LIFT News

LIFT co-presents “Journey to Belong” at Mayworks Sunday 30 April 2017, 14:00    LIFT co-presents Journey to Belongat the 2017 Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts     LIFT co-presents Journey to Belongat the 2017 Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts Co-presented with Shameless Magazine, Inside Out: Toronto LGBT Film Festival, Workers’ Action Centre, Alliance Fr”… more

LIFT co-presents “Maison du bonheur” at Hot Docs Wednesday 3 May 2017, 20:45         LIFT co-presents Maison du bonheurat the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Maison du Bonheur Dir. Sofia Bohdanowicz Wednesday May 3 @ 8:45 PM, TIFF Bell Lightbox 4Thursday May 4 @ 10:15 AM, TIFF Bell Lightbox 3 Friday May 5 @ 3:45 PM, TIFF Bell Lightbox 3 In 30 carefu”… more

LIFT announces Danish Visiting Artist Tinne Zenner Monday 10 April 2017, 00:00         LIFT ANNOUNCES DANISH VISITING ARTISTTINNE ZENNER  Toronto, April 20, 2017—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Tinne Zenner has joined us from Copenhagen as a visiting artist from April 10 to May 21, 2017 to work on completing a film that she shot this w”… more

Personal Health Insurance for Individual LIFT Members Wednesday, April 12, 2017 Personal Health Insurance for LIFT Members Through the Arts & Entertainment Plan® We are pleased to announced that through the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)’s organizational membership with Media Arts Network of Ontario / Réseau des arts médiatiques de l’Ontario (MANO | RAMO) individual LIFT membe”… more

LIFT announces Ontario Touring Filmmaking Workshops – Spring 2017 Season Wednesday 5 April 2017, 00:00 Filmmaker Eva Kolcze inspecting some 16mm film. Photo by Spencer Barclay. THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE SPRING 2017 SEASON OF ONTARIO TOURING FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS Toronto, April 5, 2017—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce the spring season of the Ontario touring film”… more

LIFT co-presents “Maison du bonheur” at Hot Docs Wednesday 3 May 2017, 20:45        LIFT co-presents Maison du bonheurat the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival  Maison du bonheurDir. Sofia Bohdanowicz Wednesday May 3 @ 8:45 PM, TIFF Bell Lightbox 4Thursday May 4 @ 10:15 AM, TIFF Bell Lightbox 3Friday May 5 @ 3:45 PM, TIFF Bell Lightbox 3  In 30 careful”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Good Friday – Apr 14  The LIFT office and store will be closed for Good Friday on Friday, April 14, 2017. LIFT will reopen on Monday, April 17 (Easter Monday) at 10:00AM.   The LIFT office and store will be closed for Good Friday on Friday, April 14, 2017. LIFT will reopen on Monday, April 17 (Easter Monday) at 10:00AM.

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2017 Mentorship Announcement Wednesday 29 March 2017, 00:00 2017 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Samay Arcentales Cajas Toronto, March 29, 2017—imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Toronto-based Kichwa (Ecuador) artist Samay Arcentales Cajas is the recipient of the 13th annual LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship.”… more

Winter 2017 Studio Immersion Program – Artist Talk with Leslie Supnet Friday 31 March 2017, 19:00    Winter 2017 Studio Immersion Program    Winter 2017 Studio Immersion ProgramArtist Talk with Leslie Supnet  Join us for a free talk with artist Leslie Supnet. Leslie will be discussing her work-in-progress for the LIFT and PIX FILM Winter 2017 Studio Immersion program, as well as her ongoing moving image practi”… more

LIFT co-presents PIX Film’s “A Life Like This” Wednesday 29 March 2017, 19:30   a life like this – moving images from cologneprogrammed by Henning Frederik Malz presented by PIX FILM GALLERY andthe Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)   with works byLena Ditte NissenBenjamin Ramirez PerezSimon RittmeierGonzalo RodriguezJulia Weissenberg   a life like this – moving images from”… more