๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž
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‘ป๐’‰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’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

โญ Engage, network and pitch your current future projects to Lift-Off Producers
โญ Screen at the Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival
โญ Attend networking events in the city as part of LA Lift-Off
โญ Lift-Off Season Awards Qualifying
โญ Showcase Screenings @ Pinewood Studios
โญ Focus Groups & Networking online and in-person

Learn more about the Lift-Off Season
๐Ÿ‘‰ liftoff.network/season

Being part of the Hollywood First-Time Filmmakers showcase is an expereience like no other, selected filmmakers automatically form part of the Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival, one of the flag ship city based events in the Lift-Off Season. But aside from this great benefit, the selection enables first time filmmakers to instantly access the "My Film in Focus" section of the exclusive Lift-Off hub, where your content, skills and creative passions are showcased to our producers with the look for potential collaborations and future filmmaking teams to form.

If you are passionate about a career film, look no further than the First-Time Filmmaker Showcase.

๐†๐„๐“ ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐’๐”๐๐Œ๐ˆ๐’๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐“-๐Ž๐…๐… ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐‹๐’ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐๐„๐“๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐:

โญ Fee waivers to all Lift-Off Festivals & Showcases (worth $300)
โญ Apply for representation at international film markets, including Cannes, EFM, and AFM
โญ Access to international film jobs
โญ Networking, Workshops & Online Events

Find out more about Lift-Off Network Membership
๐Ÿ‘‰ liftoff.network/membership

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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  • Shannon Blackburn

    Not a fan! Would not submit again.

    December 2023
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  • BO TANAS

    Thank you for honoring my first film, THE RETURN. I am so grateful. Very encouraging. Bo Tanas

    October 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Hi Bo, thank you for the kind words. We're excited to see what you're working on next!!

  • Noemi Lopez

    Thank you for selecting my short film The Laundry Machine into the festival this year 2023! Great communication from your team with the constant updates through email. It was great to be a part of this.

    October 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you for your kind review, Noemi! We're glad you engaged with the festival and we can't wait to see what you do next!!

  • Shawn Alexander Thompson

    This is one of the first (possibly THE first) festival I signed up for, for my first written film, โ€œA Thiefโ€™s Turmoilโ€.

    I couldnโ€™t be more pleased with the experience.

    October 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Hi Shawn, we're thrilled to hear you had a great experience with us! We look forward to receiving your future work!

  • Allyson Glenn

    Thank you Hollywood First-Time Filmmaker Showcase for selecting Above the Deluge for the festival! It was an honor to have this film be part of this unique event showcasing newcomers to film making! Great communication and opportunity to reach audiences in this region. Thank you!

    December 2022
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