AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Film: THE CURE Best DOC Character: The Widow from QUEEN’S WAY Best Cinematography: Child, Disrupted Best Music: Fighting Childhood Cancer Theme: Loss to Strength Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: FLOWERS OF MARRAKECH, 8min., USA, Documentary CHILD, DISRUPTED, 25min., USA, Documentary KYRA, 7min., Canada, Documentary FIGHTING CHILDHOOD CANCER, 5min., USA, Documentary THE… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS – JUNE 2019 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival
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CHILD, DISRUPTED Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from June 2019 DOC Festival
CHILD, DISRUPTED, 25min., USA, Documentary Directed by Krista Riihimaki As a society, are we in danger of raising a generation of children disrupted by the overuse of technology? Through interviews with experts in the fields of neuroscience, occupational therapy, addiction, psychology, and sociology, we uncover the reality behind fears about the effects of screen time… Continue reading CHILD, DISRUPTED Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from June 2019 DOC Festival
Director Biography – Krista Riihimaki (CHILD DISRUPTED)
KRISTA RIIHIMAKI, M.Ed. Documentary filmmaker, Educator, Artist Krista Riihimaki, the founder of White Poppy Media, is a Montessori educator who over the years taught children of all ages, ranging from 22 months and 14 years of age. She decided to make Child, Disrupted because she wanted to learn more about how the widespread use of… Continue reading Director Biography – Krista Riihimaki (CHILD DISRUPTED)
Director BIO: Yuntong Man (FLOWERS OF MARRAKECH)
Originally from Beijing, Yuntong graduated Emerson College in May 2016 and now studies at Columbia University. She focuses on documentaries about social justices and development. She believes film is an amazing medium to bridge people from different backgrounds together and to raise awareness of unnoticed improvement potentials. Currently, she interns at United Nations Television Session… Continue reading Director BIO: Yuntong Man (FLOWERS OF MARRAKECH)
Listen to WILDsound PODCAST May 11th – BONNIE BROOKBY – LGBT FESTIVAL WINNING SCREENPLAY WRITER. (THE THINGS WE MISS)
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LISTEN on ITunes via iTunes, or LISTEN at http://www.wildsoundpodcast.com Matthew Toffolo chats with the Winning LGBTQ Feature Screenplay writer Bonnie Brookby (02:13). They chat about the feature script writing process, adding character depth to your story, her roots in Texas, and the importance of LGBTQ themed screenplays. You can watch…
Director BIO: Bishal Dutta (UNDOCUMENTED)
Bishal Dutta is an award-winning Director. He has directed nineteen short films, which have been honored at more than a dozen film festivals around the world, including screenings in Italy, Canada and France. Bishal, himself, has received six Best Director awards for his films from various international film festival, including the Silicon Beach Film Festival.… Continue reading Director BIO: Bishal Dutta (UNDOCUMENTED)
CONNECTION IN CRISIS Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK Video from March 2019 DOC Festival
CONNECTION IN CRISIS, 24min., Canada, Documentary Directed by Dennis Zaidi Born in the aftermath of the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, this remarkable team of psychological first aid trauma dogs, the K9 First Responsers, are called upon after America’s worst tragedies. Led by Brad Cole and his encaptivating 150 pound dog Spartacus, the story culminates… Continue reading CONNECTION IN CRISIS Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK Video from March 2019 DOC Festival
BUILD RAMPS NOT WALLS Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK Video from March 2019 DOC Festival
BUILD RAMPS NOT WALLS, 13min., Mexico, Documentary Directed by Brian Adamkiewicz Build Ramps Not Walls (BRNW) documents a project that began with a tight knit Mexican and American skate community on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!
ICE FLOW Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK Video from March 2019 DOC Festival
ICE FLOW, 10min., Canada, Documentary Directed by Cynthia Hunt “Ice Flow,” is a beautiful, absorbing, short non-narrative documentary that depicts the natural world and indirectly raises quesions about human values. In “Ice Flow, the river is the “lead character.” The people in the film (the film-maker and her husband) along with other animals and birds are… Continue reading ICE FLOW Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK Video from March 2019 DOC Festival
NAMIBIA Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK Video from March 2019 DOC Festival
NAMIBIA, 8min., Namibia, Documentary Directed by Matthieu Vinel Two friends, a filmmaker and photographer, traverse the vast expanses of Namibia in their 4×4 Ford Ranger. Discover with them the wild animals of Etosha, the incredible richness of life in the Himba village or the volcanic mountains of Damaraland and meet the locals in Katutura, a poor… Continue reading NAMIBIA Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK Video from March 2019 DOC Festival
Documentary Film Festival. Los Angeles & Toronto 