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
![Philophobia – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Philophobia-poster.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1)
Philophobia
Directed by
Guy Davies
![Guest Artist – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Guest-Artist-poster.jpg?fit=533%2C800&ssl=1)
Guest Artist
Timothy Busfield
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Untitled.png?fit=700%2C1050&ssl=1)
10 Seconds to Glory
José Alvarenga Jr
![The Last Witness – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Last-Witness-poster.png?fit=700%2C1050&ssl=1)
The Last Witness
Piotr Szkopiak
![Widow’s Walk – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Widows-Walk-poster.png?fit=650%2C975&ssl=1)
Widow's Walk
Alexandra Boyd
Best Feature Documentary
![Fighting for a City – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Fighting-for-a-City-poster.png?fit=750%2C1125&ssl=1)
Fighting for a City
Directed by
Greg Hardes & Jacob Proud
![Larry (Yust Explains) – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Larry-Yust-Explains-poster.jpg?fit=533%2C800&ssl=1)
Larry (Yust Explains)
Loic Zimmermann
![SUPER COOL WINS IN THE END POSTER](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/SUPER-COOL-WINS-IN-THE-END-POSTER.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
Super Cool Wins in the End
Cheng Herng Shinn
![Buddy Goes to Nollywood (SA poster)](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Buddy-Goes-to-Nollywood-SA-poster.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
Buddy Goes to Nollywood
Michael Lebor
![Underdog – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Underdog-poster.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
Underdog
Freyja Kristinsdóttir
Best Short Live Action Narrative
![Dominant Species (SA poster)](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dominant-Species-SA-poster.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
Dominant Species
Directed by
Joseph Sackett
![Safety – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Safety-poster.jpg?fit=675%2C999&ssl=1)
Safety
Fabrice Joubert
![Boiling Point – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Boiling-Point-poster.png?fit=700%2C1050&ssl=1)
Boiling Point
Philip Barantini
![A Battle in Waterloo – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A-Battle-in-Waterloo-poster.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1)
A Battle in Waterloo
Emma Moffat
![Innocence – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Innocence-poster.png?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
Innocence
Ben Reid
Best Short Documentary
![Yellow – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Yellow-poster.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
Yellow
Directed by
Chris Franklin
![MISS BLACK GERMANY](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MISS-BLACK-GERMANY.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1)
Miss Black Germany
Elisha Smith-Leverock
![Balancing the Waters – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Balancing-the-Waters-poster.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1)
Balancing the Waters
Falkwyn de Goyeneche
![Uncaged – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Uncaged-poster.png?fit=900%2C1350&ssl=1)
Uncaged: A Stand-In Story
Blake Johnston & Kelso Steinhoff
![Lady Samurai – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Lady-Samurai-poster.png?fit=600%2C900&ssl=1)
Lady Samurai
James Latimer
Best Animation
![Two Balloons (SA poster)](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Two-Balloons-SA-poster.jpg?fit=1500%2C2250&ssl=1)
Two Balloons
Directed by
Mark C. Smith
![The Three Crow Boys – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Three-Crow-Boys-poster.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
The Three Crow Boys
Tom Adriani
![Don’t Feed these Animals – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Dont-Feed-these-Animals-poster.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
Don't Feed These Animals
Guilherme Afonso & Miguel Madaíl de Freitas
![The Ogre – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Ogre-poster.png?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
The Ogre
Laurène Braibant
![Listen to me Sing – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Listen-to-me-Sing-poster.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1)
Listen to Me Sing
Isabel Garrett
Best Music Video
![Madben – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Madben-poster.png?fit=700%2C1050&ssl=1)
MADBEN - Grief, dance to death
Directed by
nobrain
![Every Time I Run – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Every-Time-I-Run-poster.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
Husky Loops - Every Time I Run
Arianna Gheller
![THIRSTY EYES – 838 (SA poster)](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/THIRSTY-EYES-838-SA-poster.jpg?fit=750%2C1125&ssl=1)
Thirsty Eyes - 838
Ioan Gavriel
![Call of the Wild – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Call-of-the-Wild-poster.png?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
Agoria - Call of the Wild
Loïc Andrieu
![You’re Not Alone – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Youre-Not-Alone-poster.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
Agoria - You're not Alone
Hernan Corera
Best Art Direction
![One, No One, 100.000 Season Awards poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/One-No-One-100.000-Season-Awards-poster.png?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
One, No One, 100.000
Directed by
Karlijn Milder & Lotte Milder
![Fall of the Matador – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Fall-of-the-Matador-poster-1.jpg?fit=900%2C1350&ssl=1)
Fall of the Matador
Griffin Davis
![Lucienne Eats a Car – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Lucienne-Eats-a-Car-poster.png?fit=700%2C1050&ssl=1)
Lucienne Eats a Car
Guillaume Duhoux & Maude Piette
![The Third King – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Third-King-poster.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1)
The Third King
Mike Schäfer &
costume design by
Susanne Roggendorf
![Ghost of a Chance – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Ghost-of-a-Chance-poster.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
Ghost of a Chance
Alyssa Forstmann &
costume design by
Paola Alejandra Erazun
Best Post-Production
