SPRING 2019 WINNERS
In order to insure that each film is studied and rated on an individual basis, DWBFF 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.





Birth of a Pride - South Africa - Wildlife Films

Dereck & Beverly Joubert




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Best Of Show
ITALY
USA USA

Scorched Earth!
Docu-drama Feature
Luca Gianfrancesco

November 1st 1943, in Conca della Campania, a tiny village in a south Italian province, 19 civilians are slaughtered by a Nazi patrol. Graziella Di Gasparro, daughter of one of the fallen, strenuously fought for years to keep alive the memory of that forgotten massacre. The murder of Graziella’s father was the brutal epilogue of the German occupation of that area. Graziella di Gasparro, on November 1st 2016 - after years of suffering and struggles - finally had a day of relief from her tragic family story. In fact, on the 73rd commemoration of the massacre, the German ambassador in Italy attended the institutional ceremony in order to demonstrate the commitment of German govern to reconcile the two European Countries.



 Luca Gianfrancesco
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Director, editor, producer, cameraman and photography director, Luca Gianfrancesco, in 2010 founded with other four partners the Mediacontents productions company, focalized on the pro-duction of documentaries, commercials and - more in general - of audiovisuals. In 2017 he di-rected Scorched Earth! a documentary based on the brutal and bloody epilogue of the German occupation of Italy after the September 8, 1943 armistice.
 
bOObs: The War on Women's Breasts
Health
 Megan S Smith


In “bOObs,” we first learn from medical doctors about myths surrounding mammography, such as mammograms are “early detection” and “low radiation”. We hear heart-breaking stories of how this breast cancer diagnostic test helped to tragically change the lives of three female patients. Then we learn the benefits of thermography in conjunction with ultrasound, and how these two painless tests — neither containing radiation — are capable of finding cancer years before a tumor forms, while having up to twice the accuracy of some mammography machines. Finally, we hear from doctors how financial greed played a large part in sending women down this frightful path in the first place.



When my husband died of lung cancer in 2007, for 6 years I festered over the way he passed until I decided to try and make a difference in the world of cancer, to help people with cancer live longer and better quality lives, and perhaps help them find a cure. And so, I took my Master of Science degree and journalism background and hit the road with a cinematographer, filming doctors, patients and decision makers all over the EU, Mexico and the US. What I discovered was both disturbing and encouraging. Currently, I'm editing a feature documentary on alternative cancer therapies, "A New Standard of Care", but felt the need to put out information on women's breast health in the meantime with the short documentary "bOObs." Hopefully, it will begin a discussion on the world of breast cancer diagnostics -- an area crying out for immediate improvement.



GRATEFUL
Human Spirit
Paul W. Nethercott

In spite of incredible challenges a young woman with ALS finds the courage to keep moving forward.



GRATEFUL is getting a great deal of attention from the news media! See the "News & Reviews" section on the Film Freeway project page for links to coverage of the film.

Audiences respond to GRATEFUL with tears, laughter, and words of heartfelt appreciation and by telling friends and family about the film.

Spontaneous responses to the film taken from Facebook:

-- Incredibly moving film. I and most others did not have a dry face afterwards! Not tears of pity, but rather in awe of this amazing woman’s strength of character! Inspiring film! Thank you for bringing us her story! ??. Kimberly Scattergood.

-- “When fighting obstacles, displaying courage and grace gives all of us hope…” Patty Spitler

-- “Just watched Grateful about my wonderful friend Jenni. It’s everything I thought it would be. Lovely, sad, funny and inspiring.” Heather Morrall

-- “That was absolutely beautiful. And amazing. No words, truly.” I left last night without words to describe how incredible Jenni’s film is. REMARKABLE — just like her.” Dana Benbow




BELGIUM
USA
Republic Of Korea

Once upon a time - An old canal
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Robert Henno

Almost two centuries ago, a canal was dug out to allow barges to transport coal from Charleroi to Brussels. Over the years, the construction has been transformed to allow larger, faster barges to pass through. Deep trenches and sloping surfaces have replaced the meanderings and numerous locks which used to enable steep inclines to be crossed. The authorities were wise enough not to eradicate the abandoned stretches of the old canal. Very quickly, nature reclaimed its rightful place with an abundant and varied fauna and flora which colonised these segments. The film invites you to discover the richness of this biodiversity throughout the seasons.



