LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
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Chair of the Board of Directors’ 2018 New Year MessageJanuary 15, 2018 January 15, 2018 Hi all, Here’s to another fruitful and creative year to all of you, members, avid media artists and independent filmmakers that support the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto. In 2018, we will continue to offer professional development workshops and production resources”… more |
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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 |