LIFT News

LIFT Office and Store Holiday Closure 2026 Thursday, November 5, 2026 Dear Members and Community, This year was perhaps our busiest year ever! Thank you so much for being so active and for all of your support of what we do. We’re looking forward to a holiday rest and an exciting and productive 2027! Plans are already underway for some exciting events towards the middle of the year. Our “45″… more

Screening with 2026 BAICC Resident Emiliano Reyes Colina Friday 30 October 2026, 07:00 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents SCREENING WITH 2026 BAICC RESIDENT Emiliano Reyes Colina Toronto, October 26, 2026—Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Friday, October 30, 2026, at 7:00pm for a screening of work-in-progress from our BAICC 2026 artist Emiliano Reyes Colina. Emiliano has bee”… more

Screenwriters Circle – November 18 Wednesday 18 November 2026, 19:00 to 21:00 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

Reminder: Toronto’s 2026 municipal election on Monday October 26 October 25, 2026 Dear LIFT Members and Community, A reminder to vote during the municipal election on Monday, October 26, 2026. The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) receives about 10% of our budget from the City of Toronto through various agencies. We work hard to give you the means to use your creative voices as filmmakers. Voti”… more

LIFT co-presents “Echoes of Memory” at Latin American Media Arts Symposium (LAMAS) Saturday 17 October 2026, 15:30 to 17:00 LIFT co-presents the “Echoes of Memory: Counter-Narratives in Digital Media Arts” panel at the 2026 Latin American Media Arts Symposium (LAMAS) Saturday, October 17, 2026 3:30 PM 837 Dundas Street West Free Admission Moderated by Victoria Carrasco Panellists: Laura Acosta, Lucia Rojas, and Santiago Tavera · Moderated by Victoria Carrasco, this conv”… more

LIFT announces Finnish Visiting Artist Charlotte Clermont Monday 5 October 2026, 00:00 to 00:00 Photo by Renata Mohamed THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES FINNISH VISITING ARTIST CHARLOTTE CLERMONT Toronto, October 7, 2026—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Québec artist Charlotte Clermont, based in Helsinki, Finland, has joined us as a visiting artist from Octobe”… more

LIFT announces the 2026 BAICC Resident – Emiliano Reyes Colina Friday 25 September 2026, 00:00 to 00:00 Photo by Renata Mohamed . THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE 2026 BAICC RESIDENT EMILIANO REYES COLINA Toronto, October 5, 2026—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to welcome Mexican filmmaker Emiliano Reyes Colina, based in Spain, as the current resident in the tenth edition of the”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Thanksgiving Day – October 12 The LIFT office and store will be closed for Thanksgiving Day on Monday, October 12, 2026. We will reopen on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 10:00am ET.

LIFT Office and Store Closed on October 2 The LIFT office and store will be closed on Friday, October 2, 2026. We will reopen on Monday, October 5, 2026 at 10:00 am ET.

LIFT Office and Store Closed September 10 and 11 We’re excited to announce that LIFT will be participating at the TIFF Festival Street Art Market 2026. We’re a small team so the LIFT office and store will be closed on Thursday, September 10 and Friday, September 11, 2026 due to our participation at TIFF. We will reopen on Monday September 14, 2026 at 10:00 am ET. Be sure to come and visit our boo”… more