From a very early age, Robert has been passionate about wildlife films and photography. During the eighties, he set up a photography agency in Brussels, which specialised in nature and the environment. He distributed his photos, as well as those of the world’s top specialists in the field, throughout the five continents. In 2007, he sold the agency to return to fieldwork and make his ultimate dream come true: to make wildlife films. During the following years, he travelled Europe and Africa extensively and amassed enormous amounts of footage. His hunger sated, he turned towards subjects closer to home and began to tell stories with his images. His first film was released in 2016 and was very successful. His dream had come true.



Life Interrupted
Health
Paula A Mozen

“I am sorry, but you have breast cancer.” 
In the United States, one in eight women will hear these shattering words in her lifetime.

LIFE INTERRUPTED is a powerful film featuring intimate stories of three survivors including the filmmaker herself. These women are confronting a life- altering diagnosis and respond to their disease process and the rebuilding of their lives with honesty, dignity, humor, and grace.





  “Ultimately, this is a story of survival, and viewers facing this diagnosis will be reassured by the participants’ honesty and courage in this award-winning film.

-Candace Smith, BOOKLIST Editor 


"A raw and intimate journey of three inspiring warriors battling breast cancer."
-Deanna Lites, Health reporter WWJ Newsradio 950 Detroit


“ Life Interrupted is beautifully done.
Thank you for sharing your story and beautiful film
with our cancer community—and the world!”
-Laura Varon Brown, Executive Director & CEO, Gilda's Club Metro Detroit



To the Brink and Back
Human Spirit
The Church of Almighty God

Since it came to power in mainland China in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party has been relentless in its persecution of religious faith. It has frantically arrested and murdered Christians, expelled and abused missionaries operating in China, confiscated and destroyed countless copies of the Bible, sealed up and demolished church buildings, and vainly attempted to eradicate all house churches.
This documentary is a recounting of the true experience of persecution at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party suffered by Chen Wenzhong, a Chinese Christian. Chen Wenzhong was successful in his career and had a beautiful and happy family, but because he believed in God and performed his duty, he became wanted by the CCP. He was forced to leave home and was on the run for over ten years. In order to learn of his whereabouts, the CCP police constantly monitored, threatened, and intimidated his family, and wouldn't even spare his young son, Xiaoyu. In the end, they forced Xiaoyu onto the path of no return.



This video production was produced as a not-for-profit piece by the Church of Almighty God. The actors that appear in this production are performing on a not-for-profit basis, and have not been paid in any way. This video may not be distributed for profit to any third party, and we hope that everyone will share it and distribute it openly. When you distribute it, please note the source. Without the consent of the Church of Almighty God, no organization, social group, or individual may tamper with or misrepresent the contents of this video.






USA
CANADA

Hero Dog
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Vanessa Schulz

One dog’s heroic act is caught on surveillance camera and the video goes viral to over a million people on YouTube. It inspires a filmmaker to travel to Chile to explore the feasibility of a search for the now infamous “hero dog.” The result is a stirring documentary and the adoption of multiple street dogs, proving that courage is contagious… and one dog can make a difference.


Director Biography - Vanessa Schulz
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Vanessa Schulz
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, WRITER, NARRATOR, EDITOR, SOUND.

A lifelong photographer, Vanessa grew up in South Africa, inspired by the natural world. After attending film school in Cape Town, she immigrated to the United States to gain further experience working as producer and cameraman for NBC, Fox, National Geographic and Discovery Channel. She was Assistant Producer on Discovery’s two-time Emmy award-winning “Wolves at our Door.” Frustrated with mainstream media’s reluctance to air contentious and truthful subject matter, Vanessa created 21st Paradigm, which became incorporated as a non-profit organization in February 2001.

In addition to 24 official film festival selections, Vanessa is the recipient of twelve awards, including Best of Festival and Best Documentary awards. Her most successful film, “Cost of Freedom,” an exposé about wolf reintroduction and the gross exploitation of wildlife by powerful right-wing political factions, inspired judges at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival to create a special jury award “for a filmmaker with the courage to pursue a difficult and controversial topic.” Her films and related campaigns, in particular “Cull of the Wild: The Truth behind Trapping”, have made significant contributions in the legal struggle to protect animals.

With “HERO DOG”, her seventh independent film, Vanessa continues to give voice to the animals she seeks to protect.

