LIFT News

LIFT Welcomes New Staff – July 2012 July 9, 2012 Goodbye to Technical Coordinator Gareth Jasper and Welcome to New Technical Coordinator Noé Rodriguez  July 9, 2012 Goodbye to Technical Coordinator Gareth Jasper and Welcome to New Technical Coordinator Noé Rodriguez The staff and board at LIFT would like to announce the departure of Technical Coordinator Gareth Ja”… more

Kika Nicolela – Summer 2012 Artist in Residence Monday 2 July 2012, 00:00   LIFT ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2012 ARTIST IN RESIDENCEKIKA NICOLELA    LIFT ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2012 ARTIST IN RESIDENCEKIKA NICOLELA Toronto, July 5, 2012—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) announces that Brazilian artist, filmmaker and independent curator Kika Nicolela has arrived in Toronto to participat”… more

LIFT co-presents “Enter the Cosmos” program at Shinsedai Cinema Festival Thursday 12 July 2012, 21:30  LIFT co-presents at the 2012 Shinsedai Cinema Festival. Enter the Cosmos: Takashi Makino SpecialDirector: Takashi MakinoCinematography: Takashi MakinoEditing: Takashi MakinoMusic: VariousGenre:  Short Film, AnimationYear: 2004-2011Runtime: 80 minutes  LIFT co-presents at the 2012 Shinsedai Cinema Festival. Enter the Cosmos”… more

“Helter Skelter” as selected by Basma Alsharif – NRATI Thursday 12 July 2012, 17:00  Basma Alsharif in attendance   Basma Alsharif in attendance In conjunction with A Space’s exhibition of This Story Begins and Ends with Us, a solo show of the work of Basma Alsharif, this salon will feature selections from Helter Skelter (1974), the true crime classic, which will be offered up as a way to examine an a”… more

Notice of Changes to LIFT Membership Structure – Effective July 1st, 2012 June 14th, 2012Notice to LIFT Members Regarding Changes to the LIFT Membership Structure: Effective July 1st, 2012  June 14th, 2012Notice to LIFT Members Regarding Changes to the LIFT Membership Structure: Effective July 1st, 2012 LIFT’s staff and board of directors have been working over the winter of 2012 to update the LIFT membership s”… more

LIFT and Images Festival’s WARD’S ISLAND PICNIC + SCREENING Saturday 28 July 2012, 15:00  CELEBRATE LIFT’s 30th year +  Images Festival’s 25th year!!Tom Berner Award Winners spool films in a special 16mm screening at dusk!   CELEBRATE LIFT’s 30th year +  Images Festival’s 25th year!!Tom Berner Award Winners spool films in a special 16mm screening at dusk! Top up your tan in good company! Don’t miss this Wa”… more

Robin Cameron’s “T-R-U-T-H” – NRATI Saturday 2 June 2012, 14:00  Robin Cameron in attendance  Robin Cameron in attendance In conjunction with Art Metropole’s exhibition of Robin Cameron’s T-R-U-T-H, a selection of texts will be read aloud and discussed with the artist within the context of her exhibition at Art Metropole’s new location, which Cameron will transform into a book.  Conceived as a bo”… more

Works by Dagie Brundert at CineCycle (Toronto Screening) Thursday 31 May 2012, 19:30    THE FILMS OF DAGIE BRUNDERT – CINECYCLE(TORONTO SCREENING) Closing this residency the Goethe and LIFT are pleased to present a program of Dagie’s films selected by the artist herself. From the 1990s to work produced May 2012 in Toronto this screening will offer rare chance to see her work projected as it was made, on Super 8 film.”… more

Works by Dagie Brundert at Media City (Windsor Screening) Saturday 26 May 2012, 22:00 THE FILMS OF DAGIE BRUNDERT – MEDIA CITY (WINDSOR SCREENING)  THE FILMS OF DAGIE BRUNDERT – MEDIA CITY (WINDSOR SCREENING) The 2012 Media City Film Festival in Windsor, Ontario will present a screening of old and new Super 8 films by Dagie Brundert. This late night program celebrates the continued vitality of small-gauge film as”… more

Call for Native Youth Participants: Indigenous Routes Thursday 10 May 2012, 00:00  Call for Indigenous Youth Participants for the Indigenous RoutesInteractive Documentary ProjectToronto, June and July 2012   Call for Indigenous Youth Participants for the Indigenous RoutesInteractive Documentary ProjectToronto, June and July 2012 The Indigenous Routes Collective is seeking applicants for an eight-week new medi”… more