In order to insure 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 Show, but also for two Awards of Excellence levels, two Awards of Merit levels, a Kudos Endeavor Award, or no award.

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.


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Backward Fall” – Student: Short Film Drama; Viewer Impact/Content-Message Delivery; Lead Actor (John R. Taylor); Lead Actress (Colleen Winton)

Blind Eyes” – Drama: Short Film; Original Concept; Viewer Impact/Content Message Delivery

La Scultura” – Art-house Film: Foreign Feature Film; Cinematography (Marco Fracassa); Direction (Mauro John Capece); Original Concept

On Flying Water” – Animated – Original Concept; Direction and Animation (Dominique Monfery); Composer, and Original Score (Julia Pajot); Viewer Impact/Entertainment Value

Sur-Luck” – Comedy: Foreign Short Film; Original Concept; Viewer Impact/Entertainment Value

The Other Kind” – Drama: Feature Film; Writer (Rosalyn Rosen); Director (Rosalyn Rosen); Cinematographer (Lee Daniel); Ensemble Cast (Jo Harvey Allen/Richard Dillard/Dane Seth Hurlburt/Justin Arnold/Paula Rhodes)

Twin Lotus” – Student: Short Film Drama; Cinematography (Xuhui Zhao); Direction (Yucheng Zhao); Editing; Lead Actress (Yucheng Zhao); Original Concept



A Life Out There” – Loose Shorts: Short Film; Ensemble Cast (Tepa Teuru/Sabrina Laughlin/Raphaëlle Agogue/ Teiva Manoi)

A Way Out” – Tight Shorts: Script/Writer (Randall Greenland)

Backward Fall” – Student: Ensemble Cast (John R. Taylor/Colleen Winton/Johannah Newmarch/Paula Burrows/Charlie Nesbitt)

Best Man In The Dark” – Comedy: Dramatic Comedy Feature Film

The Brightest Colors Make Grey” – Zero Budget: Lead Actor (Christopher Berry)

The Case Of Conrad Cooper” – Loose Shorts: Lead Actor (Adam Venker)

Chasing Rainbows” – Drama: Original Score (Robert Fritz); Direction (Robert Fritz)

Death Drive” – Zero Budget: Feature Film

Final Judgement” – Loose Shorts: Short Film Drama/Mystery

From Seoul To Jakarta” – Drama: Foreign Feature Film; Direction (Damien Dematra); Script/Writer (Ilchi Lee and Damien Dematra)

Journey To Mt. Fuji” – Zero Budget: Foreign Feature Film; Original Concept

Madness” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Period Drama; Cinematography (Stirling Bancroft); Direction (Shannon Kohli and Michelle Brezinski); Set Design

Noia – Um Dia No Limite” – Tight Shorts: Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery

Peripeteia” – Zero Budget: Viewer Impact/Content and Message Delivery

Poison Apple” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Mixed Media

Summer Is Gone” – Tight Shorts: Best Macabre Moment

Winter’s Hold” – Tight Shorts: Original Score (Dave Radolovic)

Yesterday, Today, Yesterday” – Zero Budget: Feature Film;


4 Seasons-A Garden’s Journey” – Documentary: Cinematography

40 Weeks…And a Half!” – Webisode: Webisode Original Educational Concept

47 Minutes” – Student: Short Film Drama; Viewer Impact/Content-Message Delivery

A Way Out” – Tight Shorts: Direction (Jason Tostevin); Lead Actor (Robert Costanzo); Supporting Actor (Adam Hampton)

An American Rhapsody” – Documentary: Short Film

Auction Insider: The John Zimmer Collection” – Documentary: Original Subject Matter

BANHEE: Tune Of The Wind” – Loose Shorts: Original Concept; Director (Devaa Prasana); Script/Writer (Devaa Prasana); Original Song

Beware Of Bunny” – Animated: Student Short Film and Original Concept

The Brightest Colors Make Grey” – Zero Budget: Feature Film; Script/Writer (Daniel Audritt)

Busted City” – Drama: Feature Film Drama

The Case Of Conrad Cooper” – Loose Shorts: Short Film Drama; Original Score

Chasing Rainbows” – Drama: Lead Actress (Kirsti Torhaug); Lead Actress (Natalie Neilson)

Death Of A Government Clerk” – Student: Short Film Drama; Direction (Mykata Samusiev); Set Design

Defenders Of Life” – Drama: Cinematography (Julio Costantini); Direction (Dana Ziyasheva); Editing (Fernando Fonseca-Espinoza)

