London Lift-Off Film Festival

Learn more about the Lift-Off Global Network and how we support our filmmakers. Watch coverage from our festivals, see the interviews and engage with our live workshops directly from our YouTube Channel. Simply copy and paste this link into a separate tab: https://www.youtube.com/c/liftoffglobalnetwork

London Lift-Off Film Festival is the longest-running Lift-Off event, having had our home at some of London's most prestigious screening locations, it still remains one of the best attended and press exposed Lift-Offs on the network.

The fastest-growing film festival in Europe aims to showcase our filmmaker talents with a week-long celebration in a 100% audience choice awards platform at several interesting and prestigious London screening-locations. Winning films receive automatic official selections at subsequent globally based Lift-Off Film Festivals. All official selections are immediately considered for our end of season awards show at Pinewood Studios shortly after - where we award multiple categories.

It is definitely worth submitting to our other festivals as well to widen your work’s platform and maximise your networking opportunities. There are different judges per festival, giving your film a better chance of going forwards into the Lift-Off Network! The winner receives an official selection to an upcoming live Lift-Off festival.

FREE SUBMISSIONS TO ALL LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVALS WITH NETWORK MEMBERSHIP

Lift-Off Global Network invites you to join our Network Members' platform which will provide you with the resources you need to launch your filmmaking career.

Intermediate Membership is an annual subscription of $89, which entitles you to:

- Fee waivers to all Lift-Off Showcases (worth $300)
- Free tickets to Lift-Off Film Festivals and the Lift-Off Season Awards
- Career guidance from the Lift-Off co-founders
- The chance to apply for representation at international film markets including Cannes, EFM, and AFM

Our Professional Membership is an annual subscription of $189, everything Intermediate Membership offers you:

- Fee waivers across our entire festival network (worth $700)
- Access to an international film jobs database
- Access to scripts from our Network
- Upload your own scripts
- Access to a detailed 5-week production accelerator course

For more information please head to our website: https://liftoff.network/membership/

Our prizes and awards stretch from the submission level, all the way through to the Lift-Off Season Awards at the end of each year. We offer as much as possible to all who submit, our officially selected filmmakers, our nominees, and winners.

At the submission level.

Value for your submission fee. Exclusive content emailed to every submitter up-to 24hrs from the time of submission.

High scoring films. If your film scores high but isn't included in our final programme you will be invited to our Lift-Off Online Film Festival initiative, an online competitions which run parallel with the respective live city screenings - where the top two winners get official selections at either of the next two Lift-Off cities.

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The Lift-Off Season Awards

To celebrate and look back on the Lift-Off Season, Lift-Off host a prestigious awards ceremony called the Lift-Off Season Awards. The black tie event sees filmmakers, press, and industry professionals gather at the world-famous Lift-Off Season Awards for a night of awards, music, and networking.

Visit https://liftoff.network/season-awards/ to find out more.

Nominees are chosen after each Lift-Off Film Festival.
The categories:

Best Feature Live Action Narrative
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Live Action Narrative
Best Short Documentary
Best Director
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Music Video
Best Animation
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Post Production
Best Screenplay
Best Actor
Best First-Time Film

We can’t wait to see which films get nominated this year!

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Script Selections

The top 5 Screenplays will be showcased across the Community platform, featured in the Lift-Off newsletter which is sent to our 35,000 filmmakers, and shared across social media.

Screenwriters will be invited to include their work in our online Community portal. The portal is a curated database of quality scripts that are looking for production.

Lift-Off Community directors and producers are actively looking for projects to develop. They can use the portal to find their next potential projects, and contact the writers directly to discuss the optioning of scripts, development and rights.
All entries should be completed scripts, short or feature length, and you should be actively looking for collaboration or development.

We accept all films and scripts in any length or genre.
Digital online submission screeners only.
Feedback is sent shortly after the commencement of the festival.

Proudly, we have no other restrictions for your work. This includes your works premier status, it's age and/or whether your work has been made available online.

