LIFT News

Screenwriters Circle – December 13 Wednesday 13 December 2023, 19:00 to 19:00 The 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. *** To try and avoid conflict with the holidays, we’ll be meeting the second Wednesday of December. In the”… more

Josephine Massarella Artist Award – 2022 Announcement Thursday 30 November 2023, 00:00 THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO ANNOUNCES THE 2022 JOSEPHINE MASSARELLA ARTIST AWARD RECIPIENT Toronto, November 30, 2023—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Marnie Parrell is the 2022 Josephine Massarella Artist Award Recipient. After some unexpected delays, we are thrilled to welcom”… more

LIFT announces Round-Up 2023 Screening, presented by MUBI Monday 11 December 2023, 19:00 to 21:00 LIFT announces Round-Up 2023 Screening, presented by MUBI November 23, 2023—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) announces the return of the LIFT Round-Up on December 11, 2023 at the Paradise Theatre, 1006c Bloor Street West. For the first time since 2018, we will be hosting an evening of recent works by LIFT’s talented community”… more

LIFT co-presents AD HOC #48’s “Josephine Massarella: Green Dreams” Wednesday 22 November 2023, 19:00 to 21:00 LIFT co-presents “Josephine Massarella: Green Dreams” as part of AD HOC #48 The films of Josephine Massarella cover a vast territory, from durational, performance-focused films that bridge everyday experiences with ritual and symbol, to aesthetic transformations of landscape and wilderness through the eye of the camera. This program focuses on her”… more

LIFT’s Operations and Facilities Protocols – November 2023 and December Closure Monday, November 20, 2023 Dear Members and Community, The year is wrapping up, but we’re still going strong. Staff are in Monday through Friday and our front door will be open throughout the week, depending on staffing levels. If the front door is locked during office hours, please ring the doorbell on the side entrance on Gladstone Avenue. Access”… more

LIFT co-presents “Shorts 3: Stuck” at Regent Park Sunday 26 November 2023, 13:30 to 15:00 “Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (Shallots and Garlic)” by Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto LIFT co-presents “Shorts 3: Stuck” at the 2023 Regent Park Film Festival This shorts program introduces us to characters feeling stuck; unable to move forward due to policies, mental health or the pull of familial bonds. Whether they’re navigating the immigration system”… more

Performance with Visiting Artist Natalia Kozieł-Kalliomäki Friday 24 November 2023, 19:00 to 21:00 November 16, 2023 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) present WARM DATA: PERFORMANCE WITH VISITING ARTIST NATALIA KOZIEŁ-KALLIOMÄKI Based in Finland, Polish filmmaker Natalia Kozieł-Kalliomäki joins us on Friday, November 24, 2023 to present a 16mm expanded cinema performance. This performance complements her residency as the fo”… more

LIFT co-presents “The Last Temptations of the Belgians” at the European Union Film Festival Thursday 23 November 2023, 18:00 to 20:00 LIFT co-presents “The Last Temptations of the Belgians” at the 2023 European Union Film Festival “The Last Temptations of the Belgians” (La dernière tentation des Belges) Directed by Jan Bucquoy In-Person: Thursday, November 23, 2023 Starts at 6:00pm Spadina Theatre, 24 Spadina Road (inside Alliance Française Toronto) Note: The film will NOT be a p”… more

LIFT Co-Presents, “Kiss Me Deadly and Lost Highway Double Bill” at Innis Town Hall Friday 17 November 2023, 19:00 to 23:00 LIFT co-presents “Kiss Me Deadly and Lost Highway Double Bill” as part of CINSSU’s Free Friday Films at Innis Town Hall We are delighted to be co-presenting a DOUBLE FEATURE of Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and Lost Highway (1997) with the UofT Cinema Studies Student Union at this week’s Free Friday Films at Innis Town Hall. “Kiss Me Deadly” is a 1955 film”… more

LIFT co-presents “Reel Ideas 2023 – Building Forces: The Director Producer Relationship” at Reel Asian Tuesday 14 November 2023, 16:00 to 18:00 LIFT co-presents “Reel Ideas 2023 – Building Forces: The Director Producer Relationship” at the 2023 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival LIFT is proud to be a Community Supporter of Reel Ideas 2023’s “Building Forces: The Director Producer Relationship” panel Last fall, the DOC Institute invited creative producers to reimagine a document”… more