The Rarest Drug on Earth
Science
Amanda Verhagen

An incredibly rare isotope called Actinium-225 could revolutionize the way we treat cancer.

Preliminary trials have obliterated cancer in patients given only weeks to live. There's only one problem: it's almost impossible to obtain. Today, most of our global supply comes from American radioactive waste, but it's barely enough to treat a handful of patients per year. Due to this shortage, it's been impossible to do a large-scale clinical trial.

A team of researchers in Vancouver is trying to change that. At TRIUMF, the world’s largest cyclotron particle accelerator, which is owned by a consortium of 20 Canadian universities - scientists are looking at a new way to make Actinium-225 using leftover particles from the accelerator. If successful, Canada could become the global supplier of a brand new, lifesaving cancer treatment.
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USA
CANADA

Patriot Acts
Social Issues
Feature Film

James Lilly

In 2008 independent journalist James Lilly took a small film crew to the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona and Northern Mexico. His goal was to document the escalating cartel wars and the increased Minuteman militia activity on the US side of the border. By 2009 he had identified Shawna Forde and her organization Minuteman American Defense as one of the most dangerous and out of control border groups in the United States. Memorial Day weekend of 2009 Shawna and her team engaged in a brutal assault on a suspected low level marijuana smuggler and his family in Arivaca, Arizona.

This story is a telling of how the propaganda and rhetoric of extremism masquerading as patriotism can motivate some fringes of society to horrific acts.



The Nature of Things episode "The Genetic Revolution"
Social Issues
Robin Bicknell

Technologies like CRISPR are making it possible to quickly and cheaply change the DNA of all living things, including humans. Genes can be edited almost as easily as words on a computer screen. Brilliant scientists from across the globe are using these powerful new gene-editing technologies in ways once thought unimaginable. This new ability to alter our DNA holds the promise of curing disease … saving threatened species … solving the problem of world hunger … maybe even obtaining human perfection. But will the promise be fulfilled?


Robin Sky Bicknell is a multi-award winning documentary director, producer, and writer. She is currently living in Toronto Canada and her family is from Louisiana and Indiana in the United States.

Top broadcasters she has worked with include Discovery, BBC, Channel 4, A&E, History, PBS, Science Channel, MTV, Channel 5, TLC, Discovery Health, Discovery ID, Canal-Vie, Discovery Europe, Slice Network, W Network, Smithsonian Channel and Global Television.

Currently Bicknell is directing and producing Black Watch Snipers – a feature film about five snipers who survived WWII when most of their regiment was killed. Recently she completed Camp X: Secret Agent School – the breakthrough feature film about a top secret WWII spy training camp that was the genesis for the CIA. As well, Bicknell directed, produced and wrote The Curse of the Axe – a groundbreaking feature length documentary about an incredible pre-contact Huron village found near Toronto, and a mysterious axe buried ceremoniously at its center. The film garnered the Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival. She also recently completed the second season of the popular series Surviving Evil – a true crime docudrama that re-enacts the first person accounts of women who survived harrowing attacks.

Bicknell directed, produced and co-wrote the feature length film The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic - which garnered the prestigious 2008 Banff Television Award for Best Canadian Program. She also directed, produced and wrote a feature length documentary entitled The Body Machine which was nominated for the Best Popular Science Documentary Rockie at the 2009 Banff International Television Festival, and she received a Best Science Documentary Gemini nomination. She has also been nominated for a Best Director Gemini for a documentary entitled Roswell: The Truth.

She specializes in doing high-end pop science, deep access, and human stories. She is also accomplished at dramatic recreations for docudramas. Recent projects include four times Gemini nominated The Plastic Fantastic Brain - a two part series about neuro-plasticity, The Need for Speed - an inside look at the subculture of illegal street racing, A Time to Live - the journey of four children with terminal cancer, Tall Ship Chronicles – chronicling the voyage of a group of sail trainees on their voyage around the world, Modern Love – profiling couples with “alternative” ways of expressing love, My Fabulous Gay Wedding starring Scott Thompson of Kids in the Hall fame, and Chicago Film festival’s gold winner for Best Documentary Series, Forensic Factor - demystifying the latest innovations in forensic science.

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CANADA
USA

The Nature of Things episode "A Day in the Life of Earth"
Environmental
Matthew Dyas

From volcanoes to earthquakes and dust migration to meteorites – scientists reveal how much the Earth changes in 24 hours.

