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Please help LIFT reach our year end fundraising goal of $20,000!December 29, 2025 Dear friends, colleagues and supporters, Happy holidays from the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT). What a wild year it has been! 2025 has been one of our most productive, with filmmakers making films and LIFT supporting amazing projects, but we feel like there was always a new challenge around the next corner. T”… more |
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LIFT announces Finnish Visiting Artist Lotta HurnanenMonday 1 December 2025, 00:00 to 00:00Photo by Renata Mohamed THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES FINNISH VISITING ARTIST LOTTA HURNANEN Toronto, December 29, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Finnish artist Lotta Hurnanen has joined us from Helsinki, Finland as a visiting artist from December 1, 2025″… more |
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LIFT Announces Artists Selected for Newcomer Filmmentor Program 2025Tuesday 2 September 2025, 00:00LIFT ANNOUNCES ARTISTS SELECTED FOR NEWCOMER FILMMENTOR 2025 PROGRAM Toronto, December 23, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) is pleased to welcome three newcomer filmmakers to our facilities to participate in the Newcomer Filmmentor 2025 Program. This is our fifth iteration of the Newcomer Filmmentor program since 2017.”… more |
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Employment Opportunities. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Please note: Any employment with LIFT would not be on-set as we don’t produce films. All positions would be arts administration staff positions for the organization. ==================== CALL FOR BOARD MEMBERS November 2025—LIFT is seeking three volunteers to join its 9-member volunteer Board of Directors who are committe”… more |
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LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2025 Mentorship AnnouncementMonday 25 August 2025, 00:00 to 00:002025 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Katia Ferderber Photo by Renata Mohamed . THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) AND THE IMAGINENATIVE FILM + MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL 2025 MENTORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT Toronto, December 12, 2025—This past summer, the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmak”… more |
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2026 Training Initiative – Virtual Production Storytelling with Unreal EngineMonday 2 March 2026, 00:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES 2026 TRAINING INITIATIVE: VIRTUAL PRODUCTION STORYTELLING WITH UNREAL ENGINE Toronto, December 10, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), in partnership with Screen Industry Training Hub (SITHub), announce a new training initiative for the coming year funded by”… more |
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LIFT Office and Store Holiday Closure – December 18Dear Members and Community, LIFT’s facility will be closing on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 4:00pm ET and will reopen on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 10:00am ET. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18 IS THE LAST DAY THE OFFICE WILL BE OPEN IN 2025. Thank you for supporting us through another eventful year. We’re looking forward to a December rest and an excitin”… more |