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WILDsound: The Film Podcast

Matthew Toffolo - Wildcard Pictures Corp.

In each episode, our host Matthew Toffolo talks storytelling and film. Conversations with film professionals and great storytelling moments.

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EP. 1467: Screenwriter Michael Kezele (AFTERLIFE...

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2025/04/13

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnDAMmKGiJc A gay ghost haunting a West Hollywood house, along with his dysfunctional Grim Reaper friend, help a straight cop solve crimes. Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? It’s about a gay ghost haunting a West Hollywood home, inhabited by a psychic cop, in which the gay ghost and his dysfunctional grim reaper friend, helps solve crimes. What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings

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EP. 1466: Filmmaker Parker Fenady (I DIDN’T LIKE YOU)

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2025/04/12

I DIDN’T LIKE YOU, 12min., USADirected by Parker Fenady As Emilia and Maxine spy on their best friend’s first date, they come to realize the chemistry might not be between the couple they anticipated. https://www.instagram.com/parkerfenady/ Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? For me, this story was always the one. It’s my opener—my “Hey, this is me. This is what I’m about” piece. Coming of age can feel electric, like you’re catching lightning in a bottle as you

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EP. 1465: Screenwriter Nathan Burt (LOST & FOUND)

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2025/04/11

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPQ_695FAF8 Summary: Martin’s mother passes away after a two year battle with cancer and his long lost best friend Abe finally shows up after seven years. They have to catch up and fill each other in on what they have missed out on -only to realise that they might have missed out on being more than best friends. Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? The logline for my script is about as basic of a summary as I could

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EP. 1464: Screenwriter Chase Yancey (SALLIE)

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2025/04/10

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_gq-ueaUbU When the paths of the 11th Pennsylvania Civil War regiment and an American Staffordshire Terrier pup intertwine, the men of the 11th’s lives are changed in ways they never could’ve predicted. Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? It is about a dog named Sallie who is the mascot of the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment of the Civil War. We follow her throughout the entire war and see the war through

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EP. 1463: Filmmaker/Actor Elisabet Johannesdottir...

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2025/04/07

Birthday Blues, 9min,. Luxembourg Directed by Elisabet Johannesdottir A couple on the rocks struggles with honesty, leading the woman to make a fateful decision. https://www.instagram.com/eliisms/ Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? I became pregnant with my son a month after Roe Vs Wade was overturned, and it gave me a lot of room for thought about women's rights and the immensity of the choice of motherhood. To me it is a private decision that I wanted to

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EP. 1462: Screenwriter Nicole Sell (Echoes From The...

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2025/04/04

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWRdffz8UBM Newly widowed father, Daniel Lambert, grapples with his skepticism of the supernatural as he moves into a charming old house with his four children, seeking a fresh start after the untimely passing of his wife. The family struggles to adapt to their new life, each of them finding their own way to cope with their grief. However, his teenage daughter, Leila, longing for a connection to her late mother, turns to a séance,

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EP. 1461: Filmmakers Luke Marley & Taylor Taberner...

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2025/04/03

Jake & Pete’s Christmas Special, 20min., UK Directed by Luke Marley When the spirit of Christmas seems to have left a small town in Gloucestershire, Jake and Pete must find a way to restore it in time for Christmas. https://www.instagram.com/jakeandpeteshortfilm/ Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? So, I did my first short using this art style Henry VIII and it was brutal and I swore to never do stop motion again, then eventually I thought about doing something

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EP. 1460: Screenwriter Krista Amigone (THE SUSURRUS)

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2025/04/02

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-R0i-9WD7A Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? The Susurrus is about a dollmaker who starts to date a year after her husband abandoned her. The jump back into the dating scene, and the world at large, proves dangerous, and ultimately, she must decide to keep-on despite the world’s evils, or retreat back to the familiar evils of her solitary life. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? The

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EP. 1459: Screenwriter Thad Alexander (THE SHADOW...

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2025/04/01

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISexQ4GgQCo In the heart of Bangkok, Detective Aran Chen, a defiant inspector haunted by his past, pursues the elusive “Shadow Killer,” a ruthless serial murderer. Armed with his sharp instincts and lethal martial arts skills, Aran battles through the city’s underworld, uncovering a chilling link between the killer’s motives and his own scars. As the lines between justice and revenge blur, Aran faces a deadly confrontation that will

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EP. 1458: Screenwriter Jane Dafoe (REWIRING JADE)

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2025/03/31

A fierce forty-something woman tries to escape traumatic memories by participating in the Ironman triathlon, only to be diagnosed with CFS. As her life unravels, she clings to an unlikely friend who helps and then hinders her journey to recovery. Get to know the writer; What is your screenplay about? This film is centered around the protagonist Jade, a 40-something newly single woman who is very driven in her work life and with her athletic pursuits. On the surface she appears to be chasing her

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EP. 1457: Screenwriter Nancy Lydia Kimmel ( JOSH’S...

