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to ensure that each film is studied and rated on an individual
basis, DOFIFF has instituted a system where entries do not
compete against each other, but instead are recognized for their
own individual merits.
For all intents and purposes, they compete against themselves: each entry is judged on individual merits and scored on an inherent value system.
The judges focus is on your film when it is your turn to be evaluated, not on all the other films that are in cue: this insures that they will not have comparisons going on in their minds when they should be focusing entirely on YOU.
Judges score entries on a performance scale and winning entries are recognized and awarded not only for Best Of Festival and Best of Show, but also for two Awards of Excellence levels, two Awards of Merit levels, a Kudos Endeavor Award, or no award.
Best of Festival and Best of Show honors are granted to the top scoring entry/entries for each season; Awards of Excellence are granted to entries with truly exceptional artistic and technical achievements; and Notable achievements are recognized at the Award of Merit and 'Kudos' award levels.
The number
of awards granted at any given level will fluctuate based
on the total number of entries received for each
competition deadline. For all intents and purposes, they compete against themselves: each entry is judged on individual merits and scored on an inherent value system.
The judges focus is on your film when it is your turn to be evaluated, not on all the other films that are in cue: this insures that they will not have comparisons going on in their minds when they should be focusing entirely on YOU.
Judges score entries on a performance scale and winning entries are recognized and awarded not only for Best Of Festival and Best of Show, but also for two Awards of Excellence levels, two Awards of Merit levels, a Kudos Endeavor Award, or no award.
Best of Festival and Best of Show honors are granted to the top scoring entry/entries for each season; Awards of Excellence are granted to entries with truly exceptional artistic and technical achievements; and Notable achievements are recognized at the Award of Merit and 'Kudos' award levels.
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DOCUMENTARY (Domestic)
"Against the Current" USA
Director Tod Hardin
Against the Current is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the journey of South African endurance swimmer Sarah Ferguson, as she attempts to become the first human ever to swim around Easter Island (Rapa Nui) non-stop. It tells the story of a global team united, not only in trying to make Sarah's 40-mile challenge a success, but also in using it to raise awareness about the issue of plastic pollution in our oceans. Without being able to touch a boat or another person, Sarah's daunting swim was estimated to take up to 32 hours to complete, through strong currents, powerful winds and other potential hurdles. Can action on this small remote island impact the world? Narrated by Matthew Modine.
RELIGIOUS/FAITH (Domestic)
"Break Every Chain" USA
Director Tim Searfoss
This powerful film is a true story about the struggles and challenges first responders face and the toll it takes on their lives. Filled with talented performances and beautiful cinematography, Break Every Chain gives us a glimpse into the challenges of being a police officer. First responders have a higher rate of suicide and PTSD due to what they experience on a daily basis, and the film offers answers and hope.
In the award winning book about the true story of Jonathan Hickory, a veteran police officer, shares his intimate perspective into the struggle that many of our heroes battle in their hearts.
Drowning in the depths of depression and sadness, burning with anger, and chained down by alcoholism, Jonathan couldn’t do it anymore. After the loss of his father as a young boy, facing countless horrific death scenes in the line of duty, and the death of his son, Jonathan turned to the world for answers—finding only darkness. Facing the threat of losing his job as a police officer, the loss of his wife and daughter, and contemplating suicide, Jonathan turns to faith and finds hope and redemption.
RELIGIOUS/FAITH (Foreign)
"The Corruption Of Divine Providence" CANADA
Director Jeremy Torrie
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE ALL
Actor: Lead: David LaHaye (subcat)
Actress: Lead: Elyse Levesque (subcat)
Actress: Supporting: Ali Skovbye (subcat)
Cinematography: Eric Cayla (subcat)
Direction: Jeremy Torrie (subcat)
Editing: Geoff Klein, Orlee Buium (subcat)
When a fifteen year old Stigmatic Metisse is kidnapped from a small French Canadian town three different religious factions vie
for control over her upon her eventual return.
Set in the harvest months of the western Canadian prairies in St. Michel, Manitoba The Corruption of Divine Providence explores what happens when a messenger from God tests the character of humanity.