Saving ‘Ohi’a -- Hawaii's Sacred Tree
Environmental
Annie Sullivan Kopcsó
& Liza Sullivan

Award Of Excellence: Editing
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Content/Mesage delivery
Award Of Excellence: Cinematography

Saving ‘Ohi’a -- Hawaii's Sacred Tree highlights the significance of Hawaii's native tree species, and "Mother of the Forest," ‘Ohi’a, and the current threat of Rapid ‘Ohi’a Death that is impacting thousands of acres of forest throughout Hawai'i. This film provides an in-depth look into the cultural and ecological importance of Hawaii's keystone species -- and the potential impact of the current epidemic.

Join us for an opportunity to learn more about ‘Ohi’a, the two new fungal pathogens causing Rapid ‘Ohi’a Death, and the devastating threat to the way of life in Hawai'i. Meet the team of scientists, conservationists, and Hawai'i residents determined to protect native Hawaiian forests and save ‘Ohi’a.

Produced by CLUB SULLIVAN for the University of Hawai'i / Hawai'i Invasive Species Council.



Annie Sullivan Kopcso and Liza Sullivan -- sisters & producer/director duo -- make their documentary debut with Saving ‘Ohi’a -- Hawaii's Sacred Tree. After 7 years of running San Diego-based video marketing agency, CLUB SULLIVAN, Inc., the Sullivan Sisters found their calling in documentary filmmaking, an opportunity to combine their craft and passions to make an impact on the world.

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Outstanding Excellence
ALTERNATIVE FACTS: The Lies of Executive Order 9066
USA
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
Amoka
Colombia
Environmental
Outstanding Excellence
Benevolence
USA
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
Cancer Warriors
Malta
Human Spirit Outstanding Excellence
DANZANTES - DANCERS
Spain
Travel/Culture/Arts
Outstanding Excellence
Decoding the Driftless
USA
Environmental
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Science
Outstanding Excellence ALL
Desert Wetlands Pulse of the Outback
AU
Wildlife/Nature/Animals Outstanding Excellence
Dishonour
Canada
Docu-drama Short
Outstanding Excellence
Factory Cowboys - Working with Warhol
USA
Biography
Outstanding Excellence
Fatal Flaws: Legalizing Assisted Death
Canada
Social Issues
Outstanding excellence
Inviolable (Unantastbar)
Germany
Human Spirit
Outstanding Excellence
Ocean City Beach Patrol - The Documentary
USA
Human Spirit Outstanding Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational

Objectif Sauvage
Switzerland
Wildlife/Nature/Animals Outstanding Excellence
Public Figure
USA
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
Rocky Mountains Encounter
Canada
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Award Of Excellence: Direction, John Banovich
Shattered Dreams: Sex Trafficking in America
USA
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
Secrets of the Pangolin
Taiwan
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Outstanding Excellence
TCCON Philippines Philippines
Docu-drama Feature
Outstanding Excellence
The Gate: Dawn of the Bahá’í Faith
USA
Biography
Outstanding Excellence
The Nature of Things Episode "Ice Bridge"
Canada
Science
Outstanding Excellence
The Sacred Place Where Life Begins
USA
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
THE SWEETEST LAND
USA
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
TWISTED GIFT
USA
Health
Outstanding Excellence
Undeterred
USA
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
Welcome To Malta
Malta
Docu-drama Short
Outstanding excellence
WHITE WOLVES – GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC
Germany
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Outstanding Excellence
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Cinematography
Award Of Excellence: Editing
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Award Of Excellence: Direction, Oliver Goetzl











