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.
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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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 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. |
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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:
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. |
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
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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 |