Lift-Off Sessions

 Just recently, I've entered one of my short films into a monthly film festival known as Lift-Off Sessions. The film is one which I made just a few years ago. It was shot in my hometown, Leicester, and partially in association with Seven/Five Productions, which was then a collective of independent filmmakers across the county of Leicestershire. I was recommended Lift-Off Sessions by a friend of mine who I knew through Seven/Five when he told me about it during a screening at a festival in Coalville. At the time, that very same film I was referring to was being screened there.

For those of you who don't know, Lift-Off Sessions is an online monthly film festival based at Pinewood Studios. What happens is that they screen each film that has been entered on Vimeo for a certain period of time and provides the audience an opportunity to cast their votes, whichever film gets the most votes also gets shown at the Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival. All that have been entered are screened during the first round. Lift-Off Sessions is also free to enter and does not require a certain payment, so if you have a film to submit, I'd recommend Lift-Off Sessions. One piece of advice I must provide is that you should hardcode subtitles before you submit. It was something I had recently learned as well.

In case you're wondering, the film I submitted is called The Jock & The Chav. The film is an action-comedy that centers on an American professional martial artist who enters a street fighting tournament against an English urban hooligan. It also pays homage to the fighting-based video games released during the 90s such as Street Fighter, Streets Of Rage and Tekken. The Jock & The Chav will be released on YouTube at a later date which is soon to be confirmed.

In addition, one of my screenplays, the same one that won Best Script Award (March 2021),  has been entered for the Royal Wolf Film Awards, an online monthly festival in assocition with IMDB.