Spring 2019 WINNERS
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.


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.




Dragonflies Only Live For 24 Hours - UK
Richard Anthony Dunford


  • DIRECTOR: Richard Anthony Dunford
  • Dragonflies only live for 24 hours
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UK
UK
AU
The Lost Sole
  Animated
Sunny Clarkel


"The Lost Sole" is a 7-minute, 2D animated adventure comedy based on the story of the same name from Dorset-based author Clive M. Jenns.
"The Lost Sole" follows the enchanting tale of a characterful shoe, Deano, separated from its partner Torvey on the beach and swept away to sea by the tide. How will Deano survive his journey across the sea? Who and what will he encounter along the way? And how will Torvey cope without her 'sole-mate' by her side?



ELI
Tight Shorts (Drama)
Colin Gerrard


A terrorist attack raises uncomfortable questions about immigration, identity and morality. When a group of disillusioned strangers encounter Eli, an elderly man, can the harrowing events torn from his past influence their future?



Colin Gerrard attended film school in Italy.

His first film was a documentary about America, ‘AMERICANS…at the end of the day’.

His second film, a narrative fiction, is entitled ‘I KNOW YOU’ was selected for 90 film festivals worldwide and won 20 awards.

Colin Produced his next film, ‘CHERRY CAKE’, Directed by Jaine Green. This film was selected to 30 festivals worldwide including Palm Springs and St. Louis.

His new film, ‘ELI’, has been supported by a wonderful cast and crew.


Find  Your Voice
Inspirational
Chris Herd



Find Your Voice is a celebration of family and
culture as a young Maori rapper finds
 his voice, on a comical yet
spiritual journey to his home.
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Chris Herd has enjoyed a colorful 25 years of film
 and television Experience across
 3 continents including filming with
 the BBC, ABC, Discovery Channel and
National Geographic
. Highlights include filming Lonely Planet,
BBCs Earth Report, (Leprosy in Brazil),
 BBCs Bombay Blush, (Popular culture in India)
and Nat Geo’s Voyage to the Planets.
 After completing his first feature documentary
Wheels to Wings, (the history of Qantas),
 Chris was ready to tackle his first feature film:
Find Your Voice, staring Adam Saunders
and the Academy Award nominee
 Keisha Castle-Hughes.
It has recently won the Maui Film Festival
 Audience award for World Cinema.
 Chris currently lives and works
 in Sydney with his wife and Son.











USA
USA
UK
The Spirit Seam
Animated
Ashley Gerst


The Spirit Seam is a short animated film about a little girl, Pollywog, and her Pap-Paw. Located in an Appalachain coal-mining town in the 1950s, the film takes the audience through the daily life of both characters. At the start of the film, the characters eat breakfast together and then travel to their respective locations- Pollywog is dropped off at school, and Pap-Paw clocks into work at the Hiraethsburg coal mine. Throughout the film they experience the simple pleasures of rural Appalachian life: catching fireflies, fishing, catching frogs, and birthdays.

Pap-Paw and Pollywog's bond is incredibly strong. In fact, they are inseparable until illness threatens to fracture their small family.

This film is an homage to Gerst's maternal side and their origins working in Southwestern Pennsylvania. It is a piece rooted not only in family roots and origin, but in grief over the loss of family members as well.

The Spirit Seam combines a mixture of animation mediums. The characters have been 3D modeled and animated in Audodesk Maya while the elemental effects are created in the 2D Animation software Toonboom Harmony. The sets are created physically, and are created in a variety of ways: 3D printing, embroidery, felted yarn, and sculptural techniques.




Ashley Gerst is a 2D and 3D animator living in Brooklyn NY. She holds a BFA in Digital Arts from Cleveland Institute of Art and an MFA in Computer Art from School of Visual Arts.


In addition to her professorial work at William Paterson, Ashley is a freelance animator working for a variety of production companies and clients in the Greater New York City area. She has created animation and VFX for broadcast commercials, TV shows, and documentaries for AMC, VH1, and BET. Some of her clients include Fast Company, Behance, Credit Suisse, Nivea, Nissan, Afrin, Red Bull, Hudson Media, CBS, Nurturing Press, iNomadics, Redwood Living and more.

Ashley Gerst was also responsible for animating the title sequence for the 2018 feature film 'The Con is On'. The film, distributed by Grindhouse/Lionsgate, is a heist comedy directed by James Haslam and stars Uma Thurman and Tim Roth.

