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  WINTER 2020 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 Festival &  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 festival & 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.







BEST OF FESTIVAL (Domestic)
Desert Flight
John Azoni & Samia Staehle
(USA)
Wildlife/Nature/Animals


BEST OF FESTIVAL (Foreign)
I Am Lion
 (Botswana)

Jurgen & Tarina Jozefowicz
Wildlife/Nature/Animals



Best Of Show
African Drivers "Lion Lights story"
(MEXICO)

Exploring the Pacific Northwest
(USA)

Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Original Score



The One Who Holds Sovereignty Over Everything
(English Dubbed)
 (Republic Of Korea)

They Say It Can't Be Done
(USA)
Environmental



Face Surgeons: Inside the Craniofacial Unit
(AU)
Health



City Unfinished Voices of El Ermitaño
(Peru)

Social Issues











Outstanding Excellence
26 Seconds (USA)
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
Against the Tides (UK)
Human Spirit
Outstanding Excellence
D-Day in 14 Stories
(Canada)

Docu-drama Feature
Outstanding Excellence
Dancer By The Sea (USA)
Animated
Human Spirit
Wildlife/Nature/Animals

Outstanding Excellence ALL 3
Award Of Excellence: Original Score
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational

Don't Forget Them (USA)
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
Felix The Cat: 100 Years In The Making (USA)
Biography
Outstanding Excellence
FRANK AND FREE - How Frank didn't become a murderer (Germany)
Biography
Outstanding Excellence
GATEWAY (USA)
Health
Outstanding Excellence
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Motivational/Inspirational
In The Sun (USA)
Health
Outstanding Excellence
Indigenous: Fight for Survival (USA)
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Outstanding Excellence
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Cinematography
Kings Crown (AU)
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
Krow's TRANSformation (UK)
Social Issues
Human Spirit
LGBT

Outstanding Excellence ALL
Award Of Excellence: Editing
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Award Of Excellence: Direction
LifeSaver: The SLO Noor Foundation Story (USA)
Health
Outstanding Excellence
MAKING IT THROUGH Hitler's War on Jews (UK)
Human Spirit
Outstanding Excellence
Multiple Personality: Reality & illusion (USA)
Docu-drama Feature
Outstanding Excellence
Oceans Without Limits
(South Africa)

Environmental
Outstanding Excellence
Old Providence, A Trip With No Return (Colombia)
Social Issues

Outstanding Excellence
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Cinematography
Award Of Excellence: Research
Overdosed (USA)
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
Perception: Seeing Is Not Believing (USA)
Docu-drama Feature
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence


PLAYING WITH FIRE - Jeannette Sorrell and the Mysteries of Conducting (USA)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Outstanding Excellence
Slumdog Saints - The women who joined hands (Thailand)
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact:Motivational/Inspirational
Spirits of Kaloko (USA)
Environmental
Outstanding Excellence
Strings Attached (UK)
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
Taboos without Taboo – Disabilities (Hungary)
Human Spirit
Outstanding Excellence
Taboos without Taboo – Sin and Expiation (Hungary)
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
The 600: The Soldiers' Story (USA)
Human Spirit
Outstanding Excellence
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Viewer Impact:Motivational/Inspirational
Award Of Excellence: Direction,  Richard Hall/Laurent Basset
The Dalai Lama - Scientist (USA)
Docu-drama Feature
Outstanding Excellence
The Final Frontier: Northern Vietnam
(Canada)
Travel Culture/Arts (Canada)
Travel/Culture.Arts
Outstanding excellence
The Hunter Legacy (USA)
Environmental
Outstanding Excellence
THE GENDER LADY: THE FABULOUS DR. MAY COHEN (Canada)
Social Issues
Health
Biography
Outstanding Excellence ALL
The Patagonia Triple Crown
(Chile)


