About Our Judging Process
WWIFF has established a method where entries are acknowledged for their own unique merits rather than competing against one another, ensuring that each film is examined and rated individually.
They essentially compete against themselves since each entry is evaluated according to its own merits and assigned a score based on a set of innate values.
When it is your turn to be judged, the judges concentrate on your film rather than all the other films that are in queue. This ensures that they won't be thinking about comparisons when they should be thinking only about YOU.
The winning entries are recognized and awarded not only for Best Of Festival and Best Of Show, but also for two Awards of Excellence levels, two Awards of Merit levels, a Kudos Endeavor Award, or no award at all. Judges score entries on a performance scale.
Entries with very extraordinary artistic and technical achievements are awarded Awards of Excellence; the top scoring entries for each season receive Best Of Festival & Best of Show honors; and notable achievements are acknowledged at the Merit and 'Kudos' award levels.
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Awards Scale
In order of importance
| BEST OF FESTIVAL |
| BEST OF SHOW |
| OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| EXCELLENCE |
| EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| MERIT |
| KUDOS |
Find Your Award
We select two Best Of Festival Award Winners for Domestic and Foreign in various categories, if available.
NONE QUALIFIED THIS SEASON
Country Couture
Music Video
United States
Best of Show
Sea, Land & City
Environmental Documentaries
United Kingdom
Best of Show
Tight Lines
Wildlife/Nature/Animals/Environment Documentaries
Iceland
Best of Show
Agata's Happiness
Documentary
Poland
Outstanding Excellence
Alaska Long Hunters
Documentary
United States
Outstanding Excellence
The blue above and the gold within
Documentary
Italy
Outstanding Excellence
Cast Aside the Clouds
Religion/Faith
Canada
Outstanding Excellence
Day Eight
Religion/Faith, Actress: Lead (subcat)
Dominican Republic
Outstanding Excellence
Finding Affection
Documentary
Australia
Outstanding Excellence
Friends
Students
Taiwan
Outstanding Excellence
L'envol
Sports
Switzerland
Outstanding Excellence
Gentle, Angry Women
Documentary
United Kingdom
Outstanding Excellence
Marks of Majesty
Tight Shorts
United States
Outstanding Excellence
My New Normal
Health
United States
Outstanding Excellence
Summer Bridges
Loose Shorts
United Kingdom
Outstanding Excellence
SWITCH
Loose Shorts
Italy
Outstanding Excellence
Alterations
Drama
Canada
Excellence
Amidst
Docu-drama Short
Finland
Excellence
Ball Lightning
Animated, Biography, Sound Editing (subcat), Original Concept (subcat), SFX: Animation (subcat)
United States
Excellence
The Black Door
Loose Shorts
United States
Excellence
Broad Ambition
Original Song (subcat), Social Issues Documentary
United States
Excellence
Buried
Tight Shorts
United States
Excellence
Cardboard
Original Score (subcat), Loose Shorts
United States
Excellence
Cold Read
Drama
China, Hong Kong
Excellence
Five Questions
Drama, Actress: Lead (subcat)
United States
Excellence
Following The Line
Students
Taiwan
Excellence
Food, Insecure
Social Issues Documentary
United States
Excellence
FRECKLES
Art-house Film
Bulgaria
Excellence
Frequency Over Time
Inspirational
United States
Excellence
Furry-Anxi
Students
Taiwan
Excellence
Global Warming
Students
United States
Excellence
THE HOPE FROM THE RIVER'S MOTHERS
Health
Colombia
Excellence
Just like me
Students
Sweden
Excellence
Just One Night
Students
Canada
Excellence
My Girl Crush
Music Video
United States
Excellence
Not As a Machine
Art-house Film, Original Concept (subcat)
Germany
Excellence
NOW!
Music Video
United States
Excellence
Off to Go
Documentary
China
Excellence
I ONLY like you
Students
France
Excellence
Out of Season
Students
United Kingdom
Excellence
Over My Dead Body.
