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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.

tv & film film interviews

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EP. 1565: Filmmakers Jackson Bentley, John Stokes...

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2025/08/17

Sauvetage, 5min., AustraliaDirected by Jackson Bentley, John Stokes When a special forces operative is held captive by a sadistic crime boss is interrogated, the only way to save him is through the element of surprise. https://instagram.com/sauvetage_short_film https://www.instagram.com/jacksonbentleyvisuals/ https://www.instagram.com/drastic_stokesy/ Get to know the filmmakers: What motivated you to make this film? John – We were motivated to make this film as we were given the

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EP. 1564: Poet Randall Taylor (THE BEAUTIFUL SCAR)

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2025/08/16

Watch the poetry movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lbp1qFcH2o www.instagram.com/realsilentdream What is the theme of your poem? The theme of “The Beautiful Scar” is learning to find the beauty in the humanity we often rob ourselves of when we feel like the world is rejecting us. What motivated you to write this poem? During the first year of the MFA program at UNR-Lake Tahoe, I was away at our winter residency, and I was so encapsulated by my colleagues’ vulnerability and the power they

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EP. 1563: Screenwriter Darryl Mansel (ONCE UPON A...

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2025/08/11

Watch Today’s Best Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNkD7_Fp8HI Get to know writer Darryl Mansel: What is your screenplay about? Once Upon a Time in Space is about perseverance and struggle. It asks the question ‘how far are you willing to go to obtain something that you need?’ What genres does your screenplay fall under? Science fiction, action, adventure Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? It should be made into a movie because adventure is sorely lacking

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EP. 1562: Screenwriter Wesley Steven Drent (NECROTICA)

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2025/08/10

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5QkTVemr88 Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? Necrotica is about breaking new ground in the sacred (but tired) Zombie Apocalypse genre. It’s about uncompromising survival, family, and finding meaning in the face of devastating loss. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Horror/Zombie Apocalypse with a healthy spoonful of Lovecraftian terror. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

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EP. 1561: Screenwriter Shaun Delliskave (CALIGO INN)

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2025/08/09

watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyK8K0-Hi3k Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? Caligo Inn is about a power-hungry senator who goes to a secluded inn to work on his vice-presidential platform, only to be confronted by the ghosts of people destroyed by his ambition—soldiers, victims, even his own son. It’s part political drama, part supernatural reckoning, where he’s forced to face everything he’s tried to bury. What genres does your screenplay

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EP. 1560: Rick E. Cutts (Stratagem The Movie)

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2025/08/08

Stratagem The Movie, 111min. Directed by Rick E. Cutts Rellik and his girlfriend Nosaer witness a crime and are immediately on the run as they try and elude a killer who seems to always be one step ahead of them. Will they escape can they escape? Follow along as Rellik and Nosaer try and escape a killer and even more important who is behind all the carnage? http://www.icikill.com/ Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? I was motivated to make this film after it

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EP. 1559: Filmmaker Robert J. Harden Jr. (DIMENSIONS:...

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2025/08/07

DIMENSIONS: The Interrogation, 8min., USA Directed by Robert James Harden Jr. During an interrogation for the murder of his mother, a man pleads for his release in fear of his life. Two special detectives grill him in order to solve their case. In the shadows of these men’s dimension, the answers to all their mysteries live. https://instagram.com/dimensions_revealed https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-dimensions Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod

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EP. 1558: Peter Gabriel Gagnon (Wukong Couriers)

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2025/08/06

Wukong Couriers, 15min., USA Directed by Peter Gabriel Gagnon An unwitting bicycle messenger is chosen as the mystical hero to save the city from an ancient horror. www.instagram.com/wukong_couriers Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod

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EP. 1557: Filmmakers Diana & Harlan Shield (THREE...

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2025/08/05

Three S3conds, 16min., USA Directed by Diana Shield Arlo, a 17 year old boy struggles to open up and express himself to his counselor. He is haunted by his past actions due to his inability to control his rage and anger issues. https://www.instagram.com/galacticbutterflyfilms Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? My husband and I enjoy going on walks, driving long distances and we noticed people’s lack of patience at a Stop sign or red light. We talked about three

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EP. 1556: Filmmaker B.T. Goldman (TEA TIME)

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2025/08/04

TEA TIME, 9min., USA Directed by B.T. Goldman A detective interrogates a strange elderly Englishman about a missing person in his neighborhood. https://www.instagram.com/cybereggproductions/ https://www.instagram.com/b.t.goldman/ Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? I hadn’t directed a project of my own in over a year, and I was at a wrap party for a short film that I was an extra in (SPRINKLES, directed by the Andrew Korzenik, written by Riley Stockard, and

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EP. 1555: Screenwriter Barry Lindstrom (NATURALAWE)

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2025/08/03

Watch the screenplay reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyAJad2rPlg Based on Concepts from the novel Considering SomeplacElse By Barry B.L. Lindstrom Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? The Galactic Council has seen enough and has voted 8 to 1 to eliminate all humanoid Earthlings. Padrin, the lone dissenter, an expert extra-terrestrial world saver, must now save humanity using only the positive actions and interactions of individual humans as evidence. In

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EP. 1554: WHAT IS A RED HERRING? (Film & TV Terms and...

