Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival

About the Film Festival

Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival
Duration (several sessions) 10
Submission end time 2020-05-04

Film Festival Features

Red Carpet · Celebrity Guest · Filmscreen · Trophy · Copyright transactions · Certificate ·
For ten years the Lift-Off Global Network has been taking some of the best indie work to the far east. It is without a doubt that Japan offers an exceptional audience base for true indie work. Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival has, to this day, being one of the most successful Lift-Offs. With back to back sellouts and huge interest from the general public and local press. * Free Translation Services. Lift-Off covers the translation into perfect Japanese subtitles for our Japanese audience. All submissions must be originally submitted to us in English or English subtitles. Screen your work in Tokyo & open Japanese nationwide distribution opportunities! The Japanese film market is ever expanding to include a national and international indie cinema marketplace. Our screenings take place at the UPLINK Factory Theatre in the Shibuya District, known commonly as the centre of Tokyo - a famous location in Tokyo for independent, counter-culture and progressive thinking. Tokyo Lift-Off gets a lot of press coverage and is quickly becoming a highlight in the indie film calendar of Japan.Sfilmmaker is our exclusive platform for cooperation in China, and we look forward to your good film.
Our prizes and awards stretch from the submission level, all the way through to the Lift-Off Season Awards at the end of each year. We offer as much as possible to all who submit, our officially selected filmmakers, our nominees, and winners. At the submission level. Value for your submission fee. Exclusive content emailed to every submitter up-to 24hrs from the time of submission. High scoring films. If your film scores high but isn't included in our final programme you will be invited to our Lift-Off Online Film Festival initiative, an online competitions which run parallel with the respective live city screenings - where the top two winners get official selections at either of the next two Lift-Off cities. Nominees are chosen after each Lift-Off Film Festival. The categories: Best Feature Live Action Narrative Best Feature Documentary Best Short Live Action Narrative Best Short Documentary Best Director Best Acting Ensemble Best Music Video Best Animation Best Art Direction Best Cinematography Best Post Production Best Screenplay Best Actor Best First-Time Film We can’t wait to see which films get nominated this year! --- Script Selections The top 5 Screenplays will be showcased across the Community platform, featured in the Lift-Off newsletter which is sent to our 35,000 filmmakers, and shared across social media. Screenwriters will be invited to include their work in our online Community portal. The portal is a curated database of quality scripts that are looking for production. Lift-Off Community directors and producers are actively looking for projects to develop. They can use the portal to find their next potential projects, and contact the writers directly to discuss the optioning of scripts, development and rights. All entries should be completed scripts, short or feature length, and you should be actively looking for collaboration or development.
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Subject :Unlimited
Video Format :MPEG4 MOV

Categories and fees

Feature Live Action Narrative

Video length :40 - 150
We accept all films of any genre. Digital online submission screeners only. Feedback is sent shortly after the commencement of the festival. Proudly, we have no other restrictions for your work. This includes your works premier status, it's age and/or whether your work has been made available online.

2020/05/04
Standard: 45 Dollar / Student: 40 Dollar

Feature Documentary

Video length :40 - 150
We accept all films of any genre. Digital online submission screeners only. Feedback is sent shortly after the commencement of the festival. Proudly, we have no other restrictions for your work. This includes your works premier status, it's age and/or whether your work has been made available online.

2020/05/04
Standard: 45 Dollar / Student: 40 Dollar

Short Live Action Narrative

Video length :0 - 40
We accept all films of any genre. Digital online submission screeners only. Feedback is sent shortly after the commencement of the festival. Proudly, we have no other restrictions for your work. This includes your works premier status, it's age and/or whether your work has been made available online.

2020/05/04
Standard: 60 Dollar / Student: 30 Dollar

Short Documentary

Video length :0 - 40
We accept all films of any genre. Digital online submission screeners only. Feedback is sent shortly after the commencement of the festival. Proudly, we have no other restrictions for your work. This includes your works premier status, it's age and/or whether your work has been made available online.

2020/05/04
Standard: 60 Dollar / Student: 30 Dollar

International Animations

Video length :1 - 150
We accept all films of any genre. Digital online submission screeners only. Feedback is sent shortly after the commencement of the festival. Proudly, we have no other restrictions for your work. This includes your works premier status, it's age and/or whether your work has been made available online.

2020/05/04
Standard: 35 Dollar / Student: 30 Dollar