LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
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LIFT Debuts Films from Artist Commission: The Madvo CollectionTuesday 23 January 2018, 00:003 Dreams of Horses by Mike Hoolboom LIFT DEBUTS EIGHT COMMISSIONED FILMS MADE FROM THE MADVO COLLECTION Toronto, January 12, 2018—In 2014, the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto received a donation of a 200-reel collection of the films and outtakes of local documentary filmmaker Jacques Madvo. Madvo travelled the world from the 1960s to t”… more |
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Winter 2018 Studio Immersion Program – Presentation with Sally Walker-HudeckiThursday 11 January 2018, 19:00WINTER 2018 STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM PRESENTATION WITH SALLY WALKER-HUDECKI Join us for a free public presentation with artist Sally Walker-Hudecki, related to her residency for the LIFT and PIX FILM Winter 2018 Studio Immersion program. Sally will demonstrate her CineVinyl Record-Jector (her protoype record player / Super 8mm film projector), desc”… more |
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LIFT hosts ARRI Canada – DemonstrationLIFT HOSTS ARRI CANADA Tuesday, January 16, 2018Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)LIFT Classroom, 1137 Dupont Street6:30pm – 9:00pm FREE admission. No registration required.OPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS! LIFT HOSTS ARRI CANADA Tuesday, January 16, 2018Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of”… more |
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Film For Artists: Site and Cycle – 2018 ResidencyWednesday 20 December 2017, 00:00December 20, 2017 CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: FILM FOR ARTISTS: SITE + CYCLE 2018 16mm Filmmaking Residency Anima Casa Rural, San Isidro Mazatepec, Jalisco, Mexico www.filmforartists.com | info@filmforartists.com www.animacasarural.com | julian@animacasarural.com Facilitators: Zoë Heyn-Jones and Terra Long Program Dates: Saturday, February 10 to Sund”… more |
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Sally Walker-Hudecki – Winter 2018 Studio Immersion ProgramThursday 14 December 2017, 00:00LIFT AND PIX FILM ANNOUNCES THE THIRD RESIDENT IN THE STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM—SALLY WALKER-HUDECKI Toronto, December 14, 2017—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and PIX FILM is pleased to announce that local filmmaker Sally Walker-Hudecki (aka Sally Cinnamon) is now in residence as our third filmmaker in the new Studio Immersi”… more |
2017 Holiday Closure: LIFT StoreDecember 8, 2017 December 8, 2017 2017 Holiday Closure: LIFT Store The LIFT Store will be closing on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 6:00pm and will reopen on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 10:00am. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20th IS THE LAST DAY THE LIFT STORE WILL BE OPEN FOR DROP-IN PURCHASE IN 2017. MA”… more |
2017 Holiday Closure: Discounted Rental Rates for Production MembersDecember 8, 2017 2017 Holiday Closure: Special Savings on Rental Rates LIFT will be closing on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 6:00pm and will reopen on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 10:00am.WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20th IS THE LAST DAY THE OFFICE WILL BE OPEN IN 2017. December 8, 2017 2017 Holiday Closure: Sp”… more |
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Executive Director’s 2017 Year End MessageDecember 8, 2017 Image Credit: Winter walk in High Park, 1920. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 451A December 8, 2017 Image Credit: Winter walk in High Park, 1920. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 451A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S 2017 YEAR END MESSAGE Dear Members, We are jus”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “German Competition/Deutscher Wettbewerb From the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen”Friday 15 December 2017, 19:00German Competition / Deutscher Wettbewerb from the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen Presented by the PIX FILM Gallery, in co-presentation with the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) History, Migration, architecture, the National Socialist Underground: The works from the 2017 German Competition presented in this program,”… more |
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Fall 2017 Studio Immersion Program – 80 seconds in TorontoWednesday 29 November 2017, 18:00FALL 2017 STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM EXHIBITION – “80 SECONDS IN TORONTO” Opening reception: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 from 6:00pm – 9:00pm Open daily: November 30 – December 4, 2017 from 12noon to 7:00pm 80 seconds in Toronto is a studio exhibition by Andreas Wutz, which includes a mixed media installation of 16mm film, 35mm slides, text footage,”… more |