LIFT News

LIFT co-presents “our bodies hold time” at Images Festival Saturday 11 April 2026, 16:30 to 18:30 LIFT co-presents “our bodies hold time” at the 2026 Images Festival Saturday, April 11, 2026 4:30pm CineCycle, 129 Spadina Avenue Various Tickets Rates Please join us for a conversation after the screening with Chloë Gordon, Michaela Michalak and Ghislan Sutherland-Timm. Our bodies hold time. Time indiscriminately settles into our soft and heavy sh”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Good Friday and Easter Monday – April 3 and 6 March 20, 2026 The LIFT office and store will be closed for Good Friday on Friday, April 3 and on Monday for Easter Monday on April 6, 2026. We will reopen on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 10:00 am ET.

Screenwriters Circle – April 15 Wednesday 15 April 2026, 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 Welcomes New Staff – February 2026 Incoming Technical Coordinator Katerina Zoumboulakis Photo by Renata Mohamed March 12, 2026 Welcome to New Technical Coordinator Katerina Zoumboulakis The staff of the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) would like to welcome our new Technical Coordinator Katerina Zoumboulakis. Katerina joins Noah Henderson in the Technical Departme”… more

Open Studio Session – Winter 2026 Thursday 26 February 2026, 18:00 OPEN STUDIO SESSION: WINTER 2026 February 20, 2026—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the Open Studio Session: Winter 2026 with our Finnish Visiting Artist Lotta Hurnanen and our 2026 Digital Cinema Resident DC Dzoja. Lotta Hurnanen (visiting from Helsinki, Finland) has used her ti”… more

Technical Orientation 2026: Introduction to the Darkroom Tuesday 10 February 2026, 00:00 to 00:00 LIFT TECHNICAL ORIENTATION 2026: INTRODUCTION TO THE DARKROOM February 10, 2026—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is happy to announce our Technical Orientation series, specifically designed to assist our membership to gain experience with our wide range of equipment and facilities. Join LIFT’s Technical Department and Finnish”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Family Day – February 16 The LIFT office and store will be closed for Family Day on Monday, February 16, 2026. We will reopen on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:00 am ET

LIFT Office and Store Closed Due to Weather Conditions – January 26 Due to Sunday’s heavy snowfall, the LIFT Office and Store will be closed today on Monday January 26, 2026. We hope to reopen on Tuesday, but will provide an update tomorrow morning. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Further updates regarding reopening will be posted on our website and social channels. ========== Update: As of”… more

Call for Applications: Virtual Production Storytelling with Unreal Engine 2026 – Extended Wednesday 21 January 2026, 00:00 THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: VIRTUAL PRODUCTION STORYTELLING WITH UNREAL ENGINE 2026 Toronto, January 21, 2026 (revised February 2, 2026)—In December, the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), in partnership with the Screen Industry Training Hub (SITHub), announced a new tra”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed Due to Weather Conditions – January 15 Due to today’s heavy snowfall, the LIFT Office and Store will be closed today on Thursday January 15, 2026. We hope to reopen on Friday, but will provide an update tomorrow morning. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Further updates regarding reopening will be posted on our website and social channels.