Docs Without Borders
International Film Festival

 

OFFICIALLY
SELECTED
TO COMPETE

Summer - 2023



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ANIMATED



Furrsonalities
Director Emma Rachel Settles
in Animated
United States
METAMORPHOSIS
Director Michele Fasano
in Animated
Italy
Shame On You!
Director Jeffrey Himpele
in Animated
United States

BIOGRAPHY

A Brief History Of Jesus Messiah
Director Dirk Zekveld
in Biography
Netherlands
Breaking the Code
Director Michael Flanagan
in Biography
United States

Carlos Nogueira - The House Within
Director Luís Alves de Matos
in Biography
Portugal


(Part 5C - Cal Jacox Special) Real Deal Track Journey Featuring Atlantic Coast
Director Walt Green
in Biography
United States



DOCUMENTARY


44 LIGHTS: Music From Ground Zero
Director Barbara Blackburn Tuttle
in Documentary
United States
A Better Place
Director Jennifer Fearnley
in Documentary
United Kingdom
Activismo: Art & Dissidence in Cuba
Director Philip Richard Sugden
in Documentary
United States
Air
Director Ricardo Íscar
in Documentary
Spain
Ants
Director Valerio Nicolosi
in Documentary
Italy
Armenia: A Love Story
Director Chuck Holton
in Documentary
United States
Aris Demetrios: Sculpture From The Heart
Director Josh Aronson
in Documentary
United States
Bad Ass Women Doing Kick Ass Shit
Director Abie Ekenezar
in Documentary
United States
Bebo
Director Ricardo Bacallao
in Documentary
Germany
BERLIN
Director Muhammad Fawad
in Documentary
Pakistan
Beyond the Bridge
Director Kim Zanti
in Documentary
United States
Borderless Blue
Director Ben Fiscella Meissner
in Documentary
Burden Of Memory
Director Scott Whitham
in Documentary
United States
Chasing the Cure
Directors Cyrille Njikeng, Greg Parker
in Documentary
United States
Cutting the Line
Director William Bendix
in Documentary, Environmental , Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Namibia
Dance of Death
Directors Peter Furst, Garnet Mae
in Documentary
Australia
Dariush Mehrjui: Making the Cow
Director Bahman Maghsoudlou
in Documentary
United States
Dreams of a dengbej
Director Ann-Sophie Persson
in Documentary
United States
Even the Women Must Fight
Director Karen Turner
in Documentary
United States
Feast Your Ears
Director Jay Schlossberg
in Documentary
United States
Fight for Ukraine-12 Women's War
Director Karen Kanes Floyd
in Documentary, Human Spirit, Social Issues
United States
Free Speech to Cancel Culture; Profiles in Canadian Comedy
Submitter william davern
in Documentary
Canada
FREEDOM ON FIRE: Ukraine's fight for Freedom
Director Evgeny Afineevsky
in Documentary
Ukraine
Going Out With A Bang
Submitter Susan Bradley
in Documentary
United States
Hay Day
Director Lindsey Hefter
in Documentary, Human Spirit
United States
Hello Moss Angeles
Director Erlend F. Stærk
in Documentary, Editing (sub-category)
Norway
Hendrik Witbooi, God from heaven has now broken the treaty
Director Alexander George Honisch
in Documentary
Namibia
Hope for Chronic Fatigue and Long Covid
Director Andrew Gaeddert
in Documentary
United States
I am Kanaka
Director Genevieve Sulway
in Documentary, Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category), Human Spirit
