LIFT News

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

Call for Submissions: LIFT Seasonal Screening Series – Experimental Thursday 9 May 2019, 00:00 CALL 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

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2019 Mentorship Announcement Thursday 18 April 2019, 00:00 2019 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

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Good Friday and Easter Monday – Apr 19 and 22  Etienne-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