Environmental - Sports
Outstanding Excellence
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Cinematography
The Response: How Puerto Ricans Are Restoring Power to the People (USA)
Social Issues
Outstanding Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Narration Talent
The Ukishima (ROK)
Social Issues
Outstanding excellence
TOTEM & ORE (AU)
Environmental
Outstanding Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Original Score
Tending Clouds (USA)
Human Spirit
Outstanding Excellence
We Are The Music Makers - A Choral Music Documentary (USA)
Biography
Outstanding Excellence






Excellence Award Winners
7 Hills (USA)
Human Spirit
Excellence
100 Million Views (Israel)
Social Issues
Excellence
5096 (France)
Social Issues
Excellence
All The Rage (USA)
Social Issues
Excellence



A Modern Genocide (USA)
Docu-drama Short
Excellence
Anton LaVey – Into the Devil's Den (Sweden)
Religion/Faith
Excellence
A SYRIAN WOMAN | Human Stories from Jordan (Jordan)
Social Issues
Human Spirit
Biography
Excellence ALL 3
Award Of Excellence: Cinematography
Award Of Excellence: Original score
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: direction
Be Prepared (USA)
Social Issues
Excellence
Beyond the sea, theaters dreams (France)
Docu-drama Feature
Excellence
Big Boss: The last leader of the Crocodile Islands (AU)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
Back From The Brink (USA)
Human Spirit
Excellence
Big Giant Wave (Canada)
Docu-drama Feature
Excellence
Blossoms From Ash (USA)
Docu-drama Feature
Excellence
Bullied (USA)
Social Issues
LGBT
Youth Issues
Excellence ALL 3 MAIN Categories
Award Of Outstanding Excellence Viewer Impact:Motivational/Inspirattional
Butterflies & Borders (USA)
Environmental
Excellence
CAN ART STOP A BULLET: William Kelly's Big Picture (AU)
Social Issues
Excellence
Cat People (USA)
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Excellence
Carrying Tomorrow (USA)
Health
Excellence
Child of Lebensborn (USA)
Docu-drama Short
Excellence
Child of Nature (Brazil)
Social Issues
Excellence
Circle of Defense: On the Frontlines of Ebola and Polio (USA)
Health
Excellence
Conservation Trip with Empowers Africa, Wildlands and WildlifeACT (USA)
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Excellence
Dealing with Disasters: the Silent Achievers in Public Health (AU)
Health
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Narration Talent
Dia a Dia (Germany)
Social Issues
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact:Content/Message Delivery
Do I Take The Bunny With Me? (USA)
Health
Excellence
Emerging Market Entrepreneurs (Switzerland)
Social Issues
Excellence
Film's Final Curtain (Canada)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
Finding Shelter (USA)
Social Issues
Excellence
Award Of Excellence:Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery
Flying With Spider Monkeys (Mexico)
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Excellence
FORESTS ... ALIVE (Canada)
Environmental
Excellence
Gay as in Happy: A Queer Anti-Tragedy  (Canada)
LGBT
Excellence
Get Back Up (USA)
Human Spirit
Excellence
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Gone Postal (USA)
Social Issues
Excellence
HAL FAR AIRFIELD (Malta)
Human Spirit
Docu-drama Feature