Right Before Your eyes
Inspirational
Sherri North
Also:
Award Of Exceptional Merit:
Original Song :
Heaven Song" by Sherri North


Inspired by true events.
A recovering alcoholic embarks on
 an epic journey home to reunite
 with his Autistic son he has not
seen since birth.



This film marks David Vincent
 Bobb's  Directorial debut.
 "Right Before Your Eyes" was

 also Produced and Written
 by David.

 The story is inspired by actual
 events in  David's life,
a recovering addict

and alcoholic on an epic journey
home to reunite with his Autistic
 son he has not seen since birth..

Foreign
LGBT
Mark Pinkosh



Ruby Welles
 (stand-up comedienne Suzi Ruffell
 in her acting debut)
navigates the streets of London’s
 Soho, a first date, a secret struggle
and the challenge of being a
single thirty  something lesbian
 buffeted by  the sounds and
 bustle of the West  End in Mark
Pinkosh’s first film.
 With Jessica Murrain and Jenny Bede. 


Mark Pinkosh (writer & director)
is the founder of the Starving
Artists Productions, UK, a theate
 production company.
Heading the company since 1984,
 Pinkosh has produced over sixty shows,
 directed twenty-two and performed
 in several of them.
 Born in Germany, raised in
 Hawaii from the age of 8,
 Pinkosh started
working and living in
 the UK in 1988.
Since 1993 Mark has worked with
writer Godfrey Hamilton,
his partner (on stage and off).
Their work together has taken them
 around the world performing at
a variety of International Festivals
in Toronto, New Zealand,
Vancouver and Miami
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CHINA
SWITZERLAND
USA
Chubby Cafe
COMEDY

Li Qia
Also:
Outstanding Excellence
Award Of Outstanding excellence:
 script Writer, cao yiwen
Award Of Excellence: Original Concept
Award Of Excellence:
 Content/Message Delivery


Chubby is the boss of Chubby Café. She has four lovely employees: Lazy, Petty, Anger and Simple. Each of them has distinct personality. One day they saved a mysterious woman named Illusion from a suitcase. Illusion lost her memory and tried to find out who put her in the suitcase and delivered her to Chubby Café. At that time, three types of customers draw her attention: two crying little girls from orphanage, two passionate lovers and a homeless who made lots of troubles. Everyone in Chubby Café reminded her of parts of memory... At last, Illusion realized all of people are related to her: Chubby and she are like the two crying little girls who grew up together in orphanage. The passionate couple represents her boyfriend and her. And the homeless is her biological father, who left home to find daughter...At one time, in pursuit of "love", Illusion abandoned Chubby and Father. But at the last moment of her life, she regrets. Then she appeared in the suitcase. In fact, she never left it. Everything happened in Chubby café was her illusion. Finally, she realized who are the most important people of life. And she may revenge in an unexpected way. Chubby said "Hopeless Hope". Hopelessness also can offer power. It's never too late to restart.




A director of mainland China, is good at directing TV series. His works are: Hero,The happy life of the poor,The cop has 9 lives,Surprise for the unlucky, etc. It's his first time to direct film. 
李恰,中国内地导演,出生于河南洛阳。曾成功执导电视剧《负二代的幸福生活》、《英雄》、《九命刑警》,数字电影《倒霉大叔的新事》等影视作品。

 


Icarus Rising
Loose Shorts

Sara Hermann



Icarus Rising is the story of two best friend fighter pilots, one in the USAF and one in the RAF, and the aftermath of a friendly fire incident in which one of them dies. The guilt-ridden survivor sets out to make amends, only to discover an entirely unknown side of his friend’s life. Along the way a shaman introduces him to an ancient belief: If you kill someone, you must become a “Speaker for the Dead,” discover what they left unfinished, and complete it in order to free both of your souls.



First-time filmmaker Sara Hermann is a native of Austria, a permanent resident in Switzerland, and a naturalized U.S. citizen, living in Las Vegas, Nevada. She has been working in Europe and in the United States as a publisher of ancient Greek philosophy and in other fields of business.


Barney Burman's Wild Boar
  HORROR

Barney Burman
Award Of Excellence: Makeup
Award Of Excellence:
 Original Concept


A world where man is suddenly no longer at the top of the food chain. A small group of Geocachers -- modern day weekend treasure hunters -- go searching in the desert for a bounty left by an eccentric billionaire. Instead they end up being hunted by a mutant boar with an axe to grind. It's a race for survival and those who don't make it are sure to be served up for dinner.





A lifelong cineaste and third-generation monster maker, Barney Burman was quite literally raised in and around the world of movies, acting and special make-up effects.