United Kingdom
I got to go to Juchitán
Director Sonja Aufderklamm
in Documentary
Germany
In Solidarity with Ukraine
Director David Naglieri
in Documentary, Human Spirit, Cinematography (sub-category), Editing (sub-category), Original Score (sub-category)
United States
In the Village of Poets
Director Dan Frodsham
in Documentary
United Kingdom
I See a Darkness
Directors Katherine Waugh, Fergus Daly
in Documentary
Ireland
Johannes and His Memorial Site
Director Susanne Scheiner
in Documentary
Switzerland
Journalism at Risk *
Submitter Alejandro Tamayo
in Documentary
United States
JULIAN: a Jiu Jitsu Story
Submitter The Scuttlebutt Show
in Documentary
United States
Kalsa Blo Mi - Writing on the Skin
Director Arjun Singh Gyani
in Documentary, Travel/Culture/Arts
Papua New Guinea
Left Behind
Director Anna Toomey
in Documentary
United States
Lego Oma
Director Karina Sturm
in Documentary, Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
Germany
Look at me now: Stories of Hope
Directors Mannie Nimmo, Steve Nimmo
in Documentary
United States
Let's Talk About Love. Again
Submitter NHUNG NGUYEN
in Documentary
United States
Malakoff Man: Picking up the Trail
Directors Bradley H Bullock, Jason A Hawks
in Documentary, Research (sub-category)
United States
Malcom is Missing
Directors Jari Camille Osborne (nee: Louie), Robert Osborne
in Documentary
Canada
Mission Asclepios
Director Patrik Soergel
in Documentary
Switzerland
Mundo Maya
Director Steve Hamm
in Documentary
United States
No Boundaries
Director Jaeun(Jay) Chin
in Documentary
Korea, Republic of
Odyssey
Director Garrett Stiger
in Documentary
United States
On a Knife's Edge
Director Jen Ayling
in Documentary, Religion/Faith
Australia
One For The Books: The Maupin Marathon
Director Rose Collis
in Documentary
United Kingdom
One Second at a Time: Battling the Monster of Addiction
Director Tim Searfoss
in Documentary
United States
PADDLE TRIBAL WATERS
Directors Paul Robert Wolf Wilson, Rush Sturges
in Documentary
United States
Passing Through
Director Sarah June Remetch
in Documentary, Travel/Culture/Arts, Cinematography (sub-category), Original Score (sub-category), Direction (sub-category)
United States
Raised by Wolves
Director Dana Coester
in Documentary, Social Issues, Youth Issues
United States
Road to Forgiveness
Director Peter Tompkins
in Documentary
United States
Since I Been Down
Director GILDA SHEPPARD
in Documentary, Youth Issues
United States
Skills For Trades
Director Shane Williams
in Documentary
Australia
SOUND and SILENCE
Director Thomas Luechinger
in Documentary
Switzerland
Space, Hope and Charity
Director Sandy Cummings
in Documentary
United States
Storming Caesars Palace
Director Hazel Gurland-Pooler
in Documentary
United States
Story of HER
Director Charlene Bell
in Documentary
United States
Swim Through
Director Robert Whitney
in Documentary
United States
Taking the Fight
Director Carlos Arrieta
in Documentary
United States
Technologies of the Soul: Ancient Wisdom in the Smart Nation
Director Ian McGonigle
in Documentary
Singapore
The Attack
Director ALVARO MENDOZA
in Documentary
Spain
The Coal Women
Director Renee L Green
in Documentary
Virgin Islands, U.S.

