LIFT News

This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.

 

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Thanksgiving Day – October 13

The LIFT office and store will be closed for Thanksgiving Day on Monday, October 13, 2025. We will reopen on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 10:00 am ET.

BAICC Screening and Performance: Spanish Films Made in Residence at LIFT

Friday 3 October 2025, 19:00 to 21:30

Image from TORTUGA [pasaje cromático #4 by Brenda Boyer . THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) and THE (S8) MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA PERIFÉRICO present BAICC SCREENING AND PERFORMANCE: SPANISH FILMS MADE IN RESIDENCE AT LIFT Toronto, September 26, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and (S8) Mostra”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closure – September 18

The LIFT office and store will be closed for a Staff Strategic Planning event on Thursday, September 18, 2025. We will reopen on Friday, September 19, 2025 at 10:00 am ET.

Screenwriters Circle – September 17

Wednesday 17 September 2025, 19:00 to 19:00

The LIFT Screenwriters Circle meets online on the third Wednesday at 7:00pm ET of each month to facilitate skill sharing, supportive critique and moving member scripts from the page to the screen. You must be a current LIFT member to attend this group. No experience is necessary, just a passion for words and images and a dream to one day see them o”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Extended Labour Day Weekend – August 29 to September 1

The LIFT office and store will be closed for an extended Labour Day Weekend on Friday, August 29 and Monday, September 1, 2025. We will reopen on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 10:00 am ET. Have a happy and safe holiday!

Open Screening – August 2025

Thursday 28 August 2025, 07:00 to 08:30

. THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES OPEN SCREENING – AUGUST 2025 August 14, 2025—Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Thursday, August 28, 2025 in the Main Classroom at the LIFT facility (located at 1137 Dupont) for our August 2025 Open Screening. The event is an opportunity to show new fil”… more

LIFT co-presents “Naked Acts” at Black Gold screening series

Saturday 16 August 2025, 18:00 to 19:00

. LIFT co-presents “Naked Acts” at the 2025 Black Gold screening series “Naked Acts” Directed by Bridgett M. Davis’ Saturday, August 16, 2025 Starts at 6:00pm Paradise Theatre, 1006c Bloor Street West Buy your tickets here “Davis’s film, made at a time when there were few Black women filmmakers, exalts the hard-won breakthrough of self-depiction, o”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Simcoe Day – August 4

The LIFT office and store will be closed for Simcoe Day—also known as Civic Holiday—on Monday, August 4, 2025. We will reopen on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 10:00 am ET. Have a happy and safe holiday!

Open Screening – Summer 2025

Tuesday 22 July 2025, 19:00 to 21:00

THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES OPEN SCREENING – SUMMER 2025 July 4, 2025—Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 in the Main Classroom at the LIFT facility (located at 1137 Dupont) for our Summer 2025 Open Screening. The event is an opportunity to show new films, audi”… more

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

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 (revised July 17, 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 pa”… more