LIFT News

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

LIFT Announces Phase Two for Reopening During COVID-19 June 26, 2020 PHASE 2 As of Monday, July 6, 2020, the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) will be able to expand our pick up and drop off options to include equipment rentals for existing Production Members only, as well as for purchases of film stock and supplies from the LIFT Store. Please read below for protocols about equipment”… more

LIFT Staff Farewell – June 2020 Outgoing Technical Coordinator TJ Ediger June 19, 2020 Farewell to Technical Coordinator TJ Ediger LIFT would like to announce the departure of Technical Coordinator TJ Ediger and thank him for his incredible contribution to the organization. TJ has been instrumental in bringing a strong sense of visual space and process to create new efficiencies”… more

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2020 Mentorship Announcement Tuesday 16 June 2020, 00:00 2020 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Tim Myles Toronto, June 16, 2020—The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Toronto-based artist Tim Myles is the recipient of the 16th annual LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship. Tim is a Mi’kmaq artist originally from”… more

CanadaHelp’s Great Canadian Giving Challenge 2020 June 8, 2020 Great Canadian Giving Challenge launched June 1, 2020 Summer Greetings from LIFT, 2020 has not been the year people thought it was going to be. In light of current events impacting the Black community in Toronto and around the world, coupled with the anxiety of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are innumerable causes which require your supp”… more

Collective Statement by the Board and Staff of LIFT – Actions to Support Black Lives Matter LIFT’S ACTIONS TO SUPPORT BLACK LIVES MATTER Collective Statement by the Board and Staff of the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) June 4, 2020 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) stands in solidarity with our Black members, Black colleagues, and Black-led organizations. We extend condolences to the families and”… more

LIFT Announces Phases for Reopening During COVID-19 June 1, 2020 PHASE ONE The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) will be partially open starting Monday, June 1, 2020 for purchases of film stock and supplies from the LIFT Store only. Production equipment rentals will follow in the coming weeks, with post-production facility rentals ideally later in the summer. Further protocols for”… more