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Excerpts from “Bring the Noise,” Inside the White Cube” and “The Emancipated Spectator” – NRATI Wednesday 7 March 2012, 20:00   LIFT and the Gendai Gallery present   LIFT and the Gendai Gallery present No Reading After the Internet: excerpts from Bring the Noise, Inside the White Cube and The Emancipated Spectator, selected in conjunction with the main Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (mMOCCA)  The main Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (mMOC”… more

LIFT OUT LOUD: Call for Feature Scripts for April Reading Tuesday 28 February 2012, 00:00 LIFT’s popular screenplay reading series LIFT OUT LOUD is currently looking for feature length screenplays for our LIFT OUT LOUD reading in April.   Please submit them as either a PDF or Word document by Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 to: E-mail: liftoutloud(at)gmail.com Subject Heading: LIFT OUT LOUD April 2012 Submission   Please note: To”… more

Thomas Bernhard’s “The Voice Imitator: 104 Stories” as selected by Barbara Sternberg – NRATI Wednesday 22 February 2012, 19:00 Image credit: Barbara Sternberg, in the nature of things, 16mm, 2011.  LIFT and Pleasure Dome present No Reading After the Internet: Thomas Bernhard’s The Voice Imitator: 104 Stories as selected by Barbara SternbergBarbara Sternberg in attendance In conjunction with Pleasure Dome’s world premiere presentation of Barbara Ste”… more

LIFT OUT LOUD Feb 16 – Guest Moderator Gina Dineen Thursday 16 February 2012, 19:30  LIFT OUT LOUD February presents:A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest Moderator GINA DINEEN (Bravo!FACT)    LIFT OUT LOUD February presents:A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest Moderator GINA DINEEN (Bravo!FACT)   Two Short Screenplays for discussion Scripts by Jayvibha Vaidya and Cody Campanale **”… more

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2012 Mentorship Announcement Thursday 9 February 2012, 00:00 2012 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Tyler Hagan Toronto, February 9, 2012— imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Vancouver raised, Toronto based Métis artist Tyler Hagan is the recipient of the 8th annual LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship. This annual”… more

Annie MacDonell’s “Originality and the Avant Garde (On Art and Repetition)” – NRATI Tuesday 31 January 2012, 19:00  Readings inspired by Annie MacDonell’s “Originality and the Avant Garde (On Art and Repetition)” Annie MacDonell in attendance    Readings inspired by Annie MacDonell’s “Originality and the Avant Garde (On Art and Repetition)” Annie MacDonell in attendance  In conjunction with Mercer Union’s exhibition of Annie MacDonell’s “Ori”… more

Call For Applicants: LIFT and imagineNATIVE 8th annual Mentorship Program Wednesday 25 January 2012, 17:00          Do you have a great idea for a 5 minute short film? Explore 16mm filmmaking through LIFT’s workshops, equipment and facilities (other mediums may be employed). Shoot and edit your ideas to film, and see them on screen at the 13th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, which will take p”… more

30 x 30: Newly Commissioned Works Screen at AGO Jackman Hall Thursday 19 January 2012, 20:00 Stills from Larissa Fan’s “The tide goes in, the tide goes out” and Jean-Paul Kelly’s “A Minimal Difference”  In celebration of three decades of filmmaking the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)has commissioned thirty Canadian film veterans and emerging voices to make new works originating onor in the spirit of Super 8mm”… more

Press Release: 30 x 30 – 30th Anniversary Commissioned Films  LIFT CELEBRATES THIRTY YEARS OF FILMMAKING WITH NEWLY COMMISSIONED FILMS BY THIRTY FILMMAKERS AND ARTISTS   LIFT CELEBRATES THIRTY YEARS OF FILMMAKING WITH NEWLY COMMISSIONED FILMS BY THIRTY FILMMAKERS AND ARTISTS Toronto, December 27, 2011—In celebration of three decades of filmmaking the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of T”… more

LIFT OUT LOUD: Call for Short Scripts for February Reading Tuesday 3 January 2012, 00:00 LIFT’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