Lift-Off Global Network

The Lift-Off Global Network is an international film festival selecting each year different independent short films and feature films from all over the world. It was founded in 2010 and is headquartered at Pinewood Studios, UK.. It highlights the works of young independent filmmakers and emerging directors.....

 Official sections 
In Competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Lift-Off Global Network:
+Year English title Director(s)          official selection  Winners Production country    2011 WorshipCalum MacdiarmidSeason WinnerUK20122013/2014Mr XAlex NicholsonWon Los Angeles Lift-Off 2014United StatesPulling AwayAl WhiteWon Los Angeles Lift-Off 2013United StatesMoleHillsRupert HillSpecial Mention Award Winner, Liverpool and Las Vegas Lift-Off’s 2014United StatesJazz BallIan JonesWon London Lift-Off 2013UK2015The Ramona FlowersBouha KazmiWinning Official Selection:Tokyo I Want to Be Happy Cha Cha Cha Jonathan ScheySpecial Mention / Winning Official SelectionAmsterdamAuréliaJade Courtney EdwardsSpecial Mention / Winning Official Selection /Los Angeles Lift-Off 2015Los Angeles Lift Mark StenhouseLas Vegas Lift-Off 2015/ 
Special Mention / Winning Official Selection Las  vegasAnother Green World Christina HardingeLiverpool Lift-Off 2015/Special Mention / Winning Official Selection Francis B. Griffin (Documentry)Paul GriffinBest Documentary/ Winning a full Official Selection for Lift-Off 2015 SeasonA Complicated Way to Live byGed Hunter.Best Narrative/Winning a full Official Selection for Lift-Off 2015 Season2016Last SummerLeonardo Guerra SeràgnoliNominees for Best Feature Live Action NarrativeBrazilBackroad Hiroya Taka(Japan) My Feral HeartJane GullWinner ukThe FighterDara Kell & Christopher NizzaNominees for Best Feature Documentary(South Africa)Ken FosterJosh Lanner(Canada) 7 Days in SyriaRobert Rippberger(USA)White Cliffs Georgina SavageWinner: White Cliffs(Australia)2016Finding Beauty in the RubbleNominees for Best Short DocumentaryBikini WordsWinner: Bikini WordsThe River ManThe Happy WarriorsI Take Photos2017CAINAStefano AmatucciNomination for best feature narrative ZelosJo-Anne BrechinThe Ones That StayLoïc PaillardDie Tochter - Dark Blue GirlMascha SchilinskiTeenage Love BombMads ErichsenWINNER2017SpacemanChristopher OlivaNomination for Best Short Live Action NarrativeGamejeannie DonohoeSoldier BeeAlex HardyContractor 014352Simon RyninksMausoleumLauri RandlaThe Peculiar Abilities of Mr. MahlerPaul PhilippThe AccompliceJon Hoeg & John F. BeachWrapsFrank TamburinRosie, OhAndy KoegerEnemies WithinSélim AzzaziWINNERThe Peculiar Abilities of Mr. MahlerPaul PhilippBest Director2018 RabbitsAlex AlexandrouSylviaRichard PrendergastWinner Best First-Time FilmTurning TideAndrew MuirNomination for  Best First-Time FilmThe Old Woman and the SeaEsme HicksTouchpaperPatrick Hopkins2018 Judith HotelCharlotte Le BonWinner Best Director Chien de GardeSophie DupuisNomination for Best DirectorCotton WoolNicholas ConnorKing of the Wind DemonClémence PoésyThe Best of All WorldsAdrian GoigingerDrug RunnerCharlotte ReganBest Short DocumentarySylviaRichard PrendergastSpecial MentionPoacherTom WhitworthWinning Short FilmEven Jesus Was BipolarYamile Calderond & Edward CunniffeWinning Feature Film2019Boiling PointPhilip BarantiniNominated For Best DirectorWINNERThe PlungeSimon RyninksA Battle in WaterlooEmma Moffat10 Seconds to GloryJosé Alvarenga JrThe Cunning ManZoë DobsonBoiling PointPhilip BarantiniWINNERPhilophobiaGuy DaviesWINNER For Best Feature Live Action NarrativeGuest