LIFT News

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

Winter 2026 Workshops Photograph by Michael Barker. Featuring Cinematographer and Member Katerina Zoumboulakis with LIFT’s Aaton XTR Prod Super 16mm Camera Package. ================================================================== PLEASE NOTE: LIFT’s facility will be closing on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 4:00pm ET and will reopen on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 10″… 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

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