LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
Fall 2011 Open House – Tuesday September 20 7pm-9pmFALL 2011 OPEN HOUSE LIFT’s facility opened on Dupont Street in the spring of 2009. This building offers dedicated resources for film training and production. We are opening our doors for public tours of the facility. This is a perfect opportunity to find out what’s happening at the centre, including equipment, membership and our upcoming Fall”… more |
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Tension vs. Meditation: Contemporary Japanese AnimationFriday 5 August 2011, 20:00Varfix by Kotaro Tanaka As part of his summer 2011 residency at LIFT Tomonari Nishikawa will present a program of contemporary Japanese animation curated for this residency. Varfix by Kotaro Tanaka As part of his summer 2011 residency at LIFT Tomonari Nishikawa will present a program of contemporary Japanese animation curated for th”… more |
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Feminist Art Gallery + LIFT co-present “New and Lesser Known Works” by Alison S. M. KobayashiWednesday 27 July 2011, 20:00Feminist Art Gallery + LIFT co-present Feminist Art Gallery + LIFT co-present New and Lesser Known Works Alison S. M. Kobayashi www.asmk.ca A video screening and artist talk including early works and rarely seen videos by Alison S. M. Kobayashi such as; Eat Your Words and Period 4L,”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Footed Tadpoles” at Shinsedai 2011Saturday 23 July 2011, 16:00The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) andthe Shinsedai Cinema Festival 2011 co-presents Footed Tadpoles ( 脚の生えたおたまじゃくし)Dir. Tomoya Maeno脚の生えたおたまじゃくし (Ashi no haeta otamajakushi)2009, 76 minutes Synopsis: The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) andthe Shinsedai Cinema Festival 2011 co-presents”… more |
Tomonari Nishikawa – Summer 2011 Artist in ResidenceWednesday 13 July 2011, 00:00LIFT announced today that Japanese, upstate New York based Tomonari Nishikawa will be in Toronto participating in LIFT’s international artist-in-residence program. This program, aimed at international filmmakers, focuses on the production of film-based works with equipment and facilities to which the artist would not have access in their loca”… more |
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New Equipment Acquisitions: Sony F3 and Zeiss Compact PrimesLIFT is pleased to announce we have acquired a Sony PMW-F3 digital cinema camera package and Zeiss Compact Prime CP2 four lens prime kit for rental to members. The F3 is a Super 35mm CMOS sensor based camera system that supports PL mount cine lenses and 1920 x 1080 full-HD recording to SxS cards. The Compact Prime CP.2 lenses are available in”… more |
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Tomonari Nishikawa and the “Birth of Tragedy” – NRATIWednesday 13 July 2011, 19:00July’s reading: An excerpt from Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy Tomonari Nishikawa in attendance In conjunction with the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s summer residency, visiting artist Tomonari Nishikawa has been invited to select a reading in relation to filmmaking practice. Nishikawa’s 2003 film Apollo wil”… more |
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Spike Milligan’s “The Goon Show” – NRATIMonday 27 June 2011, 19:00Facilitated by Amy Lam, Jon McCurley and cheyanne turions Facilitated by Amy Lam, Jon McCurley and cheyanne turions In conjunction with XPACE’s presentation of What Goes Around Comes Around, Phase One, artist duo Life of a Craphead have selected an episode of The Goon Show to read aloud in compliment to the exhibition. Curate”… more |
New Sections Added for Popular Summer 2011 WorkshopsSummer 2011: New Workshop Sections and Schedule Revisions Video Production with the Sony EX1Tuesday July 5th 6pm-10pm Introduction to Final Cut Pro: Class C Monday July 11th 6pm-10pm Wednesday July 13th 6pm-10pm Summer 2011: New Workshop Sections and Schedule Revisions Video Production with the Sony EX1Tuesday July 5th 6pm-10pm”… more |
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Jaap Pieters in Conversation at LIFTWednesday 8 June 2011, 19:00Fresh from the Media City International Festival of Film and Video Art and the monthly Early Monthly Segments screening salon at the Gladstone Hotel, LIFT will be hosting Dutch filmmaker Jaap Pieters in the LIFT classroom for an informal and casual screening / talk next Wednesday. All are welcome to this FREE event. Fresh from the Media City Intern”… more |