LIFT News

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

Update on LIFT Operations – November 2020 UPDATE ON LIFT OPERATIONS – NOVEMBER 2020   November 11, 2020 Dear Members and Community, As we continue to monitor the ongoing surge in COVID-19 coronavirus cases in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Areas, we will continue to keep our post-production facilities closed until January 2021. The Education Department will still be offering online w”… more

LIFT Welcomes New Staff – November 2020 November 6, 2020 Welcome to New Education and Office Administrator Iman Abbaro The staff of the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) would like to welcome our new Education and Office Administrator, Iman Abbaro, who joined us on Monday. Iman joins Shenaz in the Education Department, providing support for our workshop program as we co”… more

Summer 2025 Workshops Image created in Mordançage on 16mm Film workshop by Artist Ella Morton ============================ SUMMER 2025 FILM, DIGITAL and INTERACTIVE ART WORKSHOPS We are happy to announce our Summer 2025 workshops. We will be hosting both in person and online workshops (delivered via Zoom), taught by our experienced roster of industry instructors. Online”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Labour Day – Sep 7 The LIFT office and store will be closed for Labour Day on Monday, September 7th, 2020. LIFT will be in operation, as per our current COVID-19 Phase 2 access, on Tuesday, September 8th at 10:00AM. Have a happy and safe holiday.

LIFT co-presents “Shorts Programme 1” at the Toronto Arab Film Saturday 25 July 2020, 16:00 to 19:00 We Were There by Rodrigue Hammal LIFT co-presents Shorts Programme 1 at Toronto Arab Film 2020 Programme: “In Uncle Salem Country” by Slim Belhiba “The Old Kalbelouz” by Imène Ayadi “So Dear, So Lovely” by Diana Allen “Abdullah and Leilah” by Ashtar AL Khirsan “We Were There” by Rodrigue Hammal “The Sparrow” by Nasri Hajaj

LIFT Hosts Profuz Digital – Media Accessibility, Creative Captioning and Subtitling with SubtitleNEXT LIFT HOSTS PROFUZ DIGITAL MEDIA ACCESSIBILITY, CREATIVE CAPTIONING AND SUBTITLING WITH SUBTITLENEXT Toronto, July 10, 2020—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to host an online demonstration with Profuz Digital and their program SubtitleNEXT. Accessibility in film is fast becoming an essential part of the creative wor”… more

LIFT Announces Summer 2020 Industry Panels Monday 6 July 2020, 00:00 LIFT ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2020 INDUSTRY PANELS Toronto, July 6, 2020—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce our summer lineup of industry panels as part of the 2020 Newcomer Filmmentor Program. Although geared towards the emerging artists participating in this year’s mentorship we have opened up registration to t”… more