival here and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video #dystopian #shortstory

Deadline Today #Horror Underground Screenplay Festival festivalforhorror.com Festival designed to expose and promote films and screenplays that work outside the system and break the boundaries in the horror genre. Full feedback. Get script performed by professional actors.