The Distant Touch” – Animated: Student Short Film

Dog Bytes” – Webisode: Webisode Dark Comedy; Ensemble Cast (Tammy Tsai/Adrienne Wehr/John Gresh); Script/Writer (Amy Hartman/Melissa Martin)

Evidence Of Existence” – Zero Budget: Feature Film

Falling Angels” – Student: Short Film; Viewer Impact/Content-Message Delivery

From Seoul To Jakarta” – Drama: Cinematography (Damien Dematra ); Original Music (Damien Dematra); Lead Actor (Roman D. Man); Lead Actress (Natasha Dematra)

Hard To Believe” – Documentary: Short Film

The Invention Of The Year 2016” – Zero Budget: Art-house Feature Film; Cinematography (Jean Seban)

It’s My Decision” – Tight Shorts: Cinematography (Frank Buono)

Jayson Bend: Queen and Country” – LGBT – Feature Film; Special Recognition Double Entendre Award

Jaywalker” – Documentary: Viewer Impact/Content-Message Delivery; Original Concept

Journey To Mt. Fuji” – Zero Budget: Special Effects

Justice” – Drama: Short Film; Viewer Impact/Content-Message Delivery

La Scultura” – Art-house Film: Lead Actress (Corinna Coroneo); Lead Actor (Adrien Liss); Original Score (India Czajkowska)

Madness” – Tight Shorts: Original Score; Costume Design

Morningside” – TV Show: First Time Filmmaker

No Longer In Service” – Documentary: Original Subject Matter; Research

Noia – Um Dia No Limite” – Tight Shorts: Direction (Elder Fraga); Script/Writer (Maristela Bueno) Lead Actress (Patricia Vilela); Ensemble Cast (Patricia Vilela/Alexandre Barros/Fransérgio Araújo/Angela Barros)

Offset: Seeing Beauty Through A Brain Injury” – Documentary: Viewer Impact/Motivational-Inspirational

Old?!” – Documentary: Short Film

Old Habits” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Dark Comedy; Lead Actor (David Warner); Lead Actor (Ronald Pickup)

The One” – Drama: Short Film

One With The Devil” – Student: Set Design

Peripeteia” – Zero Budget: Short Film Original Concept; Original Song

Pest Free?” – Student: Student Short Documentary-style; Cinematography (Braydon Moloney)

Poison Apple” – Tight Shorts: Original Songs/Original Score (Dane Neves); Editing (Dane Neves); Costume Design

Progress” – Student: Short Film Drama; Viewer Impact/Content-Message Delivery

Reggae In The City” – Documentary: Feature Film

Serial School” – Zero Budget: Trailer

Spirit From The Meadow” – Loose Shorts: Short Film Comedy/Drama

Stateless” – Documentary: Feature Film

Steampunk Coke” – Student: Short Film TV Commercial; Direction (Max Tsui); Visual Effects (M. Chris Kerstan)

Summer Is Gone” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Drama/Horror; Editing (IM Fong Leong)

Sur-Luck” – Comedy: Leading Actor (Keerati Sivakuae); Original Songs (Pakawat Pakkanan); Original Concept

Technical Difficulties Of Intimacy” - Loose Shorts: Short Film Comedy; Direction (Joel Moffett); Editing (Joel Moffett); Script/Writer (Joel Moffett); Lead Actress (Marianna Marroquin)

The Thanhouser Studio and the Birth Of American Cinema” – Documentary: Feature Film

Those Damn Canadians” – Webisode: Webisode Comedy; Lead Actor (Christopher Shyer)

Verse, Chorus” – Loose Shorts: Short Film Drama

Winter’s Hold” – Tight Shorts: Viewer Impact/ Content-Message Delivery

Women Are The Answer” – Documentary: Viewer Impact/Content-Message Delivery

Yesterday, Today, Yesterday” – Zero Budget: Ensemble Cast (Bryan Morneau/Francesca Barcenas/Monia Chokri/Mickaël Gouin)

25 The Movie” – Zero Budget: Feature Film Drama

Air/Fix” – Tight Shorts: Zero Budget Viewer Impact/Content-Message Delivery

Beyond Blue – An Unnerving Tale Of A Demented Mind – Drama: Cinematography (Jaymin) Lead Actor (Tushar Pandey)

Beyond Redemption” – Loose Shorts: Short Film Drama

Chasing Rainbows” – Drama: Feature Film; Cinematography (Robert Fritz); Script/Writer (Robert Fritz); Ensemble Cast (Kirsti Torhaug/Natalie Neilson/Shawn Parr/Michel Riddez/Rachael McOwen)