The Decodrama Documentary (Battle of Bridges)
Director hamad yousef maarouf
in Documentary, Docu-drama Feature, Revolution and Reform
Kuwait
The Eastern Front
Director Caolan Robertson
in Documentary
United Kingdom
The Erie Situation
Director David J Ruck
in Documentary, Environmental
United States
The Fatal Flight Buzz One Four
Director Renee Green
in Documentary
United States


The journey home
Directors Vera Denton, Desmond Denton
in Documentary
United States

The Lone Wolverine of the Wallowas
Director Alan Lacy
in Documentary, Environmental , Wildlife/Nature/Animals
United States
The Spectacular Absence Of God
Director Erik Fransman
in Documentary
Netherlands
The thousand forms of Pinocchio
Director Luca Bazzini
in Documentary
Italy
The White Earth Dragon
Directors Sergio Palomba, Mario Raele
in Documentary
Italy
Their Own Life
Director Tim Dekkers
in Documentary
Netherlands
Translator for Peace
Director Eli Scarr
in Documentary
United States

Travels In Schizophrenia
Director Pierre Moncel Tetrault
in Documentary
Canada
Troubled Water
Director Davis Huber
in Documentary, Environmental , Cinematography (sub-category)
United States
Twin Oaks
Director Sean O'Connor
in Documentary
United States
Uncanny Valley: Sauvage
Director Anthony A DiMaria
in Documentary
United States
Unfit to Sit: Spotlight on Judge Matthew Cooper
Director SEBASTIAN DOGGART
in Documentary
United States
We Dare To Dream
Director Waad al-Kateab
in Documentary
United Kingdom
What are we fighting for?
Directors CAROLYN JENNIFER CORKINDALE, CHRISTINE ANNE BELFORD
in Documentary, Revolution and Reform
Australia
When Hope Breaks Through
Director Matthew Wagner
in Documentary
United States
When Worlds Collide
Director Genevieve Sulway
in Documentary, Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category), Direction (sub-category)
United Kingdom
WINGS
Director JASON LEHEL
in Documentary
United States
With my own hands
Director José Francisco Tapajós
in Documentary
Brazil
Woiwode - Of Hope and Pain: The Memories of a Survivor
Director Maik Giessler
in Documentary
Germany
Women and roads. The way to yourself. Ladoga.
Directors Kristina Kretova, Anna Kameneva
in Documentary, Travel/Cultu












































DOCU-DRAMA

 FEATURES


Gimpel the Fool Returns to Poland
Director Howard Rypp
in Docu-drama Feature
Israel
I hope for Heaven
Director Daniele Pignatelli
in Docu-drama Feature, Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Social Issues
Italy
The Decodrama Documentary (Battle of Bridges)
Director hamad yousef maarouf
in Documentary, Docu-drama Feature, Revolution and Reform
Kuwait
Venizelos: the Struggle for Asia Minor
Director Nikos Dayandas
in Docu-drama Feature
Greece

DOCU-DRAMA

 SHORTS






Long Ago and Far Away
Director Erik Jacobsen
in Docu-drama Short
United States
THE CURSE EFFECT
Director Gregg Jaden
in Docu-drama Short
United States
The Water Battle in Ouro Preto
Director Matheus Vieira
in Docu-drama Short
Brazil




ENVIRONMENTAL


A Branch of US
Director Billy Kanaly
in Environmental
United States
Catastrophe Now! The Era of Global Boiling
Director Charles Eskridge Love
in Environmental
United States
Fair Seas - The Atlantic Northwest
Director Natasha Phillips
in Environmental
United Kingdom
home
Directors Sue Schroeder, Adam Larsen
in Environmental
United States
Living with Landslides
Director Laure Quinlivan
in Environmental , Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category)
United States
Loons: A Cry from the Mist
Director Julia Nunes
in Environmental
Canada
Mekong Apocalypse
Director Michael Buckley
in Environmental
Canada
Not My Bag
Director Beta Bajgart
in Environmental
Ireland
Paddling the Margins
Director Jack River Hampton
in Environmental
United Kingdom
Planet Soil
Director Mark Verkerk
in Environmental
Netherlands
Revival
Director Simon Nathan Feldman
in Environmental , Human Spirit
United States


Sin Refugio
Directors Roberto Bosoms, Andrea Cordoba
in Environmental
Mexico

Soul of the Ocean (Her Heartbeat)
Director TerryLee WHETSTONe
in Environmental
United States
The Lens of Memory
Director David Foreman
in Environmental
Australia
The Lone Wolverine of the Wallowas
Director Alan Lacy
in Documentary, Environmental , Wildlife/Nature/Animals
United States
THE URGENCY OF NOW
Director KC Schulberg
in Environmental
United States
Troubled Water
Director Davis Huber
in Documentary, Environmental , Cinematography (sub-category)
United States
Wild Forests
Director David Cebulla
in Environmental , Wildlife/Nature/Animals, Cinematography (sub-category), Research (sub-category), Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category)
Germany



HEALTH


Demons & Dragans. Mark Patinkin's Cancer Journey
Director Dante Bellini
in Health
United States
Invisible Corps
Director Chris Schueler
in Health
United States