A multi-lingual feature length film Divine Providence is darkly comic in tone featuring saints, sinners, crop circles, and salamanders.
ART-HOUSE FILM (Domestic)
"Superstar" USA
Director Jordan Hidalgo
A day in the life of Martin, a homeless man attempting to keep his individuality despite being dehumanized by everyday society.
| TITLE - Country | AWARD (s) |
| Women of Burden in Documentary, Religious/Faith, Cinematography (subcat) United States |
Documentary Religious/Faith OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE: Cinematography: Naotomo Umewaka (subcat) |
| Cabo Verde - Island Jewel in Documentary Ireland |
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| Incognito in Student, Direction (subcat) United States |
EXCELLENCE Direction (subcat) |
| THE CHOICE in Zero Budget Italy |
| TITLE - Country | AWARD (s) |
| A Woman's New World in Documentary United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Eye of the Storm in Documentary United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| HEGOAK in Student France |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Impressions: Ensign 7 in Experimental United Kingdom |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Maxie in Drama United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| MEDUSA in Drama, Zero Budget France |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE ALL |
| My Lovely Man in Religious/Faith United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| PARALLAX in Zero Budget Italy |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Porcelain in Tight Shorts Slovakia |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Soiled Shorts: THE SERIES in TV Show Canada |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Solitude in LGBT Italy |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Tahriib (Those Who Travel North) in Documentary United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| The Brazilian Templars Mystery in Documentary, Research (subcat) United States |
OUTSTANDING
EXCELLENCE: Documentary EXCELLENCE: Research (subcat) |
| The Ditch in Tight Shorts, Cinematography (subcat) Finland |
OUTSTANDING
EXCELLENCE: Tight Shorts EXCELLENCE: Cinematography (subcat) |
| The StoneMan in Documentary United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Upwell in Experimental United States |
OUTSTANDING
EXCELLENCE: Experimental OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE: Direction: J'aime Morrison (subcat) EXCELLENCE: Original Score: Karam Salem (subcat) OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE: Original Concept (subcat) |
| TITLE - Country | AWARD (s) |
| Angels Do Fly West in Inspirational United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| A NEW YORK STORY in Loose Shorts United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| Broken in Tight Shorts United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| Brood X in Experimental |
EXCELLENCE |
| GURU IN DISGRACE in Religious/Faith Netherlands |
EXCELLENCE |
| Liar-In-Chief: A Chronicle of the Trump Presidency Through the
Eyes of An Outraged Graphic Artist in Documentary United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| Marzia in Horror Italy |
EXCELLENCE |
| Mining the Moon in Loose Shorts United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| Mutanuka and Syasiya in Documentary Netherlands |
EXCELLENCE |
| Night, Mother in Drama, Experimental, Zero Budget, Actress: Lead (subcat) United States |
EXCELLENCE
ALL EXCELLENCE: Actress: Lead Sheila Houlahan (subcat) |
| Noon Time Legends (96 Min. Version) in Documentary United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| Searching for my Voice in Religious/Faith Canada |
EXCELLENCE |
| See You White House in Documentary Taiwan |
EXCELLENCE |
| Seule Tod in Animated United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| Sparks-The Ken Sparks Story in Documentary United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| TARKINE TOGETHER - 60 mins in Documentary Australia |
EXCELLENCE |
| TATTOOED TRUCKS OF NEPAL- Horn Please in Documentary, Cinematography (subcat), Editing (subcat), Original Score (subcat), Voice-Over Talent (subcat) United States |
EXCELLENCE:
Documentary EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Cinematography: Sudarson Karki (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Editing: Holden Sisco (subcat) EXCELLENCE: Original Score: Shyam Nepali (subcat) EXCELLENCE: Voice-Over Talent Ron Ranson (subcat) |
