WILDsound is proud to showcase the best UNDER 5 MINUTE Films from the last year from around the world today.
Thursday November 27th. 7pm SHARP.
Event ends at 9pm.
85 minute program of films. Followed by Q&A with filmmakers in attendance.
Carlton Cinemas in downtown Toronto.
20 Carlton St., Toronto, ON M5B 2H5
(College Street Subway)
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Tickets are FREE or Pay as you like. (Tickets generally sell out. First RSVP. First served.)
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Or, text the festival directly at 416-568-9046
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SEE THE LINEUP OF FILMS:
Pickup From The Start, 2min,. USA
Directed by Jiri Balcar
On a seemingly ordinary night, Joe’s flirtation unfolds with uncanny precision, almost as if he’s lived it before. Every word lands just right… but something about him feels off.
Masai Mara, 3min., Italy
Directed by Andrea Bufi
In the heart of the Masai Mara, amid the smiles of children, Masai dances, and the wild breath of the savannah, an intense and authentic visual story unfolds.
https://instagram.com/bufidirector
Requital, 3min., UK
Directed by Ande Case
A short Animation of how history repeats itself. Frustratingly.
https://leitmotifproductions.com/
Routine, 5min., USA
Directed by Russ Emanuel
During a mysterious pandemic, Cassie’s quarantine life has turned into a routine, day in and day out. Nothing new seems to happen, until she realizes she’s out of coffee. And she’s determined to get her cup of joe, even if she must face the horrors of the outside world. Because “she’d kill for a cup of coffee.”
https://www.instagram.com/russem31/
Right Beside You, 3min., USA
Directed by Annie Windsland
The night before her cousin’s wedding—to her ex—Isabel hides away, desperate to escape. But Liam, her fiercely loyal best friend, follows her, and something shifts. Their laughter fades. A glance lingers. A touch lasts too long. Unspoken truths press between them—until reality slams back in.
L’oeil des sables, 2min,. France
Directed by Florian Lejal
In ancient Egypt, a scribe witnesses a strange apparition: visitors from another time. Shocked, he draws them on papyrus, capturing the mystery. Now on display in a museum, this drawing continues to intrigue, leaving visitors with an unsolved enigma.
ROACHES, 2min., Canada
Directed by David Creighton
The Bridge Street Mission has a problem with roaches… They can talk.
Junky Monkey, 3min., Japan
Directed by Hirohisa Nakano
A man in Tokyo, desperate, wondering around , running through busy Tokyo scape and finally meet this guy to get something that he couldn’t resist which is…..
https://www.instagram.com/jovijova_official/
GOOD ADVICE, 4min., Canada Directed by Barbara de la Fuente Amanda is in a relationship that has her running off her feet and leaves her physically battered. Georgie, a stranger and well-intentioned busybody, encourages Amanda to share her pain in an earnest discussion that devolves into a comedy of errors.
Voight-Kampff, 2min., Réunion
Directed by Nicolas GUENIOT
The Voight-Kampff test is a psychophysiological test that measures the subject’s involuntary emotional responses to morally or emotionally troubling questions. Lea is nervous as the test has just begun.
Joss, 5min,. China
Directed by Anxin Xie
Joss, in Chinese “香火 (xiāng huǒ)“, has a double meaning: it refers to both incense offerings in temples and the continuity of family lineage. In most cases, this family lineage is traditionally believed to be passed down only through male descendants, linking “香火” to patriarchal heritage.
Telephones, 5min., USA
Directed by Copper Frances Giloth
“Telephones” explores a personal journey through time, identity, and technological evolution, using a collection of telephones as a lens. Each phone, from a red Western Electric to a modern iPhone, symbolizes both moments in time – childhood, independence, life choices — as well as technical and design innovations. Tied to memories of forbidden red clothes, maternal sewing, and illegal long-distance calls, the phones embody personal and cultural shifts over many decades.
https://instagram.com/coppergilothstudio
BATCAN, 1min., Switzerland
Directed by Riu Lohri, David Riedener
A man‘s can – a hero‘s struggle…
CROSSING, 3min., Italy
Directed by Alessia Ambrosini
Late evening in Tokyo. A man is on his way home on the subway after a day’s work, lost in his daily routine. Suddenly there is an explosion. The man is catapulted into another dimension.
https://filmitalia.org/en/film/324/207005/
Emotional Storage Full, 4min., Canada
Directed by AJ Lutsky
What if memories were stored in your head like photos on your phone? How would you know which ones to delete to make room for more…
LEVELS, 2min., Canada
Directed by Phuong Vu
Trapped in an elevator with a wanted individual, a timid office worker reveals his true identity as a skilled fighter, protecting a briefcase that holds more than just paperwork.
FIRST & LAST, 4min. Canada
Directed by Alexander Nonaka Galant
At a showing of a rental apartment, a young woman stumbles upon a gruesome mystery while taking pictures with her phone.
http://www.alexandergalant.com/
Mixed Signals, 4min., USAS
Directed by Wayne Gibson
The history of the West wasn’t always written as depicted in the old Westerns.
It was also written by the horsefly.
You see, where there were horses, there were flies.
Where there were flies, there was trouble.
One such troubling event took place in 1857.
Chicken, The Lunchroom, and Mr. Birke, 5min., USA
Directed by Birke Raymond Duncan
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