Excellence BOTH MAIN
Award of Outstanding Excellence: Research
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Visual SFX
Award Of Excellence: Direction, Maurice Micallef
Hans Arnold - Art of the Witchmaster (Sweden)
Biography
Excellence
Holistic Health Community: an emerging healthcare model based on the Economics of Generosity (USA)
Docu-drama Short
Excellence
Hollywood Boulevard: The Regulars (USA)
Human Spirit
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Original Score
I AM ARBESU (USA)
Docu-drama Feature
Excellence
Illegal (USA)
Social Issues
Excellence
Inside The Heart (USA)
Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Excellence
In Their Footsteps: The Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail (USA)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
Invaluable: the unrecognized profession of direct support (USA)
Social issues
Excellence
Invisible Children of LA v2 (USA)
Docu-drama Short
Excellence
Ke Kuma O Ka Lahui: The Foundation of a Nation (USA)
Docu-drama Short
Excellence
Living the Warrior Code (Canada)
Human Spirit
Excellence
Mateo's Story (USA)
Docu-drama Short
Excellence
Mission to Suriname (USA)
Human Spirit
Excellence
Mondoñedo 360º Experience Vol. 1 (Spain)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
Mother of Tibetans (Germany)
Biography
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Motivational/Inspirational
Mountains + Movies (USA)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
Award of Excellence: Original Score
Night and Day (USA)
LGBT
Excellence
No Limits: Wheelchair Basketball in South Sudan (USA)
Human Spirit
Social Issues
Sports
Excellence ALL 3
Our Gorongosa (Netherlands)
Environmental
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
PATHS OF LIFE (Switzerland)
Docu-drama Feature
Excellence
Reading the Landscape (USA)
Environmental
Human Spirit
Science
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence ALL 4
Award Of Excellence: Editing
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Research
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Visual SFX
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact:Content/Message Delivery
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Direction
Sex, Drugs & Bicycles (USA)
Social Issues
Excellence
Social Class Stratification and Mobility in the World (USA)
Social Issues
Excellence
Stout Hearted (USA)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
The Boat (Canada)
Human Spirit
Excellence
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Original Score
The Last Harvest (USA)
Social Issues
Excellence
The Last Harvest: The Yemenis of the San Joaquin (USA)
Human Spirit
Excellence
The Last House Standing (USA)
Environmental
Excellence
The Phantasmagoria of Offense: the male version (USA)
Animated
Excellence
The Seacrets (France)
Docu-drama Feature
Environmental
Excellence BOTH
Award Of Excellence: Cinematography
Award Of Excellence: Direction, philippe azoulay siritzky :
The Tides That Bind (USA)
Biography
Excellence
The Time We Have (USA)
Human Spirit
Excellence
The valley (France)
Social Issues
Excellence
The Valley (USA)
Docu-drama Feature
Excellence
Trajes y Tortillas (USA)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Excellence
Tyrant USA)
Animated
Human Spirit
Social Issues
Excellence ALL
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery
UNCIVILIZED (Dominica)
Environmental
Excellence
Where We Belong (USA)
Social Issues
Excellence
Award Of Excellence: Original Score
Award Of Outstanding Excellence: Motivational/Inspirational
Wildflower (USA)
Human Spirit
Excellence
You are at the Bottom of my Mind ((UK)
Animated
Excellence





Exceptional Merit

111 671 Ballad for a Piano (Portugal)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Exceptional Merit
1000 Miles to Nome (USA)
Sports
Exceptional Merit

