INDESTRUCTIBLE, 29min., USA, Documentary Directed by Jennifer D’Arcy Dial Santoro If you loved Under the Banner of Heaven, then you’ll love Indestructible. It wasn’t just the inoperable brain tumor and hydrocephalus that challenged young Emily Tucker. Her family’s membership in a polygamous group in Utah made getting the care she needed a challenge. She and her family defied the odds, and got her to where she is now—a medical professional and activist for hydrocephalus, and an indestructible survivor.
LOVE & FEAR, 15min., Ireland, Documentary Directed by Catriona Ni Chadhain The story follows comedian Áine Gallagher as she prepares material for her bilingual stand-up comedy show, giving her an opportunity to explore why so many…
I was very moved and excited by watching the feedback video. It’s so amazing to see how people react. – Erich Steiner, (Short Film, In the Still of the Night)
Submit your Short Film and get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival in Chicago. Festival takes place at LOGAN Theatre in downtown Chicago on the 1st Friday of every single month. Screenplay readings take place weekly!
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Your film will get screened in front of a large, broad audience.
– We are a feedback festival and you will actually hear what people and film lovers think of your film.
– Your film is screened and then talked about with the audience, lead by a Professional Industry moderator.
– We then post the audience feedback video online right after the festival for you to watch.
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– As you can see watching past event videos, this is NOT a thumbs up/thumbs down film critic festival. It’s a positive discussion of each film talking about what the movie is about. We never venture into one of those easy negative discussions.
– WILDsound is proud to be a credited festival with IMDB.com. After you film is screened at our festival, you can add your film and cast/crew to their site.
And no matter what happens, every film receives FULL FEEDBACK of their submitted film and we tell you honestly why we made our decisions.
No other film festival in the world does what we do!
The RULES are simple:
1. Make a film. We screen SHORT FILMS of any genre. Length of films screened are from 10 seconds to 3 hours!
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Wildsound FEEDBACK Film Festival is a monthly festival that prides itself on making sure the filmmaker not only gets his or her film screened in front of a large audience, but also benefits from gaining feedback during the Q&A from our moderator who discusses each film with the audience. This film festival enables you, the filmmaker, to actually obtain honest feedback about what people think of your film.
THE FIRST, 14min., USA, Crime/Thriller Directed by Emily McDougall When her teenage sister starts showing interest in a much older, more dangerous man, Rowan must decide between getting involved, or keeping her sisters secret.
STILLS, 30min., USA, Crime/Mystery Directed by Kyle Marra When a nine-year-old girl goes missing, the case rests on the shoulders of Detective Monroe. Can she unravel the mystery before it’s too late, or will she find herself caught in her failure, forever?
THE PERSIMMON TREE, 15min., Iran, Crime/Drama Directed by Hosseyn Saee Manesh For many years , an old man and woman have been under the impression that the fruits of the persimmon tree in the front yard of…
THE FIRST, 14min., USA, Crime/Thriller Directed by Emily McDougall When her teenage sister starts showing interest in a much older, more dangerous man, Rowan must decide between getting involved, or keeping her sisters secret.
STILLS, 30min., USA, Crime/Mystery Directed by Kyle Marra When a nine-year-old girl goes missing, the case rests on the shoulders of Detective Monroe. Can she unravel the mystery before it’s too late, or will she find herself caught in her failure, forever?
THE PERSIMMON TREE, 15min., Iran, Crime/Drama Directed by Hosseyn Saee Manesh For many years , an old man and woman have been under the impression that the fruits of the persimmon tree in the front yard of…
THE FIRST, 14min., USA, Crime/Thriller Directed by Emily McDougall When her teenage sister starts showing interest in a much older, more dangerous man, Rowan must decide between getting involved, or keeping her sisters secret.
STILLS, 30min., USA, Crime/Mystery Directed by Kyle Marra When a nine-year-old girl goes missing, the case rests on the shoulders of Detective Monroe. Can she unravel the mystery before it’s too late, or will she find herself caught in her failure, forever?
THE PERSIMMON TREE, 15min., Iran, Crime/Drama Directed by Hosseyn Saee Manesh For many years , an old man and woman have been under the impression that the fruits of the persimmon tree in the front yard of…
MISSION STATEMENT: To provide filmmakers & screenplay writers of diverse backgrounds and/or with diverse stories a place to showcase their voice to a large audience and help further their careers as an artist! Free of stereotypes and degradation. We will bring a true multicultural experience represented for the artist and for the audience who attends the festival.
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We support the following topics, filmmakers and communities: LGBT, Disability Culture, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Religious Diversity, Family structures, as well as other social diversities including the aging population and youth in cinema.
This festival hub is part of the FEEDBACK Festival format that takes place at least 8 times a MONTH in Los Angeles & Toronto. Weekly film festivals and screenplay table readings occurs.
– Filmmakers receive an audience feedback video from the festival after their film is accepted.
– Screenplay writers received FULL FEEDBACK on every single entry from the…
PSYCHOZ, 12min, France, Sci-Fi Directed by Diego PERROTTE, Alexis PERROTTE A young man in his twenties finds himself trapped in his own psychosis when he patiently waits for his turn in the waiting room of a medical office.
MOSAIC, 8min., USA, Fantasy Directed by KeithQi Chen Frank, a tile and mosaic specialist receives a mysterious videotape that turns his life into pieces.
STILL UP THERE, 4min. Ireland, Animation Directd hy Joe Loftus A mortally wounded Astronaut awakens in the upper atmosphere after a catastrophic event. He struggles to remember how he got there and latches himself on to the only familiar thing to him, his own severed arm.
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A woman watches out the window of in the house. The excitement that she had when her husband’s knock the door shows us that days end would be different than other days.
WIN(D) OVER CANCER, 9min., USA Directed by Andrew Jowett Last summer the world was closed, but our waters were open. This crew took the opportunity to make a difference – More Kids On Sailboats, a 501(c)(3) organization is proud to present our first short film – WIN(D) OVER CANCER.
The motivation was the desire to do SOMETHING! My wife, Katie, and I were sitting in the dining room both working (pandemic online elementary school teacher and me trying to run a Creative Advertising department remotely) and we started talking. We had just received our 501(c)(3) status for our non-profit More Kids On Sailboats. We decided to find a path to do something with kids and activate them in these crazy times. Andrew was involved in the new non-profit…
This festival is designed to showcase the best of student short films and screenplays. Over the last 4 years, the FEEDBACK Festival has noticed a dramatic increase of quality in student projects. So the time has come for a distinct showcase of the many amazing student films and screenplays from around the world.
Every SINGLE month, the festival will host a student screenplay reading series that will be performed by professional actors in Los Angeles and Toronto.
And every 3 months, the festival will host a “Best of Short Film” lineup using the popular FEEDBACK Festival format. The audience reaction video the student filmmaking team receives will help the film get into other festivals around the world.
Festivals take place the Revue LA LIVE Cinemas in downtown Toronto, and the Carlton cinemas in downtown Toronto.
(NOTE: Screenplay Festival occurs every single month.)
Chicago FEEDBACK Film Festival 