WINNERS: April 2026 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival
A showcase from the thrillersuspensefestival.com of the top Thriller/Suspense Films in the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival)
Best Short Film: ANOTHER STAR
Best Story: 3:33
Best Direction: DELUSION
#thrillerfestival
WINNER: April 2026 FEMALE Filmmakers Festival
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A showcase of the best Female Films from around the world today!
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival):
Best Short Film: LEAVE IN THE WIND
Best Direction: A BREAK
Best Story: LET’S GO
#femalefest
Video: Female Filmmakers Festival Testimonial via #FilmFreeway
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The festival were super responsive and helpful, the podcast was a delight and the feedback video was glowing it was as if my mum was interviewed!
#femalefestival
WINNERS: April 2026 LA Feedback Film Festival
AUDIENCE AWARDS (from feedback festival):
Best Short Film: VALÈNCIA’S THE CITY THAT FUELS SUSTAINABLE CHANGE
Best Micro-Short Film: WANDERFAUST
Best Story: PIECES OF ME
Best Direction: THE ENIGMATIC CREW
#feedbackfilmfestival #wildsound
#Podcast: EP. 1756: Director Timo Vogt & Producer Ulrich Dallinger (SHADOW – Black Marine Music Video)
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SHADOW, 5min., Austria
Directed by Timo Vogt
#wildsound #filmfestival
Podcast: EP. 1757: Writer/Producer Penny B. Jackson & Director/Actor Melissa Skirboll ($13)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zfI...
When a long-time New Yorker introduces her niece to her beloved city, a doughnut and a waterfront view ignite memories of her greatest, but luckiest, loss.
#wildsound #911
The Brutal Reality of the Short Film Festival Circuit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_nX...
Enrico Ferri chats about the realities of submitting your short film to festivals. Sometimes 18 minutes is too long for some festivals. The shorter the better? – Not really, but for some festivals, yes
#wildsound
Visual Storytelling: Costume and Production Design Secrets
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VTN...
The art of making a great music/dance film. Director Gica Pucca. Producer Karyante Franklin. Writer/Dancer Kristina Perez chat about making their award-winning film THE DUET
#wildsound #dancefilm
Healing the Inner Child we all have – Let’s make a time travel movie about it!
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Filmmaker Diana Densmore chats with Matthew Toffolo about her #TimeTravel short film whose main thematic is about healing her inner child and learning to grow as an adult.
#wildsound
Watch Winning #DOC Feature: CONFESSIONS OF A SWEDISH MAN (in case you missed it)
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In 2019, a Swedish single father and self-proclaimed feminist travels to an anti- feminist men’s retreat in Denmark. He asks why such gatherings are needed as he tries to understand
TRAILER: BENJAMIN FELIKSDAL, The Life Story of a Dutch Dance Master, 45min. Ballet
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Watch film on #WILDsound TV: www.wildsound.ca/videos/benja...
The inspiring journey of Benjamin Feliksdal began in a humble yet determined manner.
Deadline Today: HORROR Stage Play Contest
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Festival contest is brought to you by the #Horror Underground Festival
Get a best scene of your stage play performed at the writing festival and made into a video
#stageplay
Deadline Today: EROTICA Short Story Contest
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Submit your #EROTICA #shortstory to the festival here, and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video for yourself.
#writing
Deadline Today: SPORTS Novel Festival (3 options to submit)
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NEW OPTION: Or, just submit for an actor performance reading transcript of your novel (any 5 pages of your book).
#sportsnovel #book
Deadline Today: EXPERIMENTAL Screenplay Festival Contest
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This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.)
#experimentalfestival #screenplay
Today’s #Submittable Writing Deadlines: 2026 Poetry. TRUE CRIME Screenplay. HORROR Stage Play. POLITICAL Novel.
Go to the site and see today’s deadlines and future writing deadlines as well: wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit
#writing
BALLAD Poetry Contest (Get #poem made into a movie. Every submission gets a #poetry video reading.)
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Traditional #ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed onorallyfrom one generation to the next.
Today’s #FilmFreeway Testimonial: #EXPERIMENTAL, #DANCE, MUSIC Festival (over 200 FIVE Star Reviews!)
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The audience feedback videos are great promotional tools and they have several other offerings that are beneficial to filmmakers. Truly enjoy having my work.
Today’s #FilmFreeway (50% off) Discount Code: #THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival
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50% off discount code: 50thriller
Awesome festival, but what really sold me was the audience feedback videos they made. Great marketing material for the project! Would definitely recommend
Deadline Today: #ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIPS Festival
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Such an amazing festival experience. Great communication from the jump. The feedback video provided by the audience was incredibly thoughtful and done with real care for the film.
#festivaldeadline
Video: Amazing tips to make an independent short film !! #podcast #indiefilmmaking #postproduction
www.youtube.com/shorts/xaa2W...
Peter Markle nailed this advice.
This is key theory advice on making a great film on a limited budget. Next step is to use it on a practical level and make a film.
Video: Today’s #FilmFreeway Testimonial: WILDsound FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festival
www.youtube.com/shorts/Mywcx...
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#WILDsound has to be one of the most groundbreaking festivals because the reviews are always from a diverse perspective on the body of work.
Video: #Horror Underground Festival testimonial via #FilmFreeway
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IThis is one of the best film festivals I’ve ever been a part of. Highly recommend this one to all #filmmakers. #horror #horrorfestival #filmfreeway
Deadline Today: HORROR Stage Play Contest
wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/32867...
Festival contest is brought to you by the #Horror Underground Festival
Get a best scene of your stage play performed at the writing festival and made into a video
#stageplay
Watch the DOC HUMAN INTEREST SHORTS FESTIVAL (in case you missed it)
Watch the festival by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to www.wildsound.ca
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#wildsound #watchmovies #documentary
#Podcast: EP. 1754: #Screenwriter Ryan Thomas Hinrichs (ABSENT)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=akXz...
Agents Bryan and Lee investigate the disappearance of a young girl, Jasmine. With the help of James, they gain access to her home but find themselves trapped with an alien creature which absorbs James.
EP. 1755: #Filmmaker Matthew “Ari” Roman (IF ONLY FOR MEMORIES)
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A grieving young man searches his dreams for a few more sweet memories with his fiancé
#wildsound #wildsoundpodcast
When Art Imitates Life: The Lawless Wild West vs. Modern Minneapolis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIEk...
about making her animation western thesis film—the parallels of what was happening with Minnesota in 2026 with the world of the 1980s lawless Western era.
#wildsound #animation
Finding the Subject: The Journey to the Arctic Circle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8il...
#Documentary filmmaker Tim Millard chats with Matthew Toffolo about this journey making a film in #ArcticCircle by following an interesting documentary subject. Finding a different world and culture.
#wildsound
Exploring Toxic Relationships and Infidelity Through Cinema
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT9C...
#Filmmaker Joseph Kandov chats with Matthew Toffolo about making films that explore toxic relationships and why they happen. Abuse. Infidelity. Betrayal. Why humans keep making the same mistakes
#wildsound