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Dagie Brundert - Goethe-Institut / LIFT Residency Spring 2012
 Toronto, April 25, 2012—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and the Goethe-Institut Toronto are pleased to announce Dagie Brundert (Berlin) as the inaugural Goethe-LIFT Artist-in-Residence this May. One of Germany’s most prolific filmmakers working with small format Super 8 film Dagie has produced a wide range of films that break from genre, convention and...
Summer 2012 Workshops
 LIFT's SUMMER 2012 FILM, VIDEO and INTERACTIVE ART WORKSHOPSNow online!Registration opens on TUESDAY MAY 29, 2012 at 10am. LIFT WorkshopsLIFT provides training in all aspects of filmmaking and media arts. Offering 150 workshops each year from camera theory to digital animation, LIFT is a one-of-a-kind training facility that offers practical knowledge to media artists at any stage...
Works by Dagie Brundert at CineCycle (Toronto Screening)
 THE FILMS OF DAGIE BRUNDERT - CINECYCLE(TORONTO SCREENING) Closing this residency the Goethe and LIFT are pleased to present a program of Dagie’s films selected by the artist herself. From the 1990s to work produced May 2012 in Toronto this screening will offer rare chance to see her work projected as it was made, on Super 8 film. The screening will also include the premiere of the...
Works by Dagie Brundert at Media City (Windsor Screening)
THE FILMS OF DAGIE BRUNDERT - MEDIA CITY (WINDSOR SCREENING) The 2012 Media City Film Festival in Windsor, Ontario will present a screening of old and new Super 8 films by Dagie Brundert. This late night program celebrates the continued vitality of small-gauge film as a platform for Dagie’s unique film style. For full festival schedule see: http://mediacityfilmfestival.com
Call for Indigenous Youth Participants for the Indigenous Routes
Call for Indigenous Youth Participants for the Indigenous RoutesInteractive Documentary ProjectToronto, June and July 2012 The Indigenous Routes Collective is seeking applicants for an eight-week new media project taking place in Toronto this summer. Six Indigenous youth will be selected for an intensive training and production program towards the creation of an online interactive...
LIFT co-presents "Local Heros" program at Inside Out
 LIFT co-presents at the 2012 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival. Inside Out's annual sold-out celebration of the homo heroes of Hogtown features an eclectic and entertaining mix of emerging and established talent that exemplifies why Toronto the Good remains great when it comes to queer art. Akin by Chase JoyntAu Plus Proche by Maxime DesmonsBunny by Seth PoulinEggs by Mark...
Processing Black and White Film with Coffee Workshop
Coffee developer - CAFFENOL (photo Dagie Brundert) Co-presented by LIFT and the Goethe-Institut Toronto Instructed by Dagie BrundertSpring 2012 Goethe / LIFT artist in residence  Enrolment limited to 4 Cost: $35 for LIFT members $45 for non-members In this one evening workshop participants will work in the LIFT darkroom processing black and white motion picture film...
Ambassadors of Coincidence II: A city walk game with Dagie Brundert
 Co-presented by LIFT and the Goethe Institut Toronto Saturday, May 19, 201210am - 5pm  Enrolment limited to 5 Free, Advanced registration required Presented as part of the Goethe-Institut Toronto's The Future of Cities program  Ambassadors of Coincidence is a collaborative film production game conceived by Dagie Brundert as a way of tempting fate and challenging...
Ambassadors of Coincidence I: A city walk game with Dagie Brundert
 Co-presented by LIFT and the Goethe Institut Toronto Saturday May 12 and Sunday May 13, 2012Both days from 11am - 5pm Enrolment limited to 8 Free, Advanced registration required  Ambassadors of Coincidence is a collaborative film production game conceived by Dagie Brundert as a way of tempting fate and challenging coincidence. This weekend will begin with an introduction...
LIFT's Cameraless Filmmaking Workshop with Media City Film Festival at the Art Gallery of Windsor
CAMERALESS FILMMAKINGSaltmarche-McLaughlin-Haworth StudioArt Gallery of Windsor In partnership with the 18th edition of Media City Film Festival and the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) will present a free afternoon class in cameraless 16mm filmmaking. Using 16mm sound recording film, flashlights and found objects participants will produce...