The Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival is an annual event that is part of the larger Lift-Off Global Network, a platform dedicated to launching the careers of independent filmmakers and screenwriters worldwide. The festival features both online screenings, making films accessible to a global audience, and in-person networking events and physical screenings held at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Films are selected through a combination of jury and audience voting, with winners potentially gaining automatic official selections at other Lift-Off festivals and opportunities for distribution exposure at major film markets like AFM, Cannes, and EFM.