LIFT: FilmGate

From June through July 2008, LIFT offered a youth mentoring project, with participants referred from various youth service organizations around Toronto. This full-time six-week program provided a group of eight at-risk youth with resources, instruction in film production and a modest stipend. The participants each produced their own short film as well as participating in a group project. The work produced through this project screened at the $99 Film Festival and the Parkdale Youth Festival in July and August 2008.

From June through July 2008, LIFT offered a youth mentoring project, with participants referred from various youth service organizations around Toronto. This full-time six-week program provided a group of eight at-risk youth with resources, instruction in film production and a modest stipend. The participants each produced their own short film as well as participating in a group project. The work produced through this project screened at the $99 Film Festival and the Parkdale Youth Festival in July and August 2008. All participants completed the project, with one entering the Sheridan College film production program and two starting their own urban culture based media-production companies within weeks of the project ending.

FilmGate is funded by the Canada Council for the Arts through the Artists and Community Collaboration Program (ACCP). The ACCP supports diverse artistic activities that bring together professional artists and the broader community.

Starting: Sunday 1 June 2008 00:00

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