LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
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Call for Submissions: LIFT Seasonal Screening Series – ExperimentalThursday 9 May 2019, 00:00CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SEASONAL SCREENING SERIES – EXPERIMENTAL Toronto, May 9, 2019—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce submissions are now open for the second screening of current members work. For this summer’s event, we will be shining a light on experimental works. Current members are encouraged to sub”… more |
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LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2019 Mentorship AnnouncementThursday 18 April 2019, 00:002019 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Cole Forrest Toronto, April 18, 2019—The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Toronto-based artist Cole Forrest is the recipient of the 15th annual LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship. Cole is an Ojibwe artist origina”… more |
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LIFT Office and Store Closed for Good Friday and Easter Monday – Apr 19 and 22Etienne-Jules Marey, Lapin—Évolution de la chute (Rabbit—Evolution of the fall), 1894 The LIFT office and store will be closed for Good Friday and Easter Monday on Friday, April 19 and Monday, April 22, 2019. LIFT will reopen on Tuesday, April 23 at 10:00AM. Etienne-Jules Marey, Lapin—Évolution de la ch”… more |
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LIFT Seasonal Screening Series: DocumentaryWednesday 24 April 2019, 19:00The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to present the 2019 Seasonal Screening Series: Documentary Toronto, April 4, 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 1980s”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “A Kandahar Away” at Hot DocsWednesday 1 May 2019, 18:30LIFT co-presents A Kandahar Away at the 2019 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival A Kandahar Away Dir. Aisha Jamal Wednesday May 1 at 6:30pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 2 Thursday May 2 at 1:00pm, Isabel Bader Theatre Saturday May 4 at 10:15am, TIFF Bell Lightbox 2 In 1991, a refugee arrived in Canada with his wife and five children, having”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Domestic Cinema Shorts Program” at Images FestivalThursday 18 April 2019, 15:00Five Movements by Lily Jue Sheng LIFT co-presents Domestic Cinema Shorts Program at the 2019 Images Festival Co-presented in partnership with Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), Breakthroughs Film Festivals, Call Again and the South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC) The ongoing discourse of Domestic Cinema springs from Gabi Dao’s fi”… more |
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Call for Submissions: LIFT Seasonal Screening Series – DocumentaryFriday 1 March 2019, 10:00CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS LIFT SEASONAL SCREENING SERIES Toronto, March 1, 2019—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) will be launching a seasonal screening series that will highlight recently completed films made by our current members. Each screening will focus on a specific form—documentary, narrative, experimental, music videos—and”… more |
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Call for Submissions: LIFT and PIX FILM Studio Immersion Program 2019Thursday 14 February 2019, 10:00CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS LIFT and PIX FILM STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM 2019 Thematic: Hybrid Models of Filmmaking TORONTO, February 14, 2019—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and PIX FILM are seeking applications for a new Studio Immersion Program in 2019. We are looking for applications from International and Canadian artists to re-“… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Salvage” and “Ayiti Mon Cinema” at the Toronto Black Film FestivalThursday 14 February 2019, 19:00Salvage by Tyler Dowey LIFT co-presentations at the 2019 Toronto Black Film Festival FILM #1: LIFT co-presents “Salvage” Thursday, February 14, 2019 Starts at 7:00pm Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas Street West Admission: $12.00 Living in his car, The Driver spends his days cruising the city, surviving on scraps and charity. Haunted”… more |
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Josephine Massarella Artist Award 2019Tuesday 12 February 2019, 10:00 to 17:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE JOSEPHINE MASSARELLA ARTIST AWARD 2019 Toronto, February 12, 2019—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) longtime member Josephine Massarella passed away in June of 2018 after a short illness. https://lift.ca/news-post/remembering-josephine-massarella She was a”… more |