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](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/king-of-Ravens.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
King of Ravens
Piotr J. Lewandowski
![Mumba Man](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Mumba-Man.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Mambo Man
Mo Fini & Edesio Alejandro
![The Imagenary state of Mind](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/The-Imagenary-state-of-Mind.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
The Imaginary State
Alan Fischer
![Love Lab](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Love-Lab.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Love Laboratory
Muchao Wang, Fangmin Wang
Best Feature Documentary
![The Sacred Woods](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/The-Sacred-Woods.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
The Sacred Woods
Abdallah chamekh
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Samos.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Samos The Faces of our Border
Shams Abou El Enein
![In the water behind the lens](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/In-the-water-behind-the-lens.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
IN THE WATER; BEHIND THE LENS
Johnny Gonzales
![Coming up Short](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Coming-up-Short.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Comin' up Short
Queen Muhammad Ali, Hakeem Khaaliq
Best Short Live Action Narrative
![A Lucid Dream](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/A-Lucid-Dream.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
A Lucid Dream
Li Yue
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shorebreak.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
SHOREBREAK
Thibault Cadentem
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Doublespeak.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Doublespeak
Hazel McKibbin
![What If?](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/What-If.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
What if?
Katia Shannon
Best Short Documentary
![Hello Sunshine](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Hello-Sunshine.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
HELLO SUNSHINE
Joe Quint
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cosmoto.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
COSMOTO
ROBIN MELLOR
![Valley of the Wolf](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Valley-of-the-Wolf.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Valley of the Wolf
Antonio Valerio Frascella, Lamia Sabic, Gabriela Forfotӑ
![Under The Skin](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Under-The-Skin.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Under the Skin - In Conversation with Anish Kapoor
Martina Margaux Cozzi
Best Animation
![Good and Better](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Good-and-Better.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Good and Better
Gil Alkabetz
![Memories for Sale](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Memories-for-Sale.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Memories For Sale
Manuel Lopez
![Her Song](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Her-Song.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Her Song
Eabha Bortolozzo
![Match Point](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Match-Point.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Match Point
Nicolas Roldan
Best Music Video
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Brazil.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Brazil
LUCIE BOURDEU
![Meet You at the Light](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Meet-You-at-the-Light.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Meet You at the Light
Alexander Farah
![Open the Blinds](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Open-the-Blinds.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
open the blinds
Timm Gillner
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Comatose.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Comatose
eueu
![Forced To Bend](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Forced-To-Bend.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Forced To Bend
Astrid Schäfer
Best Art Direction
![Out of Orbit](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Out-of-Orbit.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Out of Orbit
Jess Kay, Dann Emmons
![Wild Cherry](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Wild-Cherry.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Wild Cherry
Yoshi Kuremura
![The birth of Valerie Venus](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/The-birth-of-Valerie-Venus.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
The Birth Of Valerie Venus
![A Lucid Dream](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/A-Lucid-Dream.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
A Lucid Dream
Li Yue
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1618.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
1618
Daniel Leal Machado
Ana Meleiro
Ana Maria Simões
Best Post-Production
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Hedy.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Winner
Hedy
Visual effects by
Andy Clarke
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Flex.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Flex
Edited by
Josefin Malmen, David Strindberg
![Love Lab](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Love-Lab.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
LOVE LABORATORY
Directed by
MUCHAO WANG, FANGMIN WANG
![A Lucid Dream](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/A-Lucid-Dream.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
A Lucid Dream
Directed by
Li Yue
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Comatose.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Comatose
Directed by
eueu
Best Director
![A Lucid Dream](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/A-Lucid-Dream.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Winner
Li Yue
For
A Lucid Dream
![What If?](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/What-If.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Katia Shannon
For
What if?
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Doublespeak.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Hazel McKibbin
For
Doublespeak
![king of Ravens](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/king-of-Ravens.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Piotr J. Lewandowski
For
King of Raven
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Mamavile.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Irmak Karasu
For
Mamaville
Best Cinematography
![What If?](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/What-If.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Winner
What If?
DoP.
Tristan Chenais
![A Lucid Dream](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/A-Lucid-Dream.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
A Lucid Dream
DoP.
Lin Jingyou Qin Junjie
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Hypertension.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Hypertension
DoP.
Johan Wasicki
![Tallebudgera Road](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Tallebudgera-Road-.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Tallebudgera Road
DoP.
Jacob Williams
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Comatose.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Comatose
DoP.
Andrew Strobridge
Best Acting Ensemble
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Mudlurks.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Winner
The cast of Mudlarks
![What If?](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/What-If.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
The cast of
What if?
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Mamavile.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
The cast of Mamaville
![Split sole](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Split-sole.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
The cast of Split Sole
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shorebreak.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
The cast of
Shorebreak
Best Screenplay
![Viskar I Vinden](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Viskar-I-Vinden.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Winner
Viskar I Vinden
Written by
James Newman
![The birth of Valerie Venus](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/The-birth-of-Valerie-Venus.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
The Birth Of Valerie Venus
Written by
Sarah Clift
![Incident in a School](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Incident-in-a-School.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Incident at School
Written by
Jacob Thomas Pilgaard
![Leave to remain](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Leave-to-remain.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
LEAVE TO REMAIN
Written by
Rémy Bazerque
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Mamavile.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Mamaville
Written by
Irmak Karasu
Best Actor
![Malik Blumenthal](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Malik-Blumenthal.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Winner
Malik Blumenthal
For
King of Ravens
![Angela Wong Carbone](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Angela-Wong-Carbone.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Angela Wong Carbone
For
Doublespeak
![Taz Skylar](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Taz-Skylar.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Taz Skylar
For
Split Sole
![Jane Guernier](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Jane-Guernier.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Jane Guernier
For
The Birth Of Valerie Venus
![Cecilie Elisabeth Bogø Bach](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cecilie-Elisabeth-Bogo-Bach.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Cecilie Elisabeth Bogø Bach
For
Incident at School
Best First-Time Filmmaker
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Flex.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Flex
Josefin Malmen, David Strindberg
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Capsized.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Capsized
Lisa Hukker, Chanou van Kalleveen
![If I Didn’t Care](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/If-I-Didnt-Care.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
If I didn't care
Directed by
Peter Bjørklund Andersen
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Mudlurks.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Nomination
Mudlarks
Directed by
Dominic Gilday
![](https://i0.wp.com/liftoff.network/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Hedy.png?fit=1000%2C1440&ssl=1)
Hedy
Andy Clarke