LIFT News

LIFT Welcomes New Staff – Summer 2019   (L-R) Cole Forrest and Hilary Wilson     July 9, 2019     (L-R) Cole Forrest and Hilary Wilson     July 9, 2019   LIFT Welcomes New Staff – Summer 2019 Thanks again to the Canada Summer Job program, supported by the Canadian Government, we are able to welcome two summer staff to LIFT this summer. Hilary Wil”… more

Best Wishes to Rolla Tahir and Welcome to Interim Education Administrator Fraser Wrighte  (L-R) Interim Education Administrator Fraser Wrighte and Outgoing Education and Outreach Administrator Rolla Tahir  June 25, 2019   (L-R) Interim Education Administrator Fraser Wrighte and Outgoing Education and Outreach Administrator Rolla Tahir  June 25, 2019  Best Wishes to Rolla Tahir and Welcome to Inte”… more

LIFT Seasonal Screening Series: Experimental Tuesday 9 July 2019, 19:00 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to present the 2019 Seasonal Screening Series: Experimental Toronto, June 18, 2019—Member screenings have been an essential part of the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s nearly forty-year history. From screenings at the defunct experimental cinema The Funnel in the 1980″… more

Josephine Massarella Artist Award – 2019 Announcement Wednesday 12 June 2019, 00:00 Artist and filmmaker Larissa Fan THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE 2019 JOSEPHINE MASSARELLA ARTIST AWARD WINNER Toronto, June 12, 2019—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Larissa Fan is our inaugural Josephine Massarella Artist Award Winner. Larissa Fan is a Toront”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Canada Day – Jul 1 “The Daddies,” Kent Monkman. 2016 The LIFT office and store will be closed for the Canada Day holiday on Monday, July 1st, 2019. LIFT will reopen on Tuesday, July 2nd at 10:00AM.

CanadaHelp’s Great Canadian Giving Challenge 2019    May 29, 2019    May 29, 2019  Great Canadian Giving Challenge launches June 1, 2019 Summer Greetings from LIFT,2019 is the fifth outing of the GivingChallenge and it’s a simple and effective way to stay involved with your favourite organizations. Every $1 donated to the Liaison of Independent Filmmake”… more

Tour LIFT as part of 2019 Doors Open Toronto presented by Great Gulf      Tour LIFT as part of this year’s Doors Open Toronto presented by Great Gulf       Tour LIFT as part of this year’s Doors Open Toronto presented by Great Gulf The 20th annual Doors Open Toronto presented by Great Gulf provides an opportunity to see inside more than 150 of the most arch”… more

Summer 2019 Workshop Registration is now available on-line!  On-line registration for our Summer 2019 workshops is now available.   For more information and to register, follow the link here.  If you have any questions get in touch with the Education Department at workshops(at)lift.on.ca   On-line registration for our Summer 2019 workshops is now available.   For more”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Victoria Day – May 20    The LIFT office and store will be closed for Victoria Day on Monday, May 20, 2019. LIFT will reopen on Tuesday, May 21 at 10:00AM.     The LIFT office and store will be closed for Victoria Day on Monday, May 20, 2019. LIFT will reopen on Tuesday, May 21 at 10:00AM.

LIFT co-presents “Shorts: Local Heroes” at Inside Out Thursday 30 May 2019, 18:45 My Fuzzy Valentine by Ben Edelberg LIFT co-presents Shorts: Local Heroes at the 2019 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival Co-presented in partnership with Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), Out LGBTQ+ and Yohomo. Our annual collection of what this great city has to offer, this year’s Local Heroes brings us a wide assortment of qu”… more