Overall Rating

Quality

Value

Communication

Hospitality

Networking

A.Hassan Keivan

It is an honor to be a part of this wonderful festival and so happy that my film "Who are we?" has got "official selection" 2020. Many thanks to judges and to all London Lift-Off film festival team for their decision

January 2021

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Kari Karsten

Since there was no in-person festival I can't really rate hospitality, but everything else has been a great experience. The interviews have not been posted online yet but I thought the questions were fun.
I very much appreciate a free membership professional network for a year. I will definitely take advantage.

January 2021

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Magi Avila

The London Film Festival was amazing! This team really rock Their film selection was marvelous! My team from UnTie Me documentary and I have learned so much with the Lift-Off Networks. Thank you for having us!

January 2021

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James Arden

In such a crazy year, it was great to see London Lift-Off step up and create a proper community feel online for the festival. Well done to the team and thanks for supporting our film!

January 2021

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Brad Miller

Being part of the London Lift-Off Film Festival has been a wonderful opportunity! It has been great to get 'Liquor or Gravy?' into its first festival. Thanks for giving us an official selection. I love how smoothly everything was run online despite COVID.

January 2021

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Dates & Deadlines

November 16, 2020
Opening Date
December 9, 2020
Launch Deadline
January 12, 2021
Early Deadline
February 10, 2021
February Deadline
March 10, 2021
March Deadline.
April 5, 2021
April Deadline..
May 3, 2021
Early May Deadline..
June 1, 2021
June Deadline..
July 5, 2021
July Deadline..
August 2, 2021
Regular Deadline..
September 1, 2021
Late Deadline
October 4, 2021
Final Deadline
November 9, 2021
Decision Deadline
November 15, 2021
Notification Date
December 1 – 30, 2021
Event Date

