๐๐„๐‘๐‹๐ˆ๐ 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“

"๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’š ๐’†๐’™๐’„๐’†๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’•. ๐‘ถ๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’‡๐’‚๐’—๐’๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’“๐’”." โญโญโญโญโญ
๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น, ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ/๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

โญ Lift-Off Season Awards Qualifying
โญ Screenings, Networking, Workshops & Events
โญ In-Competition Online Screenings
โญ Network Hub Access, Focus Groups & more...!

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

Berlin Lift-Off is the first festival in the Lift-Off Global Network's circuit of film industry-relevant city-based film festivals. Playing a pinnacle role in professionally showcasing filmmakers looking to get their work in front of a truly global audience. Berlin Lift-Off comes with unique opportunities for our filmmakers' skill sets to be showcased inside a market that is hungry for new talent and fresh ideas.

Berlin Lift-Off is the launchpad for your career.
In the Berlin leg of The Season, Lift-Off Global Network showcases outstanding filmmaking talents during a month-long event comprising online screenings & in-person networking events.

Join us at the famous Lift-Off Networking-Speed-Date session, followed by drinks and a party! Can't attend live? Don't worry - there are plenty of online events and networking opportunities.

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ˆ๐! ๐๐„๐‘๐‹๐ˆ๐! ๐๐„๐‘๐‹๐ˆ๐! ๐๐„๐‘๐‹๐ˆ๐! ๐๐„๐‘๐‹๐ˆ๐! ๐๐„๐‘๐‹๐ˆ๐! ๐๐„๐‘๐‹๐ˆ๐! ๐๐„๐‘๐‹๐ˆ๐! ๐๐„๐‘๐‹๐ˆ๐!

Awards & Prizes

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

๐Ÿ†๐Ÿš€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜-๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€

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

Rules & Terms

- 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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  • Roberto Strazzarino

    I thank the festival for the award given to my short film PENTACLUB. It's an honor to know that the film emerged as the winner in the Berlin Network Round and has been placed on the Season Awards Nomination Shortlist for 'Best Art Direction', 'Best Director' & 'Best Acting Ensemble'.

    April 2024
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  • Ingo Dr. Bruchhold

    Dear Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival Team, our entire team at rapidea-records is very pleased that you liked our film works โ€œBerlin Bernauer StraรŸe โ€“ Time Travelโ€ and โ€œAedipar โ€“ The Secret of the Forbidden Valleyโ€. This is wonderful motivation for our next projects. Kind regards, Ingo Bruchhold :-)
    www.rapidea-records.com + www.aedipar.com

    March 2024
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  • Mohammad H. Majdzadeh T.

    Hello all, thank you so much for your great festival and supporting the Film's Projects, but what happends for our film (No To War) at the End??!!...
    Distributor of Film
    Majdfilms Co.

    March 2024
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  • Thomas Kruesselmann

    First off, I was happy that our film had been selected. Communication with your people, all of them helpful and kind, was great. There are two important elements however I feel need improvement:

    1. The presentation of selected films on Vimeo is loveless. There is just this very long fixed list with thumbnails in random order. Films that are far down the list don't really have a chance to be seen, let alone watched. Why not have the order rotate with every load of the page, so there's more fairness?

    2. The sheer number of official selections is way too high. Quality and genre in every section vary too much.

    To summarize: Less would be more. I would rather have my film not being selected on creative, aesthetic or technical grounds than being in a selection of hundreds of works with only a very slim chance of being discovered. I hope you find this feedback constructive. All the best!

    March 2024
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  • Gonghee Lee

    I am very happy and grateful for the selection and screening of my feature film โ€œThe Free End Aloneโ€. Your film festival is amazing because it is so passionate, vibrant and active.
    I will make more amazing movies. Thanks.

    March 2024
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