Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival 2023 - Network Round Features

Thursday 31st August - Thursday 6th September

1.

Here : Memories of a soul (feature)
Dir. Julia Delbourg
France
Logline: This is a film made along the music album "Here" by Skysia. Through out the various sequences imagined as memory pieces, we follow the life of Ava, a renowned scientist, who creates a machine which allows her to record her memories, relive them and even change them when she wants to forget dark parts of her past… risking her life through the void of memories, incapable of being present. Aren't we all the unreliable narrators of our own story ?/em>

2.

Crank-In
Dir. Jae Hyun Park
Korea
Logline: Choi Woo-ri is a 22-year-old woman who works as a YouTuber specializing in ruined movies.
Her dream is to become a film director.
However, due to an incurable disease that came unexpectedly, she lost her sight.
She is concerned if her dream of becoming a film director would disappear, but instead, during the six months her remaining eyesight she decides to make the first and last film of her life.

3.

Once upon a time in the Canaries
Dir. Armando Ravelo
Spain
Logline: Nola, a girl of Senegalese origin, arrives in the Canary Islands in a canoe. Then begins an epic through the most defining corners of the Canary Islands in search of a Canarian father whom he never knew.

4.

The Astrid Experience
Dir. Cal Barnes
USA
Logline: An artist in recovery meets a free spirited actress when he helps her out of a difficult situation at a casting studio. To thank him, she takes him on an all-night adventure through Los Angeles that shows him he has something more worth living for.

5.

Alchemy: Pathway to Profound Powers
Dir. Sharon Ann Rowland
Australia
Logline: Alchemy is an ancient practice that has fascinated and mystified people for centuries. This documentary explores the history and secrets of alchemy and its connection to the pursuit of profound powers.

6.

Ghosted
Dir. Daniel Pacquette
UK
Logline: After yet another break up, struggling actress MERCY just wants to find a rebound guy to help her move on. Until she meets American Architect BLAKE, who is everything that she has ever wanted in a man. The question is does he want her too?

7.

No No Girl
Dir. Paul Daisuke Goodman
USA
Logline: Eighty years ago, on the eve of war and incarceration, a Japanese American family buries a secret in their backyard garden. Three generations later, a clue is discovered - unearthing the trauma and truth of their historic past.