Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival

An IMDb Qualifying Festival
As a dedicated documentary filmmaker, you have an important message: deliver it to the people that matter! Other festivals claim to "invite" distributors to a venue: "We Deliver Them to You Directly, Guaranteed."

DWBIFF is a festival dedicated to DOCUMENTARIES and DOCUDRAMAS ONLY (we are one of the few festivals with a separate category for Docudramas).
The only exception being SCREENPLAYS, which they can be of any genre.

Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival is not affiliated with Doctors Without Borders. Doctors Without Borders is a registered trademark of Bureau International De Médecins Sans Frontiéres.

-Guaranteed distributor review by Worldwide Motion Pictures Corporation (WWMPC.COM) for features; Adler & Associates for shorts and features; Cardinal XD and CCS Releasing for our select few "Best of Festival" winners in the 17 major categories, based on sufficient qualified entries. (Subcategories DO NOT qualify for distributor review or screening.)

We don't have any control or influence over Polaris Pictures or any of our associate distributors who decide to offer you a production deal or even answer your email. We merely open the door for the top winners.

There is no need to "hope" that a distributor will see your film at a festival venue. We guarantee our distribution associates will review the top winners.

- SCREENING OPTION: DWBFF, with WRPN.TV Entertainment Network may also offer a unique opportunity to show your film to a worldwide community of video fans from dozens of countries that filmmakers would not usually have access to.

-FREE Early bird entry of any rejected film into DWBIFF 's next competition upon completing the suggested corrections outlined in your rejection letter.

-Reduced rates for sub-category submissions (cinematography, editing, original score, research, etc.)
Winning an award in a subcategory does NOT qualify for screening and sending to our distributors.

-Unique documentary category distinctions: Environmental, Human Spirit, Social Issues, Wildlife, Docudrama shorts, Docudrama features, and many others.

-Rejected films also have the opportunity for feedback, which is the one element most festivals ignore.

Instead of paying submission fees and getting nothing in return, EVERYONE who submits to DWBIFF will receive one of two benefits: Either 1) your film is already competition caliber and gets accepted as an Official Selection, OR 2): you'll receive a letter outlining what is keeping it from being accepted. Make any necessary changes and resubmit for FREE.
While most festivals do not explain all the rejections, we strive to help filmmakers improve their festival acceptance rates and marketability.
DWBIFF is organized as a web-based competition rather than a traditional film festival; our resources are dedicated to helping you find a market, and we only rent theaters when distributors demand it to conduct further market research. New distribution company connections are actively petitioned.

Get your Platinum Award-winning scripts submitted to Polaris Pictures, a film finance company, for production consideration.
Polaris does not accept unsolicited submissions.

If your screenplay is rejected, we will tell you the reason(s), and you'll resubmit for free up to 30 days before the last deadline or the following season.

DWBIFF accepts unproduced and produced feature-length screenplays between 70 and 130 pages, unproduced and produced short scripts under 40 pages, ANY GENRE

Finally, our founders are registered Committee Members for the Universal Film & Festival Organization (UFFO.ORG). The UFFO is a non-profit operating out of the U.K. to "promote the best business practices for film festivals." This guarantees that your film will benefit from a fair and thorough judging process.