![Unregistered – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Unregistered-poster.png?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
Unregistered
Directed by
Ivy Agregan
![Black Shore – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Black-Shore-poster.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
Black Shore
Jon Park, Grant White, Roman Kaelin & Quentin Corker-Marin
![Call of the Wild – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Call-of-the-Wild-poster.png?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
Agoria - Call of the Wild
REEPOST
![Taniel – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Taniel-poster.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1)
Taniel
Garo Berberian
![Carga – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Carga-poster.png?fit=600%2C900&ssl=1)
Carga
Rehan Abdulovski
Best Director
![Boiling Point – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Boiling-Point-poster.png?fit=700%2C1050&ssl=1)
Philip Barantini
For
Boiling Point
![The Plunge – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Plunge-poster.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1)
Simon Ryninks
The Plunge
![A Battle in Waterloo – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A-Battle-in-Waterloo-poster.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1)
Emma Moffat
A Battle in Waterloo
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Untitled.png?fit=700%2C1050&ssl=1)
José Alvarenga Jr
10 Seconds to Glory
![The Cunning Man – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Cunning-Man-poster.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1)
Zoë Dobson
The Cunning Man
Best Cinematography
![Boiling Point – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Boiling-Point-poster.png?fit=700%2C1050&ssl=1)
Boiling Point
DoP.
Matthew Lewis
![The Hunted – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Hunted-poster.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1)
The Hunted
Aaron Farrugia
![STIGMA POSTER](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/STIGMA-POSTER.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
Stigma
Conor Rotherham
![Bertin – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Bertin-poster.png?fit=750%2C1125&ssl=1)
Bertin
Jimmy Boutry
![Dominant Species (SA poster)](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dominant-Species-SA-poster.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
Dominant Species
Mia Cioffi Henry
Best Acting Ensemble
![Innocence – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Innocence-poster.png?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
The Cast of Innocence
![Dominant Species (SA poster)](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dominant-Species-SA-poster.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
The cast of Dominant Species
![Boiling Point – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Boiling-Point-poster.png?fit=700%2C1050&ssl=1)
The cast of Boiling Point
![Speechless – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Speechless-poster.png?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
The cast of Speechless
![Philophobia – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Philophobia-poster.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1)
The cast of
Philophobia
Best Screenplay
![I Don’t Want to set the World on Fire – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/I-Dont-Want-to-set-the-World-on-Fire-poster.png?fit=700%2C1050&ssl=1)
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
Written by
Tamara von Werthern
![Innocence – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Innocence-poster.png?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
Innocence
Ben Reid & Owen Gower
![Nobody’s Darling – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Nobodys-Darling-poster.png?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1)
Nobody's Darling
Ruby Richardson & Samuel Keefe
![Growth – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Growth-poster.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
Growth
Allison Miller
![Intelligent – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Intelligent-poster.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
Intelligent Life
Paddy Earle
![A Stitch in Time – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A-Stitch-in-Time-poster.jpg?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
A Stitch in Time
Graham Atkins-Hughes
Best Actor
![Alice Lowe – headshot](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Alice-Lowe-headshot.png?fit=900%2C1350&ssl=1)
Alice Lowe
For
Innocence
![Jessie Buckley – headshot](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Jessie-Buckley-headshot.jpg?fit=750%2C1125&ssl=1)
Jessie Buckley
A Battle in Waterloo
![Syste Faber – headshot](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Syste-Faber-headshot.png?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
Sytse Faber
On Air
![HyperFocal: 0](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Stephen-Graham-Headshot-2-e1576669559224.jpg?fit=667%2C1000&ssl=1)
Stephen Graham
Boiling Point
![Kwabena Ansah – headshot](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kwabena-Ansah-headshot.jpg?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
Kwabena Ansah
#Haters
![Therese Bradley – headshot](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Therese-Bradley-headshot.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
Therese Bradley
Rubberneck
Best First-Time Filmmaker
![My Father the Martyr – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/My-Father-the-Martyr-poster.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
My Father The Martyr
Directed by
Harris Alvi
![The Stocky Broker – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Stocky-Broker-poster.png?fit=1280%2C1920&ssl=1)
The Stocky Broker
Theo Jessel
![Bad Mother – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Bad-Mother-poster.png?fit=900%2C1350&ssl=1)
Bad Mother
Marnie Baxter & Nicola Stuart-Hill
![Tete de Mule – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Tete-de-Mule-poster.png?fit=700%2C1050&ssl=1)
Tête de Mule
Victor Bargès
![Rocket Boy – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Rocket-Boy-poster.png?fit=600%2C900&ssl=1)
Rocket Boy
Simon Sorted
![The Fish out of Water – poster](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Fish-out-of-Water-poster.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1)
The Fish Out of Water
Josh Brine