{"id":893,"date":"2023-01-09T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.silverscreenfilms.com.au\/?page_id=893"},"modified":"2023-01-09T13:22:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T13:22:34","slug":"los-angeles-lift-off-film-festival-2019-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo.silverscreenfilms.com.au\/index.php\/los-angeles-lift-off-film-festival-2019-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival 2019 Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to everyone who participated in this year\u2019s Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival. It was great to see so many filmmakers and film enthusiasts filling the screenings in support of both local and international indie films. The judges’ votes have been counted and added to the audience’s feedback. Huge congratulations to the filmmakers who screened with us, who all did themselves proud. All Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival winners will receive complimentary screenings at future Lift-Off Film Festivals. A special well done to the following films.<\/p>\n

Photos from the event can be seen on the Lift-Off Facebook Page.<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=”Festival Winners” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:50|text_align:center|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20SC%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1673269309938{margin-top: 30px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Best Short Film” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:ABeeZee%3Aregular%2Citalic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1673269318426{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

(next screening with Lift-Off in Paris)<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=”Safety” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:ABeeZee%3Aregular%2Citalic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1673269327371{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

Dir. Fabrice Joubert
\nSynopsis: A bright sunny afternoon in november. It is wind-down time after gym class for the 2nd graders. Michael and eleven other children lie side by side on the floor of the gym, breathing quietly. Suddenly, a detonation tears the silence.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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(next screening with Lift-Off in Sydney)<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=”The Lovely’s” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:ABeeZee%3Aregular%2Citalic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1673269362962{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

Dir. Michael Lopez
\nSynopsis: The Lovelys is a dark comedy that follows a family of quirky misfits who inhabit a remote area in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The family, run by fierce and former drag queen, “Memaw Lovely”, grapple with all the typical trials and tribulations of any close-knit family with one distinct difference – they’re a pack of misguided killers!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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(next screening with Lift-Off in Sydney)<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=”The Scorpian’s Tale” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:ABeeZee%3Aregular%2Citalic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1673269396594{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

Dir. Jhosimar Vasquez
\nSynopsis: Greed, revenge and death all impact one another in this taught crime drama. Nothing is what is seems in this film written and produced by Maximiliano Herna\u0301ndez and directed by newcomer Jhosimar Vasquez.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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(next screening with Lift-Off in London)<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=”A Boy a Man and a Kite” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:ABeeZee%3Aregular%2Citalic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1673269473314{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

Dir. Adam Matalon
\nSynopsis: A dying man contemplates his younger self as he floats in the blackness of a coma, coming to terms with the sexual abuse he suffered as a child. The boy\u2019s parents seem oblivious as he struggles with his guilt and shame at a new school where he feels left out until his housemaster makes a move. The film explores themes of love, child sexual abuse and redemption. in an abstract evocative telling of a story based on a real court case. At a time when voices deserve to be heard, this long hidden true story comes to light.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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(next screening with Lift-Off in London)<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=”Scrap” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:ABeeZee%3Aregular%2Citalic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1673269503513{margin-top: 30px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”]

Dir. Leena Pendharkar
\nSynopsis: After getting fired, young single-mom Beth (Vivian Kerr) finds herself living in her car and struggles to hide her homelessness from her estranged brother Ben (Anthony Rapp).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Lift-Off Season Awards is an annual event which celebrates the very best of indie film. Following each Lift-Off film festival, films which have excelled in their respective category are nominated and invited to attend the prestigious Lift-Off Season Awards, culminating at the end of the Lift-Off season. Click here for more information about the Lift-Off Season Awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>[vc_separator color=”black” style=”dotted” css=”.vc_custom_1673269552087{margin-top: 50px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”]

[vc_custom_heading text=”Safety” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:ABeeZee%3Aregular%2Citalic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1673269558650{margin-top: 30px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”]

Dir. Fabrice Joubert
\nSynopsis: A bright sunny afternoon in november. It is wind-down time after gym class for the 2nd graders. Michael and eleven other children lie side by side on the floor of the gym, breathing quietly. Suddenly, a detonation tears the silence.<\/p>\n

Nominated for Best Short Live Action Narrative<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dir. Loic Zimmermann
\nSynopsis: One man\u2019s unending obsession with creating the impossible shot takes him from the clattering 16mm childhood memories of an American generation to convincing a real town to be in The Lottery, through the raucous meat-grinder of 1970\u2019s Hollywood and forward, into the digital age.<\/p>\n

Nominated for Best Feature Documentary<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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