Programming
Displayed here is a partial list of LIFT programming and co-presentations going back to 2004. Entries are sorted by date, with the most recent first. The sub-menu provides a quick view of each program offered by LIFT and our calls for submissions.
Screenwriters Circle – January 15Wednesday 15 January 2025, 19:00 to 19:00The LIFT Screenwriters Circle meets online on the third Wednesday of each month to facilitate skill sharing, supportive critique and moving member scripts from the page to the screen. You must be a current LIFT member to attend this group. No experience is necessary, just a passion for words and images and a dream to one day see them on screen. Thr”… more |
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LIFT co-presents various films at the 2024 Media City Film FestivalMonday 9 December 2024 – Monday 30 December 2024A Black Screen Too by Rhayne Vermette . LIFT co-presents various films at the 2024 Media City Film Festival Media City Film Festival’s 27th edition presents more than 70 films and digital artworks with nearly 50 virtual world premieres over the course of its online celebration: December 9- 30, 2024. Audiences can experience new films, world premier”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Boxcutter” at the Regent Park Film FestivalThursday 28 November 2024, 19:30 to 22:30LIFT co-presents “Boxcutter” at the 2024 Regent Park Film Festival “Boxcutter” Directed by Reza Dahya Opening Night Film Thursday, November 28, 2024 Starts at 7:30pm Ada Slaight Hall, 585 Dundas Street East After his laptop is stolen, an aspiring rapper goes on a quest across the gentrifying streets of Toronto to recover his music in time for a pot”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Fathers and Sons” at the European Union Film FestivalSaturday 23 November 2024 – Tuesday 17 December 2024LIFT co-presents “Fathers and Sons” at the 2024 European Union Film Festival “Fathers and Sons” (Vaders en zonen) Directed by Jörgen Scholtens In-Person: Friday, November 22, 2024 Starts at 6:00pm Alliance Française Spadina Theatre, 24 Spadina Road Online: Streaming December 1 to 17, 2024 In this absurdist tale of arrested development, you’ll meet”… more |
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LIFT announces Finnish Visiting Artist Paola Fernanda Guzmán FigueroaTuesday 15 October 2024 – Saturday 15 February 2025Photo by Renata Mohamed LIFT ANNOUNCES FINNISH VISITING ARTIST PAOLA FERNANDA GUZMÁN FIGUEROA Toronto, November 7, 2024—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Colombian-Finnish artist Paola Fernanda Guzmán Figueroa has joined us from Helsinki, Finland as a visiting artist from October 15, 2024 to Februar”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “If You Ask Me” at RendezVous with MadnessFriday 1 November 2024 – Monday 11 November 2024LIFT co-presents “If You Ask Me” at the 2024 Rendezvous with Madness Festival In-Person: Friday, November 1, 2024 5:30pm Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue Various Tickets Rates Streaming online: November 4 – 11 (available in Canada) For the eighth consecutive year, “If You Ask Me (IYAM)” has supported emerging filmmakers with lived mental health a”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “A Man Imagined” at RendezVous with MadnessSunday 27 October 2024 – Monday 11 November 2024LIFT co-presents “A Man Imagined” at the 2024 Rendezvous with Madness Festival In-Person: Sunday, October 27, 2024 5:00pm CAMH Auditorium, 1025 Queen Street West Various Tickets Rates Streaming online: November 4 – 11 (available in Canada) Pushing at the limits of non-fiction cinema, “A Man Imagined” is a bracingly intimate and hallucinatory portra”… more |
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Call for Proposals: Digital Cinema Residency 2025Friday 18 October 2024 – Monday 4 November 2024THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR PROPOSALS: DIGITAL CINEMA RESIDENCY 2025 Toronto, October 18, 2024—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is seeking applications from emerging filmmakers and artists between the age of 18 and 30 for a Digital Cinema Residency. The residency will run full-ti”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Latin Canadian Shorts” at aluCineFriday 18 October 2024, 20:00 to 22:00“Short Stories” by Gustavo Cerquera Benjumea LIFT co-presents “Off The Meun” Latin Canadian Shorts at 2024 aluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival aluCine continues its cherished tradition of showcasing the finest in new Latin Canadian cinema! Locally Sourced Short Films, this vibrant program highlights the creativity of Latin filmmakers in Canada”… more |
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Screening with 2024 BAICC Resident Brenda BoyerWednesday 16 October 2024, 19:00 to 19:30THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) SCREENING WITH 2024 BAICC RESIDENT BRENDA BOYER Toronto, October 14, 2024—Join LIFT in person on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 7:00pm to see a presentation by the Spanish filmmaker Brenda Boyer. Boyer is the current resident in the eighth edition of the BAICC Residencias Artísticas Internacio”… more |