LIFT News

Notice of May 2025 Closure During the Canadian Media Skills Exchange May 13, 2025 Dear Members and Community at Large, Due to the heavy technical needs of our Canadian Media Skills Exchange (CMSE), the LIFT facility will be closed to the LIFT membership and community at large from Thursday, May 22, 2025 5:00pm ET and will reopen on Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 10:00am ET. Please note the Canadian Media Skills Exchange”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Victoria Day – May 19 May 5, 2025 The LIFT office and store will be closed for Victoria on Monday, May 19, 2025. We will reopen on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 10:00 am ET.

LIFT co-presents “They’re Here” at Hot Docs LIFT co-presents They’re Here at the 2025 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival “They’re Here” Dir. Daniel Claridge and Pacho Velez Friday, May 2, 2025 at 8:45pm TIFF Lightbox 1 350 King Street West Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 1:00pm Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema 506 Bloor Street West With life on Earth feeling increasingly uncertain, They’r”… more

Canadian Media Skills Exchange (CMSE) – May 2025   May 2025: Registration is closed.  ============================== CANADIAN MEDIA SKILLS EXCHANGE CONFERENCE May 22 – 26, 2025 in Toronto, Canada Toronto, April 16, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is excited to announce that we will be hosting a gathering of national analogue-based artist-run centres and media tec”… more

Employment Opportunities Thank you for your interest. There are currently no employment opportunities available with LIFT. Please note: Any employment with LIFT would not be on-set as we don’t produce films. All positions would be arts administration staff positions for the organization.

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Good Friday and Easter Monday – April 18 and 21 April 15, 2025 The LIFT office and store will be closed for Good Friday on Friday, April 18 and on Monday for Easter Monday on April 21, 2025. We will reopen on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 10:00 am ET.

LIFT co-presents “Young Creators Co-Lab: Expanded Cinema” at the TIFF Next Wave Saturday 12 April 2025, 09:30 to 13:00 LIFT co-presents “Young Creators Co-Lab: Expanded Cinema” at the 2025 TIFF Next Wave Saturday April 12, 2025 Starts at 9:30am TIFF Lightbox, 350 King Street West Young Creators Co-Lab: Expanded Cinema Some films aren’t meant to be shown in the theatre. Join moving-image artists (and current LIFT Members) Francisca Duran and Derek Jenkins to learn m”… more

LIFT co-presents Talks & Tours at the Images Festival Monday 14 April 2025, 15:00 to 16:00 LIFT co-presents “Talks & Tours” at the 2025 Images Festival 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. Find out more about us at https://lift.ca LIFT is pleased to welcome local a”… more

LIFT co-presents “S K E E T” at the Canadian Film Fest Saturday 29 March 2025, 13:30 to 15:30 LIFT co-presents “S K E E T” at the 2025 Canadian Film Fest “S K E E T” Directed by Nik Sexton Saturday March 29, 2025 Starts at 1:30pm Scotiabank Theatre , 259 Richmond Street West Fresh out of prison, Billy Skinner returns to his transformed low-income neighbourhood, now populated by Syrian refugees. Struggling to overcome his dark past, Billy fo”… more

Notice about Canada and U.S. Tariffs – April 2 Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Dear Members and Community, As you’re aware, on Tuesday March 4, 2025, the U.S. imposed tariffs of 25% on Canadian exports, and 10% on energy product exports from Canada. Canada has responded to the U.S. imposition of tariffs on Canadian goods by introducing a first set of countermeasures. The second set of tariffs come in”… more