Winter 2023 WINNERS



We sent an award notification to ALL winners on February 11, 2023
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to failure to read emails.

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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.





We Live screen only Best of Festival winners.
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



DOMESTIC BEST OF FESTIVAL WINNER
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