Lift-Off Season Awards 2021
Celebrating the best of the 2021 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 27 international Lift-Off Film Festivals, Showcases and Labs.
Best Feature Live Action Narrative
King of Ravens
Piotr J. Lewandowski
Mambo Man
Mo Fini & Edesio Alejandro
The Imaginary State
Alan Fischer
Love Laboratory
Muchao Wang, Fangmin Wang
Best Feature Documentary
The Sacred Woods
Abdallah chamekh
Samos The Faces of our Border
Shams Abou El Enein
IN THE WATER; BEHIND THE LENS
Johnny Gonzales
Comin' up Short
Queen Muhammad Ali, Hakeem Khaaliq
Best Short Live Action Narrative
A Lucid Dream
Li Yue
SHOREBREAK
Thibault Cadentem
Doublespeak
Hazel McKibbin
What if?
Katia Shannon
Best Short Documentary
HELLO SUNSHINE
Joe Quint
COSMOTO
ROBIN MELLOR
Valley of the Wolf
Antonio Valerio Frascella, Lamia Sabic, Gabriela Forfotӑ
Under the Skin - In Conversation with Anish Kapoor
Martina Margaux Cozzi
Best Animation
Good and Better
Gil Alkabetz
Memories For Sale
Manuel Lopez
Her Song
Eabha Bortolozzo
Match Point
Nicolas Roldan
Best Music Video
Brazil
LUCIE BOURDEU
Meet You at the Light
Alexander Farah
open the blinds
Timm Gillner
Comatose
eueu
Forced To Bend
Astrid Schäfer
Best Art Direction
Out of Orbit
Jess Kay, Dann Emmons
Wild Cherry
Yoshi Kuremura
The Birth Of Valerie Venus
A Lucid Dream
Li Yue
1618
Daniel Leal Machado
Ana Meleiro
Ana Maria Simões
Best Post-Production
Winner
Hedy
Visual effects by
Andy Clarke
Nomination
Flex
Edited by
Josefin Malmen, David Strindberg
Nomination
LOVE LABORATORY
Directed by
MUCHAO WANG, FANGMIN WANG
Nomination
A Lucid Dream
Directed by
Li Yue
Nomination
Comatose
Directed by
eueu
Best Director
Winner
Li Yue
For
A Lucid Dream
Nomination
Katia Shannon
For
What if?
Nomination
Hazel McKibbin
For
Doublespeak
Nomination
Piotr J. Lewandowski
For
King of Raven
Nomination
Irmak Karasu
For
Mamaville
Best Cinematography
Winner
What If?
DoP.
Tristan Chenais
Nomination
A Lucid Dream
DoP.
Lin Jingyou Qin Junjie
Nomination
Hypertension
DoP.
Johan Wasicki
Nomination
Tallebudgera Road
DoP.
Jacob Williams
Nomination
Comatose
DoP.
Andrew Strobridge
Best Acting Ensemble
Winner
The cast of Mudlarks
Nomination
The cast of
What if?
Nomination
The cast of Mamaville
Nomination
The cast of Split Sole
Nomination
The cast of
Shorebreak
Best Screenplay
Winner
Viskar I Vinden
Written by
James Newman
Nomination
The Birth Of Valerie Venus
Written by
Sarah Clift
Nomination
Incident at School
Written by
Jacob Thomas Pilgaard
Nomination
LEAVE TO REMAIN
Written by
Rémy Bazerque
Nomination
Mamaville
Written by
Irmak Karasu
Best Actor
Winner
Malik Blumenthal
For
King of Ravens
Nomination
Angela Wong Carbone
For
Doublespeak
Nomination
Taz Skylar
For
Split Sole
Nomination
Jane Guernier
For
The Birth Of Valerie Venus
Nomination
Cecilie Elisabeth Bogø Bach
For
Incident at School
Best First-Time Filmmaker
Flex
Josefin Malmen, David Strindberg
Capsized
Lisa Hukker, Chanou van Kalleveen
Nomination
If I didn't care
Directed by
Peter Bjørklund Andersen
Nomination
Mudlarks
Directed by
Dominic Gilday
Hedy
Andy Clarke