Season #16 TKTs & Nominations

Lift-Off Season Awards

February 2026

Celebrating the best-of-the-best from the Lift-Off Season

Screening at Lift-Off’s HQ in Pinewood Studios, the Season Awards kicks off with screenings of nominated films in each category and culminates with an awards ceremony, celebrating the outstanding creativity from the Lift-Off Network.

Deserving projects secure a shortlist placement from various events throughout the Lift-Off Season.

🏆 Best Short Narrative Nominations

Ryan Can't Read

Directed by Rhys Chapman

When You Left Me

Jevan Chowdhury

scenario

Directed by Kazunori Miura

Nettle

Directed by Toni Hilgersson

Wake Up

Halbe-Piter Claus

A Memory Owed

Directed by Martin Hemingway-Moseley

🏆 Best Short Documentary Nominations

Fighting Demons

Directed by Simon Stock

Peixinho (Little Fish)

Directed by Kaushiik Subramaniam

Feel It From My Words

Directed by John RG Lacey

A Great Love

Directed by Aisha Schliessler

🏆 Best Director Nominations

A Memory Owed

Directed by Martin Hemingway-Moseley

Fuel

Directed by Marc Cleary

Chocolate

Directed by Yarden Lior

Watering Hole

Directed by Eva Blackwell-Rogelj

Dating

Directed by Ammad Shaikh

🏆 Best Feature Narrative Nominations

The Deserter

Directed by Christoph Baumann

The Mentors

Directed by Adrian Tapciuc

I Voted

Directed by Tyler Mann

Lena and Vladimir

Directed by Igor Aleksov

🏆 Best Feature Documentary Nominations

Penalty

Directed by Ivan Francisco Barrera

Pizza Under Fire

Directed by Adrian Pennink

HASIK

Directed by Mandy Qua & Marissa Mejia

Show Up and Start - The Art and Life of Dorothy Ramsay

Directed by Neil Emery

🏆 Best First-Time Filmmaker Nominations

Fudge Sundae

Directed by Georgia Wilde

Waiting For Kalki

Directed by Nimay Goswami

Bluebottle Theory

Directed by John J. Sanders & Luke Roberts

The Apple Picker's Son

Directed by Yang Zimik

millie

Directed by Pedro Greig

Monsters

Directed by Volodymyr Kudriachenko

🏆 Best Cinematography Nominations

A Great Love

Directed by Aisha Schliessler

millie

Directed by Pedro Greig

A Memory Owed

Directed by Martin Hemingway-Moseley

🏆 Best Actor Nominations

scenario

Best Actor (Ayaka Onishi)

FUEL

Best Actor (Austin Spacy)

Chocolate

Best Actor (Jamila Gimba)

The Apple Picker's Son

Best Actor (Neil Khurania)

🏆 Best Acting Ensemble Nominations

Ryan Can't Read

Directed by Rhys Chapman

Wake Up

Directed by Halbe-Piter Claus

This Is The Beginning

Directed by Atticus Athill

🏆 Best Art Direction Nominations

Growing Pains

Directed by Ellie Wildman & Conor Toner

Nettle

Directed by Toni Hilgersson

Wake Up

Directed by Halbe-Piter Claus

🏆 Best Animation Nominations

Out of Tune

Directed by Audrey Levy

dipolar bipolar

Directed by quankai li

Have I Swallowed Your Dreams

Directed by Clara Chan

Best Editing/Post-Production Nominations

A Memory Owed

Directed by Martin Hemingway-Moseley

When You Left Me

Directed by Jevan Chowdhury

This Is The Beginning

Directed by Atticus Athill

🏆 Music Video Nominations

She is BAD

Directed by Salomon Simhon

I Wish You Could Be Happy Again

Directed by Jordi Gueyrard & Djimili Dimou

BAZA

Directed by Lewis Frederick Andrews

🏆 Web Series/Episodic Nominations

Bora

Directed by Zuzana Marianková, Marek Najbrt

Astronomers

Directed by Dmitry Pasichnyuk

Fangs & Fur

Directed by Monique Bryson, Nick Bradshaw & Maria De La Ossa

🏆 Best Screenplay Nominations

Under A Falling Sky

Written by Rebecca Lehman

She's Never Coming Back

Written by Jesse Dorian

Run For The Roses

Written by David LeBlanc

Season #16 TKTs & Nominations

Lift-Off Season Awards

Celebrating the best-of-the-best from the Lift-Off Season

🏆 Best Short Narrative Nominations

Ryan Can't Read

When You Left Me

scenario

Nettle

Wake Up

A Memory Owed

🏆 Best Short Documentary Nominations

Fighting Demons

Peixinho (Little Fish)

Feel It From My Words

A Great Love

🏆 Best Director Nominations

A Memory Owed

Fuel

Chocolate

Watering Hole

Dating

🏆 Best Feature Narrative Nominations

The Deserter

The Mentors

I Voted

Lena and Vladimir

🏆 Best Feature Documentary Nominations

Penalty

Pizza Under Fire

HASIK

Show Up and Start - The Art and Life of Dorothy Ramsay

🏆 Best First-Time Filmmaker Nominations

Fudge Sundae

Waiting For Kalki

Bluebottle Theory

The Apple Picker's Son

millie

Monsters

🏆 Best Cinematography Nominations

A Great Love

millie

A Memory Owed

🏆 Best Actor Nominations

scenario

FUEL

Chocolate

The Apple Picker's Son

🏆 Best Acting Ensemble Nominations

Ryan Can't Read

Wake Up

This Is The Beginning

🏆 Best Art Direction Nominations

Growing Pains

Nettle

Wake Up

🏆 Best Animation Nominations

Out of Tune

dipolar bipolar

Have I Swallowed Your Dreams

Best Editing/Post-Production Nominations

A Memory Owed

When You Left Me

This Is The Beginning

🏆 Music Video Nominations

She is BAD

I Wish You Could Be Happy Again

BAZA

🏆 Web Series/Episodic Nominations

Bora

Astronomers

Fangs & Fur

🏆 Best Screenplay Nominations

Under A Falling Sky

She's Never Coming Back

Run For The Roses

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