LIFT News

This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.

 

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

LIFT co-presents “Couples Night” program at the Toronto Black Film Festival

Friday 17 February 2017, 18:30

  LIFT co-presents at the 2017 Toronto Black Film FestivalCouples NightDirected by Mark Harris    LIFT co-presents at the 2017 Toronto Black Film FestivalCouples NightDirected by Mark Harris When a bored but quirky housewife becomes obsessed with her argumentative neighbors, she starts a Couples Night that sends her mi”… more

LIFT co-presents “Reid Diamond: Echoes” program at the 8 Fest

Saturday 28 January 2017, 23:00

   LIFT co-presents at the 2017 8 Fest.Reid Diamond: Echoes   Super 8, silent, 1986-2001    LIFT co-presents at the 2017 8 Fest.Reid Diamond: Echoes   Super 8, silent, 1986-2001Musical accompaniment by Don Rooke and Paul Pasmore  “Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.”—Carl SandburgReid”… more