๐€๐”๐’๐“๐ˆ๐ ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐“-๐Ž๐…๐… ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

"...๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘จ๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’‡๐’•-๐‘ถ๐‘ญ๐‘ญ ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ญ๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’„๐’†๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’˜๐’„๐’‚๐’”๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’˜๐’†๐’๐’-๐’๐’“๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’›๐’†๐’…, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’•๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’‘๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’." โญโญโญโญโญ
๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ, ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

โญ Lift-Off Season Awards Qualifying
โญ City Based Screenings, Networking, Workshops & Events
โญ In-Competition Online Screenings
โญ Network Hub Access, Focus Groups & more...!

Learn more about the Lift-Off Season
๐Ÿ‘‰ liftoff.network/season

Get ready to have your creativity celebrated at the Austin Lift-Off Film Festival in the vibrant capital city of Texas! This festival is a part of the thriving and diverse cultural scene in Austin and celebrates film from not just Texas, but from all around America and the rest of the world. Submit your work and be a part of Austin Lift-Off Film Festival!

Join us at the famous Lift-Off Networking-Speed-Date session, followed by drinks and a party! Can't attend live? Don't worry - there are plenty of online events and networking opportunities.

Festival Winners are placed on the shortlist for the Lift-Off Season Awards Nominations to be considered by the Lift-Off Jury. Season Award Nominations are screened at the prestigious John Barry cinema in Pinewood Studios. The Season Awards recognise the best films from across the Lift-Off Season.

Find out more about the Season Awards
๐Ÿ‘‰liftoff.network/seasonawards

You'll find free content on our YouTube Channel, such as live workshops, interviews with filmmakers, news updates, and more. Subscribe!
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.youtube.com/c/liftoffglobalnetwork

๐†๐„๐“ ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐’๐”๐๐Œ๐ˆ๐’๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐“-๐Ž๐…๐… ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐‹๐’ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐๐„๐“๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š ๐Œ๐„๐Œ๐๐„๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐:

โญ Fee waivers to all Lift-Off Festivals & Showcases (worth $300)
โญ Apply for representation at international film markets, including Cannes, EFM, and AFM
โญ Access to international film jobs
โญ Networking, Workshops & Online Events

Find out more about Lift-Off Network Membership
๐Ÿ‘‰ liftoff.network/membership

Awards & Prizes

๐—”๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐——๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—•๐—ฆ

๐Ÿ† Audience Choice Award
๐Ÿ† Best Film in Category
๐Ÿ† Jury's Special Mention
๐Ÿ† Best Screenplay

๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐“-๐Ž๐…๐… ๐๐„๐“๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Šโ€™๐’ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐๐„๐“๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ & ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’ ๐’๐“๐‘๐”๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„

The Official Selections are reviewed by the Judging Panel and receive scores from the attending audience throughout the festival. After the festival closes, the weighted scores are combined, and the top-scoring films are promoted into the internal 'Network Round'.

The Network Round is hosted on the Lift-Off Network Hub, where the Lift-Off Jury and Network Hub Members score the films and vote for the winners.

After the festival closes, prizes are awarded, and winning projects are placed on the Season Award Nominations Shortlist. Lift-Off Season Award Nominations are allocated by the Jury based on merit within each category.

Find out more about our awards & judging process:
๐Ÿ‘‰ liftoff.network/awards

๐’๐„๐€๐’๐Ž๐ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ ๐๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’

Lift-Off Season Award nominations screen at Lift-Off's HQ, the prestigious Pinewood Studios, during the celebration held at the end of the Lift-Off Season. The Season Awards celebrates the best-of-the-best of the projects nominated throughout the Lift-Off Season.

For more info ๐Ÿ‘‰ liftoff.network/seasonawards

Rules & Terms

Austin Lift-Off Film Festival Rules and Terms
- All support queries must be sent via. support@liftoff.network
- All submissions are to be sent digitally via FilmFreeway
- Project feedback (where applicable) is sent shortly after the festival closes.
- If you pay a submission fee, we will screen your work. Our online programmes are separated into categories based on your content's level of storytelling, production value, impact and acting.
- We have two separate voting committees during the festival - the official judging panel & the general public
- The official jury allocates Season Award Nominations
- Proudly, we have no other restrictions for screening your work. This includes your work's premier status, age, and/or whether your work is available online.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The online festivals are NOT pay-for-vote platforms. Whilst participating filmmakers may invite their team, friends and family to participate & vote, it is encouraged that ALL attending audiences engage with as much of the content as possible and vote accordingly. We are doing our best to invite new and exciting audiences to genuine indie content - if you can encourage your audiences to do the same, we will build a wonderful network of opportunities for all, no matter where you are starting your career.
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  • Veronica Furman

    I highly recommend the Austin edition of the Lift-Off Festival. Super proud to have been selected and will participate again next year.

    May 2024
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  • Rhys Davies

    Great festival with really strong comms and reach. Some excellent films this year and well done to all!

    May 2024
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  • Steve Nethercott-Cable

    Honoured for our short documentary 'Spirit of the Downs ~ Perseverance brings Success' to be an Official Selection for the Austin Lift-Off Film Festival.

    May 2024
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  • Roger Lewis

    We really enjoyed the opportunity to participate in this online film festival. All of our questions were promptly answered by the festival team and we were able to share our film worldwide! My kudos to the festival team!

    May 2024
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  • Isabella Presnal

    It's always great to join a Lift-Off festival and this was no exception! We were able to share our short film "From the Ground Up" and connect with other filmmakers. It was a shame I couldn't join the in-person networking but the virtual networking was still really great!

    May 2024
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