Toronto Lift-Off Officially Selected Screenplays

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After a huge number of submissions for Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival, here are the 4 screenplays officially selected to go forward onto the Community platform. Congratulations all! In order to read the screenplays, sign up to the Lift-Off Community here:   Swoon – Carrie Siggins     SYNOPSIS: After a shy student becomes her high […]

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John Swihart, Composer of Napoleon Dynamite, Table 19 and More

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John Swihart is a very accomplished american film and television composer. With more than 15 years of industry experience to his name, composing music for a wide range of projects including Napoleon Dynamite, How I Met Your Mother and Table 19, he has acquired a very successful portfolio of work. Lift Off looked to him to […]

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Erin Richards: Lift-Off Filmmaker Interview

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Welsh-native New York Actress and Filmmaker Erin Richards’ narrative short “Hot Girl” follows Kara Quinn, a struggling actress desperate to be seen as anything other than a ‘hot girl.’ After deciding to impersonate Cara Delevingne in order to speak to one of Hollywood’s top agents, she realizes she may not be as powerless as she thinks. […]

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Film Review: Birth of the Dragon

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For fans of the genre, Birth of the Dragon is an absolute must-see. It constructs a story surrounding the iconic fight between Bruce Lee (Philip Wan-Lung Ng) and kung foo master Wong Jack Man (Xia Yu), which happened in San Fransisco in the 1960s.  In real life the fight itself is shrouded in mystery, with only a […]

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New York Lift-Off Film Festival Winners 2018

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Many thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s New York 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 […]

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