Winter 2023 WINNERS
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NWBIFF has set up a system where entries don't compete against each other but are instead judged on their own merits, ensuring that each film is studied and rated on its own.
They compete against themselves; each entry is scored according to an inherent value system.
When
it is your turn to be evaluated, the judge's focus is on your film
rather than on all the other films on cue, which ensures that they are
not thinking about comparisons when they should think about you.
The
judges score on a performance scale, and winning entries are recognized
and awarded Best of Festival and Best of Show, as well as two Awards of
Excellence levels, two Awards of Merit levels, a Kudos Endeavor Award,
or no award.
The top-scoring entry or entries for each season are given the "Best of Festival" and "Best of Show" awards.
Awards of excellence are granted to entries with exceptional artistic and technical achievements.
Notable achievements are recognized at the Award of Merit and Kudos award levels.
Our screening event is to collect audience reactions to be used by our distributors.
We don't conduct after-screening networking parties or seminars.
Video interviews of the viewing audience may be conducted and shown on WRPN.tv
We select two Best Of Festival Award Winners for
Domestic and Foreign in various categories, if available.
FOREIGN BEST OF FESTIVAL WINNER
Land of the Free: OUT OF THE SHADOWS
Director James Ganiere
Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Australia
Land of the Free: OUT OF THE SHADOWS
Director James Ganiere
Wildlife/Nature Documentaries
Australia
DOMESTIC BEST OF FESTIVAL WINNER
Changing Seas: "Saving Florida's Starving Manatees"
Environmental
United States
Changing Seas: "Saving Florida's Starving Manatees"
Environmental
United States
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Your winning
title is shown in the left column.
You won the
award under the main award heading, i.e., Outstanding Excellence.
The right column shows any additional
awards won, if any.
| The End of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch | The Ocean
Cleanup in Animation Germany  |
BEST OF SHOW |
| Borderless
Blue in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Brave Mission: ReWild The Planet in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Changing Seas: "Humpback Health" in Ocean Life Documentaries United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Changing Seas: "Kelp: Hidden Treasure of the Salish Sea" in Ocean Life Documentaries United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Changing Seas: "Vanishing Whales" in Ocean Life Documentaries United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Emergence in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment South Africa |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Hive to Honey in Entomology Documentaries United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| The Game of Horns in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment, Environmental United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Gentle Mountain - The Foothills Of The Alps in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Austria NWB1547 |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Imara in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United Kingdom |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Into the Paleolithic. Nomads of the Rhone valley, France in Environmental |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Killing Our Saline Lakes in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| The Land of the Bear in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Italy |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Life On The Wing - The Miracle Of Bird Migration in Ornithology Documentaries Austria |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Little Stream Big Magic in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Mysterious forest in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Hungary |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Nature's Big Year in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Canada |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| PLANET CALIFORNIA in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Return of the Vultures in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries France |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| SAVE the Reef -ACT NOW- “Japanese Edition” in Ocean Life Documentaries Australia |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Saving Grace Animal Society: Driven By Compassion in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Canada |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| SB2508: A Death Threat to Everglades Restoration in Environmental United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| STOPPING THE NEXT PANDEMICS in Environmental France |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Tide To Table: The Remarkable Journey of Oysters in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| Tracking Notes: The Secret World of Mountain Lions in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| When the Ocean Turns BLACK in Environmental Peru |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| The All Is One in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment Germany |
EXCELLENCE |
| Allergic - Original Music Video by Lil Idli in Music Video United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| ANIMA in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| The Awakening of the Vietnamese Elephant in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Viet Nam |
EXCELLENCE |
| AZURESCENS: Through A Blue Lens in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| The Birdcarver in Environmental Brazil |
EXCELLENCE |
| Fair Seas - The Kingdom of Kerry in Environmental United Kingdom |