Christmas Bonus” – Student: Short Film Drama

Death Of A Government Clerk” – Student: Original Concept

Evidence Of Existence” – Zero Budget: Special Effects, Non-Animation/Stunts; Original Score; Cinematography (Alex Frois)

Fathers” – Loose Shorts: Short Film Drama; Original Concept

Fidelity” – Student: Short Film Drama

Final Judgement” – Loose Shorts: Lead Actress (Carolyn Wickwire)

Greece” – Loose Shorts: Lead Actresss (Sarah Deakins)

Hidden From View” – Zero Budget: Feature Film Drama

Hillbilly Philosopher” – Webisode: Animated Webisode; Original Concept

Horse Whisperer” – Loose Shorts: Short Film Drama

Horse Whisperer: - Student: Short Film Drama

The Invisible Man” – Webisode: Sci-Fi-based Webisode; Visual Effects

Journeyman” – Zero Budget: Feature Film Noir

Justice” – Drama: Lead Actor (Steven Réti)

Last Case of August T. Harrison” – Sci-Fi: Sci-Fi Short Film

Laura” – Student: Short Film

Leap Of Faith” – Drama: Cinematography (Rory Skeoch)

Lilac” – Webisode: Direction (Hank Isaac); Child Actress, Lead (Elora Coble)

Manmaker” – Tight Shorts: Comedy Short; First Time Filmmaker; Script/Writer (Amber Sykes)

Mega Plush” Ep.2 – Tight Shorts: Viewer Impact/Entertainment Value; Original Concept; Original Song

The Muse Is The Mountain” – Documentary: Viewer Impact/Motivational-Inspirational

Morningside” – TV Show: TV Movie Pilot

Nursery Rhyme” – Drama: Feature Film

Poison Apple” – Tight Shorts: Viewer Impact/Entertainment Value

The Profesional” – Zero Budget: Feature Film

Searching For Nepal” – Documentary: Feature Film

Taste And See” – Inspirational: Original Song (HD Sanata)

Tears Of Ghost” – Student: Cinematography (Damien Dematra)

Technical Difficulties Of Intimacy” – Loose Shorts: Lead Actor (Buck Angel)

The Land Lady Must Die” – Student: Short Film Dark Comedy

Two. One. Three.” – Student: Documentary-style Short; Original Topic

Walking The Walk” – LGBT: Documentary-style Short

We Have 10 Minutes” – Tight Shorts: Viewer Impact/Content-Message Delivery

What Child Is This” – Drama: Cinematography (Kyle Klebe)

When Voices Meet: One Divided Country; One United Choir; One Courageous Journey” – Documentary: Feature Film

White Blood Cell” – Student: Short Film Crime Drama

Winter’s Hold” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Drama; Direction (Ian Voglesong); Cinematography (Alex Corn)

The Wristwatch” – Drama: Feature Film

4 Seasons-A Gardens Journey” – Documentary: Short Film

6402” – Student: Short Film Documentary-style

A Human Story” – Drama: Short Film

Accident” – Tight Shorts: Dark Comedy/Drama

Adolescents” – Student: Short Film Drama

Angel” – Student: Short Film Drama

Beautiful Destroyer” – Drama: Feature Film

Beginnings” – Student: Short Film Drama

Carlos Dunn’s Katherine” – Zero Budget: Feature Film Horror

Chasing Bonnie & Clyde” – Documentary: Feature Film

Chazam” – Loose Shorts: Short Film Drama/Mystery

Danny & Julia: Contemplation Of Being” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Drama

Dead Son’s Tale” – Student: Short Film Drama

Dira” – Student: Short Film Comedy

The Dog” – Drama: Short Film

Ducky Duck” – Animated: Original Song; Original Concept

Enigma Of Victory” – Loose Short: Short Film Drama

Eru Ilúvatar” – Inspirational: Documentary-style Short Film; Research

Fragmentation” (Traffic) – Student: Short Film Drama

Funny” – Student: Short Film Comedy; Original Concept

Graffito” – Zero Budget: Feature Film

Greece” – Loose Shorts: Short Film Drama

Happenstance” – Student: Short Film Comedy

Happy Together” – Documentary: Feature Film

Here And There” – Student: Short Film Drama; Direction (Dyaa Alshikh)

History Speak” – Student: Short Film Drama

Homeschool Reunion” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Comedy; Original Concept

It Takes Two Hands To Clap” – Documentary: Short Film

It’s My Decision” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Comedy/Drama

Justice” – Drama: Lead Actress (Lou Stirn)

