Lift-Off Season Awards 2019

Celebrating the best of the 2019 season, we are showcasing and awarding some of the most talented filmmakers from around the globe at the Lift-Off Season Awards!

Throughout the year, Lift-Off screen hundreds of incredible films from emerging talents within the indie film community. Season Award nominations are chosen throughout the year from our 11 international Lift-Off Film Festivals.

This year, we have chosen nominations which reflect talented filmmakers from all corners of the globe, and invite those filmmakers for a fantastic night of drinks, dancing, and awards.

Best Feature Live Action Narrative

WINNER

Philophobia

Directed by
Guy Davies

Nomination
Guest Artist
Directed by
Timothy Busfield
Nomination
10 Seconds to Glory
Directed by
José Alvarenga Jr
Nomination
The Last Witness
Directed by
Piotr Szkopiak
Nomination
Widow's Walk
Directed by
Alexandra Boyd

Best Feature Documentary

WINNER

Fighting for a City

Directed by
Greg Hardes & Jacob Proud

Nomination
Larry (Yust Explains)
Directed by
Loic Zimmermann
Nomination
Super Cool Wins in the End
Directed by
Cheng Herng Shinn
Nomination
Buddy Goes to Nollywood
Directed by
Michael Lebor
Nomination
Underdog
Directed by
Freyja Kristinsdóttir

Best Short Live Action Narrative

WINNER

Dominant Species

Directed by
Joseph Sackett

Nomination
Safety
Directed by
Fabrice Joubert
Nomination
Boiling Point
Directed by
Philip Barantini
Nomination
A Battle in Waterloo
Directed by
Emma Moffat
Nomination
Innocence
Directed by
Ben Reid

Best Short Documentary

WINNER

Yellow

Directed by
Chris Franklin

Nomination
Miss Black Germany
Directed by
Elisha Smith-Leverock
Nomination
Balancing the Waters
Directed by
Falkwyn de Goyeneche
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Uncaged: A Stand-In Story
Directed by
Blake Johnston & Kelso Steinhoff
Nomination
Lady Samurai
Directed by
James Latimer

Best Animation

WINNER

Two Balloons

Directed by
Mark C. Smith

Nomination
The Three Crow Boys
Directed by
Tom Adriani
Nomination
Don't Feed These Animals
Directed by
Guilherme Afonso & Miguel Madaíl de Freitas
Nomination
The Ogre
Directed by
Laurène Braibant
Nomination
Listen to Me Sing
Directed by
Isabel Garrett

Best Music Video

WINNER

MADBEN - Grief, dance to death

Directed by
nobrain

Nomination
Husky Loops - Every Time I Run
Directed by
Arianna Gheller
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Thirsty Eyes - 838
Directed by
Ioan Gavriel
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Agoria - Call of the Wild
Directed by
Loïc Andrieu
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Agoria - You're not Alone
Directed by
Hernan Corera

Best Art Direction

WINNER

One, No One, 100.000

Directed by
Karlijn Milder & Lotte Milder

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Fall of the Matador
Directed by
Griffin Davis
Nomination
Lucienne Eats a Car
Set decoration by
Guillaume Duhoux & Maude Piette
Nomination
The Third King
Production design by
Mike Schäfer &
costume design by
Susanne Roggendorf
Nomination
Ghost of a Chance
Production design by
Alyssa Forstmann &
costume design by
Paola Alejandra Erazun

Best Post-Production

WINNER

Unregistered

Directed by
Ivy Agregan

Nomination
Black Shore
Visual effects by
Jon Park, Grant White, Roman Kaelin & Quentin Corker-Marin
Nomination
Agoria - Call of the Wild
Visual effects by
REEPOST
Nomination
Taniel
Directed by
Garo Berberian
Nomination
Carga
Visual effects by
Rehan Abdulovski

Best Director

WINNER

Philip Barantini

For
Boiling Point

Nomination
Simon Ryninks
For
The Plunge
Nomination
Emma Moffat
For
A Battle in Waterloo
Nomination
José Alvarenga Jr
For
10 Seconds to Glory
Nomination
Zoë Dobson
For
The Cunning Man

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Boiling Point

DoP.
Matthew Lewis

Nomination
The Hunted
DoP.
Aaron Farrugia
Nomination
Stigma
DoP.
Conor Rotherham
Nomination
Bertin
DoP.
Jimmy Boutry
Nomination
Dominant Species
DoP.
Mia Cioffi Henry

Best Acting Ensemble

WINNER

The Cast of Innocence

Nomination
The cast of Dominant Species
Nomination
The cast of Boiling Point
Nomination
The cast of Speechless
Nomination
The cast of
Philophobia

Best Screenplay

WINNER

I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire

Written by
Tamara von Werthern

Nomination
Innocence
Written by
Ben Reid & Owen Gower
Nomination
Nobody's Darling
Written by
Ruby Richardson & Samuel Keefe
Nomination
Growth
Written by
Allison Miller
Nomination
Intelligent Life
Written by
Paddy Earle
Nomination
A Stitch in Time
Written by
Graham Atkins-Hughes

Best Actor

WINNER

Alice Lowe

For
Innocence

Nomination
Jessie Buckley
For
A Battle in Waterloo
Nomination
Sytse Faber
For
On Air
Nomination
Stephen Graham
For
Boiling Point
Nomination
Kwabena Ansah
For
#Haters
Nomination
Therese Bradley
For
Rubberneck

Best First-Time Filmmaker

WINNER

My Father The Martyr

Directed by
Harris Alvi

Nomination
The Stocky Broker
Directed by
Theo Jessel
Nomination
Bad Mother
Directed by
Marnie Baxter & Nicola Stuart-Hill
Nomination
Tête de Mule
Directed by
Victor Bargès
Nomination
Rocket Boy
Directed by
Simon Sorted
Nomination
The Fish Out of Water
Directed by
Josh Brine