LIFT News

LIFT co-presents “Reel Ideas 2023 – Building Forces: The Director Producer Relationship” at Reel Asian Tuesday 14 November 2023, 16:00 to 18:00 LIFT co-presents “Reel Ideas 2023 – Building Forces: The Director Producer Relationship” at the 2023 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival LIFT is proud to be a Community Supporter of Reel Ideas 2023’s “Building Forces: The Director Producer Relationship” panel Last fall, the DOC Institute invited creative producers to reimagine a document”… more

Recipients of the LIFT 2023 Production and Post-Production Support Grant Top Row (L-R): Francisca Duran and Ant Horasanli Bottom Row (L-R): Felipe López Gómez, Justine McCloskey, Sonya Mwambu, Tara Natalia and Roy Zheng   Monday, November 13, 2023 Recipients of the LIFT 2023 Production and Post-Production Support Grant The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is excited to announce the recipients of the 2″… more

LIFT Staff Farewell – November 2023 November 8, 2023 Best Wishes to Special Projects Coordinator Helen Lee LIFT would like to thank Helen Lee for her service over the last year and a half. She was brought on to steward the Film Labs Gathering through to completion and did an amazing job. With her meticulous planning, we were able to host over 150 guests as they talked about the futur”… more

Screening with 2023 BAICC Resident Agnès Hayden Tuesday 7 November 2023, 19:00 to 21:00 November 1, 2023 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) present OUR BEST MACHINES ARE MADE WITH SUNSHINE SCREENING WITH 2023 BAICC RESIDENT AGNÈS HAYDEN Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) this Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at 7:00pm with a screening of works from our BAICC 2023 artist Agnès Hayden, ranging fr”… more

LIFT Welcomes OCAD U RBC CEAD Designer-in-Residence – November 2023 November 1, 2023 LIFT Welcomes OCAD U RBC CEAD Designer-in-Residence – November 2023 Thanks to the Student Work Placement Program, delivered by the Canadian Human Resources Council and funded by the Government of Canada, we are able to welcome Amir Khoshnevis as our 2023-24 Designer-In-Residence. This work placement was developed in partnership wit”… more

LIFT co-presents “A World of Movement: Films of Sharon Lockhart” at Media City Saturday 11 November 2023, 18:00 to 20:00 LIFT co-presents “A World of Movement: Films of Sharon Lockhart” at the 2023 Media City Film Festival Celebrated filmmaker and photographer Sharon Lockhart joins Media City Film Festival from Los Angeles to present a special selection of her films. Programme: “NŌ,” 32 min, 2003 “EVENTIDE,” 30 min, 2022 “NŌ” (2003) and her most recent film “EVENTIDE”… more

LIFT co-presents “back home” at Rendezvous with Madness Friday 27 October 2023, 18:30 to 20:30 LIFT co-presents “back home” at the 2023 Rendezvous with Madness Festival “back home” Directed by Nisha Platzer “back home” follows the filmmaker’s pursuit to get to know her older brother, Josh, twenty years after he took his own life. As she connects with the friends who knew him best as a teen, a complex portrait emerges. Through intimate recoll”… more

LIFT Announces Call for Submissions for Members’ Round-Up 2023, presented by MUBI – Extended Friday 13 October 2023, 00:00 to 17:00 LIFT ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR MEMBERS’ ROUND-UP 2023, Presented by MUBI Toronto, October 13, 2023 (revised November 9)—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) announces the return of the LIFT Round-Up. For the first time since 2018, LIFT will be hosting an evening of recent works by our diverse and talented membership on M”… more

LIFT co-presents “Nuked” at Planet in Focus Sunday 22 October 2023, 18:30 to 21:03   LIFT co-presents “Nuked” at 2023 Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival The fallout of the nuclear testing during the past century had severe consequences. For the people of Bikini Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands, the repercussions of detonating 67 nuclear bombs on their island during the Cold War continues today, leaving mass conta”… more

LIFT announces the 2023 BAICC Resident – Agnès Hayden Monday 11 September 2023, 00:00 to 00:00 THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE 2023 BAICC RESIDENT AGNÈS HAYDEN Toronto, October 11, 2023—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to welcome Spanish filmmaker Agnès Hayden as the current resident in the seventh edition of the BAICC Residencias Artísticas Internacionales de Creacion C”… more