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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  • Ryan Lackenby

    The Lift-Off Short Film Showcase was a fantastic celebration of independent filmmaking. Each project offered unique storytelling, strong craft and genuine creative ambition. I was consistently engaged by the range of styles, voices and ideas on display. An inspiring platform that champions emerging talent and highlights the passion driving independent film today.

    June 2026
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  • Dann Kharsa

    The people at Lift-off were excellent especially on the day Ben was very welcoming. I loved meeting the other filmmakers and the feedback received on my movie Trigger will help me in the future. Everyoneโ€™s work that was showcased was excellent and inspiring.

    November 2022
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  • Herb Bangcock

    Thank you for including The Tell Tale Heart (short movie) in the festival!

    October 2020
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks for screening this project on our platform Raymund!

  • Katrin Larissa Kasper

    Great experience getting feedback from other filmmakers and the knowledgeable Lift-Off-team. Received awesome advice that will help me with my future projects and had the chance to network. Highly recommend!

    October 2020
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    Response from festival:

    It's been a pleasure to screen Appetite at a number of our events and nominate it for a Season Award for Best First-Time Film๐Ÿ†! Always went down well with audiences and bought a giggle to many :D

  • Cameron Lee Horace

    The Festival notified of a selection for the Filmmaker Showcase and then later revealed that due to covid-19. The Festival was moved online. Following this, the showcase Festival decided to merge all the festivals into one online rented package where the public voted for the best films. This wasn't the theme of Festival I'd submitted to.

    August 2020
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    Response from festival:

    Hi Cameron,

    We're genuinely sorry to hear your disappointment - we don't want to give any of our filmmakers a bad experience. We always take feedback very seriously, especially if it gives us an opportunity to improve.

    In the face of Covid, we've had very little time to migrate to an online model. We aren't web developers, but we wanted to screen as many of the deserving films as possible so we attempted to make a system that we hoped worked best. This has been designed in the heart of lockdown, while everyone was working at home, with a lot of plates to juggle.

    That being said, we do feel the festival presented a great opportunity for people to have their work watched by many people all over the world with stats that our live events cannot reach! So we do feel there were some positives we were able to draw from the situation.

    We will always strive to improve the systems we use (whether that's our traditional screenings or Covid-compatible models). We will try to be better next time. And wish you all the very best in your filmmaking journey, please stay in touch Cameron, we would love to see what you do next! Lift-off Global Network.