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A showcase of the best new films from around the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARDS (from audience feedback festival):
Best Short Film: SNOWDRIFT
Best Micro-Short Film: CHASE 8
Best Direction: SPUDS
Best Story: HELLO, HUMANS
Best Visual Design: THE FIRST TEAR
Best Genre Film: LITTLE RED
Best Documentary: MAYBE IT’S THIS
Best Experimental: IVY
Best Animation: A RIVERSIDE QUARTET

SNOWDRIFT, 14min., USA
Directed by Noel Thompson
A grieving father, a disillusioned barmaid, a sketchy barman, a newlywed couple, and a sheriff converge in a rural bar during a violent snowstorm, but little do they know only four of them will make it out alive.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/snowdrift-audience-feedback

Hello, Humans., 14min., USA
Directed by Kimberly Henrickson

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/hello-humans-audience-feedback

THE FIRST TEAR, 8min., South Korea
Directed by Bo Kim
On a distant ark carrying thousands of robots, Unit 7 begins to question the purpose of their endless journey. When the crew arrives on a world filled with life, a single unexpected moment changes everything.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-first-tear-audience-feedback

SPUDS, 15min., USA
Directed by Vance Mellen Mellen
A senile old man wakes up after falling into an abandoned potato cellar. Trapped in the pit, the old man is tortured by the voice of his long-gone wife as he desperately schemes to make his escape.

https://vancemellen.myportfolio.com

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/spuds-audience-feedback

LITTLE RED, 2min., USA
Directed by Talia Fidler
A troubled young woman alone on the subway is stalked by a shadowy wolf determined to keep her afraid.

https://www.instagram.com/littlered_film_2026

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/little-red-audience-feedback

CHASE 8, 2min., Armenia
Directed by Hrant Yeritsian

https://www.instagram.com/hrant.yeritsian

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/chase-8-audience-feedback

Maybe It’s This, 27min., USA
Directed by Tori Beach
What begins as a 30th birthday gift to herself, a pole dancing class, becomes an unexpected journey of self-discovery, grief, and healing for filmmaker and narrator, Tori. Set inside a pole dance studio, the film weaves together intimate portraits of a community of women who each arrived searching for something and found far more than they expected. Part personal essay and part community portrait, the film explores how the most unexpected spaces can become sites of profound transformation.

https://www.instagram.com/maybe_its_this

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/maybe-it-s-this-audience-feedback

IVY, 4min., USA
Directed by Will Bradley
An astronaut explores a vast, empty world. On her journey she is stalked by a spindly robotic creature. She comes across a castle which contains a network of information transfer which runs on an infinite army of rabbit-like creatures capable of running faster than light. In order to escape her stalker, Ivy grabs onto one of the rabbits and falls into an endless void underneath the world.

https://www.instagram.com/slog_dawg

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/ivy-audience-feedback

A Riverside Quartet, 3min., USA
Directed by Channing Christ
A stop motion short following four creatures as their paths intersect for but a moment at the riverside.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/a-riverside-quartet-audience-feedback

The CHICAGO FEEDBACK Festival had a surplus of submissions fo the first half of the season. Enclosed is the list of WINNERS, who had a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a video. Plus, the honorable mentions, who although they didn’t formally win at the festival, are a group of screenwriters in select company.

Festival Winner:

SADIE & THE SUMMER SERVE, by Joaquin Hernandez

Chicago Festival 1st Scene: SADIE & THE SUMMER SERVE, by Joaquin Hernandez

Honorable Mentions – 16:

Scream
Writer Mine Yapıcılar
Short Script

Last Thirty Days
Submitter Patrick Brady
TV Pilot

Marked Men
Writer Shahid Muhammed
Feature Script

Medusa
Writer Taylor Marie Smith
Feature Script

Strauss’ Genes
Writer Shevy Gutierrez
TV Pilot

You’ve Been Jingled
Writer Larry A. Wilkerson
Feature Script

Queens
Writer Izzy Lucibello
TV Pilot

You’ve Been Jingled
Writer Larry A. Wilkerson
Feature Script

SHADOW SERVICE
Writer David Bryant Perkins
TV Pilot

Deuce
Writer John A Kinney
Feature Script

SEX MONSTERS
Writer David Alan Griffin
Feature Script

In it Together
Submitter Patrick Brady
TV Pilot

School Bells & Sleigh Bells
Writer Joseph Anthony Francis
Feature Script

The Fourth Psalm
Writer John Martins III
Feature Script

Maggie, Max, Steve and Naomi
Writer Paul Huenemann
Feature Script

Wave of the Future
Writer Joe Cage
Feature Script

A showcase of the best new films from around the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARDS (from audience feedback festival):
Best Feature Film: ALASKA RESCUE STORY
Best Short Film: THE WAR ON ART – THE DOOMSDAY POETS
Best Story: NASTY
Best Animation: THE BATTLE OF RED / BLUE
Best Performances: BLUE
Best Micro-Short Film: THE AUGE

NASTY, 40min., USA
Directed by John Gerald Scaletta
Nasty tells the story of Lt. Col. Daniel Nash, an F-15 pilot who was scrambled from Otis Air National Guard Base at supersonic speed on the morning of September 11, 2001, to intercept what was believed to be a hijacked commercial airliner. Although the attacks ended that day, their effects on Dan did not.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-nasty