At the age of 14, he took his first acting class and, at the same time, started officially working in his father, Tom Burman’s, make-up fx studio. As a young adult, Barney split his time designing and creating monsters and dead people as well as continuing to pursue an acting career. He accepted bit parts in films he was doing make-up for, such as From a Whisper to a Scream, Circuitry Man and Adam Simon’s Brain Dead, to name a few.







AMSTEROID
USA
Sci-Fi
Outstanding Excellence
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: SFX:Visual
FREE SLAVE
Turkey
Drama
Outstanding Excellence
Keeping Mum
UK
Loose Shorts
Outstanding excellence
Award Of Excellence: Supporting Actor, Mark Cox
Award Of Excellence: Supporting Actress, Victoria O'Rourke
Award Of Outstanding excellence: direction, David Goodall
Seven Seas
Canada
Drama
Outstanding Excellence
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Direction, Martin-Philippe Tremblay
The Unsolved Mystery
Malta
Documentary
Outstanding Excellence
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Research
Award Of Excellence: Editing
Award Of Excellence: Direction
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Cinematography
Undeterred
USA
Documentary
Outstanding Excellence




















1947 Two Soldiers
India
Tight Shorts
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Research
Award Of Excellence: Direction, Sravan Gajabhinkar
Award Of Excellence: Editing
Award Of Excellence: Scrip/Writer
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Original Concept
AMSTEROID
USA
Sci-Fi
Excellence
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: SFX:Visual
ANASTASIA AND THE SEVEN GNOMES
USA
Sci-Fi
Excellence
Big Lies
USA
Documentary
Excellence
BOZKIR LOOK AT THE BIRDS
Turkey
Drama
Excellence
Exilic Trilogy
Canada
Art-house
Excellence
Exploring Hope for Better Times
USA
Inspirational
Excellence
GIVE + TAKE
Canada
Loose Shorts
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Lead Actress, Ray Kennington
Award Of Excellence: Direction, Armand Hamouth
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value

I Do
USA
Webisode
Excellence
INCANDESCENT USA Loose Shorts Excellence




I See My Life Through Your Eyes
Finland
Art-house
Excellence
I See The Roses
USA
PSA
Excellence
Isaac Pope: The Spirit of an  American Century
USA
Documentary
Excellence
Never Alone
USA
TV Show
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Lead Actor, Alan Brent
Award Of Excellence: Lead Actress, Ariel Michael
Award Of Excellence: Direction, Ronnie Michael
Award Of Excellence: Supporting Actress, Rudi Lee
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Original Song, Kim Prevost and Bill Solley
Pink Tax PSA
USA
PSA
Excellence
Queen of Rio
USA
Art-house Film
Excellence
RABIA AND OLIVIA
Canada
Drama
Excellence
Remembering: The Maurits Kiek Story
USA
Documentary
Excellence
The Light Between Two Towers
USA
Documentary
Excellence
Truth Be Told: Irving Norman and the Human Predicament
USA
Documentary
Excellence
The Killer Postman Trailer
USA
Tight Shorts
Excellence
The Mouse
Israel
Tight Shorts
Excellence
Vietnam Aftermath
USA
Inspirational
Excellence
We Are Not Princesses
USA
Documentary
Excellence
Where Is My Home
Taiwan
Inspirational
Excellence














A Little Touch of Harry
USA
Comedy
Exceptional Merit
50/50: The Documentary
Canada
Documentary
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Excellence: Direction, Tanya Lapointe & Laurence Tr?panier
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Editing, Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
Award Of Excellence: Original Score, Viviane Audet, Robin-Joel Cool, Alexis Martin
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Content/Message Delivery
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Viewer Impact: Inspirational
A letter to your inner child from a good father
Denmark
Inspirational
Exceptional Merit
A Life in August
UK
Drama
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Excellence: Lead actor, Haston McLaren
Award Of Excellence: Lead Actress, Lisa Miller
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Cinematography, Haston McLaren
Award Of Excellence: Direction, Haston McLaren
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Editing, Haston McLaren
Award Of Excellence: Original Score, Haston McLaren