Rollout
Director Danny Abel
in Health
United States
THE NURSE PRACTITIONER
Director Gwen Jansen
in Health
Netherlands

HUMAN SPIRIT
Anything You Lose
Director Irina Vodar
in Human Spirit
United States
Braves Wear Braids
Directors Jamie K Starlight, Bryce A Starlight
in Human Spirit, Social Issues, Travel/Culture/Arts, Youth Issues, Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
Canada
Fight for Ukraine-12 Women's War
Director Karen Kanes Floyd
in Documentary, Human Spirit, Social Issues
United States
Find My Way
Director Kelly Siu
in Human Spirit
Hong Kong
Hay Day
Director Lindsey Hefter
in Documentary, Human Spirit
United States
I hope for Heaven
Director Daniele Pignatelli
in Docu-drama Feature, Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Social Issues
Italy
Interpreters Wanted
Director Robert Ham
in Human Spirit
United States
Revival
Director Simon Nathan Feldman
in Environmental , Human Spirit
United States

Run for Noah
Director Samuel T. Scofy
in Human Spirit
Canada
Swim Tuff
Director Matt Corliss
in Human Spirit
United States
The Spinster Ball
Director Katrina Tomasicka
in Human Spirit
Latvia
TRACES, Voices of the Second Generation
Directors Isaac Brown, Ana Paula Habib
in Human Spirit
United States

Unbroken
Director Katharine Lake Berz
in Human Spirit
Canada

"What if Schools Taught Us to Love"
Director Yannick Borit
in Human Spirit
Myanmar





LGBT
   
Willem & Frieda
Director John Hay
in LGBT
United Kingdom

RELIGION/FAITH



Esperanza: Hope for Our Cities
Director James M Ault
in Religion/Faith
United States
I hope for Heaven
Director Daniele Pignatelli
in Docu-drama Feature, Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Social Issues
Italy
Miracle At Manchester
Director Eddie McClintock
in Religion/Faith, Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
United States
Morningstar
Director Murdo Macleod
in Religion/Faith
United Kingdom

On a Knife's Edge
Director Jen Ayling
in Documentary, Religion/Faith
Australia


Searching for Shambhala
Director Tian Yu Liu
in Religion/Faith
United States
Sikh Interfaith Journey
Director Prithvi Pal Singh
in Religion/Faith
United States
THE BEAT ( Drummers Gone Wild in the Bible Belt)
Directors Mitch Norris, Ron Hardy
in Religion/Faith, Cinematography (sub-category)
United States
The Samaritans: A Biblical People
Director moshe alafi
in Religion/Faith
Israel

REVOLUTION
&
REFORM 
Color Trilogy
Director Guilherme Scalzilli
in Revolution and Reform
Brazil
Red Blood - The Cambodian Genocide
Director Ryan Goldberg
in Revolution and Reform
United States
Still We Rise
Director John Harvey
in Revolution and Reform
Australia
The Decodrama Documentary (Battle of Bridges)
Director hamad yousef maarouf
in Documentary, Docu-drama Feature, Revolution and Reform
Kuwait


What are we fighting for?
Directors CAROLYN JENNIFER CORKINDALE, CHRISTINE ANNE BELFORD
in Documentary, Revolution and Reform
Australia


SCIENCE
AI vs Human: The Creativity Experiment
Submitter Penny Palmer
in Science
Ice Age Americans
Director Robin Bicknell
in Science
Canada


SCREENPLAYS
Heroes, Just For One Day (Breaking Thick Ice)
Writer Salvatore Riggio
in Screenplays Feature Length
United States
The Lambda Factor
Writers Dimple Patel Desai, Antony Guilianti
in Screenplays Feature Length
United States

SOCIAL ISSUES


21 Miles in Malibu
Director Nic Davis
in Social Issues
United States

An Incomplete Family Portrait
Director Yangho Song
in Social Issues, Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category)
Korea, Republic of

Distance: Sex Work in the Pandemic
Director Vivian Veidt
in Social Issues
United States

