LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
2018 Holiday Closure: LIFT StoreDecember 5, 2018 2018 Holiday Closure: LIFT Store The LIFT Store will be closing on Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 6:00pm and will reopen on Monday, January 7, 2019 at 10:00am. THURSDAY DECEMBER 20 IS THE LAST DAY THE LIFT STORE WILL BE OPEN FOR DROP-IN PURCHASE IN 2018. SHIPPING ORDERS AND CUSTOM ORDERS MUS”… more |
2018 Holiday Closure: Discounted Rental Rates for Production MembersDecember 5, 2018 2018 Holiday Closure: Special Savings on Rental Rates LIFT will be closing on Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 6:00pm and will reopen on Monday, January 7, 2019 at 10:00am.THURSDAY DECEMBER 20 IS THE LAST DAY THE OFFICE WILL BE OPEN IN 2018. December 5, 2018 2018 Holiday Closure: Special”… more |
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Fall 2018 Studio Immersion Program – May The Waves Rise From Its Floor with Matthieu HalléFriday 7 December 2018, 20:00FALL 2018 STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM MAY THE WAVES RISE FROM ITS FLOOR WITH MATTHIEU HALLÉ May The Waves Rise From Its Floor is an ambitious audio-visual performance created by artist Matthieu Hallé. The performance is the culmination of years spent developing a unique practice of using candlelight as a medium to create spontaneous visual imagery, an”… more |
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Benjamin Ramírez Pérez and Stefan Ramírez Pérez – Goethe-Institut / LIFT Residency November 2018Thursday 1 November 2018, 00:00LIFT AND THE GOETHE-INSTITUT TORONTO ANNOUNCE BENJAMIN RAMÍREZ PÉREZ and STEFAN RAMÍREZ PÉREZ NOVEMBER 2018 RESIDENCY Toronto, November 15, 2018—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and the Goethe-Institut Toronto are pleased to announce Benjamin Ramírez Pérez and Stefan Ramírez Pérez (Cologne) as our 2018 Goethe-LIFT Artists-in-“… more |
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LIFT at ProFusion Expo 2018LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO AT PROFUSION 2018 Look for LIFT at this year’s ProFusion 2018 Pro Imaging Expo—Booth 1005. LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO AT PROFUSION 2018 Look for LIFT at this year’s ProFusion 2018 Pro Imaging Expo—Booth 1005.Pro”… more |
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LIFT Fundraising Campaign – November 2018(click logo to be redirected to CanadaHelps) (click logo to be redirected to CanadaHelps) LIFT Fundraising Campaign launched on November 5, 2018 LIFT has been an invaluable resource for Canada’s film industry since 1981 and on Monday, November 5, 2018 we launched ou”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Ad Hoc #14: Abraham Ravett in Person” at PIX FILM GalleryTuesday 6 November 2018, 19:00Ad Hoc #14: Abraham Ravett in Person with his Films Presented by the Ad Hoc Collective Co-presented with LIFT and PIX FILM Supported by Living Arts For the past forty years, Abraham Ravett has been an independent filmmaker, photographer and educator. He was born in Poland, raised in Israel and the USA. His films have been screened internationally i”… more |
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LIFT Round-Up 2018Monday 29 October 2018, 20:30Katanga by Robert Mentov The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to present ROUND-UP 2018 Toronto, October 15, 2018—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce the LIFT Round-Up 2018, a screening of films made by LIFT members in last year. LIFT is a member-driven, charitable organization”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Bird of Prey” program at Planet in FocusSaturday 27 October 2018, 20:00LIFT co-presents “Bird of Prey” at the 2018 Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival In this testament to ardent wildlife filmmaking, Bird of Prey follows renowned photographer and cinematographer Neil Rettig as he, once again, travels to the old-growth forests of the Philippines to witness the Great Philippine Eagle. Along the nearly insurmount”… more |
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Call for Proposals: Tout-Monde: MarkhamTuesday 2 October 2018, 00:00Photo credit: City of Markham CALL FOR PROPOSALS TOUT-MONDE: MARKHAM October 2, 2018—Elegoa Cultural Productions and the Varley Art Gallery of Markham present the commission of 6 projects to Toronto and GTA filmmakers and visual artists to be presented in an exhibition in the fall of 2019. Deadline for proposals is November 9, 2018. “The poetic of”… more |