๐Ÿ๐“๐Ž๐‘๐Ž๐๐“๐Ž ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐“-๐Ž๐…๐… ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿงง ๆˆ‘ไปฌ็ƒญ็ˆฑๆ”พๆ˜ ไธญๅ›ฝ็”ตๅฝฑ๏ผŒๅฏนๅ†…ๅฎนไธๅŠ ้™ๅˆถๆˆ–่ฏ„ๅˆคใ€‚
๐Ÿ—ป ็งใŸใกใฏๆ—ฅๆœฌๆ˜ ็”ปใฎไธŠๆ˜ ใ‚’ๆ„›ใ—ใฆใŠใ‚Šใ€ๅ†…ๅฎนใซๅฏพใ™ใ‚‹ๅˆถ้™ใ‚„ๅˆคๆ–ญใฏไธ€ๅˆ‡ใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ใ€‚
๐ŸŒธ ์šฐ๋ฆฌ๋Š” ํ•œ๊ตญ ์˜ํ™” ์ƒ์˜์„ ์‚ฌ๋ž‘ํ•˜๋ฉฐ, ๋‚ด์šฉ์— ๋Œ€ํ•œ ์ œํ•œ์ด๋‚˜ ํŒ๋‹จ์ด ์—†์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค.

"...๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’•๐’” ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’“๐’–๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’‰ ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’๐’†๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’๐’†๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’†. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’•๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†! ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ญ๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’, ๐‘ฐ ๐’‚๐’Ž ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’–๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐’๐’‡!" โญโญโญโญโญ
๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

๐Ÿ Lift-Off Season Awards Qualifying
๐Ÿ Screenings, Networking, Workshops & Events
๐Ÿ In-Competition Online Screenings
๐Ÿ Network Hub Access, Focus Groups & more...!

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

Toronto is the base for independent filmmaking in Canada and is listed as one of the most important cities on the planet for breakthrough artists. From filmmakers to screenwriters, the city boasts a thriving opportunity platform for people making content from anywhere in the world. In this leg of The Season, Lift-Off Global Network showcases outstanding filmmaking talents during a month-long event comprising online screenings & in-person networking events.

Festival Winners are placed on the shortlist for the Lift-Off Season Awards Nominations to be considered by the Lift-Off Jury. Season Award Nominations are screened at the prestigious John Barry cinema in Pinewood Studios. The Season Awards recognise the best films from across the Lift-Off Season.

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

You'll find free content on our YouTube Channel, such as live workshops, interviews with filmmakers, news updates, and more. Subscribe!
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.youtube.com/c/liftoffglobalnetwork

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

๐—”๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐——๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—•๐—ฆ

๐Ÿ† Toronto Audience Choice Award
๐Ÿ† Toronto Best Film in Category
๐Ÿ† Toronto Jury's Special Mention
๐Ÿ† Toronto Best Screenplay

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 Selections are reviewed by the Judging Panel and receive scores from the attending audience throughout the festival. After the festival closes, the weighted scores are combined, and the top-scoring films are promoted into the internal 'Network Round'.

The Network Round is hosted on the Lift-Off Network Hub, where the Lift-Off Jury and Network Hub Members score the films and vote for the winners.

After the festival closes, prizes are awarded, and winning projects are placed on the Season Award Nominations Shortlist. Lift-Off Season Award Nominations are allocated by the Jury based on merit within each category.

Find out more about our awards & judging process:
๐Ÿ‘‰ liftoff.network/awards

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 of the projects nominated throughout the Lift-Off Season.

For more info ๐Ÿ‘‰ liftoff.network/seasonawards

Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival Rules.
- All support queries must be sent via. support@liftoff.network
- All submissions are to be sent digitally via FilmFreeway
- Project feedback (where applicable) is sent shortly after the festival closes.
- If you pay a submission fee, we will screen your work. Our online programmes are separated into categories based on your content's level of storytelling, production value, impact and acting.
- We have two separate voting committees during the festival - the official judging panel & the general public
- The official jury allocates Season Award Nomination
- Proudly, we have no other restrictions for screening your work. This includes your work's premier status, age, and/or whether your work is available online.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The online festivals are NOT pay-for-vote platforms. Whilst participating filmmakers may invite their team, friends and family to participate & vote, it is encouraged that ALL attending audiences engage with as much of the content as possible and vote accordingly. We are doing our best to invite new and exciting audiences to genuine indie content - if you can encourage your audiences to do the same, we will build a wonderful network of opportunities for all, no matter where you are starting your career.

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  • Very grateful and honoured that our documentary โ€œPhilosopher โ€œof the Seaโ€ won the in the category of โ€œBest Feature Doc" and is shortlisted for the 2023 Lift-Off Season Awards. Warm contact and great communication from the festival. Thank you team Lift-Off Toronto!

    September 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you Annika, we're glad you found the team helpful and warm, best of luck with whatever comes next in your career!

  • Rachel Salsberg

    Thank you Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival for including my first short film Movie Night among your official selects!

    September 2023
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    Response from festival:

    We're glad to have hosted your film Rachel and that you found the experience pleasant!

  • Thanks for this beautiful festival!

    August 2023
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    Response from festival:

    You're welcome Nikolaas

  • Thank you to Natalie and the team at Toronto Lift-Off Festival 2023. I feel so honored to have placed as a Finalist with my screenplay Sanity Road. Your encouragement and professionalism are very inspirational. See you with my next screenplay! Eric

    July 2023
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    Response from festival:

    We're all glad that you had a good time Eric, congratulations on placing as a finalist and best of luck with your next screenplay!

  • it was a great experience with the Toronto Lift-Off film festival. Thank you for selecting my short film "The Bus Stop"2022 very happy to see my film doing great in festivals so far I have won two awards and one special mention.

    July 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Good job Ricky and we're glad that you have found the experience good and hope it is useful to you going forward