Docs Without Borders Film Festival

 

FILMS OFFICIALLY
SELECTED
TO COMPETE

Summer - 2022




To ensure that each film and screenplay is evaluated and graded on its own merits, we established a mechanism that ensures that entries are not judged against one another. They are, in essence, competing against themselves: we judge each item on its own merits and provide a score based on an innate value system. We want to make sure that when it's your moment to be judged, the judges' attention is focused on you and not on all of the other films in the queue; this ensures that they won't be thinking about comparisons when they should be thinking about YOU.

Becoming an "Official Selection" means your film passed through the first judging stage (DID NOT get rejected), now being able to go in front of the AWARD judges to decide the award (s) will receive, if any.

It does not mean your film will screen.

We will send the award notification the week of  August 13, 2022.

If your film receives a Best Of Festival award , it will be eligible for review by our long-standing and reputable distribution associates; PLUS, we will screen a few TOP Awards at the WRPN.tv sponsored Multi-Festival Event Rehoboth Beach, DE 2022 and Berkeley Springs, WV 2022 (At our discretion and by invitation, based on local demographics and COVID-19 situation)

ANIMATED


Dad's Frenemy
Director Annie Wood
in Animated
United States
OUT OF THE BOX
Director ANIK ROY
in Animated
India

BIOGRAPHY

16 Zan/ 16 Women
Director Bahar Ebrahim
in Biography
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Andrea every day
Director Andrea Quiroz Linares
in Biography
Peru
A Royal Marines Disposition
Director Matt Elliott
in Biography
United Kingdom
B B Lal "Doyen" of Indian Archaeology
Directors Dr. Ramadevi Sekhar, Ebenezer Annadoss
in Biography, Editing (sub-category), Original Score (sub-category)
India
Bella
Director Bridget A Murnane
in Biography, Direction (sub-category)
United States
Bitter taste of love or Frau Schindler's list
Director IGOR VOLOSETSKY
in Biography
Russian Federation
Building Bridges: Bill Youren's Vision of Peace
Director John Nicolas Chrisstoffels
in Biography, Revolution and Reform, Original Score (sub-category)
New Zealand
EARL BISS, The Spirit Who Walks Among His People
Director Lisa Gerstner
in Biography
United States
Every Day Counts
Director Markus Mörth
in Biography, Health
Austria
Finding Her Voice: The Evolution of Lori Cooper
Director Susan Chapman
in Biography
United States
Herbert. Barbarian in the Garden
Director Rafael Lewandowski
in Biography
Poland

ICON - Memoirs of a Master Craftsman (2K_39mins docufilm)
Director Kala Shreen
in Biography, Travel/Culture/Arts
India


Keeping Christmas
Director Rick Van Velsor
in Biography, Visual SFX (sub-category), Narration Talent (sub-category)
Germany



Portrait of a Weaver
Director Michael Tiranoff
in Biography
United States


THE POEM OF MY LIFE
Directors Martin J Spinelli, Alan Brasington
in Biography
United States





DOCU-DRAMA

 FEATURES



Adapting To Dive
Director David Marsh
in Docu-drama Feature
United States
ALL WIGGED OUT
Director Tracy Walsh
in Docu-drama Feature, Health, LGBT
United States

Dea
Director Alberto Gerosa
in Docu-drama Feature
Hong Kong

ERICOVERO A deep history of the Pigneto neighborhood
Director Alessandro Menale
in Docu-drama Feature
Italy

Forever Wild (formerly The Valley)
Director Bryan Reinhart
in Docu-drama Feature
United States
INERTIE
Director Bryan Bigler
in Docu-drama Feature
Switzerland
Lebanon, revolution of despair
Directors Sarah Claux, Arthur Sarradin, Charbel El Cherif
in Docu-drama Feature
France
Mind the Gaps
Director Michael T. O'Brien
in Docu-drama Feature
United States
Mira's Minders
Director Tanni Chaudhuri
in Docu-drama Feature
United States
Motherland
Director Vic Gerami
in Docu-drama Feature, Research (sub-category), Direction (sub-category)
United States
Red Elvis: The Cold War Cowboy
Director Thomas Latter
in Docu-drama Feature
United States

Severn and Somme Documentary
Director Diana Taylor
in Docu-drama Feature
United Kingdom
The American Good Samaritans
Director Ara Mnatsakanyan
in Docu-drama Feature
THE BLACK WALNUT
Director Terrance Afer-Anderson
in Docu-drama Feature, Health
United States
the blue inmates
Director zeina daccache
in Docu-drama Feature
Lebanon

