When the neighbourhood dogcatcher William Page is found wandering the streets disoriented, he is taken to the local police station for help. However, the situation soon disintegrates into hell on earth.
Director's statement:
I was challenged to look at new ways to approach the telling of this film (Wild Will), primarily born from the fact that I shot the film by myself in the kitchen of my apartment (ironically pre-Covid in 2018, before this technique would somewhat globally take off, due to the pandemic lockdowns that many filmmakers faced). Through the many challenges that came with shooting Wild Will solo, I also found this process allowed some interesting new ideas to come to the fore. I kept 'Wild Will's' shot and production design selections, stark and finite, whilst increasing the audio presence within the film's narrative. This somewhat un-conventional approach, hopefully invites the audience to fill in what is 'not seen' with their own mind and help facilitate, a more intense and unsettled audience interaction with the lead character 'Will'
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Screenplay, Sound Design, Editing, Cinematography & Direction by Alan King
Produced by Alan King & Angela Ling
Starring Alan King & Brett Cousins
Awards incl:
Winner Jury Award 'Innovation In Form' - 24th Brisbane International FF / Australia
Winner Jury Award Best Leading Actor & Best Screenwriter - 4th Pollino Int'l FF / Italy
Winner Jury Award - Best Experimental Film - 1st Castrovillari International Short FF / Italy
Winner Jury Award - Best Short Film - Short Days edition II - Rome, Italy
Winner Jury Award - Best Experimental Film - 14th Sorsi Corti International Short FF / Italy
Winner Annual Award - Best Experimental Film - 3rd Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards / Italy
Winner Special Jury Award , Sound Design - 2nd Loudoun Arts Festival / USA
Winner Audience Award - 3rd Highlands International Horror Festival / USA
Official Selections Incl:
41st Clermont Ferrand Int'l Short Film Festival 2019 | France | Lab Competition | World Premiere
49th Tampere International Film Festival 2019 | Finland | International Competition
22nd Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2019 | Estonia | In Competition | Rebels With A Cause
24th Brisbane International Film Festival 2019 | Australia | Australian Premiere
32nd Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival 2020 | Germany | Official Selection
25th Encounters International Short Film Festival 2020 | UK | International Competition
37th St Kilda Film Festival 2020 | Melbourne, Australia | Top 100 Australian Shorts Competition
21st Cannes Antipodes 2019 | St Tropez | Official Competition | Nominee Nicolas Baudin Award
37th Festival Tous Courts Aix En Province 2019 | France | Experimental Competition
16th Court Metrange, Rennes Fantastic Film Festival 2019 | France | Int'l Competition
4th Abertoir - The International Horror Festival of Wales 2019 | Wales | Int'l Competition
27th Alter-Native International Short Film Festival 2019| Romania | International Competition
18th TO Horror International Film Festival 2019 | Italy | Int'l Competition
9th Down Under Berlin Film Festival 2019 | Berlin | Aus & NZ Shorts Program
8th Golden Ger International Film Festival 2020 |Mongolia | Int'l Competition | Asian Premiere
7th Minikino Film Week, Bali International Film Festival 2020 | Inter'l Competition
2nd Diorama International Film Festival 2020 | Int'l Competition
11th Aesthetica International Film Festival 2021| UK | International Competition
2nd Sinister Nights International Film Festival 2021 | USA | International Competition
3rd Deaths Parade International Film Festival 2021 | USA | International Competition
3rd Hex After Dark International Film Festival 2021 | Canada | International Competition
2nd Kansas City Underground Film Festival 2021| USA | International Competition
2nd South London Film Festival 2021 | UK | International Competition
4th Nòt Film Fest 2021 | Italy | Moonwalker Shorts Competition
5th Pendance International Film Festival 2022 | Canada | Official Selection
4th Pollino International Film Festival 2022 | Italy | International Competition
Director Bio - Alan King
An actor and artist, with a bachelor of fine art from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2006, Alan's filmmaking practice aims to encapsulate these disciplines, along with a passion for avant garde storytelling. His 2019 short, 'Wild Will', shot solo in his apartment kitchen, screened in competition at over 70 festivals worldwide, incl; Clermont-Ferrand (world premiere), Tampere, Dresden, Cannes Antipodes, Encounters and Tallinn Black Nights. Jury awards for the film included, Brisbane, Castrovillari, Sorsi Corti and Short Days film festivals. An 2018 Australian Writers Guild, ‘Monte Miller’ nominee, Alan is currently working on his first feature film 'The Beast', a fictional dark comedy about a notorious recluse.
