LIFT News

LIFT announces Ontario Touring Filmmaking Workshops – Summer 2015 Season Thursday 11 June 2015, 00:00     THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT)ANNOUNCES THE SUMMER 2015 SEASON OFONTARIO TOURING FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS      THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT)ANNOUNCES THE SUMMER 2015 SEASON OFONTARIO TOURING FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS  Toronto, June 11, 2015—The Liaison of Independ”… more

LIFT co-presents “Mixed Shorts: Local Heroes” program at Inside Out Thursday 28 May 2015, 19:30  Midnight at the Continental by Sonya Reynolds and Lauren Hortie  LIFT co-presents at the 2015 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival. Toronto the Good proves to be Toronto the Fab-u-lous with Inside Out’s annual showcase of locally produced short films, which highlight the diversity and talent of Hogtown’s homos.   Mid”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Victoria Day – May 18  The LIFT office and store will be closed for Victoria Day on Monday, May 18th, 2015. LIFT will reopen on Tuesday, May 19th at 10:00AM.   The LIFT office and store will be closed for Victoria Day on Monday, May 18th, 2015. LIFT will reopen on Tuesday, May 19th at 10:00AM.

Impermanent Collections, Temporary Occupations, and Other Gatherings – NRATI Saturday 9 May 2015, 14:00 As part of Impermanent Collections, Temporary Occupations, and Other Gatherings, a solo exhibition of the work of Maggie Groat at the Rodman Hall Arts Centre, she will be selecting texts from the Rodman Hall library, working with the material of the institution itself to engender a critical reflection on the shifting terrain of its existence. Maggi”… more

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2015 Mentorship Announcement Thursday 16 April 2015, 00:00  2015 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Jaene Castrillon   2015 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Jaene Castrillon Toronto, April 16, 2015—imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Toronto-based Indigenous Colombian artist Jaene”… more

LIFT co-presents “Deux Jours, Une Nuit (Two Days, One Night)” at Mayworks Tuesday 5 May 2015, 19:00    LIFT co-presents Deux Jours, Une Nuit (Two Days, One Night)at the 2015 Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts Deux Jours, Une Nuit (Two Days, One Night)Dirs. Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne     LIFT co-presents Deux Jours, Une Nuit (Two Days, One Night)at the 2015 Mayworks Festival of Worki”… more

LIFT co-presents “Transatlantic” at Hot Docs Friday 24 April 2015, 17:00     LIFT co-presents Transatlanticat the 2015 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival TransatlanticDir. Felix Dufour-Laperrière Friday April 24 @ 5:00 PM, Scotiabank Theatre 3Saturday April 25 @ 4:00 PM, Scotiabank Theatre 7 In August 2013, brothers Félix, Nicolas and Gabriel Dufour-Laperriè”… more

Andrea Fraser’s “Performance or Enactment” as selected by Martha Wilson – NRATI Thursday 16 April 2015, 15:00 As part of the 28th annual Images Festival, this salon will feature Andrea Fraser’s essay “Performance or Enactment” as selected by Martha Wilson. Martha Wilson in attendance. As part of the 2015 Images Festival, Wilson will be participating in performance artist Jess Dobkin’s How Many Performance Artists Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb (For Ma”… more

April 3 – LIFT Office and Store Closed for Good Friday  The LIFT office and store will be closed for Good Friday on Friday, April 3rd, 2015. LIFT will reopen on Monday, April 6th (Easter Monday) at 10:00AM.   The LIFT office and store will be closed for Good Friday on Friday, April 3rd, 2015. LIFT will reopen on Monday, April 6th (Easter Monday) at 10:00AM.

LIFT co-presents “The Kalampag Tracking Agency” program at Images Festival Friday 10 April 2015, 19:00  The Retrochronological Transfer of Information by Tad Ermitano LIFT co-presents the The Kalampag Tracking Agency programat the 2015 Images Festival  The Retrochronological Transfer of Information by Tad Ermitano LIFT co-presents the The Kalampag Tracking Agency programat the 2015 Images Festival Curators: Merv Espina, Shir”… more