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2025/08/02

Watch the best of SHORT FILMS from around the world today. A library of over 500 award-winning films: www.wildsound.ca (Plus, watch a new and original festival every single day.) Submit your film or screenplay to the WILDsound Festival today: https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival What is a Red Herring in storytelling? A red herring is a device that is used to mislead or distract the viewer from the real answer or conclusion. Simply said - it's a false clue. And it takes

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EP. 1553: Filmmaker/Performer Josh Holliday...

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2025/08/01

Hammerstone Meets Woofstock, 20min., Canada Directed by Josh Holliday A film that straddles the line between narrative and documentary, landing squarely on comedy. Steve Hammerstone is a small town radio host and big time buffoon, who’s sent to explore Woofstock: North America’s largest festival for dogs. Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? My friend and Lisa and I had done these small town radio host characters “Steve and Tawny” on CBC radio and through podcast

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EP. 1552: Filmmaker Peter Schackl-Horn & Anthony Graf...

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2025/07/31

sustain, 5min., Austria Directed by Peter Schakl sustAIn is the Idea to combine sustainibility and artificial intelligence. Openess is to show generally ideas of sustainibility. https://www.instagram.com/peter.shackl.horn www.instagram.com/clementineclmtn Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? First in 1994 I was awarded with this multifunctional furniture at a competition of 500 Architecture students named „Openess“ – called by the famous Architect and Designer Mark

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EP. 1551: Filmmaker/Musician Justin Gray (IMMERSED –...

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2025/07/30

Immersed – A Cinematic Immersive Album by Justin Gray, 60min,. CanadaDirected by Justin Gray, Michael Fisher Justin Gray’s Immersed is a groundbreaking cinematic album that transforms how audiences experience music. Composed, recorded, and produced as an immersive audio experience, the album features 38 artists from Toronto and around the globe, placing listeners at the center of a three-dimensional global orchestra. https://www.instagram.com/justingraysound/ Subscribe to the podcast:

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EP. 1550: Screenwriter Noah Zayn Mortier (BLUE IDAHO)

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2025/07/29

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDHl6jdZ3M4 Blue (formerly Logan) is a gifted transgender surgical nurse whose life spirals after a violent romance exposes her truth. Surviving a suicide attempt, she’s sent to an off-grid trauma retreat, where healing begins amid a web of broken souls, betrayal, and revelation. Returning home to confront family and memory, Logan reclaims his identity—detransitioning not in retreat, but in power. Blue Idaho is a raw, redemptive

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EP. 1549: Actor/Writer/Filmmaker Madison Hubler (A...

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2025/07/28

A Princess’s Plea, 8min., USA Directed by Brooke Thornton, Madison Hubler Princess Circe awaits in her tower when Vince Davenport, crown prince of a rich kingdom, comes to claim her as his wife. But with the beast left unslain and the princess left unimpressed, Vince’s quest takes a dark and unexpected turn. https://www.instagram.com/aprincesssplea Get to know filmmaker Madison Hubler: What motivated you to make this film? I have always loved dragons since I was a little girl. That is what

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EP. 1548: Interview with Screenwriter Jesse Speer...

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2025/07/27

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GncsGI4_L3oGet to know the screenwriter: What is your screenplay about? Bitter is a belated coming of age story for anyone that feels like the paradigm of success has shifted. It takes the traditional geek vs bully high school sub-genre and basically turns it on its ass, focusing on WILLOW, a once-hopeful two-time valedictorian, slated for success. Now, 10 years later, she’s a bitter waitress, struggling with resentment and unmet

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EP. 1547: Interview with Screenwriter Nan Schmid (THE...

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2025/07/26

After being embedded with the U.S. military in Afghanistan, which ends in tragedy, a journalist heads to rural Maine to fully recover and finds herself on the frontlines of another battle, between a family of wolves and the ruthless land developer who wants them hunted down. After a comrade dies in a horrific incident on the frontlines in Afghanistan, a war correspondent, forced to take time off, travels to Maine, only to stumble upon a exotic-animal hunting resort that threatens the local wolf

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EP. 1546: Interview with Screenwriter Bren Dahl...

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2025/07/25

Watch the script reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8dO89qOZRk An adventure seeking young girl comes of age, joins the Peace Corps, gets posted in the Congo and takes a wild ride through culture clashes and love affairs. Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? My screenplay is about an adventure seeking young woman who joins the Peace Corps to advance her career, gets posted in the Congo, and ends up falling in love with two fellow volunteers. What genres does your

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