| The Breakfast in Tight Shorts, Cinematography (subcat), Direction (subcat), Original Score (subcat) Germany |
EXCELLENCE:
Tight Shorts EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Cinematography: Paul Gregory (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Direction: Varunagini (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Original Score: Nirojan Pirabakaran (subcat) |
| The Clown Without A Mask in Documentary United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| The Eve - Short film 2015 (English version) Horror Extended Deadline, Screenplay, Set Design (subcat), Actor: Supporting (subcat), Actress: Supporting (subcat), Cinematography (subcat), Direction (subcat), Editing (subcat), Script Writer (subcat), Costume Design (subcat), Makeup (subcat), Sound Editing (subcat), Original Score (subcat), SFX: Visual (subcat), Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat) Italy |
EXCELLENCE:
Horror EXCELLENCE: Screenplay: Luca Machnich EXCELLENCE: Set Design: (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Actor: Supporting Maurizio apotek (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Actress: Supporting Mary Wall (subcat) EXCELLENCE: Cinematography: Giulio Pietromarchi (subcat) EXCELLENCE: Direction: Luca Machnich (subcat) EXCELLENCE: Editing: Niccolo' Palomba - Donatella Ruggiero (subcat) EXCELLENCE: Script: Writer Director Luca Machnich (subcat) EXCELLENCE: Costume Design: Angelica Tiralongo (subcat) EXCELLENCE: Makeup (subcat) EXCELLENCE: Sound Editing: Sandro Di Stefano (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Original Score: Sandro Di Stefano (subcat) EXCELLENCE: SFX: Visual: Marco Minguzzi (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat) |
| The Gfiles in Documentary United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| The Magical Beacon Stone in Loose Shorts, Actor: Supporting (subcat), Direction (subcat), Original Song (subcat), Original Score (subcat) United Kingdom |
EXCELLENCE:
Loose Shorts EXCELLENCE: Actor: Supporting: Mark Cox (subcat) DIRECTION: David Goodall (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Original Song: David Goodall (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Original Score: David Goodall (subcat) |
| Tornado Lake in Experimental, Editing (subcat), Original Song (subcat) United States |
EXCELLENCE
ALL |
| We Are All In This Together in Inspirational United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| Who are we ? in Drama Iran, Islamic Republic of |
EXCELLENCE |
| TITLE - Country | AWARD (s) |
| Abel Cuerda - The Colour Painter in Documentary Spain |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| A Sensual Temple in LGBT Australia |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Art from the Inside in Documentary United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| HoneyDough in Tight Shorts United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| HONG KONG BLUE in Zero Budget United Kingdom |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| It Gets In Your Blood in Documentary United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| It's Beautiful in Documentary, Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat) United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT ALL |
| Kansas Ice Storm in Art-house Film, Cinematography (subcat), Content/Message Delivery (subcat) United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT ALL |
| LIFT: An Ode to Love & Ski Jumping in Tight Shorts United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Love at Fifth Floor (first episode only) in Webisode (Pilot), Original Song (subcat) India |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Metanoia
Episodes 1 & 2 in LGBT United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Mina
Martin in Art-house Film United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Night Life in Experimental United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| SOLDIERS: Six Stories, Six Wars in Documentary United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| The Last Roll in Comedy Ireland |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Whiter than snow in Actor: Lead (subcat) Greece |
EXCEPTIONAL
MERIT: Inspirational EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Actor: Lead Yury Olshansky/Sergio (subcat) |
| TITLE - Country | AWARD (s) |
