LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
LIFT OUT LOUD: Call for Short Scripts for February ReadingTuesday 3 January 2012, 00:00LIFT’s popular screenplay reading series LIFT OUT LOUD is currently looking for short scripts for our LIFT OUT LOUD reading in February. Please submit them as either a PDF or Word document by Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 to: E-mail: liftoutloud(at)gmail.com Subject Heading: LIFT OUT LOUD February 2012 Submission Please note: To facilita”… more |
LIFT Winter 2012 Workshop Season Now OnlineWINTER 2012 WORKSHOPS AND COURSES AT LIFT Comprehensive Production Training for Film, Video and Interactive Art WINTER 2012 WORKSHOPS AND COURSES AT LIFT Comprehensive Production Training for Film, Video and Interactive Art Registration opens Tuesday January 24 at 10am for our Winter 2012 Workshop season. Book early, space is limited. Re”… more |
LIFT Award for Best Local Filmmaker at 2011 aluCine Toronto Latin Film and Media FestivalLIFT recently presented the Best Local Filmmaker Award at the 2011 aluCine Toronto Latin Film and Media Festival. This award is given to the jury’s selection for the best local film or video maker from the festival. This award includes a LIFT membership as well as a $500 credit for equipment and facility rentals, workshops and courses. LIFT recentl”… more |
LIFT OUT LOUD Dec 14 – Guest Moderator Jana SinyorWednesday 14 December 2011, 07:30LIFT OUT LOUD DecemberA Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest ModeratorJANA SINYOR (Being Erica) A One Hour Television pilot for discussionGrey Ops written by Nathalie Younglai LIFT OUT LOUD DecemberA Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest ModeratorJANA SINYOR (Being Erica) A One Hour Television pilot for discussi”… more |
December 2011 ClosureDecember 2011 Closure LIFT will be closed for holidays from Friday, December 16th, 2011 to Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012.Friday December 16th is the last day the office and store will be open for 2011. The office and store will reopen to members and the public on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 at 10:00AM. December 2011 Closure LIFT wi”… more |
Roger Beebe Screens with Pleasure Dome and Teaches Filmmaking With Your Home Printer at LIFTPleasure Dome presents Roger Beebe’s Films for One to Eight Projectors Performance Saturday, October 29, 7pm Doors/ 7:30 Screening @ Trash Palace, 89-B Niagara St. $8/ 5 Members + Students www.pdome.org/ 416-656-5577 Pleasure Dome presents Roger Beebe’s Films for One to Eight Projectors Performance Saturday, October 29,”… more |
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LIFT Members Daniel Young and Christian Giroux win the 2011 Sobey Art AwardOctober 13, 2011—HALIFAX, NS—The Curatorial Panel for the 2011 Sobey Art Award announced today that Young & Giroux representing Ontario are the recipients of the $50,000 top prize. The announcement was made during a Gala event held at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax. The Award was presented to the winning arti”… more |
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“Occupy” Movements in Relation to Colonial Dynamics in Canada – NRATIWednesday 2 November 2011, 19:00Image credit: 06 April Movement tent, Tahrir Square, Cairo, 29 June 2011. Photograph by Mona Seif. In collaboration with FUSE Magazine Facilitated by Gina Badger and cheyanne turions Image credit: 06 April Movement tent, Tahrir Square, Cairo, 29 June 2011. Photograph by Mona Seif. In collaboration with FUSE Magazine Fa”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “The Uprooted” at imagineNATIVESaturday 22 October 2011, 17:30The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), along with Worldwide Short Film Festival and ACTRA Toronto, co-presents at the 2011 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), along with Worldwide Short Film Festival and ACTRA Toronto, co-presents at the 2011 im”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Alternative Landscapes” at Planet in FocusSaturday 15 October 2011, 19:00The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), along with Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Toronto, Worldwide Short Film Festival, and Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, co-presents at the 2011 Planet in Focus: International Environmental Film a”… more |