Community and Youth Projects

LIFT provides a space for communities to produce representations on their own terms. Each community collaboration works with LIFT’s professional equipment, facilities and member resources to assist social justice, education, arts and other non-profits in training their constituents to make media and produce the media content they need within often limited budgets.

 

Call for Latino/a and Aboriginal Youth: aluCine 2013 Paso-A-Paso Project

Thursday 31 January 2013, 00:00

 Call for Latino/a and Aboriginal Youth ParticipantsaluCine Latin Film+Media Arts Festival’s PASO-A-PASOToronto, Winter 2013   Call for Latino/a and Aboriginal Youth ParticipantsaluCine Latin Film+Media Arts Festival’s PASO-A-PASOToronto, Winter 2013 aluCine Latin Film+Media Arts Festival launches Paso-A-Paso, a youth program di”… more

The Encampment Project: Luminato

Thursday 3 May 2012, 00:00

LIFT provided production equipment over two months for the Luminato’s 2012 project. Inspired by The Encampment, elementary school students collaborated with artists Thom Sokoloski and Jenny-Anne McCowan and project facilitators to create their own ‘mini-Encampment’ story mapping installations, which was exhibited publicly during the Festi”… more

Workman Arts: Portraits of Extraordinary Minds II

Thursday 3 May 2012, 13:00

This 8-week course in documentary production took participants through the post-production stages of directing and editing a short biographical documentary. This 8-week course in documentary production took participants through the post-production stages of directing and editing a short biographical documentary. This course was the second of a two-“… more

Call for Native Youth Participants: Indigenous Routes

Thursday 10 May 2012, 00:00

 Call for Indigenous Youth Participants for the Indigenous RoutesInteractive Documentary ProjectToronto, June and July 2012   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 medi”… more

Braeburn Neighbourhood Place: Super 8 Workshop

Monday 11 July 2011, 00:00

LIFT organized a Super 8mm workshop for Braeburn Neighbourhood Place in the summer of 2011.  LIFT organized a Super 8mm workshop for Braeburn Neighbourhood Place in the summer of 2011. Braeburn Neighbourhood Place and Boys & Girls Club provides programs and services for children, youth and families in the Rexdale Community.  The”… more

Parkdale Young Writers: Acting in Front of the Camera Workshop

Saturday 15 October 2011, 00:00

Parkdale Young Writers ran Acting in Front of the Camera, a workshop where youth had an opportunity to complete short film works. LIFT supported the project with equipment sponsorship and membership. Parkdale Young WritersThe Parkdale Young Writers are a free writing group for 18-29 year-olds in Toronto’s west-end, led by local authors, comics”… more

Braeburn Neighbourhood Place and Boys & Girls Club: Super 8 Workshop

Monday 11 July 2011, 00:00

LIFT organized a Super 8mm workshop for Braeburn Neighbourhood Place in the summer of 2011. Small groups each completed a film, starting with a Super 8mm workshop with facilitators in Rexdale and a digital editing lesson at LIFT.  LIFT organized a Super 8mm workshop for Braeburn Neighbourhood Place in the summer of 2011. Small groups each comp”… more

Harmony Movement: Change Through Equity

Friday 22 July 2011, 00:00

Working with LIFT instructors, Harmony Movement organized editing workshops over the summer in and around Crescent Town, Rexdale and Jane/Finch. In an intensive program, youth worked with a facilitator to create visual stories about the issues and experiences they face in their neighbourhood. Working with LIFT instructors, Harmony Movement organize”… more

Media CreatorZ 2011

Friday 18 February 2011, 00:00

Participants learned basic filmmaking skills and created a short film with Media Creatorz. Workshops were hosted by Aboriginal filmmakers Miles Turner and Amanda Strong. The Media CreatorZ project involves a series of weekly workshops for ten Native youth in Toronto on the topic of contemporary storytelling. Participants learned basic filmmaking sk”… more

Workman Arts: Introduction to Editing

Tuesday 6 September 2011, 00:00

Participants were introduced to fundamental Non Linear editing principles and techniques with Premiere Suite/Final Cut Pro editing software. Participants learned introductory editing principles such as importing, splicing, sound editing, transitions, and exporting. Participants were introduced to fundamental Non Linear editing principles and techni”… more