LIFT News

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

LIFT announces Finnish Visiting Artist Lotta Hurnanen Monday 1 December 2025, 00:00 to 00:00 Photo 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

LIFT Announces Artists Selected for Newcomer Filmmentor Program 2025 Tuesday 2 September 2025, 00:00 LIFT 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

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

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2025 Mentorship Announcement Monday 25 August 2025, 00:00 to 00:00 2025 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

2026 Training Initiative – Virtual Production Storytelling with Unreal Engine Monday 2 March 2026, 00:00 THE 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

LIFT Film Sale – November 2025 LIFT FILM SALE – NOVEMBER  2025 Your faves are back in stock! And just in time for Black Friday, and all the way till Wednesday, December 17, 2025! Members and non-members get up to $5.00 off each 50’ cartridge of Super 8mm, 50’ roll of Regular 8mm, or 100’ roll of 16mm film and $20.00 off each 400’ can of 16mm. Be sure to stock up on all your favo”… more

Call for Proposals: Digital Cinema Residency 2026 Wednesday 19 November 2025, 10:00 to 10:00   THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR PROPOSALS: DIGITAL CINEMA RESIDENCY 2026 Toronto, November 19, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is seeking applications from emerging filmmakers and artists between the age of 18 and 30 for a Digital Cinema Residency. The residency will run”… more

LIFT Office and Store Holiday Closure – December 18 Dear 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

Technical Department Closure – November 21 The LIFT Technical Department will be closed for an extended weekend on Friday, November 21, 2025. There will be no rental bookings or pick-ups available to members on the Friday. Please email the Technical Department at tech@lift.ca for details. The Technical Department will reopen on Monday, November 24, 2025 at 10:00 am ET.