The Garden That Doesn't Exist
Director Rä Di Martino
in Docu-drama Feature
Italy
The Hike Back
Director Ronnie Francisco Gonzalez
in Docu-drama Feature
United States
The Real Deal
Director Mike Anderson
in Docu-drama Feature
United States
Three Corners of Deception
Director Dr. Meleeka Clary
in Docu-drama Feature, Actress: Lead (Subcat)
United States

Transcendence
Directors Tina DiFeliciantonio, Jane C. Wagner
in Human Spirit, LGBT, Social Issues, Docu-drama Feature, Health
United States



DOCU-DRAMA

 SHORTS




Living and Dying on September 11th - a Family Story
Director Dr. Jan Philipp Burgard
in Docu-drama Short
Germany

One Day in November
Director Robert Sean Miller
in Docu-drama Short
United States
Portraits of a Jazz Artist: Innokenty Ivanov
Director Michiel ten Kleij
in Docu-drama Short
Russian Federation
The Glowing Soj
Directors insaf Yalcinkaya, Ozlem Dogan
in Docu-drama Short
Turkey
(trans)-fem.inity
Director Rebecca Obadia
in Docu-drama Short, LGBT
France


ENVIRONMENTAL


14 Days South: Over Sea and Land
Directors Kevin Merrey, Gavin Kaps
in Environmental
United Kingdom
A Crack In The Mountain
Director Alastair Evans
in Environmental
Hong Kong
Ancestral Land
Director Gabriel Bissonnette
in Environmental
Canada
A Greenland Story
Directors Vincent Monahan, Marieke Lexmond
in Environmental , Social Issues, Editing (sub-category)
Ireland


Carbon - The Unauthorised Biography
Directors Daniella Ortega, Niobe Thompson
in Environmental
Australia
Cataclysm! Climate Change in the 11th Hour
Director Charles & Mary Love
in Environmental
United States
Hurricane 6
Director Fiona O'Brien
in Environmental
United States
in love with a problem
Director Julie Kim
in Environmental , Science
Canada
Living in the Time of Dying
Director Michael Shaw
in Environmental , Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category)
Australia
More Bacteria Than I
Director Unni Gjertsen
in Environmental
Norway


Swallows and men
Director Murielle Decarpenterie
in Environmental
Belgium


The 3 Cricketeers
Director Sue Williams
in Environmental
United States
The Rhin and the Keras
Director Belén Barraguirre
in Environmental
South Africa
The Southern Front
Directors Carlos Evaristo Flores, Patricio J. Salinas
in Environmental
United States


Wild Isles
Director Jon Cleave
in Environmental
United Kingdom
Wild Orchid Man - Search for the Queen of Sheba
Submitter Darryl Saffer
in Environmental
United States
Women of the Earth, Twila
Director Chiara Hollender
in Environmental
United States

HEALTH


ALL WIGGED OUT
Director Tracy Walsh
in Docu-drama Feature, Health, LGBT
United States
Art, Science and a Divan
Director Adriana Siqueira Lopes
in Health
Brazil
CAR-T Cells: Engineered Cancer Killers
Director Dr Maja Divjak
in Health, Science
Australia
Every Day Counts
Director Markus Mörth
in Biography, Health
Austria

Miracle Babies: Operation Hope
Submitter Penny Palmer
in Health
Australia


Nevus... I own it
Director Valérie Disle
in Health
United States

No Ordinary Time
Directors Lotus Porte-Moyel, Hadley Pearson, Mara Flynn
in Health
United States




Shots: Eugenics to Pandemics
Director John L Potash
in Health
United States

Skin On Fire
Director James Keach
in Health
United States
Something Ain't Right
Directors Susan Ruth Downs, MD, Alex Voss
in Health, Social Issues, Science
United States

THE BLACK WALNUT
Director Terrance Afer-Anderson
in Docu-drama Feature, Health
United States
The Disease Detective Looks at Friedreich's Ataxia
Director Laura P. Valtorta
in Health
United States
The Shot
Submitter John Mogor
in Health
United States
Transcendence
Directors Tina DiFeliciantonio, Jane C. Wagner
in Human Spirit, LGBT, Social Issues, Docu-drama Feature, Health
United States

