Docs Without Borders Film Festival

DWBFF is granted the right to use an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for competition at the Festival for promotional purposes.
Only films submitted into one of the 13 Major categories are eligible for distributor review (films submitted for judging in reduced-rate, production value sub-categories only will not be eligible).
In order to ensure that each film is studied and rated individually, DWBFF has instituted a system to ensure that entries do not compete against each other but 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. We want to ensure that the judges’ focus is on you when it is your turn to be evaluated, not on all the other films that are on cue: this ensures that they will not have comparisons going on in their minds when they should focus entirely on YOU.
On-Demand video play on WRPN.TV is completely OPTIONAL.
Submitting your film to DWBFF automatically puts you on our mailing list to receive emails from DWBFF and WRPN.TV, so that you will be informed of developments regarding the status of your film. This mailing list is private and will not be shared with third parties. You may unsubscribe at the risk of missing pertinent information regarding your film.
The individual or corporation submitting the film warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations.
The Competition reserves the right to refuse entries, and there are no waivers.
DVDs will not be returned.
Submissions other than English must be subtitled, dubbed, or include an English transcript.
If there is insufficient competition within any category, DWBFF reserves the right to withdraw a "Best Of" presentation in that category.
Filmmakers who enter only discounted sub-categories, but no major categories, are not eligible for the "Best Of Show" award.

Judges score on a performance scale, and winning entries are recognized and awarded not only for the 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.
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 level will fluctuate based on the total number of entries received for each competition deadline. Just as entering major categories does not ensure selection or award, entering sub-categories also does not ensure selection or award; Filmmakers who enter sub-categories only (without entering a major category) may be rejected if the judges do not feel the submitted sub-category is of merit, even if the film itself is of merit and could have been award-worthy. Conversely, films may also receive awards for sub-categories written by the judges, even if the filmmaker did not submit for them.
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