Officially Selected Alumni Interviews

The Honey Badger screened at Vancouver Lift-Off as part of a sports genre screening. We spoke to the director, KB Kutz to hear all about the production process, and the star of the short documentary, Daniel Hayes, to hear about his career in sports and how that crossed over into a passion for the arts.  […]

After his Vancouver screening, we wanted to catch up Coban Beutelstetter, a previous Lift-Off award winner, to talk about his film Still Waters and his experiences in the film industry. Interview by Bailey Schafer [su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/168980070″ responsive=”no”] Let’s start with where did you learn to make films?  Tell me a little bit about your backstory.

Documentary The Botanist has been extremely popular on this year’s Lift-Off festival circuit. We spoke to directors Maude Plante-Husaruk and Maxime Lacoste-Lebui to ask them some of our questions, and some of the questions we’ve heard people wondering after its screenings! 02/08/2017 Interview by Claire Richardson What first got you both into filmmaking? Before we

Clanker Man first screened at New York Lift-Off in May. We caught up with producer Dan Dixon, director/co-writer Ben Steiner, and co-writer/performer Eli Silverman, ahead of the film’s screening at Vancouver Lift-Off, to ask them some questions about themselves and of course the film!   31/07/2017 Interview by Claire Richardson So this wasn’t your first

GAME first screened at Tokyo Lift-Off, then went on to screen in New York, and will be screening with us again at our next festival, in Vancouver. We had a chat with writer/director Jeannie Donohoe about herself and the film that’s taking our festivals by storm! 24/07/17 Interviewer by Claire Richardson GAME premiered as part

New York Lift-Off Film Festival Alumni P.O.V ( Perception Of Violence) screened at New York Lift-Off Film Festival as part of the Local Filmmakers Showcase and Networking Event.   After receiving a Special Mention Award, winning a screening at Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival our team caught up with emerging filmmaker David Joseph, to discuss