Excellence Award Winners
50/50: The Documentary
Canada
Social Issues
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
And Those Who Dance it Surrender Their Hearts to Each Other
USA
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
A Living Earth
Belgium
Environmental
Excellence
Abandoned
Austria
Health
Excellence
Angels of our better nature
USA
Social Issues
Excellence
A New Leaf: Reimagining Henry Shaw's Museum
USA
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
A Silent Transformation
Canada
Revolution and Reform
Excellence
"Belonging in the USA: The Story of Michael D. McCarty"
USA
Human Spirit
Excellence
Award Od Excellence: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Beyond Climate
Canada
Environmental
Excellence
Beautiful, Diverse, Fun!
USA
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Narration Talent
Boomer Bands
USA
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact:
 Motivational/Inspirational
Border Pain
Israel
Social Issues
Excellence
Breaking the I.C.E
USA
Youth Issues
Excellence
CHILDREN OF UTOPIA
Germany
Youth Issues
Excellence
Cocoon: Beyond The Light
USA
Biography
Excellence
Consulta 32
Spain
Docu-drama Feature
Excellence
Doctor C.
USA
Biography
Excellence
Everybody Has An Andy Dick Story
USA
Biography
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Direction, Cathy Carlson
IN STITCHES
USA
Sports
Excellence
Forged from Fire
AU
Human Spirit
Travel Culture/Arts
Award Of Excellence: Travel/Culture/Arts
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Human Spirit
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Fruits of Peace
USA
Human Spirit
Excellence
Gagulhchugh Nen Gagusun (The land looks good all around)
Canada
Environmental
Excellence
Global Dance Heroes - Global Inspiration!
USA
Human Spirit
Excellence
Ground Rush
UK
Human Spirit
Excellence
Heroes of Fairfield
USA
Biography
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Award of Excellence: Research
How to Bend Concrete in 108 Easy Steps
USA
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Editing
Award Of Excellence: Motivational/Inspirational
I Created You
Ireland
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Original Score
Isaac Pope: The Spirit of an American Century
USA
Social Issues
Excellence
I Am DACA
USA
Social Issues
Excellence
Kalavrìa - the Calabrian Greeks land
Italy
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
Kitani, my son returns from the groves
France
Tracel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Resarch
Kofi and Lartey
UK
Human Spirit
Environmental
Excellence BOTH
Award of Excellence: Cinematography
Award Of Excellence: Direction,Sasha Rainbow
Let's Talk About Sex New Zealand
Social Issues
Docu-drama Feature
Excellence BOTH
Award Of Excellence: Cinematography
Award Of Excellence: Narration Talent
Award Of  Excellence: Content/Message Delivery
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Award Of Excellence: Direction, Lisa Burd
Living My Illusion
UK
Docu-drama Feature
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact
Award Of Excellence: Motivational/Inspirational
Looking Out
UK
Human Spirit
Excellence
Margolaria - The Painter
Spain
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
Me, the "Other"
USA
Social Issues
Excellence
Medina’s Song
USA
Human Spirit
Excellence
Methamphetamine
CANADA
Social Issues
Excellence
Open Water Rowers
Spain
Sports
Excellence
Our Blood Our Body
Brazil
Youth Issues
Excellence
Poisoning Paradise
USA
Environmental
Excellence
Prepare Now!
AU
Environmental
Excellence
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Original score
Queerly Beloved
USA
Social Issues
Excellence
Rooting for Roona
India
Social Issues
Excellence
Soran -Manbij Offensive
Syria
Docu-drama Feature
Excellence
SUPERHUMAN: The Invisible Made Visible
USA
Science
Excellence
Surviving with Grief
USA
Human Spirit
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Excellence BOTH
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
The Darkroom
USA
Travel/Culture/Arts Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Cinematography
The Endless War
USA
Docu-drama Feature
Social Issues
Excellence BOTH
The Silent Invader
New Zealand
Environmental
Excellence
The Silent Soldier and the Portrait
USA
Human Spirit
Excellence
The Tempest
UK
Sports
Excellence
This Ain't Normal
USA
Social Issues
Youth Issues
Excellence BOTH
Truth Be Told: Irving Norman and the Human Predicament
USA
Biography
Excellence
Tsé
Brazil
Biography
Excellence
Vietnam Aftermath
USA
Social Issues
Excellence
We Are Galapagos
USA
Environmental
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact Motivational/Inspirational
Award Of Excellence: Direction
Welcome to Gwichyaa Zhee
USA
Social Issues
Excellence
When Love Becomes Taboo
Mexico
Social Issues
Excellence
Where Justice Ends
USA
Social Issues
Excellence
Woman Holding Perspective
Japan
Docu-drama Feature
Excellence
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Exceptional Merit

