A showcase of the best of new films from around the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival):
Best Feature Film: Our Threatened & Endangered Species: Allegheny Woodrats
Best Short Film: Ray the Rug
Best Direction: Vagabond in Red: Iquitos
Best Story: The Lines She Carries (Indigenous Geographic)
Best Sound & Music: The Making of Star Among the Cosmic Clouds
The Making of Star Among the Cosmic Clouds, 12min., Singapore
Directed by Susan Lim
Journey behind the curtain to witness the creation of “Star Among the Cosmic Clouds,” a powerful new song from the album ALAN: Cosmic Rhapsody. This documentary delves into the creative process, tracing the song’s origins from its soulful roots with composer Joi Barua to its grand transformation into an orchestral pop masterpiece.
https://www.instagram.com/cosmicrhap/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-making-of-star-among-the-cosmic-clouds
The Lines She Carries (Indigenous Geographic), 11min., Canada
Directed by Crystal Martin
The Line She Carries follows Inuk filmmaker and Indigenous Geographic Co-founder Crystal Martin as she reaches a turning point in her life, the end of her childbearing years. In Oolootie’s home, she prepares to receive her traditional tuniit, marking not only her skin but her journey through womanhood, identity, and survival.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-lines-she-carries
Our Threatened & Endangered Species: Allegheny Woodrats, 66min., USA
Directed by Tracy Graziano
Our Threatened & Endangered Species: Allegheny Woodrat follows the Pennsylvania Game Commission and partners as they fight to save one of the state’s most elusive mammals. Once common across the Appalachian Mountains, the Allegheny woodrat has declined for decades due to habitat loss, disease, and the disappearance of its ancient ally—the American chestnut tree.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-our-threatened-endangered-species
RAY THE RUG, 6min., Thailand
Directed by Mohammad Ali Shakeri
Ray shares his tragic past: “I lost my mum when I was a wee cub. Well, I didn’t lose her. She was murdered… by a human.” His heartfelt plea, “A tiger can’t change its stripes. But you can,” transforms him from a symbol of loss into a powerful advocate for change.
https://www.instagram.com/m.ali.shakeri/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-ray-the-rug
Vagabond in Red: Iquitos, 52min., USA
Directed by Tom Lonero
A recovering addict and filmmaker from Pittsburgh sets off across Peru on a personal healing journey in the aftermath of a global pandemic. Shot entirely solo with modest gear, Vagabond in Red: Iquitos blends raw handheld imagery and poetic narration to explore the human condition through history, culture, social issues, and resilience. Legendary Amazonian landscapes provide the backdrop, but it’s the people Tom meets along the way who reveal quiet truths about survival, faith, and connection. This is not a luxury travel film—it’s a lived-in journey into what remains when the world goes quiet and we start listening again.
https://www.hardmonkeyproductions.com/
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