Lift-Off Season Awards 2020
Celebrating the best of the 2020 season, the Lift-Off Season Awards recognises the most talented filmmakers from around the globe.
Throughout the year, Lift-Off Global Network screens hundreds of incredible indie films from emerging talents. Season Award nominations are awarded throughout the season from our 26 international Lift-Off Film Festivals, Showcases and Labs.
Best Feature Live Action Narrative
The Thing Before The Thing
Mike Piccirillo
Hotel Paraiso
Daniel Rehder
Thanks
Gabriele Di Luca
Sorority
James Webber
Best Feature Documentary
Born Just Now
Robert Adanto
Sockeye Salmon. Red fish
Dmitriy Shpilenok & Vladislav Grishin
Tommy Emmanuel: The Endless Road
Jeremy Dylan Potts
Immaterial
Shinji Shiozaki & Felipe Santiago
Exploring the Known
Matthew Hollis
Best Short Live Action Narrative
Osworld
Philip Hedegaard Povlsen
Missing
Alexander Hankoff
Leopard
James Arden
You Say Nothing
Gray Hughes
The Watchmaker
Charlie Fonville
Best Short Documentary
Radio Vanille
Jack Laurance
Streets of Lagos
Dom West
LITTLE BASTARD
Harun Hazar
Guinjata Bay
Rob Murray
God of hope
Adam Kavanagh
Best Animation
Wherefore Art Thou, Theo?
Theodore Schaffer
Stick To Manual
Christian Antonini & Tanice Arnold
Bunkers
Oliver Anderson
CRUNCH
Liukaidi Peng
The Abandoned Block
James Bourne
Best Music Video
TOM and his Computer “Future Ruins” - music video
Martin Garde Abildgaard
Kid Kapichi Thugs
James Green
Thelomis Danube - "Crépuscule en mineur"
Anthelme Dubois
Kaada - Farewell
Christian Holm Glad
The Invisible Mirror
Luigi Rizzo
Best Art Direction
Winner
Ex-Wife Monogatari
Production design by
Liang Mengyuan
The Covenant
Elena Hahn
Like Father
The Gliwensbourg Chronicles
Gino Tommasi
Punch It
Perrier Olivier
Best Post-Production
Winner
Zwart
Post Producation by
Zwart
PROXY
Christoph Roth
Seeing Green
Daniel Kutcher, Timo Salia & Chris Bell
Rise : Black Ocean
Camilla Pontiggia
TALK
Pierre-Marie Croquet
Best Director
Winner
Philip Hedegaard Povlsen
For
Osworld
Alexander Hankoff
Missing
Coz Greenop
Sweet Street
Maryam Zarei
Magralen
Zihao Su
Ex-Wife Monogatari
Best Cinematography
Winner
Missing
DoP.
Alexander Hankoff
Zoo
Simran Dewan
Nomination
Absent
DoP.
Molly Manning Walker
Nomination
Magralen
DoP.
Ario Motevaghe
Nomination
Under The Flag
DoP.
Leo Purman
Best Acting Ensemble
Winner
The cast of
Treacle
Ex-Wife Monogatari
Nomination
The cast of Osworld
The cast of ZOO
The cast of Magralen
Best Screenplay
Winner
Osworld
Written by
Oskar Groot
Bad People
Vladimer Katcharava
Ex-Wife Monogatari
Shawn Liang
Leopard
James Arden
Eulogy
Mateo Willis
Best Actor
Téo Lepetit
Osworld
Michelle Chung
Under The Flag
Paul Arthaud
Missing
Gong Zhe
Ex-Wife Monogatari
Elisha Applebaum
Leopard
Jesper Møller
Osworld
Best First-Time Filmmaker
Leopard
James Arden
Antonio
Alison Still
The Yellow Jacket
Andreas Mortensen
Taboo
Olivia Altavilla
Spanish Pigeon
Stefan J Fideli
Appetite
Xuemeng Li & Katrin Larissa Kasper