Categories & Fees

Film Extended Feedback - Includes Submission
The Lift-Off Film Founders will watch your work and provide detailed analysis of where it works, where it doesn't and what needs to be done both to your work and to your skill-set - with the aim of improvement to the required levels of sustaining a professional life within film. This is a vigorous and systematic report - highlighting all of the key areas from Originality / Creativity, Direction, Writing, Cinematography, Performances, Production Value, Pacing, Structure, Sound and Music. This includes the submission fee. Feedback is exclusive to those who pay for it, and fee waivers are not applicable. This includes fee waivers exclusive to Community Gold members; you must pay for feedback in order to receive it.
- Launch Deadline
- Standard: $100
- Student: $70
- Gold Members: $90
- Early Deadline
- Standard: $100
- Student: $70
- Gold Members: $90
- February Deadline
- Standard: $100
- Student: $70
- Gold Members: $90
- March Deadline.
- Standard: $100
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- April Deadline..
- Standard: $100
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- Early May Deadline..
- Standard: $100
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- June Deadline..
- Standard: $100
- Student: $70
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- July Deadline..
- Standard: $100
- Student: $70
- Gold Members: $90
- Regular Deadline..
- Standard: $100
- Student: $70
- Gold Members: $90
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $100
- Student: $70
- Gold Members: $90
- Final Deadline
- Standard: $100
- Student: $70
- Gold Members: $90
- Decision Deadline
- Standard: $100
- Student: $70
- Gold Members: $90
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Script Extended Feedback - Includes Submission
You'll receive an in-depth script analysis covering elements such as character development, structure, and dialogue, by our qualified in-house judging team. These script coverages are an industry-standard procedure by production companies to acquire scripts, thus it will give you an excellent opportunity to get an insight into how professionals perceive your script, and how to develop your work for future drafts and agents and production houses. Including the submission, you will also receive an exclusive eBook which details the criteria for getting selected into a film festival. Feedback is exclusive to those who pay for it, and fee waivers are not applicable. This includes fee waivers exclusive to Community Gold members; you must pay for feedback in order to receive it.
- Launch Deadline
- Standard: $120
- Student: $100
- Gold Members: $108
- Early Deadline
- Standard: $120
- Student: $100
- Gold Members: $108
- February Deadline
- Standard: $120
- Student: $100
- Gold Members: $108
- March Deadline.
- Standard: $120
- Student: $100
- Gold Members: $108
- April Deadline..
- Standard: $120
- Student: $100
- Gold Members: $108
- Early May Deadline..
- Standard: $120
- Student: $100
- Gold Members: $108
- June Deadline..
- Standard: $120
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- Gold Members: $108
- July Deadline..
- Standard: $120
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- Gold Members: $108
- Regular Deadline..
- Standard: $120
- Student: $100
- Gold Members: $108
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $120
- Student: $100
- Gold Members: $108
- Final Deadline
- Standard: $120
- Student: $100
- Gold Members: $108
- Decision Deadline
- Standard: $120
- Student: $100
- Gold Members: $108
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Feature Length Live Action Narratives
Feature length (40mins and above) live-action narrative films.
- Launch Deadline
- Standard: $20
- Student: $18
- Gold Members: $18
- Early Deadline
- Standard: $20
- Student: $15
- Gold Members: $15
- February Deadline
- Standard: $20
- Student: $15
- Gold Members: $15
- March Deadline.
- Standard: $20
- Student: $18
- Gold Members: $18
- April Deadline..
- Standard: $28
- Student: $22
- Gold Members: $22
- Early May Deadline..
- Standard: $30
- Student: $23
- Gold Members: $23
- June Deadline..
- Standard: $31
- Student: $24
- Gold Members: $24
- July Deadline..
- Standard: $32
- Student: $25
- Gold Members: $25
- Regular Deadline..
- Standard: $33
- Student: $26
- Gold Members: $26
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $34
- Student: $27
- Gold Members: $27
- Final Deadline
- Standard: $35
- Student: $28
- Gold Members: $28
- Decision Deadline
- Standard: $40
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $30
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Feature Length Scripts and Screenplays
Feature length scripts and screenplays (30 pages or above). .PDF Is the preferred file format.
- Launch Deadline
- Standard: $25
- Student: $20
- Gold Members: $20
- Early Deadline
- Standard: $20
- Student: $15
- Gold Members: $15
- February Deadline
- Standard: $20
- Student: $15
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- March Deadline.
- Standard: $20
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- April Deadline..
- Standard: $29
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- Early May Deadline..
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- Gold Members: $25
- June Deadline..
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- July Deadline..
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- Regular Deadline..
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- Late Deadline
- Standard: $30
- Student: $25
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- Final Deadline
- Standard: $30
- Student: $25
- Gold Members: $25
- Decision Deadline
- Standard: $30
- Student: $25
- Gold Members: $25
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Short Length Scripts and Screenplays
Short length scripts and screenplays (30 pages or less). .PDF Is the preferred file format. No restrictions on the minimum length of scripts.
- Launch Deadline
- Standard: $18
- Student: $15
- Gold Members: $15
- Early Deadline
- Standard: $18
- Student: $15
- Gold Members: $15
- February Deadline
- Standard: $18
- Student: $15
- Gold Members: $15
- March Deadline.
- Standard: $18
- Student: $16
- Gold Members: $16
- April Deadline..
- Standard: $19
- Student: $16
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- Early May Deadline..
- Standard: $20
- Student: $17
- Gold Members: $17
- June Deadline..
- Standard: $23
- Student: $18
- Gold Members: $18
- July Deadline..
- Standard: $25
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- Regular Deadline..
- Standard: $28
- Student: $20
- Gold Members: $20
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $30
- Student: $22
- Gold Members: $22
- Final Deadline
- Standard: $30
- Student: $22
- Gold Members: $22
- Decision Deadline
- Standard: $30
- Student: $25
- Gold Members: $25