A voice surrounding the city
USA
Inspirational
Exceptional Merit
Broken Propeller
USA
Documentary
Exceptional Merit
DLR
USA
Student
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Cinematography, Kyle B. Crowder
Award Of Excellence: Editing, Nikolas Gardner
Award Of Excellence: SFX: Visual, Nikolas Gardner and Kyle B. Crowder
End of the World with Dick and Jane
USA
Tight Shorts
Exceptional Merit
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke
Canada
Art-house Film
Exceptional Merit
Ghost Box
USA
Horror
Exceptional Merit
Global Dance Heroes - Global Inspiration!
USA
Inspirational
Exceptional Merit
Hans Breuer - Living in the Open
Austria
Documentary
Loose Shorts
Exceptional Merit BOTH
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Editing
Heads
USA
Loose Shorts
Exceptional merit
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Content/Message Delivery
Hindsight
AU
Tight Shorts
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Direction, Bass Hathaway
Award Of Excellence: Original Score, Steve Toppa
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Lead Actor, Bass Hathaway
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Lead Actress, Josie Waller
Hollywood Mouth 3
USA
Drama
Exceptional Merit
House Blend
USA
Student
Exceptional Merit
Innocent Killer
AU
Drama
Art-house Film
Exceptional Merit BOTH
Interview
USA
Student
Exceptional merit
Lifespans
USA
Student
Exceptional Merit
Norman Short Film
Canada
Tight Shorts
Exceptional merit
Percy Talks
USA
Animated
Exceptional Merit




shadowland
Switzerland
Animated
Exceptional Merit
Six Gifts
USA
Inspirational
Exceptional Merit
Steppe man
Azerbaijan
Art-house Film
Exceptional Merit
Stress & Success: A Georgetown Story
USA
Documentary
Student
Exceptional Merit: BOTH
Award Of Excellence: Content/Message Delivery
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Inspirational
The Curse of Hezekiah - First Episode Only
USA
Webisode
Exceptional Merit
The Eviction
USA
Loose Shorts
Exceptional Merit
Under the Whale
USA
Tight Shorts
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Original Concept
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Content/Message Delivery
The Mom Plan
USA
Student
Exceptional Merit
TILLIE
USA
Student
Exceptional Merit
UNO PARA TODOS
Germany
Documentary
Exceptional Merit
What is Water?
USA
Loose Shorts
Exceptional Merit
What I See In You
Canada
Student
Exceptional Merit
Who Is Jeff Rector
USA
Documentary
Exceptional Merit

















A Family Recipe that Cannot be Followed Written Down
USA
Student
Merit
ALONE
USA
Loose Shorts
Merit
Baby Crabby Pants
USA
Comedy
Merit
Billy Monk – Shot in the Dark
South Africa
Documentary
Merit
Breaking Cycles
USA
Student
Merit
Can We All Get Along? The Segregation of John Muir High School
USA
Documentary
Merit
KRIS
USA
Drama
Merit
Life Of  A Mosquito
New Zealand
Student
Merit
Love Thy Neighbor
USA
Student
Merit
Monday Night Scandals
USA
LGBT
Merit
Ripples Of Water
USA
LGBT
Merit
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Lead Actor, Gian Carlo Durland
Sleep is for the Week
USA
Student
Merit
So that's how it happened
AU
Comedy
Merit
Stray Cat
Ireland
Loose Shorts
Merit
The Cursed Idol of 7B
USA
Loose Shorts
Merit
The Wait of Stones
USA
Tight Shorts
Merit
Tommy
Canada
Tight Shorts
Merit
Trouble
Finland
Tight Shorts
Merit
Uncle Fun: You're The One
USA
Documentary
Merit



















Over the Line
USA
Loose Shorts
Kudos
Award Of Merit: Original Concept
The Butcher Shop
USA
Student
Kudos
The Markus Situation
Germany
Alternate Media
Kudos





135th USCT, untold story
USA
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Inspirational
America Land of the FreeKS
USA
Award Of Excellence: Content/Message Delivery
bOObs: The War on Women's Breasts
USA
Award Of Excellence: Content/Message Delivery
How to Bend Concrete in 108 Easy Steps
USA
Award Of Excellence: Sound Editing
lost
USA
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Content/Message delivery
Right Before Your Eyes, "Heaven Song" (original song) by: Sherri North
USA
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Original Song :Heaven Song" by Sherri North
RWANDA
Italy
Award Of Excellence: Original score, Davide Caprelli



Star Quest (TV Series)
UK
Award Of Excellence: Original Concept
Thief
USA
Award Of Excellence: Cinematography
This Is Our Time
USA
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Original Song, Debra Gussin & Dale Effren
Ube Bubog, vol. one, #School of Hard Knocks
USA (Screenplay)
Award Of Excellence: Original Concept
Who's With Me
USA
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Content/Message Delivery