LIFT News

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Good Friday and Easter Monday – Apr 15 and Apr 18 The LIFT office and store operations will be closed for Good Friday on Friday April 15th, 2022, as well as Easter Monday on Monday, April 18th, 2022. Staff will be available, as per our current COVID-19 protocols, starting back on Tuesday, April 19th at 10:00AM ET.

LIFT co-presents Roger Beebe Film Performance Sunday 3 April 2022, 19:00 to 21:00 LIFT and PIX FILM co-presents Roger Beebe Film Performance Sunday, April, 3, 2022 Starts at 7:00pm PIX FILM Gallery 1411 Dufferin Street, Unit C Roger Beebe in-person! In the wake of our year(+) of lockdown and of telepresence, Roger Beebe returns to the road with a program of 16mm multi-projector performances. The program features several newer wo”… more

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2022 Mentorship Announcement Friday 25 March 2022, 00:00 to 00:00 2022 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Caelin Holmes THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) AND THE IMAGINENATIVE FILM + MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL 2022 MENTORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT Toronto, March 25, 2022—The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce tha”… more

LIFT co-presents “Baltic Experimental Films” Monday 28 March 2022, 19:00 to 21:00 Bonds of Time by Henrijs Laķis LIFT and PIX FILM co-presents Baltic Experimental Films Films from the Baltic Analog Lab Curated by Ieva Balode Ieva Balode is a founder of artist’s collective and film lab Baltic Analog Lab from Riga, Latvia that gathers filmmakers and photographers working in a field of a photochemical and experimental film. As a di”… more

Updates on LIFT Operations – March 2022 Additions Monday, March 21, 2022 Dear Members and Community, Thank you for your continued patience as we work towards creating a safer environment in order to access LIFT rentals, facilities and resources. Our equipment rentals and facilities continue to be available to accessing members. As Ontario continues its pathway to re-opening, we want to reiterate L”… more

Artist Talk with 2022 BAICC Resident Laura Moreno Bueno Thursday 24 March 2022, 18:00 to 20:00 ARTIST TALK WITH 2022 BAICC RESIDENT LAURA MORENO BUENO   Toronto, March 11, 2022—Join us online on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 6:00pm EDT to see a presentation by the Spanish filmmaker Laura Moreno Bueno. This presentation follows shortly after her residency in the fifth edition of the BAICC Residencias Artísticas Internacionales de Creacion Cinem”… more

Updates on LIFT Operations – March 2022 Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Dear Members and Community, Thank you for your continued patience as we work towards creating a safer environment in order to access LIFT rentals, facilities and resources. Our equipment rentals and facilities continue to be available to accessing members. As Ontario continues its pathway to re-opening, we want to reiterate”… more

LIFT co-presents “Sea Series 23” at Media City Film Festival Tuesday 8 February 2022, 00:00 to 00:00 Sea Series 23 by John Price LIFT co-presents Sea Series 23 at Media City Film Festival “Sea Series 23” John Price Canada, 16mm > digital, 8 min, 2022 This film is available to stream for free globally between February 8 – March 1, 2022. Listen to John Price’s MCFF25 Film Introduction. “Yes, I contemplate the sea, what else is there to do?…to loo”… more

LIFT announces the 2022 BAICC Resident – Laura Moreno Bueno Monday 7 February 2022, 00:00 to 00:00 LIFT ANNOUNCES 2022 BAICC RESIDENT LAURA MORENO BUENO Toronto, February 16, 2022—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to welcome Spanish filmmaker Laura Moreno Bueno as the current resident in the fifth edition of the BAICC Residencias Artísticas Internacionales de Creacion Cinematográfica, a collaboration between the”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Family Day – Feb 21 The LIFT office and store operations will be closed for Family Day on Monday, February 21st, 2022. Staff will be available, as per our current COVID-19 closure protocol, starting back on Tuesday, February 22nd at 10:00AM ET.