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Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:BEST FEATURE FILM: Sugar WaterBEST SHORT FILM: The Kids are Still Here Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film: SUGAR WATER, 75min., USA, DocumentaryDirected by Rick JacquesA candid explanation of the Toxic Water Crisis in South Florida’s Everglades as told first hand by… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: May 2022 Film Festival

Directed by Ivan RodinBangis Schastlivyi (Happy in Russian) is a son of an influential Guinean, and a simple Russian woman. He is one of the few black people born in the USSR. His whole life is a series of fascinating events: a meeting with his father, whom he has never seen before, gold mining in… Continue reading Short Film: HAPPY, 39min., Russia, Documentary

Directed by Christopher NinnessThe Kids Are Still Here is a documentary short film about communities in Northern Uganda affected by nodding syndrome – a rare and deadly disease that’s been infecting children since the 1960s. Watch the Audience Feedback Video: Project Links  Twitter

Directed by Rick JacquesA candid explanation of the Toxic Water Crisis in South Florida’s Everglades as told first hand by scientists, residents, farmers, business owners, and indigenous peoples. Watch the Audience Feedback Video: Project Links  Website Director Biography – Rick Jacques Rick Jacques (1989) is an American Film Director, Cinematographer, and the founder of Lucky Lefty,… Continue reading Feature Film: SUGAR WATER, 75min., USA, Documentary

Directed by Dominique Othenin-GirardPainter Joe Boehler, a former soldier, boxer and self-taught artist, says he had to choose between killing people and creating art. This documentary is shot on the eve of a new exhibition of Boehler’s work, allowing a new generation of art lovers to discover how great artists convert trauma into something beautiful… Continue reading Feature Film: SCREAM OF THE SOUL, 63min., France

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Go to http://www.wildsound.ca to sign in. #1 – Best of ENVIRONMENTAL Shorts #2 – Best of STUDENT Shorts #3 – Best of films from the PRIDEARTS Film Festival. Watch Trailer of ENVIRONMENTAL Shorts: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/april-25th-trailer You can stream and download on your IPhone, or FireStick (search WILDsound on your APPS), or…

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Directed by WIll ClothierPete the Pond has spent the last 20 years trying to return Britain’s aquatic wildlife to its former glory. Despite his best efforts, the abundance of creatures he remembers from his childhood are quickly disappearing. As he sets out to build yet another wildlife pond in a British garden, a letter from… Continue reading Short Film: PETE THE POND, 15min., UK

Directed by Pierre BouquetNotwithstanding his fear of water, as a child Olivier dreamt of becoming a veterinarian for whales. When he learns he might soon go blind, he starts practicing freediving to overcome his hydrophobia. Five years later, he flies to the Maldives to free-dive with Mantas rays. Watch the Audience Feedback Video: Project Links… Continue reading Short Film: THE SIGHT OF BLUE, 17min., Belgium

Directed by Anna AusterSteven Holcomb, known to his team and friends as “Holky”, is a bobsled driver from Park City, Utah, who emerges as an unlikely best hope to end Team USA’s 62-year Olympic gold medal drought. But Steven has a dangerous secret: He is going blind. Watch the Audience Feedback Video: In the last… Continue reading Short Film: HOLKY: THE STEVEN HOLCOMB STORY, 33min., USA