EXCELLENCE |
| First River: How Arkansas Saved a National Treasure in Environmental United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| The Green Man in Environmental India |
EXCELLENCE |
| Hypnotic (ENG) in Geological Documentaries Spain |
EXCELLENCE |
| Lava Bombs in Geological Documentaries United Kingdom |
EXCELLENCE |
| Life with Bats in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Australia |
EXCELLENCE |
| LOOSING GROUND in Environmental Italy |
EXCELLENCE |
| Making Pandemics in Environmental France |
EXCELLENCE |
| Mapping the Reef : Cloudbreak in Ocean Life Documentaries United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| Ocean Guardians in Ocean Life Documentaries United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| The Powerful Owl in Narrative Feature Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment Australia |
EXCELLENCE |
| Pteredroma - in search of the Kermadec petrel in Environmental Australia |
EXCELLENCE |
| Purple Haze: A Conservation Film in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| A Rally for Rangers in Environmental United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| Requiem (Kalyakoorl) in Animation Australia |
EXCELLENCE |
| Safari in Animation Viet Nam |
EXCELLENCE |
| Sammy | a pine marten story in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Ireland |
EXCELLENCE |
| Slovenia -
Where Nature Comes First in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Austria |
EXCELLENCE |
| SOLD! An American Stockyards Story in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| Tangled in the Tides in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries, Editing (subcat) Last Chance Cinematography (subcat) South Africa |
EXCELLENCE |
| Teide, a world born of fire in Geological Documentaries Spain |
EXCELLENCE |
| THE TOOL in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Spain |
EXCELLENCE |
| Who Are the Marcuses? in Environmental Israel |
EXCELLENCE |
| A Certain Future in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment Sweden |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| AnimalZone - The Lemur Conservation Foundation in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Before You Eat in Ocean Life Documentaries, Environmental, Original Song (subcat) Indonesia |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Climate Change Across America, Inglorious Events in Environmental United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Down River Jordan in Environmental United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Echoes of the Earth in Environmental |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Finn through the Lens in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment Ireland |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Foil The Strait in Meteorology Documentaries New Zealand |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| The Gift of Bathsheba in Ocean Life Documentaries United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Home Birds A Labour of Love in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment Ireland |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Introducing the Indigo in Herpetology Documentaries United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Karst in Perry County in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| LOVING GRASSLANDS in Flora Documentary Australia |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Messages
from the Marsh - parts 1-3, mixed with A Rumble Inside in Environmental United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| The Night the Lights Went Out in Music Video Canada |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Perseverance in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Belgium |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Stone and oil in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries Spain |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Value crisis - Conversations with Dr. Gyulai Iván -
Conversation 1. in Environmental Hungary |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Zuri's Pride in Wildlife/Nature Documentaries United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| A Message From The Kogi Tribe of the Don Diego River Basin in Environmental United Kingdom |
MERIT |
| Call of the Ranger in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment United States |
MERIT |
| A Device To Save The World in Screenplay, Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment United States |
MERIT |
| Eco Arts in Action in Environmental |
MERIT |
| Farmers dealing with poaching crime scenes in Environmental, Original Concept (subcat) France |
MERIT |
| He is the forest in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment Peru |
MERIT |
| Manifesting
the Hidden in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment United States |
MERIT |
| The Prairie Dog That Met the President in Narrative Short Film Centered on Animal, nature or environment United States |
MERIT |
| The Purpose of Pandemic Gardening in Youth Produced |
MERIT |
| RISE, FALL, HOPE in Youth Produced Austria |
MERIT |
| The Sacred Loves of Birds in Ornithology Documentaries, Cinematography (subcat) United States |
MERIT KUDOS: Cinematography (subcat) |
| Senior Moment in Music Video United States |
MERIT |
| WIP-We Speak for the Forests in Environmental United States |
MERIT |
Nuclear Mist Chaos
in Environmental
United States
SUB-CATEGORIES
| Fire
Animals in Original Concept (subcat) Mexico |
EXCELLENCE |
| The Fork
in the Road in Cinematography (subcat) Australia |
MERIT |
| Illumination in Content/Message Delivery (subcat) Canada |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| KATU
KATU in Original Concept (subcat) Lithuania |
EXCELLENCE |
| Kindling in Original Concept (subcat) United States |
KUDOS |
| The Last
Stand in Original Score (subcat) South Africa |
EXCELLENCE |