LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
Performance with Visiting Artist Britt Al-BusultanWednesday 14 September 2022, 19:00 to 20:00PIX Film is pleased to present a performance with Visiting Britt Al-Busultan Britt Al-Busultan in person Britt-Al-Busultan, artist in residency at LIFT, will be presenting a 2 x 16mm film projector performance “Razzle Dazzle” at PIX FILM Gallery with sound accompaniment by Ben Rositsan. Details: https://www.pixfilmcollective.com/events/razzle-dazzl”… more |
LIFT Staff Farewell – September 2022Outgoing Technical Assistant Esteban Powell September 2, 2022 Best Wishes to Technical Assistant Esteban Powell LIFT would like to thank Esteban Powell for his work this summer as our Technical Assistant as his position comes to an end today. Esteban returns to Toronto Metropolitan University to finish his studies this school year. Esteban joined u”… more |
LIFT Staff Farewell – August 2022Outgoing Education and Outreach Assistant David Nguyen August 26, 2022 Best Wishes to Education and Outreach Assistant David Nguyen LIFT would like to send our best wishes to our Education and Outreach Assistant David Nguyen as his position comes to an end today. David joined us for the summer with the support of the Canada Summer Jobs program afte”… more |
Call for Submissions: Josephine Massarella Artist Award 2022THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR THE JOSEPHINE MASSARELLA ARTIST AWARD 2022 Toronto, August 15, 2022—In June of 2018 the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) longtime member Josephine Massarella passed away after a short illness. https://lift.ca/news-post/remembering-josephi”… more |
LIFT Office and Store Closed for Labour Day – Sep 5The LIFT office and store will be closed for Labour Day on Monday, September 5th, 2022. Staff will be available, as per our current COVID-19 protocol, starting back on Tuesday, September 6th at 10:00am ET. Have a rejuvenating and safe holiday. |
LIFT co-presents “Where Do We Go From Here?” at the8FestFriday 5 August 2022, 00:00 to 00:00LIFT and the CFMDC co-presents “Where Do We Go From Here?” 15 Years of CFMDC and LIFT at the 8fest Curated by Jesse Brossoit from Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) and Cayley James from the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT). Online and On-Demand August 5 – 11, 2022 at https://the8fest.com Presenting films by Alexandr”… more |
LIFT Office and Store Closed for Simcoe Day – Aug 1The LIFT office and store will be closed for Simcoe Day on Monday, August 1st, 2022. Staff will be available, as per our current COVID-19 protocol, starting back on Tuesday, August 2nd at 10:00am ET. |
LIFT announces Finnish Visiting Artist Britt Al-BusultanWednesday 20 July 2022, 00:00 to 00:00LIFT ANNOUNCES FINNISH VISITING ARTIST BRITT AL-BUSULTAN Toronto, July 20, 2022—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Britt Al-Busultan has joined us from Vaasa, Finland as a visiting artist from June 22 to September 15, 2022 as the second resident in the residency program for alumni of the Academy of F”… more |
LIFT Welcomes Summer Staff – July 2022(L-R) David Nguyen, Esteban Powell and Mena Fouda July 15, 2022 Welcome to Summer 2022 Staff Thanks to the Canada Summer Job program, supported by the Canadian Government, we are able to welcome two summer staff to LIFT this summer. David Nguyen is our new Education and Outreach Assistant this summer at LIFT. He will be assisting our Educati”… more |
Call for Proposals: Transformations: A Cross Generational Commissioning Project – Deadline ExtendedMonday 11 July 2022, 00:00 to 23:59THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES 2022 CALL FOR PROPOSALS TRANSFORMATIONS: A CROSS GENERATIONAL COMMISSIONING PROJECT Toronto, July 11, 2022—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) recently celebrated its 40th anniversary as an artist-run organization. The city has changed significantly over those f”… more |