LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
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LIFT co-presents “If You Ask Me” at RendezVous with MadnessFriday 1 November 2024, 00:00 to 00:00LIFT co-presents “If You Ask Me” at the 2024 Rendezvous with Madness Festival In-Person: Friday, November 1, 2024 5:30pm Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue Various Tickets Rates Streaming online: November 4 – 11 (available in Canada) For the eighth consecutive year, “If You Ask Me (IYAM)” has supported emerging filmmakers with lived mental health a”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “A Man Imagined” at RendezVous with MadnessSunday 27 October 2024, 00:00 to 00:00LIFT co-presents “A Man Imagined” at the 2024 Rendezvous with Madness Festival In-Person: Sunday, October 27, 2024 5:00pm CAMH Auditorium, 1025 Queen Street West Various Tickets Rates Streaming online: November 4 – 11 (available in Canada) Pushing at the limits of non-fiction cinema, “A Man Imagined” is a bracingly intimate and hallucinatory portra”… more |
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Call for Proposals: Digital Cinema Residency 2025Friday 18 October 2024, 10:00 to 10:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR PROPOSALS: DIGITAL CINEMA RESIDENCY 2025 Toronto, October 18, 2024—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is seeking applications from emerging filmmakers and artists between the age of 18 and 30 for a Digital Cinema Residency. The residency will run full-ti”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Latin Canadian Shorts” at aluCineFriday 18 October 2024, 20:00 to 22:00“Short Stories” by Gustavo Cerquera Benjumea LIFT co-presents “Off The Meun” Latin Canadian Shorts at 2024 aluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival aluCine continues its cherished tradition of showcasing the finest in new Latin Canadian cinema! Locally Sourced Short Films, this vibrant program highlights the creativity of Latin filmmakers in Canada”… more |
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Screening with 2024 BAICC Resident Brenda BoyerWednesday 16 October 2024, 19:00 to 19:30THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) SCREENING WITH 2024 BAICC RESIDENT BRENDA BOYER Toronto, October 14, 2024—Join LIFT in person on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 7:00pm to see a presentation by the Spanish filmmaker Brenda Boyer. Boyer is the current resident in the eighth edition of the BAICC Residencias Artísticas Internacio”… more |
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LIFT announces the 2024 BAICC Resident – Brenda BoyerTuesday 3 September 2024, 00:00 to 00:00Photo by Renata Mohamed . THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE 2024 BAICC RESIDENT BRENDA BOYER Toronto, October 9, 2024—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to welcome Spanish filmmaker Brenda Boyer as the current resident in the eighth edition of the BAICC Residencias Artísticas Inter”… more |
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LIFT Office and Store Closed for Thanksgiving Day – October 14October 4, 2024 The LIFT office and store will be closed for Thanksgiving Day on Monday, October 14, 2024. We will reopen on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 10:00 am ET. |
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LIFT Welcomes New Staff – September 2024Incoming Technical Administrator KJ Edwards (Photo by Renata Mohamed) . September 27, 2024 Welcome to New Technical Administrator KJ Edwards The staff of the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) would like to welcome our new Technical Administrator, KJ Edwards, who joined us at the beginning of September. KJ joins Noah Henderson and”… more |
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LIFT Staff Update – September 2024New Special Projects Manager Robin Riad. (Photo by Renata Mohamed). . September 27, 2024 A New Role for Robin Riad! Effective Tuesday October 1, 2024, Robin Riad is changing departments at the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT). After three years as the Technical Administrator at LIFT, Robin will move into the Special Projects Mana”… more |
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LIFT Office and Store Closed for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Sepember 30September 23, 2024 September 30, 2024 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the lost children and Survivors of residential schools, their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process. The L”… more |