Loose Shorts
United States
Excellence
Paradise
Music Video, Original Song (subcat)
United States
Excellence
Play, Then
Students
United States
Excellence
Rejoice
Music Video
Uganda
Excellence
Remember me - one year later
Documentary, Human Spirit documentaries, Inspirational, Students
United States
Excellence
Replacement
Students
Taiwan
Excellence
Resilient Valor
Documentary, Environmental Documentaries, Human Spirit documentaries
United States
Excellence
Shapes of Us
Students
Canada
Excellence
She
Students
Taiwan
Excellence
THE SNOWY NIGHT
Students
Taiwan
Excellence
Summit Squad: Kilimanjaro
Documentary
United States
Excellence
The Visit
Tight Shorts
United States
Excellence
War
Students
Taiwan
Excellence
Women and roads. Silk way to yourself. Uzbekistan
Documentary, Original Song (subcat), Script/Writer (subcat)
Uzbekistan
Excellence
Women of War: Invisible
Documentary
United States
Excellence
9 Seconds
Drama
United States
Exceptional Merit
16:9
Students
Taiwan
Exceptional Merit
Behind the Grand
Documentary
Brazil
Exceptional Merit
By Day, By Night: Working to Make People Laugh
Documentary
United States
Exceptional Merit
Caught Between Cultures: The Asian American Beauty Dilemma
Students
United States
Exceptional Merit
The Counterfeit Club
Students
United Kingdom
Exceptional Merit
Deep Seeded Thoughts
Drama, Actress: Lead (subcat)
United States
Exceptional Merit
Disorder of Gearwheel
Students
Taiwan
Exceptional Merit
Emergency
Students
Taiwan
Exceptional Merit
Evoke
Students
United States
Exceptional Merit
Extended Warranty
Tight Shorts
United States
Exceptional Merit
Following in the footsteps of my ancestors An Ute Köhler Documentary
Documentary
Germany
Exceptional Merit
The Forest of Dreams
Students
United States
Exceptional Merit
Heal avec Delphine
Health
United States
Exceptional Merit
Horse Girl
Animated
United States
Exceptional Merit
Invincible
Art-house Film, Actress: Supporting (subcat), Original Score (subcat), Script/Writer (subcat)
United Kingdom
Exceptional Merit
Lia: Body of Work
Documentary, Health, Cinematography (subcat)
United States
Exceptional Merit
And a Little for Me
LGBT
United States
Exceptional Merit
LOST&FOUND
Students
Taiwan
Exceptional Merit
In Me I Trust
Comedy, Actress: Lead (subcat), Script/Writer (subcat)
France
Exceptional Merit
More Than Santa Baby
Documentary, Music documentaries
United States
Exceptional Merit
More Than A Wife
Drama
Nigeria
Exceptional Merit
Never Lost (결코 잃지 않았다)
Underrepresented Voices Documentaries
United States
Exceptional Merit
Nowhere to go
Zero Budget, Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat)
United States
Exceptional Merit
NYAA WA
Music documentaries
Australia
Exceptional Merit
Oleksandra Basko's A Non-Fictional War
Experimental
United States
Exceptional Merit
Oopsie Daisy
Students
United States
Exceptional Merit
I am a pigeon
Students
Taiwan
Exceptional Merit
RETREAT (short film)
LGBT, Actress: Lead (subcat)
United States
Exceptional Merit
ROLLERCOASTER
Sports
Italy
Exceptional Merit
Roots of Resilience: Stories of Caribbean Women in Agriculture
Documentary
Saint Lucia
Exceptional Merit
Shakespeare in the Diner: Macbeth
Students
United States
Exceptional Merit
Snk'mip Dig Deeper
Environmental Documentaries, Social Issues Documentary
Canada
Exceptional Merit
SnowBugs
Animated
United States
Exceptional Merit
Sounds of Glass
Students
Canada
Exceptional Merit
Sylvia Pankhurst: Artist, Writer, Fighter.
Art-house Film
United Kingdom
Exceptional Merit
Throw Away Horses
Documentary
United States
Exceptional Merit
Toxic narcissist
Drama
Argentina
Exceptional Merit
"Victoria: Triumph of Puerto Rican Theater!"
Biography
Puerto Rico
Exceptional Merit
Without anyone knowing
Students
Korea, Republic of
Exceptional Merit
AfterSchool
Students
United States
Merit
Dafne
Experimental, Zero Budget, Makeup (subcat), SFX: Visual (subcat)
Brazil
Merit
The Duchess - Trailer
Drama, Actress: Lead (subcat)
Merit
Everything you say about me - OTI VAKERESA MANGE (Romani)
Documentary, Underrepresented Voices Documentaries, Original Score (subcat)
Greece
Merit
The Existence of Being a Woman
Students
United States
Merit
Iron John: A Fairy Tale
Art-house Film
United States
Merit
If the Shoe Fits
PSA
United States
Merit
Love Me Don't
Students
Denmark
Merit
LOVE*SING*EMBRACE Among the Mystic Baul Minstrels of India
Documentary
United States
Merit
A Manor of Dating
Loose Shorts
United Kingdom
Merit
No Risk, No Gain: The Sisters of Saint Francis of Philadelphia
Documentary
United States
Merit
OVERFLOW
Students
Taiwan
Merit
to pierce the wound, softly
Art-house Film
United States
Merit
Potshot
Students
South Africa
Merit
Reverb
Students
United States
Merit
in silence is the offering presented
Experimental
United States
Merit
Tango in Twilight
Inspirational
Argentina
Merit
The Unfinished Race
Students
United States
Merit
"Unity - Cockocoeske's Dilemma"
Docu-drama Short
United States
Merit
To Whom It May Concern
Tight Shorts
United States
Merit
Doodie Calls
Students
Canada
Kudos
Do You See What I See
Tight Shorts
Canada
Kudos
The Quest For The Golden Dragon
Zero Budget, Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value (subcat)
United Kingdom
Kudos
Antarctica: At the Intersection of Technology and Climate Action
Research (subcat)
Excellence
Betterment
Direction (subcat), Script/Writer (subcat), SFX: Visual (subcat), Loose Shorts, Editing (subcat), Tight Shorts, Original Concept (subcat)
United States
Merit
Zen
Actress: Lead (subcat), Original Score (subcat)
Belgium
Exceptional Merit