LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
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Screening with 2025 BAICC Resident Juana RoblesWednesday 29 October 2025, 19:00The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) present A SCREENING WITH 2025 BAICC RESIDENT JUANA ROBLES Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 7:00pm for a screening of works from our BAICC 2025 artist Juana Robles. Juana Robles is an Ireland-based filmmaker, living and working in K”… more |
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LIFT announces the 2025 BAICC Resident – Juana RoblesWednesday 1 October 2025, 00:00 to 00:00Photo by Renata Mohamed . THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE 2025 BAICC RESIDENT JUANA ROBLES Toronto, October 21, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to welcome Ireland-based Spanish filmmaker Juana Robles as the current resident in the ninth edition of the BAICC Residencias Ar”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “If You Ask Me” at RendezVous with MadnessThursday 30 October 2025, 17:30 to 19:30LIFT co-presents “If You Ask Me” at the 2025 Rendezvous with Madness Festival In-Person: Thursday, October 30, 2025 5:30pm Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue Various Tickets Rates For the ninth consecutive year, If You Ask Me (IYAM) has supported emerging filmmakers with lived mental health and/or addiction experiences to create new short fi”… more |
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LIFT Office and Store Closed for Thanksgiving Day – October 13The 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. |
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BAICC Screening and Performance: Spanish Films Made in Residence at LIFTFriday 3 October 2025, 19:00 to 21:30Image 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 |
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LIFT Office and Store Closure – September 18The 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 17Wednesday 17 September 2025, 19:00 to 19:00The 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 |
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LIFT Office and Store Closed for Extended Labour Day Weekend – August 29 to September 1The 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! |
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Open Screening – August 2025Thursday 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 |
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LIFT co-presents “Naked Acts” at Black Gold screening seriesSaturday 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 |