LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
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Canadian Media Skills Exchange (CMSE) – May 2025May 2025: Registration is closed. ============================== CANADIAN MEDIA SKILLS EXCHANGE CONFERENCE May 22 – 26, 2025 in Toronto, Canada Toronto, April 16, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is excited to announce that we will be hosting a gathering of national analogue-based artist-run centres and media tec”… more |
Employment OpportunitiesThank you for your interest. There are currently no employment opportunities available with LIFT. Please note: Any employment with LIFT would not be on-set as we don’t produce films. All positions would be arts administration staff positions for the organization. |
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Call for Applicants: LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Program 2025 – ExtendedMonday 14 April 2025, 00:00 to 23:59April 14, 2025 Updated: July 7, 2025 Attention Indigenous filmmakers in the GTA with an original idea for a 16mm short film! Celebrating 20 years of supporting independent Indigenous film, the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is once again partnering with imagineNATIVE to give the selected participant a minimum of $10,000 and in-“… more |
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LIFT Office and Store Closed for Good Friday and Easter Monday – April 18 and 21April 15, 2025 The LIFT office and store will be closed for Good Friday on Friday, April 18 and on Monday for Easter Monday on April 21, 2025. We will reopen on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 10:00 am ET. |
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LIFT co-presents “Young Creators Co-Lab: Expanded Cinema” at the TIFF Next WaveSaturday 12 April 2025, 09:30 to 13:00LIFT co-presents “Young Creators Co-Lab: Expanded Cinema” at the 2025 TIFF Next Wave Saturday April 12, 2025 Starts at 9:30am TIFF Lightbox, 350 King Street West Young Creators Co-Lab: Expanded Cinema Some films aren’t meant to be shown in the theatre. Join moving-image artists (and current LIFT Members) Francisca Duran and Derek Jenkins to learn m”… more |
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LIFT co-presents Talks & Tours at the Images FestivalMonday 14 April 2025, 15:00 to 16:00LIFT co-presents “Talks & Tours” at the 2025 Images Festival The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is an artist-run charitable organization dedicated to facilitating excellence in the moving image through media arts education and production resources. Find out more about us at https://lift.ca LIFT is pleased to welcome local a”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “S K E E T” at the Canadian Film FestSaturday 29 March 2025, 13:30 to 15:30LIFT co-presents “S K E E T” at the 2025 Canadian Film Fest “S K E E T” Directed by Nik Sexton Saturday March 29, 2025 Starts at 1:30pm Scotiabank Theatre , 259 Richmond Street West Fresh out of prison, Billy Skinner returns to his transformed low-income neighbourhood, now populated by Syrian refugees. Struggling to overcome his dark past, Billy fo”… more |
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Notice about Canada and U.S. Tariffs – April 2Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Dear Members and Community, As you’re aware, on Tuesday March 4, 2025, the U.S. imposed tariffs of 25% on Canadian exports, and 10% on energy product exports from Canada. Canada has responded to the U.S. imposition of tariffs on Canadian goods by introducing a first set of countermeasures. The second set of tariffs come in”… more |
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CANCELLED: Film Performance with Lauren Oliver and Film Screening with MONO NO AWARESaturday 29 March 2025, 08:00 to 22:00. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Mar 28—We regret to announce that due to impending weather conditions, the scheduled Saturday event “Film Performance with Lauren Oliver and Film Screening with MONO NO AWARE” has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule the event later this year and welcome Steve Cossman and Lauren Oliver back to Toronto soon! ================ Mar”… more |
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Film Performance with Visiting Artist Paola Fernanda Guzmán FigueroaFriday 28 February 2025, 19:30 to 22:00. February 19, 2024 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) present GENERATIONAL TRACES: FILM PERFORMANCE WITH VISITING ARTIST PAOLA FERNANDA GUZMÁN FIGUEROA Join us in experiencing a live 16mm film performance by Visiting Artist Paola Fernanda Guzmán Figueroa, in collaboration with Sound Artist Magda Arturo. This performance comple”… more |