LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
Screenwriters Circle – July 16Wednesday 16 July 2025, 19:00 to 19:00The 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 |
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Call for Applications: Guiding The Future – Collaborative Planning for Senior FilmmakersFriday 27 June 2025, 00:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: GUIDING THE FUTURE: COLLABORATIVE PLANNING FOR SENIOR FILMMAKERS Toronto, June 27, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is seeking statements of interest from filmmakers aged sixty-five (65) of age and above to participate in a year-long”… more |
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Call for Applications: Newcomer Filmmentor 2025Thursday 26 June 2025, 00:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: LIFT NEWCOMER FILMMENTOR 2025 Toronto, June 26, 2025—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 yourself with the film commu”… more |
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LIFT Welcomes Summer Staff – June 2025(L-R) Ander Barillas and Ben Compton Photo by Renata Mohamed June 20, 2025 Welcome to Summer 2025 Staff Thanks to the Canada Summer Job program, supported by the Canadian Government, we are able to welcome two new summer staff to LIFT this summer, Ben Compton and Ander Barillas, who started last month. Ben is our Summer 2025 Conference and Meeting”… more |
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LIFT co-presents Shorts Programme: “Dysfunctional Destinies” at Toronto Arab FilmSaturday 28 June 2025, 16:00 to 18:00LIFT co-presents Shorts Programme: “Dysfunctional Destinies” at the 2025 Toronto Arab Film Festival Shorts Programme: “Dysfunctional Destinies” Various Directors Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 4:00pm Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue Programme includes: “Blood Ties,” Hakim Atoui “If the sun drowned into an ocean of clouds,” Wissam Charaf “Möbius Loop,” L”… more |
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LIFT Office and Store Closed for Canada Day – June 30 and July 1The LIFT office and store will be closed for Canada Day on Monday, June 30 as well as on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. We will reopen on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 10:00 am ET. |
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LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2024 Mentorship AnnouncementThursday 29 August 2024, 00:00 to 00:002024 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Kira Doxtator Photo by Renata Mohamed . THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) AND THE IMAGINENATIVE FILM + MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL 2024 MENTORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT Toronto, June 6, 2025—Last fall, the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Shorts: Local Heroes” at Inside OutThursday 29 May 2025, 19:00 to 22:00LIFT co-presents “Shorts: Local Heroes” at the 2025 Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival “Shorts: Local Heroes” Various Directors Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 7:00pm TIFF Lightbox 1 350 King Street West Toronto takes over the screen! From healing journeys and tender friendships to zombie apocalypses and cat-sitting gone wrong, this program repres”… more |
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LIFT Digital Cinema Residency – 2025 Announcement. THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE 2025 LIFT DIGITAL CINEMA RESIDENCY RECIPIENTS NOOR KHAN AND KURTIS WATSON Toronto, May 20, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Noor Khan and Kurtis Watson were the 2025 Digital”… more |
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Notice of May 2025 Closure During the Canadian Media Skills ExchangeMay 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 |