LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
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LIFT announces Finnish Visiting Artist Lotta HurnanenMonday 1 December 2025, 00:00 to 00:00Photo by Renata Mohamed THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES FINNISH VISITING ARTIST LOTTA HURNANEN Toronto, December 29, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Finnish artist Lotta Hurnanen has joined us from Helsinki, Finland as a visiting artist from December 1, 2025″… more |
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LIFT Announces Artists Selected for Newcomer Filmmentor Program 2025Tuesday 2 September 2025, 00:00LIFT ANNOUNCES ARTISTS SELECTED FOR NEWCOMER FILMMENTOR 2025 PROGRAM Toronto, December 23, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) is pleased to welcome three newcomer filmmakers to our facilities to participate in the Newcomer Filmmentor 2025 Program. This is our fifth iteration of the Newcomer Filmmentor program since 2017.”… more |
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LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2025 Mentorship AnnouncementMonday 25 August 2025, 00:00 to 00:002025 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Katia Ferderber Photo by Renata Mohamed . THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) AND THE IMAGINENATIVE FILM + MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL 2025 MENTORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT Toronto, December 12, 2025—This past summer, the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmak”… more |
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2026 Training Initiative – Virtual Production Storytelling with Unreal EngineMonday 2 March 2026, 00:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES 2026 TRAINING INITIATIVE: VIRTUAL PRODUCTION STORYTELLING WITH UNREAL ENGINE Toronto, December 10, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), in partnership with Screen Industry Training Hub (SITHub), announce a new training initiative for the coming year funded by”… more |
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LIFT Film Sale – November 2025LIFT FILM SALE – NOVEMBER 2025 Your faves are back in stock! And just in time for Black Friday, and all the way till Wednesday, December 17, 2025! Members and non-members get up to $5.00 off each 50’ cartridge of Super 8mm, 50’ roll of Regular 8mm, or 100’ roll of 16mm film and $20.00 off each 400’ can of 16mm. Be sure to stock up on all your favo”… more |
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Call for Proposals: Digital Cinema Residency 2026Wednesday 19 November 2025, 10:00 to 10:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR PROPOSALS: DIGITAL CINEMA RESIDENCY 2026 Toronto, November 19, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is seeking applications from emerging filmmakers and artists between the age of 18 and 30 for a Digital Cinema Residency. The residency will run”… more |
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LIFT Office and Store Holiday Closure – December 18Dear Members and Community, LIFT’s facility will be closing on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 4:00pm ET and will reopen on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 10:00am ET. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18 IS THE LAST DAY THE OFFICE WILL BE OPEN IN 2025. Thank you for supporting us through another eventful year. We’re looking forward to a December rest and an excitin”… more |
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Technical Department Closure – November 21The LIFT Technical Department will be closed for an extended weekend on Friday, November 21, 2025. There will be no rental bookings or pick-ups available to members on the Friday. Please email the Technical Department at tech@lift.ca for details. The Technical Department will reopen on Monday, November 24, 2025 at 10:00 am ET. |
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LIFT announces Visiting Artist Luis MacíasSaturday 1 November 2025, 00:00 to 00:00Photo by Renata Mohamed . THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES VISITING ARTIST LUIS MACÍAS Toronto, November 1, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to welcome Spanish filmmaker Luis Macías as a visiting artist for the month of November. His residency runs from November 1 to 20, 2025″… more |
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Screening with 2025 BAICC Resident Juana RoblesWednesday 29 October 2025, 19:00The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) present A SCREENING WITH 2025 BAICC RESIDENT JUANA ROBLES Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 7:00pm for a screening of works from our BAICC 2025 artist Juana Robles. Juana Robles is an Ireland-based filmmaker, living and working in K”… more |