2005 Film Index Back to Main Site		Back 2005 Ellensburg Film Festival Best Short Lift Washington State Premier Romance / Drama USA / 30 minutes Directed and Written by Hugues Dalton and Jeff Garton Winner Indianapolis Int'l Film Festival - Audience Award Actor Dominique Pinon (Amelie, City of Lost Children) stars as Otis, a live-in lift operator who has never set foot outside his elevator. He is secretly in love with K, a junior typist who is afraid of elevators and has never set foot in one. Each morning, as K climbs the 20 flights of stairs to her typing pool, Otis does his best to parallel her ascent. He subtly influences the demands of his many passengers to catch glimpses of his beloved. K’s only pleasure is typing her dreams on her lunch breaks. Everyday they each go about their routines with quiet dedication. But this routine is about to change. A hit with critics and audiences nationwide, Lift creates a delicately quirky world in which this touching story unfolds. The actors deliver pitch-perfect performances, delivering an intimate glimpse into an unlikely romance. www.liftthemovie.com