The Battle of Red / Blue, 3min., USA
Directed by Law Jones
In the heat-soaked city of Kurogane, a wandering student named Kaine chases two things with equal obsession—perfect rice bowls and perfect fights.

https://www.instagram.com/laws_ai_punch

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-battle-of-red

The war On Art – The Doomsday Poets, 20min., Canada
Directed by David Joyce
A group of musicians take issue with the devastating role Social Media and Streaming services has on music and art. The band uses incredible music, comedy and raw truth to shun complacency in the industries.

https://www.instagram.com/Way

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-war

Alaska Rescue Story, 45min., USA
Directed by Mark Rose

http://www.alaskarescuestory.com/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-alaska

BLUE, 22min., USA
Directed by Nathan Porter
Past, present, and an uncertain future blend together as a woman struggles to manage the weight of grief and love in the wake of a great loss.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-blue

THE AUGE, 5min., Germany
Directed by Rudolf “Ronny” Augenheimer
Camera specialist Ronny J. Augenheimer presents his latest invention: A camera helmet that can turn even the most daring POV shots into reality. At the same time we learn about his struggles and dreams as a filmmaker.

https://www.instagram.com/dropout_films

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-auge

A showcase of the best new films from around the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARDS (from audience feedback festival):
Best Feature Film: THE QURAN
Best Short Film: BURNOUTS
Best Story: DESERT REFORESTATION
Best Direction: TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT

THE QURAN, 100min., USA
Directed by Masood Ali
A Chicago‑based family, once agnostic, embarks on a transformative journey to uncover the true meaning and timeless values of the Quran. Their quest inspires them to bring this exploration to the screen, resulting in a heartfelt film that celebrates faith, understanding, and universal humanity.

https://www.instagram.com/hollywood2bollywoodpictures

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-quran

Desert Reforestation: Rivals and the Dropped Camera, 5min., Czechia
Directed by Stanislav Skricka
The film captures real, unplanned moments in which divided communities — rivals in politics, work, and sport — come together in a desert reforestation project. In a place where conflict might be expected, tension unexpectedly transforms into strong bonds of friendship.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-desert-reforestation-chicago

Take It Or Leave It, 3min., USA
Directed by Alex Chacon
This music video speaks to the all-too-common matter of people dealing with rejection simply because they have decided to be true to themselves, to be authentic and be who they are. It is a project designed to bring hope, energy and resilience to those who are marginalized and minimized by others who choose to, nor cannot accept them or make any attempt to understand and love them. Our target audience it turns out to be the emerging generations.

https://instagram.com/sarahjames_music

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-take-it-or-leave-it-chicago

BURNOUTS, 28min., USA
Directed by Jeff Poindexter
2 directionless losers in their late 20’s that have never mentally left 2005, decide to take control of their lives for the first time, resulting in one disaster after another.

https://www.instagram.com/midnightboardwalkproductions

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-burnouts

A showcase of the best new films from around the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARDS (from audience feedback festival):
Best Short Film: Cheap$kate
Best Direction: If Only For Memories
Best Story: Controller
Best Micro-Short Film: Desert Reforestation: Rivals and the Dropped Camera
Best Performances: Sugar

If Only For Memories, 6min., USA
Directed by Ari Roman
A grieving young man searches his dreams for a few more sweet memories with his fiancé

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-if-only-for-memories

Cheap$kate, 6min., USA
Directed by Calvin Catania
While a crafty detective teaches you his unique style of catching criminals, another criminal is on the run and heading down a dark alley he shouldn’t be going down. In the end, someone has to pay for their crimes.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-cheapskate

CONTROLLER, 7min., USA
Directed by Clint Younkin
In this dark and unknown universe, an age of consumption has enslaved society and almost all are bound by their obsessions. A particular man desires new levels to his relationship with his own obsession: technology.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-controller

Desert Reforestation: Rivals and the Dropped Camera, 5min., Czechia
Directed by Stanislav Skricka
The film captures real, unplanned moments in which divided communities — rivals in politics, work, and sport — come together in a desert reforestation project. In a place where conflict might be expected, tension unexpectedly transforms into strong bonds of friendship.

http://www.lucernavision.com/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-desert-reforestation

SUGAR, 20min., USA
Directed by Sutton Alexander Fry
A boy and his estranged father settle their differences in the ring

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-sugar

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Spike: Geoff Mays
Andrei: Shawn Devlin
Nadine: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

In the storm-ravaged summer of 1816, young Mary Godwin arrives at Lord Byron’s villa for a ghost story competition. What begins as creative rivalry becomes something darker when Mary channels a nightmare into the pages of Frankenstein.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Mary: Val Cole

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Malcolm: Shawn Devlin
Sahara: Hannah Ehman
Mary: Val Cole

England in the fifteen-thirties. Superstition clashes with the institutional corruption of the church and the State clashes with the status quo as Henry V111 is becoming psychotic. In the dark forests, the animals and their gods walk freely amongst those people who accept their place in the world.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Tasmin: Val Cole
Susan: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

The true story of the trials and tribulations of Dred and Harriet Scott’s fight for freedom and the Supreme Court decision that changed America.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Val Cole
Taylor Blow: Shawn Devlin
Dred Scott: Sean Ballantyne