HUMAN SPIRIT

20 Hearts
Director Shannon Kathleen Leahy-Miller
in Human Spirit
United States
A Part of Me
Director John Jacobsen
in Human Spirit
United States
Awasisak Our Future
Director Brad Leitch
in Human Spirit
Canada
Behind the Mask
Director Paul Trotman
in Human Spirit
New Zealand
Bella
Director Bridget A Murnane
in Human Spirit, Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
Breaking Through
Directors Amy Leigh McCorkle, Tim Druck
in Human Spirit, Original Score (sub-category), Direction (sub-category)
United States
Chasing the Dead
Director Tom Phillips
in Human Spirit, Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
United States
Escape From Tyranny
Director Doug Crisman
in Human Spirit
United States
Everyone is not meant to stay
Director Lourdes Tantas-Ortega
in Human Spirit
United States

Finding Inner Hero
Directors Constance Elizabeth Brenneman, Brad Hammer
in Human Spirit
United States
Frank Bey: All My Dues Are Paid
Directors Tom Dwyer, Marie Hinson
in Human Spirit, Editing (sub-category)
United States
Geeta
Director Emma Macey-Storch
in Human Spirit
Australia

Good Luck Júlia
Director Harleen Singh
in Human Spirit
Invisible Children of LA
Director Maryana Palmer
in Human Spirit
United States
It's No Secret - Part 1
Directors Paul Summerlin, Diana Michelle
in Human Spirit, Original Score (sub-category)
United States
Ke mo Leseding
Director Paul O'Brien
in Human Spirit
Letting Poetry In
Director Roisin Buckley
in Human Spirit
Ireland
Living Years
Director Brenda Gillis
in Human Spirit
United States
Mirror
Directors Siddhant Sarin, Debankon S. Solanky
in Human Spirit
India
Moon on the man
Submitter prince shah
in Human Spirit
India
Nomad Meets the City
Director Anji Sauvé Clubb
in Human Spirit
Mongolia

Project Pivot
Director Charley Voorhis
in Human Spirit
United States
Resurgence
Director Krushan Naik
in Human Spirit
United States
Santiago
Director Vincent Monahan
in Human Spirit, Social Issues
Ireland
Science and Exploration: French voyages of discovery to Australia
Director James Baker
in Human Spirit
Australia
Send Proof
Director Elijah Stephens
in Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Research (sub-category)
United States

SONDER
Director Joey Szalkiewicz
in Human Spirit
United States
The Neighborhood Storyteller
Director Alejandra Alcala
in Human Spirit
United Arab Emirates
The State of the Nation
Directors Leif Petersen, Yvette Kruger
in Human Spirit
South Africa
The Stories of Us
Directors Monica Levinson, Steven Hentges
in Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
United States
Three Moons of Biyangdo
Directors Jon Cleave, Lucy McIntosh
in Human Spirit
United Kingdom
Transcendence
Directors Tina DiFeliciantonio, Jane C. Wagner
in Human Spirit, LGBT, Social Issues, Docu-drama Feature, Health
United States
Unsinkable
Directors Peter Grogan, Alan Corcoran
in Human Spirit
Ireland

Viva Dada
Director Matthew Kalil
in Human Spirit
South Africa








LGBT

ALL WIGGED OUT
Director Tracy Walsh
in Docu-drama Feature, Health, LGBT
United States





RE
Directors kenneth Robins, John McBride
in LGBT
United States

Transcendence
Directors Tina DiFeliciantonio, Jane C. Wagner
in Human Spirit, LGBT, Social Issues, Docu-drama Feature, Health
United States
(trans)-fem.inity
Director Rebecca Obadia
in Docu-drama Short, LGBT
France
V'inci
Director Malga Kubiak
in LGBT
Sweden


RELIGION/FAITH

A Slice of Pie: A Love Story
Director Blis Hanousek DeVault
in Religion/Faith, Social Issues, Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category), Direction (sub-category)
United States

"In Our Right Minds" Guiding Women to their Strength as Leaders; Leading Men to Strength Without Armor
Director Dale Allen
in Religion/Faith
United States

My Home, My Home
Directors Anikó Mária Nagy, Attila Szabó
in Religion/Faith
Hungary
Nafkot - Yearning
Director malka shabtay
in Religion/Faith, Research (sub-category)
Israel
Our Triumphant Holy Day
Director Greg Di Roma
in Religion/Faith, Cinematography (sub-category), Editing (sub-category), Original Score (sub-category), Direction (sub-category)
United States
Send Proof
Director Elijah Stephens
in Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Research (sub-category)
United States
The beautiful youth
Director Raffaella Verga
in Religion/Faith
Italy
The Stories of Us
Directors Monica Levinson, Steven Hentges
in Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
United States
Xueta Island
Directors Dani Rotstein, Felipe Wolokita, Ofer Laszewicki
in Religion/Faith
Spain

