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Call for Applications: Guiding The Future – Collaborative Planning for Senior Filmmakers

Friday 27 June 2025, 00:00

THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: GUIDING THE FUTURE: COLLABORATIVE PLANNING FOR SENIOR FILMMAKERS Toronto, June 27, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is seeking statements of interest from filmmakers aged sixty-five (65) of age and above to participate in a year-long”… more

Call for Applications: Newcomer Filmmentor 2025

Thursday 26 June 2025, 00:00

THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: LIFT NEWCOMER FILMMENTOR 2025 Toronto, June 26, 2025—Are you a newcomer or refugee filmmaker living in or near the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)? Are you looking to develop specific film-related skills, better familiarize yourself with the film commu”… more

LIFT Welcomes Summer Staff – June 2025

(L-R) Ander Barillas and Ben Compton Photo by Renata Mohamed June 20, 2025 Welcome to Summer 2025 Staff Thanks to the Canada Summer Job program, supported by the Canadian Government, we are able to welcome two new summer staff to LIFT this summer, Ben Compton and Ander Barillas, who started last month. Ben is our Summer 2025 Conference and Meeting”… more

LIFT co-presents Shorts Programme: “Dysfunctional Destinies” at Toronto Arab Film

Saturday 28 June 2025, 16:00 to 18:00

LIFT co-presents Shorts Programme: “Dysfunctional Destinies” at the 2025 Toronto Arab Film Festival Shorts Programme: “Dysfunctional Destinies” Various Directors Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 4:00pm Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue Programme includes: “Blood Ties,” Hakim Atoui “If the sun drowned into an ocean of clouds,” Wissam Charaf “Möbius Loop,” L”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Canada Day – June 30 and July 1

The LIFT office and store will be closed for Canada Day on Monday, June 30 as well as on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. We will reopen on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 10:00 am ET.

LIFT Digital Cinema Residency – 2025 Announcement

              . THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE 2025 LIFT DIGITAL CINEMA RESIDENCY RECIPIENTS NOOR KHAN AND KURTIS WATSON Toronto, May 20, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Noor Khan and Kurtis Watson were the 2025 Digital”… more