Everyday dicks
Director Silvia Giambrone
in Social Issues
Italy
Fight for Ukraine-12 Women's War
Director Karen Kanes Floyd
in Documentary, Human Spirit, Social Issues
United States




Horror Able Women
Director Cindy Sanabria
in Social Issues
United States



HUMAN WELFARE COMMITTEE
Director Julian Sonntag
in Social Issues
Nepal

I hope for Heaven
Director Daniele Pignatelli
in Docu-drama Feature, Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Social Issues
Italy

Justice Where There was Injustice (A life stolen: The Joseph Hardy Story))
Director Ron Hardy
in Social Issues
United States
KAMIYAMA: The Little Town with Big Ideas
Directors Kohei Watanabe, Marco Lui
in Social Issues
Japan
People Power - Stop Texas Bill Targeting Chinese Immigrants
Director Xiao Bai Tarr
in Social Issues
United States
Raised by Wolves
Director Dana Coester
in Documentary, Social Issues, Youth Issues
United States
Searching For Damian O
Director Omar C. Johnson
in Social Issues
United States


The Keeper of The Jewels Short
Director Eric Majette, Jr.
in Social Issues
United States







SPORTS

A Goal to Dream
Directors Yared Ganzerli, Marco Panini
in Sports
Italy
Border Crossing Sistas
Director Ty-Ron Michael Douglas
in Sports
United States

Miss Basketball
Director Julius Crouch
in Sports
United States
Taking the Fight
Director Carlos Arrieta
in Sports, Original Score (sub-category), Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category), Direction (sub-category)
United States
Three Weeks: The 1960 Winter Olympics and the Civil Rights Movement in Reno, Nevada
Director Nancy O'Connell
in Sports
United States
Torched
Director Hoag Kepner
in Sports
United States
Trash 2 Dash
Director Wayne Johnson
in Sports
New Zealand

TRAVEL - CULTURE

ARTS



I Ching Master
Director Ellen Ngai Lun Pun
in Travel/Culture/Arts
Hong Kong
In Honor Of (in English)
Submitter Elizabeth Winker
in Travel/Culture/Arts
Germany
Kalsa Blo Mi - Writing on the Skin
Director Arjun Singh Gyani
in Documentary, Travel/Culture/Arts
Papua New Guinea
Közüngü
Director Ahmet Tolga Ayıklar
in Travel/Culture/Arts
Turkey

Sheikh Al Tanweer
Director Eva Riyad Daoud
in Travel/Culture/Arts
Bahrain
STEPPIN: A Chicago Dance (74 min mixed)
Directors Anthony Coleman, Gwen McGee
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
the countryside
Director Tatiana Summer Tift
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
The Vazaha (The Stranger)
Director Anthony Trapanese
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
WITCH, REBORN
Director Maria Shevtsova
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United Kingdom
Women and roads. The way to yourself. Ladoga.
Directors Kristina Kretova, Anna Kameneva
in Documentary, Travel/Cultu

WILDLIFE - NATURE

ANIMALS


A 20-Nautical Mile Journey Back to Safety
Director Claire Cai
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
China
A Butterfly´s Tale
Director Jan Haft
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Germany
Invader and Defender
Director YIWEN CAO
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Hong Kong

Older Than Trees
Director Pippa Ehrlich
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals, Original Score (sub-category)
South Africa


The Honey Movie
Director Sasha Nikitin
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Moldova, Republic of

The Lone Wolverine of the Wallowas
Director Alan Lacy
in Documentary, Environmental , Wildlife/Nature/Animals
United States
This is: Elk Ravine Farm
Director Nick Benedetto
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
United States
Wild Forests
Director David Cebulla
in Environmental , Wildlife/Nature/Animals, Cinematography (sub-category), Research (sub-category), Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category)
Germany
YOUTH

Offering Hope: Lessons from Uganda
Director Thomas J Malkowicz
in Youth Issues
United States
Raised by Wolves
Director Dana Coester
in Documentary, Social Issues, Youth Issues
United States
Since I Been Down
Director GILDA SHEPPARD
in Documentary, Youth Issues
United States