LIFT News

LIFT co-presents “Young Creators Co-Lab: Expanded Cinema” at the TIFF Next Wave Saturday 12 April 2025, 09:30 to 13:00 LIFT 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

LIFT co-presents Talks & Tours at the Images Festival Monday 14 April 2025, 15:00 to 16:00 LIFT 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

LIFT co-presents “S K E E T” at the Canadian Film Fest Saturday 29 March 2025, 13:30 to 15:30 LIFT 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

Notice about Canada and U.S. Tariffs – April 2 Wednesday, 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

CANCELLED: Film Performance with Lauren Oliver and Film Screening with MONO NO AWARE Saturday 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

Film Performance with Visiting Artist Paola Fernanda Guzmán Figueroa Friday 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

LIFT Office and Store Closed Due to Weather Conditions – February 13 Due to Wednesday’s snowfall, the LIFT Office and Store will be closed today on Thursday February 13, 2025. We will be reopening on Friday February 14, 2025. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Family Day – February 17 February 3, 2025 The LIFT office and store will be closed for Family Day on Monday, February 17, 2025. We will reopen on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 10:00 am ET.

LIFT Staff Update – January 2025 January 23, 2025 Best Wishes to Technical Coordinator Karl Reinsalu LIFT sends our best wishes to outgoing Technical Coordinator Karl Reinsalu, who is moving on to other opportunities. For the past eighteen years, Karl has been a significant member of the team, from contributing to our move to 1137 Dupont Street fifteen years ago to supporting the”… more

LIFT Newcomer Filmmentor Program 2024 Presentations Thursday 23 January 2025, 18:00 LIFT NEWCOMER FILMMENTOR 2024 PROGRAM PRESENTATION Toronto, January 21, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) is pleased to welcome the newcomer filmmakers from our Newcomer Filmmentor 2024 Program to do a small presentation of their works in progress. We will get to see how their projects developed over the past year and g”… more