LIFT News

LIFT Stands in Solidarity with the Encampment Support Network (ESN) April 1, 2021 Dear LIFT Community, The COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the well-known fact that the Greater Toronto Area is an extremely expensive place to live and work. Many of our members, colleagues and neighbours face income insecurity that has been exacerbated by this crisis. Others have been on the front line, supporting those in crisis. A”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Good Friday and Easter Monday – Apr 2 and Apr 5 The LIFT office and store operations will be closed for Good Friday on Friday April 2nd, 2021, as well as Easter Monday on Monday, April 5th, 2021. Staff will be available, as per our current COVID-19 closure protocol, starting back on Tuesday, April 6th at 10:00AM ET.

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Family Day – Feb 15 The LIFT office and store operations will be closed for Family Day on Monday, February 15th, 2021. Staff will be available, as per our current COVID-19 closure protocol, starting back on Tuesday, February 16th at 10:00AM.

LIFT co-presents “Dope is Death” at the Toronto Black Film Festival Wednesday 10 February 2021, 00:00 to 00:00 Dope is Death by Mia Donova LIFT co-presents Dope is Death at the 2021 Toronto Black Film Festival Programme: Dope is Death is the story of how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with fellow Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in”… more

Updates on LIFT Operations – January 2021 UPDATES ON LIFT OPERATIONS: JANUARY 2021 January 6, 2021 Dear Members and Community, Thank you for all your understanding throughout 2020 as we dealt with the unprecedented measures used to contain this global pandemic. With your support, the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) has been able to sustain itself through the year, albei”… more

FALL 2021 Workshops and Courses Now Online! Registration opens Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 10am and continues until workshops are full. Please stay updated on added workshops by checking our social media announcements or visiting this page frequently. As we continue to work through these difficult and unpredictable times, we will be hosting our workshops again through the on-line delivery”… more

Consider Donating to LIFT by December 31 Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) End of Year Fundraising Goal 2020 is coming to an end and over the past couple of months we have been collecting our thoughts, and looking forward to the future. In 2021 we are turning 40. We’re hard at work at building a year’s worth of events and opportunities which will bring the LIFT community”… more

LIFT co-presents “Cinemas of South Asia: Case Study Pakistan” at MISAFF Monday 7 December 2020, 12:00 LIFT co-presents Cinemas of South Asia: Case Study Pakistan at 2020 Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (MISAFF) Pakistani cinema has always been underfunded, underrepresented, underpromoted since its inception. At one time a film industry hub, Lahore’s studios were burnt down in the partition riots of 1947. So in essence, Pakistan, at i”… more

LIFT Community Survey 2020 – Extended Deadline November 24, 2020 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is conducting a member and community survey to assess how we can better serve our community in the coming year. As the year comes to an end, we are looking to the future. LIFT exists to service artists. Our goal has always been, and will remain, to ensure artists have access”… more

Year-End Updates on LIFT Operations – November 2020 YEAR-END UPDATE ON LIFT OPERATIONS – NOVEMBER 2020 November 23, 2020 Dear Members and Community, The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto will be revising our operations for the rest of the year, as a result of Friday’s announcement by the Government of Ontario’s action to stop the spread of COVID-19: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/5930″… more