LIFT News

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

Congratulations to LIFT Member Mike Hoolboom, 2017 Governor General’s Award Winner    L-R: Executive Director Chris Kennedy and Mike Hoolboom  March 1, 2017     L-R: Executive Director Chris Kennedy and Mike Hoolboom  March 1, 2017 Congratulations to LIFT Member Mike Hoolboom, one of the recipients of this year’s Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. Mike was nominat”… more

LIFT Welcomes New Staff – February 2017  February 23, 2017 New Technical Coordinator TJ Ediger  Welcome to New Technical Coordinator Timothy J. Ediger    February 23, 2017 New Technical Coordinator TJ Ediger  Welcome to New Technical Coordinator Timothy J. Ediger  The staff and board at LIFT would like to welcome our new Technic”… more

Discounted Rates for Colour and Digital Cinema Package (DCP) Output Suite  February 15, 2017  February 15, 2017 *** DISCOUNTED RATES UNTIL SPRING 2017 *** From February 15 through May 8, 2017 LIFT will be offering a discounted rental rate for our Colour Finishing and Digital Cinema Package (DCP) Output suite.  Note: Rentals are only available to Production Members.  Sporting a full licence o”… more

Film For Artists: Site and Cycle – 2017 Residency Thursday 2 February 2017, 00:00            Call for Participants and Scholarship ApplicantsFILM FOR ARTISTS: SITE AND CYCLE 201716mm and Super 8mm Filmmaking Residency Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Islandswww.filmforartists.comFacilitators: Zoë Heyn-Jones and Eva KolczeProgram Dates: June 19 – 26 , 2017  EXTENDED Sch”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Family Day – Feb 20  The LIFT office and store will be closed for Family Day on Monday, February 20th, 2017. LIFT will reopen on Tuesday, February 21st at 10:00AM.   The LIFT office and store will be closed for Family Day on Monday, February 20th, 2017. LIFT will reopen on Tuesday, February 21st at 10:00AM.

Leslie Supnet – Winter 2017 Studio Immersion Program Tuesday 7 February 2017, 00:00     LIFT AND PIX FILM ANNOUNCES THE FIRST RESIDENT IN THE STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM—LESLIE SUPNET      LIFT AND PIX FILM ANNOUNCES THE FIRST RESIDENT IN THE STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM—LESLIE SUPNET  Toronto, February 7, 2017—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and PIX FILM is p”… more

Call for Applicants: LIFT and imagineNATIVE 13th annual Mentorship Program – EXTENDED Thursday 2 February 2017, 10:00          LIFT and imagineNATIVE 13th annual Mentorship Program: Call for Applicants Toronto, February 2, 2017—Do you have a great idea for a 5-minute short film? Celebrating 13 years of supporting independent Indigenous film, the LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship program welcomes you to explore 16mm filmmaking through”… more