REVOLUTION
&
REFORM 

Ablaze
Directors Alec Denis Morgan, Tiriki Onus
in Revolution and Reform, Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category)
Australia
Amashinga
Director Bex Singleton
in Revolution and Reform
United Kingdom

Building Bridges: Bill Youren's Vision of Peace
Director John Nicolas Chrisstoffels
in Biography, Revolution and Reform, Original Score (sub-category)
New Zealand
Burning Ballad
Director Dai Belquer
in Revolution and Reform, Direction (sub-category)
United States

Good Intentions
Director Harry James Dwinell
in Revolution and Reform
United States



The Sun Rises in The East
Director Tayo Giwa
in Revolution and Reform
United States


WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE
Director SENKA DOMANOVIĆ
in Revolution and Reform
Serbia



SCIENCE
CAR-T Cells: Engineered Cancer Killers
Director Dr Maja Divjak
in Health, Science
Australia
Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops
Director Susan Gray
in Science
United States
Fleeting Structure
Director Patrick Lysaght
in Science, Original Score (sub-category)
United States
Guardians of Our Land
Director Nell Wang
in Science
Taiwan
in love with a problem
Director Julie Kim
in Environmental , Science
Canada
Something Ain't Right
Directors Susan Ruth Downs, MD, Alex Voss
in Health, Social Issues, Science
United States
The New Human
Director Christine Elizabeth McLean
in Science, Wildlife/Nature/Animals, Direction (sub-category)
Canada


SOCIAL ISSUES


A Greenland Story
Directors Vincent Monahan, Marieke Lexmond
in Environmental , Social Issues, Editing (sub-category)
Ireland
America Boxed In
Directors Casey G. Williams, Ian S. Williams
in Social Issues
United States
A QUI LA Faute
Director Noelle Rivas
in Social Issues
United States
Barcelona – A Welcoming City
Director Christin Schuchardt
in Social Issues
Germany
Battleground Melbourne
Director Topher Field
in Social Issues
Australia
Building Bridges: Bill Youren's Vision of Peace
Director John Nicolas Chrisstoffels
in Social Issues
New Zealand
By Hook or By Cook
Director Pamela J Tomlinson
in Social Issues
Canada
Campesinos: America's Unsung Heroes
Director Joe Poni
in Social Issues
United States
Common Grounds?
Director Raed Truett Gilliam
in Social Issues
United States

DENIAL: The Armenian Genocide
Directors J. Scott Simmons, David Johanssen
in Social Issues
Mexico
El Paracaidista: The Man, The Artist, The Activist
Directors Oscar Cardona, Christopher Marquez, Juan Felipe Barrientos
in Social Issues, Original Score (sub-category)
United States
ELLOS GRITAN LIBERTAD (THEY SCREAM FREEDOM)
Director Melinda Raebyne
in Social Issues
United States
Everybody's Granddaughter
Director Svetlana Copic
in Social Issues
Serbia
Family Secrets
Director Andrew Francis Dunning
in Social Issues
Canada
Freedom Street
Director Alfred Darren Pek
in Social Issues
Australia



Imagining the sea
Director Adrian Ortiz
in Social Issues
Mexico




Mango House
Director Ross Taylor
in Social Issues
United States

Music, the Medicine for the Soul
Director Ferran Llagostera
in Social Issues
Spain

No Girls Allowed
Director Courtney Deelen
in Social Issues
Canada




Online Hate Speech: Underway With Criminal Prosecutors
Director Klaus Scherer
in Social Issues
Germany




Raised Up West Side
Director Brett A. Schwartz
in Social Issues
United States
Santiago
Director Vincent Monahan
in Human Spirit, Social Issues
Ireland
Sharing Destiny: The Forgotten Slaves of Mauritania
Director Sébastien Kraft
in Social Issues
United States
Shopping Cart People
Director Duffy Hecht
in Social Issues, Original Score (sub-category)
United States
Something Ain't Right
Directors Susan Ruth Downs, MD, Alex Voss
in Health, Social Issues, Science
United States