Katherine” – Student: Short Film Documentary-style

Knowland” – Documentary: Short Film

Krampuss Is Back” – Tight Shorts: Original Concept

Krusing America” – TV Show: Family-oriented Programming

Last Case of August T. Harrison” – Sci-Fi: Lead Actor (Jerry Lacy); Supporting Actress (Maggie Wagner)

Leap Of Faith” – Drama: Feature Film; Lead Actor (Dominic Ryan); Lead Actress (Billie Vee)

Lilac” – Webisode: Original Concept

Making It With Moraes – Breakfast in Meereen” – TV Show: Entertainment Value

Manny and the Bell” – Student: Short Film Comedy

Mayda” – Loose Shorts: Short Film Drama

Mining Moon” – Sci-Fi: SFX Makeup; Original Costume Design

No More Tomorrows” – Tight Shorts: Lead Actor (Martin Doordan)

One Day Of End” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Drama

One Foot In” – Student: Short Film Drama

Palikari - Louis Tikas and the Ludlow Massacre” – Documentary: Research; Zero Budget: Feature Film

Pivot Point” – Webisode: Webisode Drama; Lead Actress (Shaira Barton)

Professor Isle’s Laboratory – TV Show: Comedy

Real Friends” – Tight Shorts: Original Concept

Roads” – Student: Short Film Drama

Silenced” – Tight Shorts: Viewer Impact/Content-Message Delivery

Sleeper Of The Valley” – Tight Shorts: Viewer Impact/Content-Message Delivery

Stage 5” – Student: Short Film Drama

Sur Luck” – Comedy: Fight Choreography; Ensemble Cast

Swoon” – Student: Short Film Comedy

Tears Of Ghost” – Student: Feature Film Horror; Direction (Natasha Dematra);

Thalion Ltd.” – Sci-Fi: Special Effects

Those Days” – Student: Short Film Comedy

Twisted” – Tight Shorts: Lead Actor (Claudio Trovato); Lead Actress (Laura Fairclough); Script/Writer (Georgia Symons)

Vishal” – Tight Shorts: Viewer Impact/Content-Message Delivery

Waking The Mammoth” – Documentary: Short Film; Cinematography (Bill Clary/Larry Ruiz)

Wandering Star” – Art-house Film: Short Film

Workhouse” – Animated: Original Concept

A Warm Place” – Animated: Student Short Film

Alphabetical Adventures of Zelda Zingaro” – Animated: Short Film

Belitter” – Student: Short Film Comedy/Drama

Benched Love” – Student: Short Film Comedy

Breath” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Drama

Broken Edge” – Student: Short Film Drama

Catching Broken Glass” – Loose Shorts: Short Film Drama

Chain Gang” – Documentary: Short Film

The David Whiting Story” – LGBT: Feature Film

Ducky Duck” – Animated: Feature Film

Frames: A Handful Of Love Stories” – Student: Short Film Drama

Ghosts Of The Long Ago Drawer” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Drama

Human Trials 1: The Snowbunny Series” – Student: Short Film Drama

Johnny Diggity” – Drama: Feature Film

Khyung” – Student: Animated Short

Lamia” – Drama: Short Film

Last Man On Earth” – Zero Budget: Feature Film

Local Girls” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Drama

Mining Moon” - Sci-Fi: Sci-Fi Short Film

Miss” – Student: Short Film Drama

Moments Of Clarity” – Loose Shorts: Short Film

Mother” – Loose Shorts: Supporting Actor, Child (Aleksander Rolinski)

Naked Truth About Fairies” – Loose Shorts: Short Film Comedy

Natasha Says” – Student: Short Film Drama

Olivia” – Art-house Film: Short Film Drama

Phaneron” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Sci-Fi

Run Far, Stay Close” – Student: Short Film Comedy

Save The Putnam Nature Trail” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Documentary-style

Silent Majority” – Tight Shorts: Sci-Fi Alternate Media; Lead Actress (Belinda Crawley)

Sinned” – Student: Short Film Drama; Makeup (Hallie Baumann)

The Sins Of The…” – Loose Shorts: Short Film Drama; Script/Writer (Walter Hochbrueckner)

Sleepy Eyes” – Student: Short Film Drama

Taste And See” – Inspirational: Feature Film

Teaming Up” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Dark Comedy

Telleth Of Those That Dwell In The Water” – Inspirational: Short Film

Thalion Ltd.” – Sci-Fi: Sci-Fi Short Film

This Is Good” Ep. 6 – Tight Shorts: Webisode-style Comedy

Twisted” – Tight Shorts: Short Film Drama

We Can Be Gay Today – Baltic Pride 2013” – LGBT: Documentary-style Feature Film

Wenonah” – Student: Short Film Drama