LIFT News

LIFT Welcomes New Staff – November 2017  November 23, 2017   New Technical Administrator Justine McCloskey  Welcome to New Technical Administrator Justine McCloskey    November 23, 2017   New Technical Administrator Justine McCloskey  Welcome to New Technical Administrator Justine McCloskey  The staff and board at LIFT”… more

Fall 2017 Studio Immersion Program – Namuhla yisikhathi esadlulayo / Today is a long time ago Wednesday 22 November 2017, 19:00 FALL 2017 STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM NAMUHLA YISIKHATHI ESADLULAYO / TODAY IS A LONG TIME AGO A talk by Andreas Wutz Join us as Andreas Wutz talks about his recent solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. The project is based on a long-term research in national and private archives in Zimbabwe, field researches on original locations, and”… more

Call for Applicants: LIFT and imagineNATIVE 14th annual Mentorship Program Wednesday 15 November 2017, 00:00 LIFT and imagineNATIVE 14th ANNUAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM: CALL FOR APPLICANTS Application Deadline: Friday, December 15, 2017 by 12:00pm Toronto, November 15, 2017— Are you an Indigenous artist or emerging filmmaker living in or near the GTA? Do you have a great idea for a 5-minute short film? Celebrating 14 years of supporting independent Indigenous”… more

LIFT co-presents “Been Here So Long” at Reel Asian Friday 10 November 2017, 18:00 Our Origin Is Interconnection by Althea Balmes LIFT co-presents the “Been Here So Long” program at the 2017 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival 2017 marks the 150th year of the Confederation of Canada. With funding from the Ontario150 program and in partnership with Vtape, Reel Asian asked various young artists to rework and reimagine ar”… more

Fall 2017 Studio Immersion Program – Nightwalk: The Films of Andreas Wutz Wednesday 8 November 2017, 19:00 Nightwalk by Andreas Wutz FALL 2017 STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM NIGHTWALK: THE FILMS OF ANDREAS WUTZ   Join us for a free screening with filmmaker in the Studio Immersion Program artist Andreas Wutz. Andreas Wutz is a conceptual media artist living in Munich and Bilbao. His short films are cinepoems which use experimental and documentary strategies, a”… more

Andreas Wutz – Fall 2017 Studio Immersion Program Thursday 2 November 2017, 00:00 LIFT AND PIX FILM ANNOUNCES THE SECOND STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM RESIDENT—ANDREAS WUTZ Toronto, November 2, 2017—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and PIX FILM is pleased to announce that German filmmaker Andreas Wutz is now in residence as our second filmmaker in the new Studio Immersion Program, supported by the Petman Founda”… more

LIFT at ProFusion Expo 2017       LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO AT PROFUSION 2017  Look for LIFT at this year’s ProFusion 2017 Pro Imaging Expo—Booth 1010.       LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO AT PROFUSION 2017  Look for LIFT at this year’s ProFusion 2017 Pro Imaging Expo—Booth 1010.ProFu”… more

LIFT co-presents “Women on the Verge: Global Shorts on Women’s Experience” at Rendezvous with Madness Sunday 5 November 2017, 14:00 Ari by Clement Vermeuil LIFT co-presents the “Women on the Verge: Global Shorts on Women’s Experience” at the 2017 Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival In this fascinating, surprising and provocative package of short dramatic films, we meet a number of  women coping with madness and recovery. Their experience is as varied as the human brain itself”… more

LIFT, Innis College and Cinema Studies Institute announce inaugural Mentorship Recipient Wednesday 18 October 2017, 00:00   LIFT, INNIS COLLEGE and CINEMA STUDIES INSTITUTE ANNOUNCE INAUGURAL MENTORSHIP RECIPIENT Toronto, October 18, 2017—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), Innis College, and the Cinema Studies Institute (CSI) are pleased to announce that He Xu is the recipient of the inaugural Filmmaking Mentorship. “CSI sees a tremendous am”… more

LIFT co-presents “Receptors” program at imagineNATIVE Friday 20 October 2017, 15:45 In Moment by Samay Arcentales Cajas LIFT co-presents at the 2017 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. “Receptors” Shorts Program Storytelling takes on many mediums to transmit messages in this collection of works. From the spirit world, dance, oral storytelling or radio waves, artists and characters dive deep into themselves as they transcend”… more