I did watch 3-4 more. Besides regular documentaries theyre mostly films made for no one. Something someone wanted to make for themselves.
No we wouldnt have won the audience vote. This specific festival was made for new film makers and most are terrible in promoting themselves. Looking at other films if we didnt win the audience vote I think Freechain was the best of the lot and would have deserved the win from the judges. But considering its more about giving everyone a chance the judges gave teh win to something not a single person voted for. We got he laurel and ultimately thats all that matters. No one will ask how and why you got it nor does it say "audience vote" (Which is more times more important)
I imagine seeing a landslide like that looks pretty suspect from the perspective of others.
I mean I wont share screenshots of the comments but they did complain as if getting votes from people when no one cares about what they made is our problem in any way.