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.
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 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. To download your award seals/laurels, just right click on the corresponding laurel, select "Save image as" and save to your computer. Seals are Png format. |
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Long Enough To Live forever Documentary (Science) Craig McClure |
I Love Happiness ANIMATION(Foreign Short) Su Chun-Hsu NO POSTER AVAILABLE |
The China Mission INSPIRATIONAL Peter Kelly NO POSTER AVAILABLE |
Crazy Medicine LOOSE SHORTS (Drama) Matt Carrell |
Occupants Sci-Fi - Horror Russell Emanuel Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Editing Emile Haris Award Of Excellence" Lead Actor Michael Pugliese Award Of Excellence: lead Actress Briana White Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Suporting Actor Robert Picardo Award Of Excellence: Cinematography Emile Haris Award Of Excellence: Script/Writer Julia Camara Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value | Why Me? Documentary (Foreign Inspirational) Harish Shah |
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CANADA |
CHINA |
USA |
AUSTRALIA |
INDIA |
When the Smoke Clears: A Story of Brotherhood, Resilience and Hope Rebecca Shore |
Cold Call TIGHT SHORTS Philippe Bovet
Award Of Excellence: Supporting actor: Hemanth Kashinath Award Of Excellence: Supporting Actress Jackie Smyth Barker |
The 99th Encounter PSA Linman WU |
A Simple Story Of Love STUDENT Farzad Refahi |
Waltzing Tilda STUDENT (Foreign) Jonathan Wilhelmsson Outstanding Excellence: Lead actress Holly Fraser Special Mention: Bandit The Rabbit |
Firdaws TIGHT SHORTS Mayur Puri |
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USA |
MEXICO |
UK |
USA | USA | USA |
In The Now TIGHT SHORTS
Jessie Wei
AWARD Outstanding Excellence: Editing and directing |
Sphere Of Life TIGHT SHORTS Environmental Docufiction Rodolfo Juarez Award Of Excellence: Cinematography, Direction, SFX: Animation Award of Exceptional Merit: SFX: Visual Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Voice-Over Talent Humberto Zurita |
Escape DRAMA Agnieszka Piotrowska |
Angels Of The Sky DOCUMENTARY (Historical) Trent McGee | Hot Flash COMEDY Barbie DeSantis NO POSTER AVAILABLE | The Man with the Axe DRAMA Joe Raffa NO POSTER AVAILABLE |
Lonely souls of microbes | Russian Federation | Loose Shorts | Outstanding Excellence Award Of Excellence: Direction Mikhail Romanovskiy |
Plant Codes, Unleashing Nature's Healing Power | USA | Documentary | Outstanding Excellence |
Quiet Please... The Expanded Edition | USA | Documentary | Outstanding Excellence Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Content/Message Delivery |
Saving the Planet, One Bite At A Time | USA | Documentary | Outstanding Excellence |
The Bullish Farmer | USA | Documentary | Outstanding Excellence |
I WANTED TO TELL YOU | Israel | Loose Shorts | Outstanding Excellence |
Character Study | USA | Student | Outstanding Excellence |
Salad Days | Canada | Student | Outstanding Excellence Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Lead Actor Jack Doupe-Smith |
Rock the Road | Poland | TV Show | Outstanding Excellence |
THE CLUMSY SHE-UNICORN |
Spain |
Animated Short |
Outstanding Excellence Award Of Excellence: SFX/Animation |
Venus Obscura | France | Art-House | Excellence |
10.04.10 - with my own eyes | Poland | Documentary | Excellence |
Backpedal | USA | Documentary | Excellence |
Beerocracy | Canada | Documentary | Excellence Award of Excellence :Voice Over Talent |
King In The Mountain | USA | Documentary | Excellence |
Our Republican Documentary: Six Months on the Presidential Campaign Trail | USA | Documentary | Excellence |
The Joyful Life of David Beckman | USA | Documentary | Excellence |
Be My First | Canada/Japan | Drama | Excellence |
Book Of choices | USA | Drama | Excellence |
In Confidence | France | Drama | Excellence Award of Outstanding Excellence: Sound Editing |
The Theater | USA | Horror (trailer) | Excellence |
Shalin Kapoor's 'The Road'..... | UK | Inspirational | Excellence |
The Last Equinox | UK | Loose Shorts | Excellence Award Of Excellence: Original Song, Original Score |
Coastkeeper | USA | PSA | Excellence |
Don't Drink and Drive | USA | PSA | Excellence |
Breaker | Canada/Japan | Sci-Fi | Excellence |
Eve | UK | Student | Excellence |
Unwelcome | USA | Student | Excellence |
Window Shopping | USA | Student | Excellence |
Ambush | USA | Tight Shorts | Excellence Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Lead Actor John S. Boles |
Give or Take | Germany | Tight Shorts | Excellence |
Rub Your Eyes Until You See Stars | Netherlands | Tight Shorts | Excellence |
Sounds Of freedom | USA | Webisode | Excellence |
Walk With The Devil | USA | Loose Shorts | Excellence |
Timeline '2017 | Russian Federation | Tight Shorts | Excellence |
Presentiment |
New Zealand |
Loose Shorts |
Excellence Award Of Excellence: Script/Writer Danny Phillips |
A Heart That Forgives |
USA |
Inspirational |
Excellence |
Dreams & Nightmares |
UK |
Documentary Inspirational Loose Shorts |
Award Of Excellence: Documentary Award of Excellence: Inspirational Award Of Excellence: Loose Shorts |
Menage A Moi | UK | Tight Shorts |
Award Of Excellence |
Big Fish Blues | USA | Documentary | Exceptional Meit |
Mr. Tomato Head | USA | Animation | Exceptional Merit |
Open Wound the Ueber movie | Germany | Art-House | Exceptional Merit |
Dumbass Shakedown | USA | Comedy | Exceptional Merit |
Do U Want It | USA | Documentary | Exceptional Merit |
Report from World 3 | USA | Documentary | Exceptional Merit |
The Jumper Maybach Story | USA | Documentary | Exceptional Merit |
Waterman | USA | Documentary | Exceptional Merit |
Azad | USA | Drama - Inspirational - Art-House | Exceptional Meritin
all 3 main
categories. Award Of Merit: Lead Actor Award Of Exceptional merit: Script Writing: Award Of Exceptional Merit: Direction: Award Of Exceptional Merit - Original Concept |
The Shadow | Italy | Horror | Exceptional Merit |
Secrets, Dreams, Faith and Wonder: A Visual Music Film by Stephen T. Pope and Friends | USA | Inspirational | Exceptional Merit |
South of Swan Creek | USA | Inspirational | Exceptional Merit Award Of Merit: Lead Actress Debbie Sutcliffe |
Teenagers | France | Inspirational | Exceptional Merit |
Tuned In | Canada | Inspirational | Exceptional Merit Award Of Exceptional Merit: Direction Award Of Excellence:Lead Actress Marley Cabral Award of Exceptional Merit: Supporting Actor Jamie Rainbird Award of Exceptional Merit: Supporting Actress Corina Leatherdale Award of Excellence: Cinematography David Jackson |
Embodiment | Canada | Loose Shorts | Exceptional Merit |
Shock Therapy | UK | Loose Shorts | Exceptional Merit Award Of Excellence: Cinematography |
Child Labour | USA | PSA | Exceptional Merit |
Afterlife | USA | Student | Exceptional Merit |
Learning to Paint and Love Still Life | USA | Student | Exceptional Merit |
Our Way To Fall | USA | Student | Exceptional Merit |
Q | USA | Student | Exceptional Merit |
The Reunion | USA | Student | Exceptional Merit |
Choice | USA | Tight Shorts | Exceptional Merit |
Mystes | UK | Tight Shorts | Exceptional Merit Award Of Excellence: Direction Anna Beckmann Award Of Exceptional Merit: Script Writer Anna Beckmann |
Alchemy | USA | Tight Shorts Art-House | Exceptional Merit Award Of Excellence: Actor Lead Ian Kevin Scott Award Of Merit: Sound Editing Luke Allen Award Of Exceptional Merit: Original Score Luke Allen Award Of Exceptional Merit: Original concept Ian Kevin Scott |
Love, Steve | AU | Tightr Shorts | Exceptional Merit |
Dudes | USA | Webisode | Exceptional Merit |
The Other Side Of The Door | USA | Zero Budget | Exceptional Merit |
Siren Song: Women Singers Of Pakistan | USA | Documentary | Exceptional Merit Award Of Exceptional Merit: Research Award Of Exceptional Merit:Original Concept |
Receta | Greece | Art-House | Exceptional Merit |
may I ? remix# | Portugal | Art-House | Merit |
Closing the Palms Playhouse - the End of an Era in Davis | USA | Documentary | Merit Award Of Exceptional Merit: Original Song |
All Over Again | USA | Drama | Merit Award Of Exceptional Merit:ViewerImpact Award Of Merit:OriginalConcept |
Palpitations of Dust | USA | Inspirational | Merit |
Inside The Woods | USA | Student | Merit |
MacCumhaill (McCool) | Ireland | Student | Merit |
Shrimp | USA | Student | Merit Award Of Excellence: SFX:Visual Award Of Merit: Content/Message Delivery |
Inner Void | USA | Tight Shorts | Merit |
Isn't It Romantic? | USA | Tight Shorts | Merit |
Peace, Like A River | USA | Tight Shorts | Merit |
Mister Clean | USA | Zero Budget | Merit Award Of Exceptional Merit: Sound Editing Award Of Exceptional Merit: Editing Award Of Exceptional Merit: Direction Award Of Merit: Cinematography Award Of Excellence: Original Score |
Prudence Drive | USA | Zero Budget | Merit Award Of Merit: Screenplay |
White Powder | UK | Zero Budget | Merit |
New York 2150 (TV Pilot) | USA | Sci-Fi - Webisode Pilot | Merit both main categories Award Of Outstanding Excellence: SFX: Visual Award Of Excellence:Editing Award Of Merit:Direction Award Of Excellence: Cinematography |
Rey Rivera |
USA |
Student |
Merit |
Zica Epidemic |
USA |
Student |
Merit |
Special Olimpics: We Are Athletes Too |
USA |
Student |
Merit |
The Break In |
USA |
Student |
Merit |
A Hitch List |
USA |
TV Show |
Merit |
Down | USA | Student | Kudos |
Eternalness | USA | Student | Kudos |
Thumbs Up | USA | Student | Kudos |
Pinocchio's Drone |
USA |
Tight Shorts |
Kudos |
Apeiron | Italy | Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Original Concept |
Blues Legend | USA | Award of Excellence: Original Score |
The Wicked Gift | Italy | Award Of Excellence: Original
Score Award Of Excellence: Supporting Actor Francesco Emulo |
Dreams & Nightmares |
UK |
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Viewer Impact: Inspirational |