| A LADY APPEARED BEFORE ME (Italian subtitles) in Tight Shorts Italy |
MERIT |
| Akwaaba the Awakening in Documentary, Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat) United States |
MERIT |
| All of Me: Artists+Mothers in Documentary United States |
MERIT |
| Another Day in Paradise in Student United States |
MERIT |
| "BLANK" Pilot Episode in Student United States |
MERIT |
| Bardo in Experimental, Sound Editing (subcat), SFX: Visual (subcat), Content/Message Delivery (subcat) Italy |
MERIT ALL |
| Before Breaker Wakes in Drama United States |
MERIT |
| CASE #3809 - The Eldritch Mortician in Animated United States |
MERIT |
| Cold Service (film) in Loose Shorts, Actor: Lead (subcat), Actress: Lead (subcat) United States |
MERIT:
Loose Shorts MERIT: Actor Lead: Drew Armstrong (subcat) MERIT: Actress Lead: Mary Magiera (subcat) |
| Deja Goo in Tight Shorts United States |
MERIT |
| Dreams Inside Out in Experimental United States |
MERIT |
| "Esdras apocalypse (or for practical purposes) The
citizen in Experimental, Student, Art-house Film, Actress: Lead Mexico" |
MERIT
ALL Actress: Lead Jenniffer López Villela (subcat) |
| Every'nparty...Nalivadi?!? (ENG) in Art-house Film, Research (subcat) Italy |
MERIT ALL |
| For the Life of Me in Religious/Faith, Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat) United States |
MERIT ALL |
| Greys Inbetween in Art-house Film, Actress: Lead (subcat), Direction (subcat), Original Score (subcat) United Kingdom |
MERIT:
Actress: Lead Natasha Bain (subcat) MERIT: Direction: Andrew Rajan (subcat), MERIT: Original Score (subcat) |
| I Said I Will in Tight Shorts, Original Song (subcat) United States |
MERIT ALL |
| I See Everything (w/subtitles).mp4 in Experimental United States |
MERIT |
| Jonnie Sunset.... in Loose Shorts, Actress: Lead (subcat), Original Song (subcat) United States |
MERIT:
Loose Shorts EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Actress: Lead Rachel Taggart (subcat) MERIT: Original Song (subcat) |
| Light on Water | 44.18217, -69.05075 | 8.16.2021 in Experimental, Original Score (subcat), Original Concept (subcat) United States |
MERIT:
Experimental EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Original Score (subcat) MERIT: Original Concept (subcat) |
| Ten Points of Joy in Experimental United States |
MERIT |
| The Boy and The Bear in LGBT United Kingdom |
MERIT |
| The Little Vagabond in Zero Budget United States |
MERIT |
| "This is what happens when you aren't taught how to
bead." – Gail Cyr in Documentary Canada |
MERIT |
| Trapped in the Tank in Student United States |
MERIT |
| Wailing Home in Tight Shorts, Student Israel |
MERIT |
| WHO IS BAD ?〜The shouting of Rock-and-roll Samurai〜 in Comedy Japan |
MERIT:
Comedy MERIT: Actor: Lead Mutsuki Bando (subcat) MERIT: Actor: Supporting Daisuke Tamaru (subcat) MERIT: Actress: Supporting Yuri Sasamoto (subcat) MERIT: Direction: Yuri Sasamoto (subcat) MERIT: Original Score: Altruist (subcat) MERIT: Original Song: Altruist (subcat) Script Writer: Yuri Sasamoto (subcat) |
| TITLE - Country | AWARD (s) |
| Apparition in Orvieto in Zero Budget Italy |
KUDOS |
| One too many Tear in Religious/Faith France |
KUDOS |
| Spooky Action II: Chapter One in Alternate Media Japan |
KUDOS |
| TITLE - Country | AWARD (s) |
| Abysse in Cinematography (subcat) United States |
MERIT |
| Bardo in Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat) Italy |
MERIT |
| Broken in Original Score (subcat) United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| Dilemma in Actor: Lead (subcat) Hungary |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Actor: Lead Győző/Róbert (subcat) |
| It Gets In Your Blood in Editing (subcat), Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat) United States |
MERIT ALL |
| Ndeko Brawl in Stunt/Fight Choreography (subcat) United States |
MERIT |
| Night Life in Original Concept (subcat) United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Red Carpet in Direction (subcat) United Kingdom |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Shroud in Cinematography (subcat), Direction (subcat), Editing (subcat), Sound Editing (subcat) United States |
EXCELLENCE:
Cinematography (subcat) EXCELLENCE: Direction: Diego Astorga (subcat) EXCELLENCE: Editing (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Sound Editing (subcat) |
| Suistamon Sähkö - Up'n Down in SFX: Animation (subcat) Finland |
MERIT |
| The Candidate in Original Score (subcat) Turkey |
MERIT |