LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
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 |
LIFT OUT LOUD June 8 – Guest Moderator Elkn TownWednesday 8 June 2011, 19:30LIFT OUT LOUD, A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading SeriesWith Guest Moderator Elke Town(Story Editor) Two short screenplays for discussionAsk Alice written by Cara MumfordA woman wakes up in a hospital room with amnesia. As she journeys through the dark recesses of her mind trying to remember what happened to her, she experiences a series of incre”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Hogtown Homos” at Inside OutWednesday 25 May 2011, 19:15The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), along with Xtra! and Community Arts Ontario The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), along with Xtra! and Community Arts Ontario and the 2011 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival co-presents Hogtown HomosInside Outs annual sold-out celebration of ou”… more |
Summer 2011 Workshops in Film and Video: From Start to FinishLIFT Summer workshops are now online! – First day of registration is Tuesday May 17th at 10am.- In person registration will take priority on the first day of registration.- Current schedule is available here Free Programs LIFT Summer workshops are now online! – First day of registration is Tuesday May 17th at 10am.- In person registration will take”… more |
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Winter 2011 Workshop ScreeningTuesday 10 May 2011, 20:00LIFT presents new films and works-in-progress by participants of LIFT’s Winter Super 8mm and 16mm Filmmaking Intensives. Members, non-members, friends and family all welcome to attend. The Emmet Ray924 College Street(just east of Dovercourt Road) www.theemmetray.com Untitled by Zoë Heyn-Jones Approx. 4 min”… more |
LIFT OUT LOUD – Call for Short Script Submissions June 2011Monday 25 April 2011, 00:00LIFT’s popular screenplay reading series LIFT OUT LOUD is currently looking for short screenplays for our LIFT OUT LOUD reading in June. Please submit them as either a PDF or Word document by Monday April 25th, 2011 to: E-mail: liftoutloud (at) gmail.com Subject Heading: LIFT OUT LOUD June 2011 Submission Selected non-member writers are r”… more |
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Peter Schjeldahl’s “Of Ourselves and of Our Origins: Subjects of Art” – NRATIWednesday 29 June 2011, 19:00Facilitated by cheyanne turions In conjunction with Gallery TPW’s presentation of The Normal Condition of Any Communication, Peter Schjeldahl’s “Of Ourselves and of Our Origins: Subjects of Art” has been selected to compliment the exhibition. Curated by cheyanne turions, The Normal Condition of Any Communication features works that exp”… more |
Hank Bull’s Notes for a Research on Hearing – NRATIWednesday 25 May 2011, 19:00Facilitated by Hank Bull and cheyanne turions In conjunction with the 2011 Deep Wireless Festival of Radio and Transmission Art, the inimitable Hank Bull has been invited to select a reading in relation to his upcoming performance with the festival.Compiled in 1987, Notes for a Research on Hearing was born of a New Year’s day conversat”… more |
LIFT and Images Present the 2011 Tom Berner Award to Philip HoffmanThe Tom Berner Award award, sponsored by LIFT at the Images Festival commemorates the late Tom Berner, who for many years supported and nurtured Canadian filmmakers. The award is presented annually to an individual who has provided extraordinary support to the cause of independent filmmaking in Toronto. In 2011 the Tom Berner Award is presented to”… more |