Watch the festival here: https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/best-of-experimental-shorts-festival-july-2026
Song of A Lost Tribe, in a Cosmic Rhapsody, 4min., Singapore
Directed by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Matthieu Eymard, Christina Teenz Tan
In a vibrant tapestry of color and sound, “Song of a Lost Tribe in a Cosmic Rhapsody” follows the journey of an ancient tribe of alpacas, each adorned in a dazzling array of hues. Led by a wise leader adorned with striking headgear, the tribe embarks on an epic quest through the cosmic expanse to locate a legendary purple cave, guided by an enigmatic voice from the void, a towering figure, larger than life.
https://www.instagram.com/cosmicrhap
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/songs-of-a-lost-tribe-audience-feedback
The Testimony, 18min., Netherlands
Directed by Ellen van Kempen
‘The Testimony’ is a intimate crossover between theatre and film, in which a woman makes an irreversible decision, fueled by revenge and driven by love for her daughter.
https://www.instagram.com/iris.heusschen
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-testimony-audience-feedback
Blues for stray cats, 4min., France
Directed by philippe verichoux
This animated short film draws on an aesthetic inspired by post-war European cinema and painted illustrations. The visual world is based on a pictorial approach, where each shot is conceived as a living painting, blending visible textures, diffused light.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/blues-for-stray-cats-audience-feedback
R&sonances [1. On void], 2min., Belgium
Directed by Nicolas Van Achter, Stéphanie Paillet
In this solo from the R&sonances series, we invited Italian dancer and visual artist Francesco Misceo to Belgium, in the heart of Wallonia — one of the earliest and most decisive geographic epicentres of global industrialisation — to improvise around the theme of emptiness in its many dimensions.
https://www.instagram.com/r_sonances
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/r-sonances-audience-feedback-video
WHEN YOU WAKE UP EARLY, 2min., USA
Directed by Luke Paranjpe,
Poetry Movie series. When you wake up early, you notice things that you don’t when the sun is shining on a summer afternoon. You notice the last tiny water droplets falling on your windows from the heavy clouds that darkened the fields below while you were sleeping.
https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundfestival
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/when-you-wake-up-early-audience-feedback
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