Season Awards 2019 winners & nominations

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Flying in from all over the world, nominees, Network Members, and the Lift-Off Team congregated for a night of awards, drinks, and dancing at our home in Pinewood Studios, UK. Networking is something that Lift-Off are proud to support and encourage at any chance we get – the Lift-Off Season Awards is no exception. An […]

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London Lift-Off Film Festival 2019

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Many thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s London Lift-Off Film Festival. It was great to see so many filmmakers and film enthusiasts filling the screenings in support of both local and international indie films. The judges’ votes have been counted and added to the audience’s feedback. Huge congratulations to the filmmakers who screened […]

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Netflix Distribution with Téo Frank

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SUMMARY: We caught up with Network member Téo Frank who secured Netflix distribution in December 2019, for his debut feature documentary Underdogs (2018). Underdogs won a nomination for Best Feature Documentary at the Lift-Off Season Awards 2018 WE COVER: – Getting SVOD Netflix distribution – Considerations for wider digital distribution – Trace & Red Bull […]

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Career Road-mapping with Michael Hoad

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SUMMARY: We spoke to Michael Hoad, a Professional Lift-Off Network Member. In this session, we take a look at Michael’s progression from stunt man to a filmmaker, and how his experience has helped him produce award-winning action shorts. WE COVER: 1. Building a fan base on social media 2. What everyone is doing wrong 3. […]

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Our findings from AFM

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Lift-Off Global Network @ AFM 2019 – key advice from the market The Mission: For the final film market this year, the Lift-Off team took six new projects to Santa Monica, for a full schedule of meetings with production, sales and distribution companies. The gap between the hard face of the industry and the creative […]

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