LIFT News

LIFT Office and Store Closed for Victoria Day – May 19  The LIFT office and store will be closed for Victoria Day on Monday, May 19th, 2014. LIFT will reopen on Tuesday, May 20st at 10:00AM.   The LIFT office and store will be closed for Victoria Day on Monday, May 19th, 2014. LIFT will reopen on Tuesday, May 20st at 10:00AM.

LIFT co-presents “Seek” at Inside Out Saturday 24 May 2014, 19:00   LIFT and Out on Bay co-presents at the 2014 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival. Seek by Eric HenryDirector in attendance     LIFT and Out on Bay co-presents at the 2014 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival. Seek by Eric HenryDirector in attendance  This homegrown feature centres on Evan, a shy”… more

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2014 Mentorship Announcement Wednesday 16 April 2014, 00:00  2014 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Hannah Schreck   2014 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Hannah Schreck Toronto, April 16, 2014—imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Toronto-based Dene artist Hannah Schreck is the rec”… more

DIY Filmmaking Techniques – Residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point Friday 4 April 2014, 00:00    HANDMADE MOVIES: DIY FILMMAKING TECHNIQUESResidency at Artscape Gibraltar PointJune 2014, Toronto     HANDMADE MOVIES: DIY FILMMAKING TECHNIQUESResidency at Artscape Gibraltar PointJune 2014, Toronto This hands-on workshop, appropriate for absolute beginners and small-gauge film fanatics alike, will focus”… more

LIFT OUT LOUD: Call for Short Scripts for June 2014 Reading Wednesday 16 April 2014, 00:00    LIFT’s popular screenplay reading series LIFT OUT LOUD is currently looking for short scripts for our LIFT OUT LOUD June Reading. Please submit them as either a PDF or Word document by Wednesday, April 16th to:E-mail: liftoutloud(at)gmail.comSubject Heading: LIFT OUT LOUD June 2014 SubmissionPlease note:To facilitate impartiality,”… more

April 18 – LIFT Office and Store Closed for Good Friday  The LIFT office and store will be closed for Good Friday on Friday, April 18th, 2014. LIFT will reopen on Monday, April 21st (Easter Monday) at 10:00AM.  The LIFT office and store will be closed for Good Friday on Friday, April 18th, 2014. LIFT will reopen on Monday, April 21st (Easter Monday) at 10:00AM.

LIFT co-presents “Kung Fu Elliot” at Hot Docs Wednesday 30 April 2014, 18:30   LIFT co-presents Kung Fu Elliotat the 2014 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival   LIFT co-presents Kung Fu Elliotat the 2014 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Kung Fu ElliotDirs. Matthew Bauckman and Jaret Belliveau Wednesday April 30 @ 6:30 PM, Scotiabank Theatre 3Thursday May 1 @”… more

LIFT co-presents “Film Program In Which There Appear Colour Bars, Greek Pop Songs, Didactic Eye-makeup, Etc.” program at Images Festival Sunday 13 April 2014, 18:30  Attica by Sophie Michael LIFT co-presents the Film Program In Which There Appear Colour Bars, Greek Pop Songs, Didactic Eye-makeup, Etc. programat the 2014 Images Festival  Attica by Sophie Michael LIFT co-presents the Film Program In Which There Appear Colour Bars, Greek Pop Songs, Didactic Eye-makeup, Etc. programat the 2014″… more

LIFT OUT LOUD: April 2 – Guest Moderator Robert Lantos Wednesday 2 April 2014, 19:30  Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presentsLIFT OUT LOUDA Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest ModeratorROBERT LANTOS (Serendipity Point Films) Feature-length Screenplay for discussion Eden Ridge written by Caitlin Fryers  Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presentsLIFT OUT LOUDA Bi-“… more

LIFT co-presents 3 programs at aluCine   “Corta” by Felipe Guerrero—”Slow Cutting” program     “Corta” by Felipe Guerrero—”Slow Cutting” program  LIFT co-presents 3 programsat the 2014 aluCine TORONTO LATIN FILM + MEDIA ARTS FESTIVALApril 3 – 12, 2014 PROGRAM #1: Des(pecho)trucción / De(spite)structionFriday, April 4, 20145:00pmJackman Hall,”… more