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.

 

LIFT TOURING WORKSHOP WITH NEAR NORTH MOBILE MEDIA LAB (N2M2L): FILM STRIP AS CANVAS

LIFT Touring Workshop with Near North Mobile Media Lab (N2M2L):Film Strip as Canvas 

Call for Applications: LIFT Syrian Youth Filmmentor

Sunday 28 August 2016, 00:00

   CALL FOR APPLICATIONSLIFT SYRIAN YOUTH FILMMENTOR     CALL FOR APPLICATIONSLIFT SYRIAN YOUTH FILMMENTOR August 28, 2016—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce the call for applications for Syrian Youth Filmmentor. LIFT will be offering a series of workshops for six y”… more

LIFT Touring Workshop with Near North Mobile Media Lab: Found Footage

         LIFT Touring Workshop with Near North Mobile Media Lab (N2M2L):What’s Lost is Found Again: Found FootageCo-presented as part of the Northern Arts and Crafts Movement Workshop: Saturday August 20 and Sunday August 21, 2016Both days 10am – 4pm Cost: $20 for N2M2L and LIFT Members, $30 for Non-members”… more

LIFT Touring Workshop With London Ontario Media Arts Association (LOMAA): Introduction to After Effects

Saturday 6 August 2016, 10:00

    LIFT Touring Workshop with London Ontario Media Arts Association (LOMAA): Introduction to After Effects Workshop: Saturday, August 6, 201610am – 4pm Fanshawe CollegeRoom M20281001 Fanshawe College Boulevard Members/ Students: $20.00General: $30.00  Pre-registration and payment in full is required: www.lom”… more

LIFT co-presents “Drawing on Film” Activity at 2016 BIG on Bloor Festival

Saturday 23 July 2016, 13:00

 Leslie Supnet and Eva Kolcze (both with cool sunglasses) with participants during 2015 BIG on Bloor.  LIFT co-presents “Drawing on Film” Activity at the 2016 BIG on Bloor Festivalwith Eva Kolcze and Leslie Supnet   Leslie Supnet and Eva Kolcze (both with cool sunglasses) with participants during 2015 BIG on Bloor”… more

LIFT announces start of Film Access Program

Friday 15 April 2016, 00:00

  THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE START OF FILM ACCESS PROGRAM  Adam Roy Cohoon, Special Projects Coordinator Terra Long, Clementine Morrigan, Film Access Facilitator Jaene Castrillon, Romeo Dontae Tresean Biggz Pierre, melannie g. campbell, Ali Saeedi and Nicola DiCapua   THE LIAISON OF INDEPEND”… more

The Accessibility of a Super 8mm Camera

The Accessibility of a Super 8mm Camera project is a partnership with a group of University of Toronto engineering students and artist and access advocate Adam Roy Cohoon to design a modified Super8mm camera. The Super 8mm camera will be mounted to an electric wheelchair and designed for filmmakers with limited hand use. The aim is to create a modi”… more

Film For Artists: Site and Cycle – 2016 Residency

Monday 22 February 2016, 00:00

 2015 participants Fereshteh Toosi and Penny McCann. Photo by Eva Kolcze  FILM FOR ARTISTS: SITE AND CYCLE2016 Residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Facilitators: Zoë Heyn-Jones and Eva KolczeProgram Dates: June 22 to June 29, 2016 Deadline: Sunday, May 1, 2016  2015 participants Fereshteh Toosi and Penny McCa”… more

LIFT Touring Workshop with Ed Video: Script Supervision

Saturday 19 March 2016, 10:00

  LIFT Touring Workshop with Ed Video Media Arts Centre: Script Supervision Workshop:Saturday, March 19, 201610am – 5pm Members/ Students: $50.00General: $70.00 Enrollment is limited to 8 people.   LIFT Touring Workshop with Ed Video Media Arts Centre: Script Supervision Workshop:Saturday, March 19, 201610am – 5pm”… more

LIFT Touring Workshop with London Ontario Media Arts Association (LOMAA): Pop Up Cinema

Saturday 19 March 2016, 11:00

    LIFT Touring Workshop with  London Ontario Media Arts Association (LOMAA):Pop Up Cinema Workshop:Saturday, March 19, 201611am – 4pmMembers/ Students: $20General: $30Cost includes materials. Register online here by Monday, March 14, 2016Pre-registration required (via LOMAA) Enrollment is lim”… more