1,2,3, Once Again
Portugal
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
A CASTLE IN BROOKLYN, KING ARTHUR
USA
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Artery
AU
Environmental
Exceptional Merit
A Story of Courage
USA
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Addicted Innocence
India
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Cinematography
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery
A Few Stanzas To Our Mothers
USA
Docu-drama Feature
Exceptional Merit
A Flower in a Dark Place
USA
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Africa Amini Alama - Africa I Believe in You Austria Health Exceptional Merit
Award Of Excellence: Editing
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact:Content/Message Delivery
A Life Remembered
USA
Health
Exceptional Merit
A Mi Matria
USA
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
A Place in the Garden
USA
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Exceptional Merit
At Heart, Citizens of The Esplanade
Canada
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
A Way Out Documentary
USA
Social Issues
Revolution and Reform
Exceptional Merit BOTH
Back To Basics Tour Documentary
Ireland
Travel/culture/Arts
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Bios… the other way
Greece
Social Issues
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Bloom - a documentary about the creative process
Canada
Travel/Culture/Arts
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Breaking Point: The United States and Mexico at the Ballot Box
USA
Revolution and Reform
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Buddy Cruise: How The Students Were Impacted
USA
Youth Issues
Exceptional Merit
Chasing Mandela's Rainbow
UK
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Chatter Box - Cornhusker Hero
USA
Docu-drama Short
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Excellence: Narration Talent
Comeback Kid: Liam McNeill
AU
Sports
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Coming Home
USA
Biography
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Exceptional merit:  Editing
Couleur du Moment Canada Docu-drama Short Exceptional Merit
Crossed
USA
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Deep Fried Gold: The Nashville Hot Chicken Movement
USA
Travel/Culture/arts
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Diagnosed
UK
Health
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Digital Warriors - Women Changing the World
Germany
Revolution and Reform
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Finding Your Fairytale
USA
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Free Riding Iran
Switzerland
Revolution and Reform
Sports
Exceptional Merit BOTH
Harbinger
USA
Environmental
Exceptional Merit
Her Parisian Dream
France
Youth Issues
Exceptional Merit




HUNGRY EYES
Turkey
Sports
Exceptional Merit
Imprisoning a Generation
USA
Revolution and Reform
Exceptional Merit
Islam of my childhood
Canada
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Jail or Yale: Young, Black and Out of Options?
USA
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Just a Question
USA
Docu-drama Short
Exceptional Merit
La Potière
Italy
Biography
Exceptional Merit
Last Choice
USA
Docu-drama Short
Exceptional Merit
Laugh Addict: "Toxic Drug or Best Medicine?"
USA
Health
Exceptional Merit
Lost and Found
AU
Human Spirit
Biography
Exceptional Merit BOTH
Lovemobil
Germany
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Love Warrior
USA
Human Spirit
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Monkey Menace
UK
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Exceptional Merit
My People Are Rising
USA
Revolution and Reform
Exceptional Merit
NAUHAUS
Russian Federation
Docu-drama Feature
Biography
Exceptional Merit BOTH
Quintuplets
Poland
Docu-drama Feature
Exceptional Merit
Office 32
Spain
Health
Exceptional merit
OMOLARA (A Docudrama on Coastal Poverty)
Nigeria
Docu-drama Short
Exceptional Merit
Pas à Pas
France
Sports
Exceptional Merit
Passport Control
Canada
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Pizza, Democract & the Little Prince
UK
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Please Darling, Don't Die Before Me
USA
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
RE-EVOLUTION: The Cuban Dream
USA
Revolution and Reform
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Refugee Is Not My Name
USA
Social Issues
Exceptional merit
Restoration Island
AU
Human Spirit Exceptional Merit
Retracing Jeneba: The Story of a Witness
USA
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Rhythms of Life: The Unsung Power of Music Therapy
USA
Health
Exceptional Merit
RIDE: Challenge to Conquer Cancer
USA
Social Issues
Sports
Exceptional Merit BOTH
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
The Disease Detective Looks at Sarcoidosis
USA
Health
Exceptional Merit
SPORTS STORY
Serbia
Sports
Exceptional Merit
Stress & Success: A Georgetown Story
USA
Health
Youth Issues
Social Issues
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SURVIVING BOKATOR
Canada
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Taiwan Portraits
USA
Biography
Exceptional Merit
Take Your Dream
AU
Docu-drama Feature
Exceptional Merit
Tell them that I feel and I am
France
Health
Exceptional Merit
The Harmonists
USA
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
The Last Gallows: John Morgan's Farewell
USA
Docu-drama Feature
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The Man from El Dorado
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