LIFT News

Artist Talk with Rebecca Moran Tuesday 26 April 2016, 19:00  Still Life with Fries by Rebecca Moran  Rebecca Moran is LIFT’s Spring 2016 Artist in Residence.   Still Life with Fries by Rebecca Moran  Rebecca Moran is LIFT’s Spring 2016 Artist in Residence. On Tuesday April 26 at 7:00pm at LIFT (1137 Dupont Street), Rebecca Moran will present an artist talk of her work”… more

Reading Alice Driver and Susan Buck-Morss as selected by Joni Murphy – NRATI Saturday 23 April 2016, 16:00 Still from Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974), directed by Jacques Rivette. Reflecting on themes emerging from her debut novel Double Teenage, which has just been published by BookThug, this salon will feature texts selected by Joni Murphy that have been instrumental in the development of her work. Joni Murphy in attendance. Exploring  ongoing p”… more

Walter Scott’s “Sequel to Guts” – NRATI Thursday 21 April 2016, 19:00 This special edition of No Reading After the Internet will feature a new performance work by Walter Scott presented at the exhibition opening of How a Living Day is Made. Sequel to Guts is a collage of new and existing writing, reconfigured to create original associations between the fictions and reality of the artist, the audience and the gallery”… more

Rebecca Moran – Spring 2016 Artist in Residence Friday 1 April 2016, 00:00    LIFT ANNOUNCES SPRING 2016 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE REBECCA MORAN      LIFT ANNOUNCES SPRING 2016 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE REBECCA MORAN   Toronto, April 19, 2016—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Icelandic film and performance artist Rebecca Moran has join”… more

LIFT announces start of Film Access Program Friday 15 April 2016, 00:00   THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE START OF FILM ACCESS PROGRAM  Adam Roy Cohoon, Special Projects Coordinator Terra Long, Clementine Morrigan, Film Access Facilitator Jaene Castrillon, Romeo Dontae Tresean Biggz Pierre, melannie g. campbell, Ali Saeedi and Nicola DiCapua   THE LIAISON OF INDEPEND”… more

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2016 Mentorship Announcement Wednesday 30 March 2016, 00:00 2016 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Jamie Whitecrow Toronto, April 13, 2016—imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Toronto-based Anishinaabe artist Jamie Whitecrow is the recipient of the 12th annual LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship. This annual mentor”… more

LIFT announces Montreal Visiting Artist Erin Weisgerber Wednesday 2 March 2016, 00:00    THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES MONTREAL VISITING ARTIST ERIN WEISGERBER      THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES MONTREAL VISITING ARTIST ERIN WEISGERBER   Toronto, March 23, 2016—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LI”… more

Call for Submissions: International Artist Residencies 2016/2017 Thursday 10 March 2016, 00:00       CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:INTERNATIONAL ARTIST RESIDENCIES 2016/2017  March 10, 2016—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is seeking applications from international (non-Canadian Citizens and Residents) artists for a 4 – 6 week individual production residencies to take place between October 2016 and Augu”… more

Film For Artists: Site and Cycle – 2016 Residency Monday 22 February 2016, 00:00  2015 participants Fereshteh Toosi and Penny McCann. Photo by Eva Kolcze  FILM FOR ARTISTS: SITE AND CYCLE2016 Residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Facilitators: Zoë Heyn-Jones and Eva KolczeProgram Dates: June 22 to June 29, 2016 Deadline: Sunday, May 1, 2016  2015 participants Fereshteh Toosi and Penny McCa”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Good Friday – Mar 25  The LIFT office and store will be closed for Good Friday on Friday, March 25th, 2016. LIFT will reopen on Monday, March 28th (Easter Monday) at 10:00AM.   The LIFT office and store will be closed for Good Friday on Friday, March 25th, 2016. LIFT will reopen on Monday, March 28th (Easter Monday) at 10:00AM.