8000 Paperclips (USA)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Alex's Biggest Race (USA)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
An Armenian Trilogy (USA)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Art of the People (USA)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Exceptional Merit
Baby Brain (USA)
Science
Exceptional Merit
Barbarians (USA)
Sports
Exceptional Merit
Berlin Bernauer Straße - Time Travel (Germany)
Docu-drama Short
Exceptional Merit
Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union (USA)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Beyond Borders (India)
Animated
Exceptional Merit
BORN IN GAMBIA (Spain)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
California to Ghana (USA)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Exceptional Merit:
Cinematography
Can't Stop the Sun from Shining (USA)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
ChangeChitra (India)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Dancing as One: The Greek Community of Tarpon Springs (USA)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Exceptional Merit
Day of the Dead: a Celebration of Life (USA)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Exceptional Merit
Dhanauri Wetlands as Ramsar Site & Sarus Sanctuary (India)
Environmental
Exceptional Merit
Digging Deep (Denmark)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Dreamers (USA)
Youth Issues
Exceptional Merit
EL ÚLTIMO TLATOANI (Mexico)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
ELENA'S WAR DANCE (AU)
Biography
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit BOTH
Exceptional Merit: Direction, Jennifer Treur
EMPOUSA, Youth and Alcohol (Cyprus)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Finding The Balance (USA)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Award of Excellence: Motivational/Inspirational
Follow the Sun (USA)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Forever a Champion (USA)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Getting Worldly (USA)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Exceptional Merit
Haenyeo (USA)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Havana and Humanist Sociologists (USA)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Merit: Visual SFX
Hollywood Bob (USA)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Hope Village (USA)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Award of excellence: Editing
Award Of Excellence: Motivational/Inspirational
Iconicity (USA)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Exceptional Merit
I Dream of Vietnam (USA)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Exceptional Merit
In Pursuit of the Sun (USA)
Religion/FAith
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Editing
John H Howe, Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright's Master of Perspective (USA)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Exceptional Merit
Land Mine (USA)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Land Without God (Ireland)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Leaps and Bounds: The Men Who Changed Track and Field (USA)
Sports
Exceptional merit
L'eau Est La Vie (Water is Life): from Standing Rock to the Swamp (USA)
Social Issues)
Exceptional Merit
LIFTED (UK)
Health
Exceptional Merit
Lifting the Green Screen (USA)
Environmental
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Excellence: Research
Little Star Rising
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Mainline Steaming (New Zealand)
Travel/ Culture/Arts
Exceptional Merit
Moldova - Laborator Experimental (Bucharest)
Revolution and Reform
Exceptional Merit
Mumability (AU)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
My Home India (India)
Docu-drama Feature
Exceptional Merit
Oli Otya? (USA)
Health
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Excellence: Original Score
O Lakou Ko?u Mau Wahi Kupuna: "Those Are My Ancestors" (USA)
Religion/Faith
Exceptional Merit
On Music and the Arts: Louie Brings It Home (USA)
Youth Issues
Exceptional Merit
Past in Color (Israel)
Docu-drama Short
Exceptional Merit
Phansi. Down with Labour Brokers (UK)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Princeless Princess (Italy)
LGBT
Exceptional Merit
Reflections From the Trail (USA)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Return to Nam (USA)
Human Spirit
Exceptional merit
Award Of Excellence: Content/Message Delivery
Rhythms of Life (USA)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Rosa's Sanctuary (USA)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Safer in Silence (USA)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Sagan Dalja - White Wings (Germany)
Travel/ Culture/Arts Exceptional Merit
Sea Rogue (AU)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Searching for Pura Vida (Netherlands)
Environmental
Exceptional merit
Shattering Refuge (USA)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Singing a Great Dream (Nepal)
Biography
Exceptional Merit
Sister - The Life Ministry of Sister Catherine Walsh (USA)
Religion/Faith
Exceptional Merit
Sober House : A Sign of Change in Cree Nation (Canada)
Youth Issues
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Springtime Odyssey (USA)
Environmental
Exceptional Merit
Step by Step (Switzerland)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
The Art of Fremantle Prison (UK)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
The Burning Field (USA)
Environmental
Exceptional Merit
The Candidate (AU)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
THE LONG SHOT: THE UNTOLD LEGEND OF THE 1993 BOSNIAN BASKETBALL TEAM (Japan)
Sports
Exceptional merit
The Reef (USA)
Environmental Exceptional Merit
Award Of Excellence: Cinematography
The Sail And The Sea (USA)
Religion/Faith
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Excellence: Content/Message Delivery
The Sako Tapes (Netherlands)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
The Story of Dominik Szajner (Poland)
Docu-drama Short
Exceptional Merit
The Tree of Art (USA)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
Tin Soldiers (South Africa)
Health
Exceptional merit
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Cinematography
Award Of Excellence: Direction, Odette Schwegler
To Survive (France)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Translating Beauty (Canada))
LGBT
Exceptional merit
Award Of Excellence: Viewer Impact:
Motivational/Inspirational
Tropic of Chaos (Italy)
Environmental
Exceptional Merit
UNCLAIMED REMAINS "Forgotten" USA)
Docu-drama Short

Exceptional Merit
Award Of Exceptional merit: Cinematography
Award Of Excellence: Motivational/Inspirational
Vitamin Sea (UK)
Environmental
Exceptional Merit
Vladivostok Terminus (France)
Travel/Culture/Arts
Exceptional Merit
We (Mexico)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit
We are the Roots: Black Settlers and their Experiences of Discrimination on the Canadian Prairies (Canada)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Excellence: Research
We Are Visible (USA)
Health
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Excellence: Research
WHEN 2 WRONGS (USA)
Social Issues
Exceptional Merit
Award Of Excellence: Editing
Award Of Excellence: Direction.
YAH WAVE (Canada)
Human Spirit
Exceptional Merit






