LIFT News

LIFT Welcomes New Staff – February 2014  February 27, 2014  Welcome to New Technical Administrator Anh Dao   February 27, 2014  Welcome to New Technical Administrator Anh Dao The staff and board at LIFT would like to welcome our new Technical Administrator Anh Dao who started on February 24, 2014. Anh will be joining Karl and Noé in the Technical D”… more

Anja Dornieden and Juan David González Monroy – Goethe-Institut / LIFT Residency Winter 2014 Monday 24 February 2014, 00:00   LIFT AND THE GOETHE-INSTITUT TORONTO ANNOUNCEANJA DORNIEDEN AND JUAN DAVID GONZÁLEZ MONROYWINTER 2014 RESIDENCY    LIFT AND THE GOETHE-INSTITUT TORONTO ANNOUNCEANJA DORNIEDEN AND JUAN DAVID GONZÁLEZ MONROYWINTER 2014 RESIDENCY Toronto, February 25, 2014—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and the”… more

LIFT OUT LOUD: Call for TV Pilots / Webisodes for April 2014 Reading Wednesday 19 February 2014, 00:00    LIFT’s popular screenplay reading series LIFT OUT LOUD is currently looking for feature length scripts for our LIFT OUT LOUD reading in April.Please submit them as either a PDF or Word document by Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 to:E-mail: liftoutloud(at)gmail.comSubject Heading: LIFT OUT LOUD April 2014 SubmissionPlease note:To facilit”… more

Call for Submissions: International Artist Residencies 2014/2015 Tuesday 1 April 2014, 00:00  February 7, 2014   February 7, 2014 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is seeking applications from international (non-Canadian) artists for 4–6 week individual production residencies to take place between September 2014 and August 2015. LIFT is an artist-run production and educational media arts organizati”… more

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Family Day – Feb 17  The LIFT office and store will be closed for Family Day on Monday, February 17th, 2014. LIFT will reopen on Tuesday, February 18th at 10:00AM.   The LIFT office and store will be closed for Family Day on Monday, February 17th, 2014. LIFT will reopen on Tuesday, February 18th at 10:00AM.

LIFT OUT LOUD: February 5 – Guest Moderator Andrew Barnsley Wednesday 5 February 2014, 19:30  Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presentsLIFT OUT LOUDA Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest ModeratorANDREW BARNSLEY (Spun Out) TV Pilot for discussion*** New Location ***The Ossington61 Ossington Avenue (north of Queen Street West)   Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presentsLIF”… more

Asleep in the Sun: Films by Pablo Marìn Tuesday 4 February 2014, 20:00  Denkbilder, 2013   Denkbilder, 2013  The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to present Asleep in the Sun: Films by Pablo Marìn Winter 2014 Artist in Residence Pablo Marìn in attendance Program:1640 (2013, 16mm, Silent, 2 min.) untitled (Focus) (2008, Super 8, Silent, 4 min.)xoxo (2013, 16mm”… more

Pablo Marìn – Winter 2014 Artist in Residence Wednesday 15 January 2014, 00:00   LIFT ANNOUNCES OUR FIRST WINTER 2014 ARTIST IN RESIDENCEPABLO MARÌN   LIFT ANNOUNCES OUR FIRST WINTER 2014 ARTIST IN RESIDENCEPABLO MARÌNToronto, January 15, 2014—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) announces that Argentinean filmmaker Pablo Marìn has arrived in Toronto to participate in LIFT’s internationa”… more

LIFT/Images Festival: Call for Nominations – 2014 Tom Berner Award  The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto and The Images FestivalCALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2014 TOM BERNER AWARD The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and the Images Festival are calling for nominees for the 2014 TOM BERNER AWARD for Extraordinary Support of Independent Filmmaking.   The Liaison of Independ”… more

LIFT Round-up 2013 Sunday 12 January 2014, 18:00  Scars by Cody Campanale    Scars by Cody Campanale  The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to present ROUND-UP 2013 LIFT is pleased to announce the LIFT Round-Up 2013, a screening of films made by LIFT members over the last year. Join LIFT on Sunday, January 12, for a special presentation o”… more