SUMMER 2016
TOP WINNERS

Welcome to the WRPN.TV Short, Tight and Loose global film festival competition (WSTL), an online venue for shorts only (INCLUDING WEBISODES/TV SERIES!), in association with DOFIFF.COM. During any given year, 3 seasons of WSTL will run, ending in one “Best Of Show” winner for each season in each of the Tight and Loose categories. They are then categorized as a ‘semi-finalist’ for the cash prize. At year’s end, we will then have 3 semi-finalists in each category. The Judges Panel will then select one Finalist among those 3, to receive a $500 cash prize in each of the Tight and Loose categories.
WSTL, in conjunction with WRPN.TV Entertainment News, may also offer a unique opportunity to 'expose your shorts' to a world-wide community of video fans from dozens of countries that filmmakers would not normally have access to, in the form of an optional PPV opportunity. The PPV option is currently being developed, and we will keep all filmmakers informed of the progress.
In order to insure that each film is studied and rated on an individual basis, DOFIFF has instituted a system where entries do not compete against each other, but instead 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.

The judges focus is on your film when it is your turn to be evaluated, not on all the other films that are in cue: this insures that they will not have comparisons going on in their minds when they should be focusing entirely on YOU.

Judges score entries on a performance scale and winning entries are recognized and awarded not only for 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 given level will fluctuate based on the total number of entries received for each competition deadline.




First Semi-Finalist
First Semi-Finalist
Loose Shorts
“Straw Dolls”
- John Milano (USA) -

AWARDS

Loose Shorts Drama

Original Concept

Sound Editing

 Direction

Research

Set Design

Ensemble Cast

Tight Shorts
“My Luchador”
- Shea Sizemore -
AWARDS

Tight Shorts Dramedy

Original Concept

Editing

Sound Editing

Set Design

Viewer Impact: Inspirational

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT



DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT