LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
Employment OpportunitiesLIFT is currently hiring for a SUMMER 2024 TECHNICAL ASSISTANT …. The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is an artist-run charitable organization dedicated to facilitating excellence in the moving image through media arts education and production resources. SUMMER 2024 TECHNICAL ASSISTANT $17.50 per hour 32 hours, 9-week contract”… more |
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Screening with 2024 Expanding North Resident Anette GelleinFriday 3 May 2024, 19:00 to 20:30April 23, 2024 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents: DYKE DREAMS + LOVE AND GREED AND PAIN AND LUST SCREENING WITH 2024 EXPANDING NORTH RESIDENT ANETTE GELLEIN Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Friday, May 3, 2024, at 7:00 pm with a screening of two works from our Expanding North Resi”… more |
Screenwriters Circle – May 15Wednesday 15 May 2024, 19:00 to 19:00The LIFT Screenwriters Circle meets online on the third Wednesday 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 on screen.”… more |
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Call for Applications: Newcomer Filmmentor 2024 – ExtendedFriday 23 February 2024, 00:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: LIFT NEWCOMER FILMMENTOR 2024 Toronto, February 23, 2024 (Updated April 3, 2024)—Are you a newcomer or refugee filmmaker living in or near the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)? Are you looking to develop specific film-related skills, better familiarize”… more |
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Digital Cinema Residency – 2024 AnnouncementMonday 12 February 2024, 00:00 to 00:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE 2024 LIFT DIGITAL CINEMA RESIDENCY RECIPIENT A.C. BIRCH Toronto, February 20, 2024—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that A.C. Birch is the inaugural resident of our Digital Cinema Residency, launched for the first time in 2024. The Di”… more |
LIFT Office and Store Closed for Family Day – Feb 19The LIFT office and store operations will be closed for Family Day on Monday, February 19, 2024. Staff will be available starting back on Tuesday, February 20 at 10:00AM ET. |
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LIFT’s Operations and Facilities Protocols – Moving ForwardFriday, February 9, 2024 Dear Members and Community, The new year is well underway and we’re getting busy again. Staff are in the office from Monday through Friday, 10:00am to 6:00pm. Our front entrance on Dupont Street will be open throughout the week, depending on staffing levels. If the front door is locked during office hours, please ring the d”… more |
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LIFT Staff Farewell – January 2024January 5, 2024 Best Wishes to Development Coordinator Cayley James LIFT wishes a fond farewell to our Development Coordinator Cayley James. For the past five years, Cayley has been a significant member of the team, both in building our fundraising capacity, spearheading grant writing, and in leading some of our important special projects. In the p”… more |
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Call for Proposals: Digital Cinema Residency 2024 – ExtendedFriday 15 December 2023, 17:00 to 10:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR PROPOSALS: DIGITAL CINEMA RESIDENCY 2024 Toronto, December 15, 2023 (Updated January 8, 2024)—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”… more |
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Call for Proposals: Expanding North Residency ProgramWednesday 13 December 2023, 10:00 to 10:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR PROPOSALS: “EXPANDING NORTH” RESIDENCY PROGRAM WITH LIFT, BALTIC ANALOGUE LAB, FILMVERKSTADEN and POLAR FILM LAB Toronto, December 13, 2023 (Updated January 4, 2024)—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce its participation in the colla”… more |