ArtistTimothy BusfieldNominated for Best Feature Live Action Narrative10 Seconds to GloryJosé Alvarenga JrThe Last WitnessPiotr SzkopiakWidow's WalkAlexandra Boyd2019My Father The MartyrHarris AlviWINNER Best First-Time FilmmakerThe Stocky BrokerTheo JesselNominated For Best First-Time FilmmakerBad MotherMarnie Baxter & Nicola Stuart-HilTête de MuleVictor BargèsRocket BoySimon SortedThe Fish Out of WaterJosh Brine2019Fighting for a CityGreg Hardes & Jacob ProudWINNER For Best Feature DocumentaryLarry (Yust Explains)Super Cool Wins in the EndNominated For Best Feature DocumentaryBuddy Goes to NollywoodMichael LeborUnderdogFreyja Kristinsdóttir2020OsworldPhilip Hedegaard PovlsenBest DirectorMissingAlexander HankoffNominated For Best DirectorSweet StreetCoz GreenopMagralenMaryam ZareiEx-Wife MonogatariZihao SuBorn Just NowRobert AdantoWinner Best Feature DocumentarySockeye Salmon. Red fishDmitriy Shpilenok & Vladislav GrishinNominated For Best Feature DocumentaryTommy Emmanuel: The Endless RoadJeremy Dylan PottsImmaterialShinji Shiozaki & Felipe SantiagoExploring the KnownMatthew Hollis2020OsworldPhilip Hedegaard PovlsenWinner For Best DirectorMissingAlexander HankoffNominated For Best DirectorSweet StreetCoz GreenopMagralenMaryam ZareiEx-Wife MonogatariZihao SuLeopardJames ArdenWinner Best First Time Film Maker AntonioAlison StillNominated For Best First-Time FilmmakerThe Yellow JacketAndreas MortensenTabooOlivia AltavillaSpanish PigeonStefan J FideliAppetiteXuemeng Li & Katrin Larissa KasperLast Drop Film Nishith Sahasransu RayOfficially Selection At First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, Lift-Off Global Network2020Radio VanilleJack LauranceWinner Best Short DocumentaryStreets of LagosDom WestNominated At First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, Lift-Off Global NetworkLITTLE BASTARDHarun HazarGuinjata BayRob MurrayGod of hopeAdam Kavanagh2021A Lucid DreamLi YueWinner For Best DirectorWhat if?Katia ShannonDoublespeakHazel McKibbinKing of RavenPiotr J. LewandowskiMamavilleIrmak Karasu2021HELLO SUNSHINEJoe QuintWinner For Best Short DocumentaryCOSMOTOROBIN MELLORNominated For Best Short DocumentaryValley of the WolfAntonio Valerio Frascella, Lamia Sabic, Gabriela ForfotӑUnder the Skin - In Conversation with Anish KapoorMartina Margaux Cozzi2021King of RavensPiotr J. LewandowskiWinner For Best Feature Live Action NarrativeMambo ManMo Fini & Edesio AlejandroNominated For Best Feature Live Action NarrativeThe Imaginary StateAlan FischerLove LaboratoryMuchao Wang, Fangmin Wang

 Winners 

 Best Directors 

 2016 :Jane Gull
 2017 : Paul Philip
 2018 : Charlotte LeBon
 2019 : Philip Barantini
 2020 : Philip Hedegaard Povlsen
 2021 : Li Yue
 2022: Kate McMullen

 Notes and references 

 Other websites 

 Indo-French collabs by Soumita Saha and Greg Sauzet goes to Lift Off Filmmaker Session Film Festival, sur indulgexpress.com
 The Great Indian Tamarind Tree” documentary made by Chilkuri Sushil Rao being screened at Lift-Off Film Festival, UK , sur hindudayashankar.com
 Soumita Saha’s Music Video Represents India In Iver Heath, England’s Lift Off Filmmaker Session Film Festival 2023, sur boldoutline.in
 Amdavadi Director Wins Two Awards For Short Film, sur ahmedabadmirror.com
 https://liftoff.network/london-lift-off-film-festival-2014/, liftoff.network
 https://www.theransomnote.com/art-culture/reviews-art-culture/lift-off-film-festival-talk/, theransomnote.com
 https://www.movingimage.org.uk/events/my-feral-heart/, movingimage.org

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