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Feature Length Documentary Films
Feature length (40mins and above) documentary films.
- Launch Deadline
- Standard: $25
- Student: $18
- Gold Members: $18
- Early Deadline
- Standard: $20
- Student: $15
- Gold Members: $15
- February Deadline
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- March Deadline.
- Standard: $20
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- April Deadline..
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- Early May Deadline..
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- Student: $23
- Gold Members: $23
- June Deadline..
- Standard: $31
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- July Deadline..
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- Regular Deadline..
- Standard: $33
- Student: $26
- Gold Members: $26
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $35
- Student: $27
- Gold Members: $27
- Final Deadline
- Standard: $36
- Student: $28
- Gold Members: $28
- Decision Deadline
- Standard: $40
- Student: $30
- Gold Members: $30
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Short Live Action Narrative Films
Short length (40mins and less) live-action narrative films.
- Launch Deadline
- Standard: $18
- Student: $13
- Gold Members: $13
- Early Deadline
- Standard: $20
- Student: $15
- Gold Members: $15
- February Deadline
- Standard: $20
- Student: $15
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- March Deadline.
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- April Deadline..
- Standard: $26
- Student: $22
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- Early May Deadline..
- Standard: $30
- Student: $25
- Gold Members: $25
- June Deadline..
- Standard: $33
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- July Deadline..
- Standard: $34
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- Regular Deadline..
- Standard: $35
- Student: $25
- Gold Members: $25
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $36
- Student: $26
- Gold Members: $26
- Final Deadline
- Standard: $37
- Student: $27
- Gold Members: $27
- Decision Deadline
- Standard: $38
- Student: $28
- Gold Members: $28
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Short Documentary Films
Short length (40mins or less) documentary films.
- Launch Deadline
- Standard: $18
- Student: $15
- Gold Members: $15
- Early Deadline
- Standard: $19
- Student: $16
- Gold Members: $16
- February Deadline
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- Student: $17
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- March Deadline.
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- April Deadline..
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- Early May Deadline..
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- June Deadline..
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- July Deadline..
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- Regular Deadline..
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- Late Deadline
- Standard: $32
- Student: $23
- Gold Members: $23
- Final Deadline
- Standard: $33
- Student: $24
- Gold Members: $24
- Decision Deadline
- Standard: $38
- Student: $28
- Gold Members: $28
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Music Videos
Music Videos with a narrative or experimental content. Any length and genre.
- Launch Deadline
- Standard: $8
- Student: $5
- Gold Members: $5
- Early Deadline
- Standard: $10
- Student: $5
- Gold Members: $5
- February Deadline
- Standard: $12
- Student: $8
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- March Deadline.
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- April Deadline..
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- June Deadline..
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- July Deadline..
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- Regular Deadline..
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- Late Deadline
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- Final Deadline
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
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- Decision Deadline
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
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Web Series
Web Series in any episode length, and episode count. We are happy to accept web series' from pilot to fully released online. Proudly, we do not have any restrictions on your contents premiere status, and we are not bothered if it has been screened elsewhere or if it is or has been made available online.
- Launch Deadline
- Standard: $10
- Student: $5
- Gold Members: $5
- Early Deadline
- Standard: $10
- Student: $8
- Gold Members: $8
- February Deadline
- Standard: $15
- Student: $10
- Gold Members: $10
- March Deadline.
- Standard: $18
- Student: $15
- Gold Members: $15
- April Deadline..
- Standard: $20
- Student: $16
- Gold Members: $16
- Early May Deadline..
- Standard: $22
- Student: $18
- Gold Members: $18
- June Deadline..
- Standard: $25
- Student: $20
- Gold Members: $20
- July Deadline..
- Standard: $25
- Student: $20
- Gold Members: $20
- Regular Deadline..
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- Student: $20
- Gold Members: $20
- Late Deadline
- Standard: $25
- Student: $20
- Gold Members: $20
- Final Deadline
- Standard: $25
- Student: $20
- Gold Members: $20
- Decision Deadline
- Standard: $28
- Student: $25
- Gold Members: $25
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VR - 360 Virtual Reality Creative Content
All VR submissions are considered for the Lift-Off Season Awards at the end of the Lift-Off Season. The best VR films that get submitted throughout the year will be screened at Pinewood Studios in the UK to 200 industry professionals. For more information about the Lift-Off Season Awards, please get in touch or visit our website.
- Launch Deadline
- Standard: $10
- Student: $8
- Gold Members: $9
- Early Deadline
- Standard: $20
- Student: $15
- Gold Members: $15
- February Deadline
- Standard: $20
- Student: $15
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- March Deadline.
- Standard: $20
- Student: $15
- Gold Members: $18
- April Deadline..
- Standard: $20
- Student: $15
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- Early May Deadline..
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- Student: $18
- Gold Members: $18
- June Deadline..
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- July Deadline..
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- Regular Deadline..
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- Late Deadline
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- Student: $18
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- Final Deadline
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- Student: $18
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- Decision Deadline
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