Sould
Director Thomas Kriechhammer
in Social Issues
Austria
The Black Raven
Director George Wyhinny
in Social Issues
United States
The Graduates
Director Dusan Gajic
in Social Issues
Serbia
The Invisible Visible
Director Kireet Khurana
in Social Issues
India
The Landless
Director Fernanda Ligabue
in Social Issues
Brazil
The Least We Can Do
Director Moira Simpson
in Social Issues
Canada
The lights and shadows method.
Director Ángel Linares
in Social Issues
Mexico
Three Lessons (How to shoot a gun)
Director Stephen Sewell
in Social Issues
United States
The Time of the Fireflies
Directors Matteo Robert Morales, Mattis Appelqvist Dalton
in Social Issues
Mexico
Transcendence
Directors Tina DiFeliciantonio, Jane C. Wagner
in Human Spirit, LGBT, Social Issues, Docu-drama Feature, Health
United States

VARIETY
Director ramin eshraghi-yazdi
in Social Issues
Canada
Where is my home
Directors Samiran Deka, Bhaskar Jyoti Das
in Social Issues
India
White Yet Black
Director STEVEN CHIKOSI
in Social Issues
Zimbabwe
Women of Slender Means
Director Allison Prete
in Social Issues
United States

SPORTS



Furious
Director Liz Linstrom
in Sports
United States
Gurgle: Pulling Water
Director Richard Van Kleeck
in Sports
United States

PLAYERS vs COVID
Director Tomislav Zaja
in Sports


TRAVEL - CULTURE

ARTS

AFRYKAS and the magic box
Director Isabel Rivero-Vilá
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
An American Ballet Story
Director Leslie Streit
in Travel/Culture/Arts, Research (sub-category)
United States
Angee's Journey, a documentary dance film
Directors Suchi Branfman, Tom Tsai
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States

AROUND THE WORLD WITH CHEF DEVAN
Director Elena M
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
Bancoco
Director BRAD M KING
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
Bella
Director Bridget A Murnane
in Human Spirit, Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
Chameleons
Director Fritz Aigner
in Travel/Culture/Arts
Austria
Extreme Reflections
Director Dr. Teresa Herminia Mular
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
Five Days With Tom
Director Mr Emmanuel BONN
in Travel/Culture/Arts
France
Havana Car Club
Directors Linda Arroyo, Douglas Bry
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
Heartbreak Henry: The Show Must Go On
Director Michael Fagans
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
ICON - Memoirs of a Master Craftsman (2K_39mins docufilm)
Director Kala Shreen
in Biography, Travel/Culture/Arts
India

Lost and Hungry in the Amazon: a Yanomami Story
Cliff Orloff and Rafael Hernández: Directors
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
My Rembetika Blues - A film about love, life and Greek music
Director M.Zournazi
in Travel/Culture/Arts
Australia

Phantom Or The Opera
Director Roger Ho-wan CHOW
in Travel/Culture/Arts, Original Score (sub-category), Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category)
Hong Kong
Poetry, New York
Director Patrick Pfister
in Travel/Culture/Arts
Spain
Prespa Lakes Two Drops in a Waterworld
Director Androniki Christaki
in Travel/Culture/Arts, Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category), Direction (sub-category)
Germany
River to the Heart
Director Eddy L. Harris
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
Stuff the World is Made of
Director Paul Cox
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United Kingdom
TAGBANUA
Director Silke de Vos
in Travel/Culture/Arts
Germany
The Artist - A Documentary
Director Peter Tompkins
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
The Sound of "The Room"
Directors Josh Folan, Jonathan Mann, Ted Garvey
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
Where's the Craic?
Director Lauren Hakulinen
in Travel/Culture/Arts, Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
France
Wine Hunter
Director Chrisa Giorgi
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
Zaragoza. Spanish Debut
Director Iryna Melnyk Novak
in Travel/Culture/Arts
Spain

WILDLIFE - NATURE

ANIMALS

FOREST MIGHTIES
Directors Mateusz Matysiak, Tomasz Ogrodowczyk, Michał Ogrodowczyk
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Poland
Imara
Director Hal Hollingworth
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
South Africa
lava flow
Director Manfred Neuwirth
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals, Original Score (sub-category)
Austria
MT. SUSWA - LIFE IN A VOLCANO
Director Oliver Goetzl
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals, Editing (sub-category), Direction (sub-category), Cinematography (sub-category)
Germany

The New Human
Director Christine Elizabeth McLean
in Science, Wildlife/Nature/Animals, Direction (sub-category)
Canada
Tierra del Fuego
Director Oleksandr Lozytskyi
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Ukraine
Turtles of Ontario Silent Cry for Help
Director Egor Trushin
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Canada

Wings Over Water
Director Andrew Young
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
United States


YOUTH


Never Alone
Directors paul francis bunch, albert Soratorio
in Youth Issues
United States