Winter 2020 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. |
Another
Yesterday (USA) |
Drama |
Best
Of Show Award Of Excellence: Set Design Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Direction, Steven Heil Award Of Excellence: Makeup Award Of Excellence: Sound Editing Award Of Excellence: SFX: Visual Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Content/Message Delivery |
Perception: Seeing Is Not
Believing (USA) |
Documentary |
Best
Of Show |
The
Dalai
Lama: Scientist (USA) |
Documentary |
Best
Of Show Award Of Excellence: Editing |
Who
Am I
(USA) |
Documentary |
Best
Of Show |
Butterfly
(USA) |
Loose
Shorts |
Award
Of
Outstanding Excellence Award Of Excellence: Direction, Bonnie Foster |
Dancer By The Sea (USA) |
Tight Shorts |
Award Of Outstanding
Excellence Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Viewer Impact: Inspirational |
Hope for Breast Cancer (USA) | Documentary | Award Of Outstanding
Excellence |
Kingdom Anthem: The Kingdom Descends Upon the World (ROK) | Religious/Faith | Award Of Outstanding
Excellence |
Slumdog
Saints - The women who joined hands (Thailand) |
Inspirational |
Award
Of Outstanding Excellence |
Staring at the sea (Spain) |
Drama |
Award Of Outstanding Excellence |
Stolen Babies of Spain (USA) | Documentary |
Award Of Outstanding
Excellence |
THE CONDOR & THE EAGLE (Germany) | Documentary |
Award Of Outstanding
Excellence |
The Gate: Dawn of the Bahá’í Faith (USA) |
Documentary |
Award
Of Outstanding Excellence |
Bourgeois Absolution
(Netherlands) |
Student |
Award Of Excellence |
CAN ART STOP A BULLET:
William
Kelly's Big Picture (AU) |
Inspirational |
Award Of Excellence |
CEPHALOPOD
(UK) |
Sci-Fi |
Award
Of Excellence |
Counter
Histories: Rock Hill (USA) |
Documentary |
Award
Of Excellence |
DIE
BURG
(Germany) |
Documentary |
Award
Of
Excellence |
Good Night, Sleep Tight
(Canada) |
Loose Shorts |
Award Of Excellence |
Life After Life (Ireland) |
Loose Shorts |
Award Of Excellence |
Magic
Lemon (Germany) |
Zero Budget Tight Shorts |
Award Of Excellence BOTH Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Lead Actor, Misha Jaeger |
MAN
IN THE MIDDLE (Germany) |
Tight
Shorts |
Award
Of Excellence |
Night
Shift
(New Zealand) |
Student |
Award
Of
Excellence |
Roundup Wine Song (USA) |
Animated |
Award Of Excellence |
Test Your Love (Bostwana) |
PSA |
Award Of Excellence |
Teen Musical
"Behind-the-Scenes" Documentary (USA) |
Documentary |
Award Of Excellence Award Of Excellence: Lead Actor, Marc Mouton Award Of Excellence: Direction, Marc Mouton |
Teen Musical - The
Movie (USA) |
Religious/Faith |
Award Of Excellence Award Of Excellence: Lead Actor, Marc Mouton Award Of Excellence: Direction, Marc Mouton Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Script Writer, Marc Mouton Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Original Song Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Original Score Award Of Excellence: Lead actress, Lili-Kayy Park Award Of Excellence:Lead Actor, Jake Landry Award Of Excellence: Supporting Actress, Roxanne Marchand Award Of Excellence: Supporting Actor, Mike Rase |
They Soon Forgot Their Words (USA) |
Student |
Award Of Excellence |
Thunder
Rush (USA) |
Inspirational |
Award
Of Excellence |
Tyrant (USA) |
Tight Shorts |
Award Of Excellence Award Of Excellence: Content/Message Drelivery |
UNCLAIMED
REMAINS "Forgotten" (USA) |
TV
Show Inspirational Documentary |
Award
Of Excellence (All Three Main Categories) Award Of Excellence: Content/Message Delivery Award Of Excellence: Direction Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Inspirational Award Of Excellence: Original Concept Award Of Excellence: Cinematography Award Of Excellence: Lead Actor, Dan Kroeper |
VAL
(USA) |
Webisode
(Pilot) |
Award
Of Excellence |
We
Meet On The Roof (China) |
Student |
Award
Of Excellence |
When the Fever Breaks
(USA) |
Horror |
Award Of Excellence |
Where
We Fit (USA) |
Comedy |
Award
Of Excellence Award Of Excellence: Direction, Keith Macri Award Of Excellence: Script/Writer, Keith Macri Award Of Excellence: Original concept |
100% Girl (Taiwan) |
Student |
Award Of Exceptional Merit |
As
Good As Bread (USA) |
Student |
Award
Of Exceptional Merit |
Boolala (USA) |
Tight Shorts |
Award Of Exceptional Merit |
California to Ghana |
USA |
Award Of Exceptional Merit |
Chasm
(UK) |
Drama |
Award
Of Exceptional Merit |
Driftwood
(Sweden) |
Loose
Shorts |
Award
Of
Exceptional Merit |
Dutch
(USA) |
Loose
Shorts |
Award
Of
