LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
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Friday, August 18 – Open ScreeningJuly 26, 2023 Call for Submissions: Open Screening Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Friday, August 18, 2023 in the Main Classroom at LIFT (1137 Dupont) for our Summer Open Screening, an evening of oddball films, experiments, found footage and works in progress. UPDATE – Submissions are now closed! We have reached our”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Bageroo Program #1 and “Bageroo Program #3” at the8FestFriday 28 July 2023, 20:00 to 22:30“kauaʻi ʻōʻō” by Samy Benammar . LIFT co-presents “Bageroo Program #1” and “Bageroo Program #3″ at the8fest Small Gauge Film Festival 2023 Bageroo Program #1: We Were, We Are, We Will Be Friday, July 28, 2023 Starts at 8:00pm In this shorts program, filmmakers reflect on themselves, their surroundings, and others around them. These shorts recall th”… more |
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Applications are now open for the 2023 LIFT Production and Post-Production Support GrantJuly 24, 2023 Applications are now open for the 2023 LIFT Production and Post-Production Support Grant! After a five year hiatus, the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) Production and Post-Production Support Grant returned last year in 2022. Between 2005 – 2016, LIFT’s Support Grant provided $2,000 in equipment credits per filmma”… more |
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LIFT Office and Store Closed for Simcoe Day – Aug 7The LIFT office and store will be closed for Simcoe Day—also known as Civic Holiday—on Monday, August 7, 2023. Staff will be available starting back on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 10:00am ET. Please take a moment to review our current operations and facilities protocols. Have a happy and safe holiday! |
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LIFT co-presents “Anthropo-Digitalism” at Vector FestivalThursday 6 July 2023, 00:00 to 00:00LIFT co-presents Anthropo-Digitalism at the 2023 Vector Festival Multi-site Exhibition running July 6 – 16, 2023 How does the digital (re)animate our environments? How do we imprint our humanness upon the digital, and how does digitalness imprint upon us humans? Ruminate on your human/digital reflections with the anthropomorphic inventions of Mari”… more |
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LIFT Welcomes Summer Staff – June 2023(L-R) Esteban Powell and Poppi Fella Pellegrino June 29, 2023 Welcome to Summer 2023 Staff Thanks to the Canada Summer Job program, supported by the Canadian Government, we are able to welcome two summer staff to LIFT this summer. Esteban Powell is our Technical Assistant this summer at LIFT. Esteban will be assisting our Technical team, Robin Riad”… more |
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LIFT Office and Store Closed for Canada Day – July 3“FlightStop” by Michael Snow . The LIFT office and store will be closed for the statutory holiday Canada Day (July 1st) on Monday, July 3, 2023. Staff will be available starting back on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 10:00am ET. Please take a moment to review our current operations and facilities protocols. Have a happy and safe holiday! |
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LIFT’s Operations and Facilities Protocols – June 2023Thursday, June 21, 2023 Dear Members and Community, The Summer months are upon us and LIFT is now fully open to the public again following the commencement of the Film Labs Gathering last month. Our front door will be open on most days during our daytime hours (pending staffing levels). Access for workshops and the technical department continue to”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Local Heroes” at Inside OutThursday 1 June 2023, 18:45 to 20:45September 10th by Tasneem Nanji . LIFT co-presents Local Heroes at 2023 Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival From raves to resistance, this collection of shorts highlights the work of local queer storytellers making films that explore the multitudes this city has to offer. In-Person: Thursday, June 1, 2023 Starts at 6:45 pm TIFF Bell Lightbox”… more |
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Call for Applications: BAICC International Artist Residency Program 2023 – ExtendedThursday 11 May 2023, 00:00 to 23:59Call for Applications: BAICC International Artist Residency Program 2023 with LIFT, (S8) Mostra Internacional de Cinema Periférico and Acción Cultural Española-AC/E In 2017, the first International Artistic Residencies for Cinematographic Creation (BAICC), were launched, promoted by the (S8) International Peripheral Film Festival of A Coruña. This”… more |