LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
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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 |
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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 |
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LIFT co-presents “Blue II” at Images FestivalSunday 17 July 2022, 14:00 to 20:00Petal to the Metal by Emily Pelstring LIFT co-presents “Blue II” Shorts Programme at 2022 Images Festival: Slow Edition This program is part of the “suite ok to rest” curated by Jaclyn Quaresma. Sunday, July 17, 2022 Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue Presented with Closed Captions at 2PM Presented with Creative Audio Description at 4PM Presented with”… more |
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LIFT co-presents Vector Festival: GlitchThursday 14 July 2022, 00:00 to 00:00LIFT is community sponsor of the Vector Festival 2022: Glitch Vector Festival 2022: Glitch July 14 – 24, 2022 A glitch is a mistake, an error, a failure, a malfunction—it’s the machine telling us that something inside it has gone wrong. Machines are designed to, and expected to, work perfectly. However, even the most powerful technologies can be qu”… more |
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LIFT Welcomes New Additional Staff – June 2022Incoming Special Projects Coordinator Helen Lee (L) and Commissioning and Mentorship Coordinator Robert Lee (R) June 27, 2022 Welcome to Special Projects Coordinator Helen Lee and Commissioning and Mentorship Coordinator Robert Lee Thanks to the Digital Now initiative of the Canada Council for the Arts and additional project funding, we are happy t”… more |
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Recipients of the LIFT 2022 Production and Post-Production Support GrantMonday 13 June 2022, 00:00 to 00:00Top Row (L-R): Bonnie Whitehall, Camil Ghajary, Ella Morton and Emily Ryder Bottom Row (L-R): Japinder Sandhu, Joanna Decc, Oyin Olalekan and Rolla Tahir Monday, June 13, 2022 After a five year hiatus the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) Production and Post-Production Support Grant is back. Between 2005 – 2015, LIFT’s Support”… more |
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Updates on LIFT Operations – June 2022Saturday, June 11, 2022 Dear Members and Community, Thank you for supporting us over the course of the pandemic as we have all done our best to keep each other safe. LIFT is now fully open for business, with access through the side door under the awning on Gladstone (our front door will continue to be closed for further notice). This summer, LIFT a”… more |
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LIFT Welcomes New Staff – June 2022Incoming Technical Coordinator Noah Henderson June 10, 2022 Welcome to New Technical Coordinator Noah Henderson The staff of the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) would like to welcome our new Technical Coordinator, Noah Henderson, who joined us last Monday. Noah joins Robin and Karl in the Technical Department, providing support”… more |
Accessibility at LIFTLIFT is working hard to make our facilities more accessible to our community as best as possible. The organization welcomes any suggestions from the community about how we can improve access. Currently, LIFT facility, which is located at 1137 Dupont Street, is accessible in the following ways: – The facility is on one level, with access from the Gl”… more |
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LIFT Staff Farewell – June 2022Outgoing Technical Administrator Yixun Zhang June 8, 2022 Best Wishes to Technical Administrator Yixun Zhang LIFT would like to announce the departure of Yixun Zhang, who has chosen to take on another opportunity. They worked diligently with the Technical Coordinators to help ensure the safe and efficient opening up of LIFT’s facilities after our c”… more |