Exceptional Merit Award Of Excellence: Direction Award Of Exceptional Merit: Original Score Award Of Excellence: Lead Actress, Angela Oh |
From The Ashes (USA) |
Loose Shorts |
Award Of Exceptional Merit |
Frozen Dead, a tv series
(USA) |
TV Show |
Award Of Exceptional Merit |
Happy Lodge (Singapore) |
Student |
Award Of Exceptional Merit |
Happy Pill (USA) |
Student |
Award Of Exceptional Merit |
Hello
(USA) |
Horror |
Award
Of
Exceptional Merit |
Land Mine (USA) |
Documentary |
Award
Of Exceptional Merit |
Not
The PC:
Episode 3: Kidnap (UK) |
Webisode |
Award
Of
Exceptional Merit |
Meng
Hua Lu (USA) |
Art-house |
Award
Of Exceptional Merit Award Of Excellence: Original Score |
MORTE ET DABO : GIFT OF
DEATH
(Canada) |
Art-house |
Award Of Exceptional Merit Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Cinematography |
PATHS OF LIFE
(Switzerland) |
Documentary |
Award Of Exceptional Merit |
Pushing
Envelopes (USA) |
Inspirational |
Award
Of Exceptional Merit Award Of Merit: Editing |
Singing A Great Dream
(USA) |
Documentary |
Award Of Exceptional Merit |
State (USA) |
Art-house |
Award Of Exceptional Merit |
Teach Me to Fly (New
Zealand) |
Student |
Award Of Exceptional Merit |
The Bad News (Eritrea) |
Drama |
Award Of Exceptional Merit Award Of Excellence: Lead Actor, abrham tekleab Award Of Exceptional Merit: Cinematography Award Of Excellence: Direction Award Of Excellence: Editing Award Of Excellence: Scrip/Writer Award Of Exceptional Merit: Original score |
The
Cost of Freedom (USA) |
Inspirational |
Award
Of Exceptional Merit Award Of Exceptional Merit: Viewer Impact: Inspirational |
The End Of The War (AU) |
Documentary |
Award Of Exceptional Merit Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Inspirational |
The
Gift of Winter (USA) |
LGBT |
Award
Of Exceptional Merit Award Of Exceptional Merit: Direction Award Of Exceptional Merit: Editing Award Of Exceptional Merit: Sound Editing |
The
Legend of the ChickenFish (Canada) |
Animated Documentary |
Award
Of Exceptional Merit BOTH Award Of Excellence: Direction, Giles Sander |
To: You (USA) |
Student Animated |
Award Of Exceptional
Merit BOTH |
Unbinding
(India) |
Student |
Award
Of Exceptional Merit |
The
Ways Of Misery (Philippines) |
Student |
Award
Of Exceptional Merit |
Viscera
(USA) |
Art-house
Film |
Award
Of Exceptional Merit Award Of Excellence: Lead Actor, Dominic Kates Award Of Excellence: Original Score, Alexandre Llanes |
When
I was 5 or 6 years old (Austria) |
Inspirational |
Award
Of Exceptional Merit Award Od Excellence: Original Score, Jens Mahla |
Why
We Love
War (UK) |
Documentary |
Award
Of
Exceptional Merit |
Woman
From
Mars (USA) |
Documentary |
Award
Of
Exceptional Merit |
Beyond
Staffing (Malaysia) |
Comedy Tight Shorts |
Award
Of Merit BOTH |
Blackout
(AU) |
Student |
Award
Of Merit |
Lola
(USA) |
Student |
Award
Of Merit Award Of Merit: Lead Actress, Lola Sikking |
NIUNIU
(USA) |
Student |
Award
Of Merit |
Nobody's
Home (USA) |
Comedy |
Award
Of Merit |
No
Gyroscope
(USA) |
Inspirational |
Award
Of
Merit Award Of Exceptional Merit: Original Concept |
Perfidious (USA) |
Tight Shorts |
Award Of Merit |
Reality
101
(UK) |
Student |
Award
Of
Merit |
Rendezvous / Rendezvous
gone
wrong (Belgium) |
Comedy |
Award Of Merit |
Soul Abode (USA) |
Student |
Award Of Merit |
Swimming
Upstream (USA) |
Alternate
Media |
Award
Of
Merit |
The
Headless Hipster (Canada) |
Tight
Shorts |
Award
Of Merit |
The
Odyssey of the AOR (USA) |
TV
Show |
Award
Of Merit Award Of Merit: Lead Actor, Jack Luceno |
When Thoughts Stick To Your Mind (USA) |
Inspirational |
Award
Of Merit |
Will
You Hold Me (USA) |
Inspirational |
Award
Of Merit Award Of Exceptional merit: Original Concept |
Without Notes (Russia) | Webisode (Pilot) | Award Of Merit |
A
Mother's
Love (Taiwan) |
Award
Of
Outstanding Excellence: Inspirational |
Exploring
the Pacific Northwest (USA) |
Award
Of
Excellence: Original score, Jonathan Galland |
La Città Vuota - Out of
the Blue
(Italy) |
Award Of Excellence:
Original
Score, Nicola Bottos |
Labour (India) |
Award Of Excellence:
Cinematography, Sathyapathy |
Standing in the Storm:
stories
of life by wise women (USA) |
Award Of Exceptional
Merit:
Content/Message Delivery |
The Curtain (Turkey) |
Award Of Exceptional
Merit:
Costume Design |
The gray woman (Germany) |
Award Of Exceptional
Merit: Lead
Actress |
The Letter (Republic Of
Korea) |
Award Of Excellence:
Cinematography |
The
People of the Heavenly Kingdom (Italy) |
Award
Of Outstanding Excellence: Inspirational |