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2025/03/30

Watch the screenplay reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFc5CPBmoUg In the dilapidated streets of Brooklyn, Josh runs a failing employment agency that’s haunted by three ghosts. Josh is reluctantly recruited by them to help solve a series of murders. Of Course, Death’s AKA-Al curiosity is piqued and decides he’s in too. Get to know the writer: What’s the screenplay about? It”s about a guy by the name of Josh, who runs or attempts to run an employment agency in the rough side of Booklyn

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EP. 1456: Filmmaker Luke Creely (THE FARMHOUSE)

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2025/03/27

THE FARMHOUSE, 15min,. AustraliaDirected by Luke Creely A young woman, living alone in an isolated rural farmhouse, is haunted one night by a mysterious entity which forces her to confront her inner demons and traumatic past.https://instagram.com/_lcfilms Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? I have always been drawn to slow-burn horror cinema in the mould of Michael Haneke from Austria. His early films are fascinating explorations of the human psyche. This has

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EP. 1456: Screenwriter Tim Morell (HONG KONG)

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2025/03/26

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orBQo7TcJY0 Caught between a suffocating marriage and a passionate affair, Anne Delbridge fights to find her own freedom, independence, and voiceamidst the turmoil surrounding the pro-democracy student uprising in Tiananmen Square, China. What movie have you seen the most times in your life? Hard to say. I’ve seen Casablanca quite a few times, and The Apartment. I tend to binge watch films that attract my attention for one reason

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EP. 1455: Filmmaker Marlene Emilia Rios (LUCIA & NICOLE)

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2025/03/25

Lucia & Nicole, 10min., USA Directed by Marlene Emilia Rios On the cusp of adulthood Lucia finds her childhood friend Nicole living on the street. Houseless after coming out, Lucia’s mother Ximena invites her into their home. However, Nicole’s re-appearance into their lives raises questions about their own daughter’s identity and how to respond to Lucia and Nicole’s re-connection. https://instagram.com/huelgamedia Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to

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EP. 1454: Filmmakers Ben Berry & Brooke Bechtold...

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2025/03/24

Beehold, 18min., USA Directed by Ben Berry From his work with local nuns looking for answers about their barren apple trees to his consulting with golf courses in natural habitat management to classrooms, and his own design workshop – he is a true beeliever in the good story – the gospel of abundance as taught by bees and he’s helping protect Wisconsin’s beloved pollinators. It’s called Behold and our story starts here. Humm Productions, in collaboration with Mtn Craft Productions, has pioneered a

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EP. 1453: Filmmaker A.L. Pruitt (The Rich Kid Rules)

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2025/03/23

The Rich Kid Rules (Ep. 1: 362 Rules of a High School Dropout), 59min., USADirected by A.L. Pruitt, Makenna Perkal A new kind of coming-of-age crime drama series with horses, dance, a dysfunctional family, and an upstairs/downstairs romance with a reverse Cinderella story twist. http://therichkidrules.com/ https://www.instagram.com/therichkidrules Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod

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EP. 1452: Filmmaker Moriah Doepken (COOP)

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2025/03/22

COOP, 19min., USA Directed by Moriah Doepken After sustaining a bad injury, a stubborn retired sheriff must learn to talk with his estranged son as they build a fence together, or risk losing the relationship. Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? I love Western films and one day had the idea of “What happens to the sheriff of the town after he’s retired and the town no longer needs him?” And working with the brilliant writer Jeffrey Hein, we expanded this idea into

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EP. 1451: Filmmaker Joy Shannon (ROCK ISLAND PRISON...

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2025/03/21

Rock Island Prison 1864, 7min,. USA Directed by Joy Shannon Guarding Confederate POWS in a Civil War prison, a runaway slave now Union soldier, desperately fights for power, or faces returning to slavery. https://www.rockislandprison.com/ https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-rock-island-prison Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod

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EP. 1450: Screenwriter Aleks Lyons (LIFESOURCE)

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2025/03/19

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrJ8KUPyDZ8 A young oceanographer discovers her gradfather’s plane – part of the Lost Patrol – and is thrust into an emotional journey with a rebellious reporter as the government tries to cover up what really happened that night in 1945. The duo uncovers an extraordinary truth of how water, our most precious resource, has a will and consciousness of its own and is an active, seemingly invisible, participant in its own survival from

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EP. 1449: Filmmaker Nicolas Pereira (CATABASE FIRST...

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2025/03/18

CATABASE FIRST PART: AD LOVE. 97min., France Directed by Nicolas Pereira Two lovers fall into madness. https://www.instagram.com/nicolaspereiratheater/ What motivated you to make this film? Honestly, I can’t say exactly why. By 2021, it had been four years since I had last directed a fiction film. In the meantime, I had worked as a screenwriter, script doctor, producer, cinematographer, and even as a content creator for Fashion Week. Yet, despite these experiences, all my personal projects had

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