A showcase of the best short films in the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Feature Film: Paloma Negra: The Queen of Amphetamines
Best Short Film: The Clock
Best Documentary: Heal avec Delphine
Best Direction: For Lucie
Best Genre Film: Connection
Best Sound & Music: Fire in My Belly
Best Cinematography: Thirty Seven Dollars
Best Micro-Short: Timeless
Best Student Film: The One in Red
Best Experimental Film: Blow Me Down
Best Music Video: Music Drive Friday – “C’est La Vie” (That’s life)
Best Visual Design: Moonflower Submarine
Best Story: Revival
Best Performances: Dividing Line
Best Animation Film: out of control
Paloma Negra: The Queen of Amphetamines, 81min., Spain
Directed by Jesús Pamplona, Javier Muriel
Gradually we will learn about a criminal past that begins withdrug dealing in Colombia and continues with the birth of “LaNegra” in Amsterdam: a top-level drug trafficker who made it to the list of the five most wanted women by Interpol. To hide herself and avoid capture, she looked for the place of anunwary guy. She found Jesús Pamplona. After almost ten years without any contact, Jesús Pamplona decides to reconstruct the image of her former roommate and friend, Paloma. It is a difficult task, since their friendship is full of silences, lies, and absences.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-paloma-negra
Heal avec Delphine, 30min., USA
Directed by Delphine Breyne
Heal avec Delphine is a deeply personal docuseries that follows individuals navigating life after cancer, trauma, alopecia, and other challenges. Each episode invites viewers into a powerful journey of reconnection and renewal—beginning with an intimate look at the person’s world, followed by a transformative beauty restoration at Delphine’s atelier, and ending with a meaningful surprise to mark their new beginning. Through heartfelt storytelling, emotional connection, and light-touch artistry, the series introduces a new era of beauty and healing, where feeling truly seen becomes the start of renewed self-confidence, emotional healing, and personal transformation.
https://www.instagram.com/delphineeyebrowcouture/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-heal-avec-delphine
CONNECTION, 21min., USA
Directed by Tom White
A government agent is tasked with interrogating a silent prisoner—but the true danger lies in whether the voice in his head is his own… or something else entirely.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-connection
THE CLOCK, 16min., USA
Directed by Cameo Wood
A resilient 75-year-old woman, haunted by a clock counting down in her dreams since childhood, confronts her mortality during a home invasion, sparking an unexpected conversation with a her neighbor that blurs the line between fate and free will as midnight approaches.
https://www.instagram.com/charming_stranger_films/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-clock
FIRE IN MY BELLY, 5min. USA
Directed by Steven Speliotis
Richard was in his recording studio playing his guitar when he suddenly found himself in a cold sweat lying on the floor.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-fire-in-my-belly
FOR LUCIE, 12min,. UK
Directed by Amy Louise Pemberton
When a devastating family secret comes to light, Nick and Liz must confront painful truths that will change their lives forever.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-for-lucie
THIRTY SEVEN DOLLARS, 10min,. Singapore
Directed by Ashish Sharma
“Thirty Seven Dollars” is a powerful 10-minute thriller that explores the devastating cycle of urban violence through an unlikely conversation between predator and prey. When Jessica, a dignified woman, encounters Donnie, a volatile street criminal, their exchange becomes a haunting meditation on choice, consequence, and the true cost of violence. Set in the gritty underbelly of an unnamed city, this film delivers a shocking twist that reframes everything we thought we knew about victim and perpetrator.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-thirty-seven-dollars
TIMELESS, 3min. USA
Directed by Keanu Cordero
In Timeless, Juic3 opens a book by the pool in modern-day reality — but what unfolds is anything but ordinary. She’s swept into an imagined 1960s world: a life filled with warmth, love, and everything she’s ever dreamed of. A beautiful home. A devoted husband. A life that feels realer than real.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-timeless-short-film
The One in Red, 17min., USA
Directed by Nicholas Muzzillo
A Red Ronin, guided by his past to a place of great significance, is hunted by a Gray Ronin, but not for the reasons we think.
https://www.instagram.com/nickmuzzillo/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-one-in-red
Blow Me Down, 8min., USA
Directed by Marta Renzi
By turns goofy, sexy and poignant, BLOW ME DOWN messes with 3 dimensions and the 4th wall – or is it the 5th?
https://www.instagram.com/renzimarta
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-blow-me-down
Music Drive Friday – “C’est La Vie” (That’s life), 5min,. Canada
Directed by Violetta Cheredniuk
In the streets of Toronto, Max and Darina enjoy a perfect date, unaware that danger is lurking. A mysterious man follows them, and soon, the mafia closes in – after Max and his money. Can he escape and stay with Darina, or will the past catch up to him? A mix of love, humor, suspense, and high-stakes drama.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-music-drive-friday
Moonflower Submarine, 6min., France
Directed by Samuel Feron
Clip video using my photographs and the music Moonflower Submarine from Alessi’s Ark
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-moonflower-submarine
Revival, 33min., USA
Directed by Wendy Fleetwood
“REVIVAL” follows the story of Emma, a young woman living in a historic condo in New Orleans. When her roommate, Lauren, abruptly moves out due to eerie occurrences, Emma finds herself in need of a new roommate to share the rent. As Emma navigates through a series of bizarre roommate interviews, she encounters Nick, a charming and enigmatic freelance writer.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-revival
Dividing Line, 28min,. Georgia
Directed by Mevlud Sabashvili
A woman finds the strength to leave an abusive relationship. A woman does not find the strength to leave an abusive relationship.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-dividing-line
out of control, 16min., Switzerland
Directed by bellopropello
Machines and robots take care of almost all human activities. The world is automated, and meaningful individual employment isn’t possible anymore. A workforce simply is no longer needed – except for some monitoring activities – and humans are doomed to carry out completely insignificant, absurd and repetitive work. The monotony of everyday life blends with suppressed desires resulting in a conflicting existence between reality and fiction.
https://www.instagram.com/bellopropello/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-out-of-control-short
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