Merit
After My Brother Died (USA)
Human Spirit
Merit
Birth Of A Union (USA)
Revolution and Reform
Merit
Chasing Echoes (USA)
Social Issues
Merit
Hearts without Borders (USA)
Human Spirit
Merit
Hurricane María & The Ame-Rican Dream (USA)
Human Spirit
Merit
In The Zone (New Zealand)
Social Issues
Merit
Iric (USA)
Human Spirit
Merit
Las Zuvietas (USA)
Social Issues
Merit
Line 881 (Israel)
Docu-drama Shorts
Merit
Liquid Handcuffs: A Documentary to Free Methadone (USA)
Social Issues
Merit
Made In America (USA)
Docu-drama Feature
Merit

Maasai Remix (USA)
Social Issues
Merit
RESTLESS (Brazil)
Docu-drama Feature
Merit
Rhodes to Bogus: We are Rhodes (USA)
Sports
Merit
Riches (UK)
Religion/Faith
Merit
She's Having My Baby (USA)
Docu-drama Short
Merit
Six Gifts (USA)
Social Issues
Merit
The Executioners We All Had A Chance (USA)
Sports
Merit
The Instant (Turkey)
Docu-drama Feature
Merit
The Open Doors (Brazil)
Human Spirit
Merit
The Other Side of the Other (Brazil)
Youth Issues
Merit
The Pastor of Mandák House (Hungary)
Human Spirit
Merit
The Scar Runs through The Pupil (Canada)
Biography
Human Spirit
Social Issues
Merit ALL
Award Of Exceptional Merit: Content/Message Delivery
The Man In The Dress (Canada)
LGBT
Merit
The Seven Doors (Turkey)
Youth Issues
Merit
They Soon Forgot Their Words (USA)
Revolution and Reform
Merit
This Is Your Laugh (USA)
Biography
Merit
Tissage Ain Leu (USA)
Docu-drama Short
Merit
Toward A Futureland (USA)
Social Issues
Merit



Toyota and Windbreaker (Finland)
Social Issues
Merit
voices from the border
Social Issues
Merit
White Angel (Italy)
Docu-drama Feature
Merit
Why We Love War (UK)
Social Issues
Merit
Woman or the story of extraordinary human spirit (Sweden)
Human Spirit
Merit
Award Of Exceptional merit: Cinematography
Award Of Excellence: Original Score
Award Of Exceptional merit: Direction, Janit Vats





Kudos Endeavor





























Sub-Categories
An Undocumented Immigrant Story: Immigrant Data and 1986 Amnesty (USA)
Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Excellence
Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters "THIS LOVE" (USA)
Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Excellence
Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha (India)
Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Outstanding Excellence
Bodies AU)
Viewer Impact:Content/Message Delivery
Excellence
DIE BURG (Austria)
Direction
Excellence
Doubts (USA)
Viewer Impact: Content Message Delivery

Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspitational
Exceptional Merit


Excellence
Happiness (France)
Viewer Impact:Motivational/Inspirational
Excellence
I'm Jacinth - Love After (USA)
Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Excellence
Into the mouth of the wolf (USA)
Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery
Excellence
Not A Pet (UK)
Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery
Outstanding Excellence
Queer Coolie-tudes (Canada) 
Direction
Excellence
Riding with thisABILITIES (USA)
Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
Outstanding Excellence
The Golden Rockers!! (Myanmar)
Direction
Excellence
The Letter (Republic Of Korea)
Cinematography
Excellence
The Untold Story Of Otto Warmbier: What Happened In North Korea? (Germany)
Original Score
Outstanding
Excellence
unpainted (USA)
Original Score
Excellence
Unstable bodies (Brazil)
Research
Excellence