๐“๐‡๐„ ๐’๐‡๐Ž๐–๐‚๐€๐’๐„๐’ @ ๐๐ˆ๐๐„๐–๐Ž๐Ž๐ƒ ๐’๐“๐”๐ƒ๐ˆ๐Ž๐’
๐‡๐Ž๐’๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐๐˜ ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐“-๐Ž๐…๐… ๐†๐‹๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐๐„๐“๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š
๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€

๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐ญ๐žโ€ฆ

๐ŸŽฅ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐›๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ข
Picked up by Netflix (and later the BBC) via Lift-Off's Film Market Representation

๐ŸŽฅ ๐“๐ž๐ž๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐› ๐›๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐๐ฌ ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ฌ๐ž๐ง
Distributed by California Pictures via Lift-Off's Film Market Representation

๐ŸŽฅ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐›๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ
Distributed to Amazon Prime by Indie Rights, Santa Monica, via Lift-Off's Film Market Representation

๐ŸŽฅ ๐Š๐ž๐ง ๐…๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ฒ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ก ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ž๐ซ
Picked up by Devilworks via Lift-Off's Film Market Representation

๐Ÿ† ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ-๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž:
Oscar winners Rachel Shenton and Chris Overton for The Silent Child, Brian Jordan Alvarez for You Are What I Want and The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, Stephanie Koenig for The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, and Charlotte Le Bon for Judith Hotel.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜-๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€?

Unlike festivals, the Lift-Off Showcase is something that combines online focus groups, peer-to-peer feedback, and annual interaction with our nomination screenings forming part of an annual showcase day at Pinewood Studios, access to our Writer's Room, invitations to attend the Lift-Off Season Awards, and the potential to have your project released on Lift-Off's incredibly successful YouTube Channel.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€?

โญ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (event day listed when you submitted โ€“ we do these monthly)
You will be invited to an initial online focus group, where you will engage with the other monthly selected filmmakers and screenwriters from the various showcase categories we list monthly on FilmFreeway. You will receive feedback from the group via a private online screening of your project.

โญ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ (Feb/Mar)
All accepted films will be considered for Season Award nominations, but regardless of consideration, you will be invited to all of the nomination screenings as a judge, if you wish to partake, happening at The John Barry Theatre, in the world-famous Pinewood Studios in Feb/March (date and times tbc).

โญ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ (Feb/Mar)
The nomination screening attendance is also grouped on the same day with an in-person event at Pinewood centred around you and your work. Following a tour of the studios, we will discuss your career, the industry, and the various opportunities you face.

โญ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ (Feb/Mar)
You will then be invited to our actual Season Awards, a black-tie event where we award the top-voted films from ALL of the Lift-Off city-based festivals and Showcases from the entire year. Not just a fancy event in a world-famous filmmaking location, but an exceptional night for networking and getting yourself inspired for the future that awaits you within the industry.

๐Ÿ”ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜-๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น...
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"๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’”๐’† ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’˜๐’„๐’‚๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’…๐’Š๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’…. ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š, ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’“๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’†๐’…๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’” ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’Š๐’• ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’‘ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’“๐’”, ๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’๐’“๐’”, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’๐’˜๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’–๐’„๐’„๐’†๐’†๐’…!" โญโญโญโญโญ
๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ-๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ณ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐จ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ . ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ-๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐ฉ๐š๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ.

Awards & Prizes

๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐“-๐Ž๐…๐… ๐๐„๐“๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Šโ€™๐’ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐๐„๐“๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ & ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’ ๐’๐“๐‘๐”๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„

The official panel judges all submissions. After the event finishes, deserving projects are placed on the Season Award Nominations Shortlist.

Lift-Off Season Award Nominations are then given based on merit within each category. They are judged against the current crop of nominations from our city-based festivals this Season.

๐’๐„๐€๐’๐Ž๐ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ ๐๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’

Lift-Off Season Award nominations screen at Lift-Off's HQ, the prestigious Pinewood Studios, during the celebration held at the end of the Lift-Off Season. The Season Awards celebrates the best-of-the-best from the nominations throughout the Lift-Off Season.

Find out more about the Season Awards
๐Ÿ‘‰liftoff.network/seasonawards

Rules & Terms

- All support queries must be sent via. support@liftoff.network.
- All submissions are to be sent digitally via FilmFreeway
- The official jury allocates Season Award Nominations
- Proudly, we have no other restrictions for screening your work. This includes your work's premier status, age, and/or whether your work has been made available online.
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  • Julia Z

    This was a really wonderful opportunity to be a part of! I'm very grateful!

    February 2024
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    Response from festival:

    We can't wait to see what you're releasing next Julia. Please let us know if you ever need assistance with getting your first drafts off of the ground or if you wish to pitch ideas, Lift-Off is here to support you!

  • Alberto Lais

    A fantastic showcase providing an intimate setting in which to watch and discuss exciting new short films made by emerging filmmakers. I was honoured to have my short Fugue screened at the prestigious Pinewood Studios.

    December 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Alberto, are you still screenwriting? We hope so! Please get in touch and let us know how your career is going, Lift-Off is here to support you!

  • Sophie Kingsley

    Natalie and the whole Lift-Off team are so supportive and welcoming. I loved our networking day at Pinewood Studios. All the discussions with both them and fellow filmmakers were genuinely so interesting and insightful - I've come away very inspired and with some great new connections. Thank you Lift-Off!

    November 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Sophie! We had a great expereince hosting you and can't wait to see what you're up to in 2025/26, keep in touch!! Lift-Off is here to support you!

  • Marcos Altuve

    My shortfilm was selected but I never knew anything about it. No more information came to me and I don't know if the Festival took place or not. Nothing ever came in spam.

    May 2021
    Helpful
    Response from festival:

    Hello, we have discovered that the issue is because you have changed emails between the time you submitted and now. We have been sending to the original email you supplied us and heard nothing back. Please get in touch with our support team who will assist further. Do not worry we will get you screened with one of our festivals asap. Please email Claire@liftoff.network as soon as possible. many thanks.

  • ThePsyche Speaks

    Where do I even start. I got the โ€œyour selectedโ€ letter March 15th, April rolls around and I never heard anything. I emailed at least three times asking for updates and NEVER got a response. I checked through my emails to make sure I didnโ€™t miss anything, and stayed on top of my emails everyday so as to not miss the second email I was suppose to receive. Not only did I not receive an email but no one bothered to contact me. This is extremely disheartening that you can get me and my cast mates hopes up only to be let down. How do you send me a letter saying I was selected and I will receive โ€œfurther instructions,โ€ and not even respond to emails. Itโ€™s almost May! I will never recommend this festival.

    April 2021
    Helpful
    Response from festival:

    Hello, this is a similar issue to the problem above. We have discovered that the issue is because you have changed emails between the time you submitted and now. We have been sending to the original email you supplied us and heard nothing back. Please get in touch with our support team who will assist further. Do not worry we will get you screened with one of our festivals asap. Please email Claire@liftoff.network as soon as possible. many thanks.