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.
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Call for Proposals: Digital Cinema Residency 2026Wednesday 19 November 2025 – Wednesday 3 December 2025THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR PROPOSALS: DIGITAL CINEMA RESIDENCY 2026 Toronto, November 19, 2025—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”… more |
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LIFT announces Visiting Artist – Luis MacíasSaturday 1 November 2025 – Sunday 30 November 2025THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES VISITING ARTIST LUIS MACÍAS Toronto, November 1, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to welcome Spanish filmmaker Luis Macías as a visiting artist for the month of November. His residency runs from November 1 to 20, 2025 and culminates with a perf”… more |
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Screening with 2025 BAICC Resident Juana RoblesWednesday 29 October 2025 –The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) present A SCREENING WITH 2025 BAICC RESIDENT JUANA ROBLES Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 7:00pm for a screening of works from our BAICC 2025 artist Juana Robles. Juana Robles is an Ireland-based filmmaker, living and working in K”… more |
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LIFT announces the 2025 BAICC Resident – Juana RoblesWednesday 1 October 2025 – Friday 31 October 2025Photo by Renata Mohamed . THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE 2025 BAICC RESIDENT JUANA ROBLES Toronto, October 21, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to welcome Ireland-based Spanish filmmaker Juana Robles as the current resident in the ninth edition of the BAICC Residencias Ar”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “If You Ask Me” at RendezVous with MadnessThursday 30 October 2025, 17:30 to 19:30LIFT co-presents “If You Ask Me” at the 2025 Rendezvous with Madness Festival In-Person: Thursday, October 30, 2025 5:30pm Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue Various Tickets Rates Streaming online: In Ontario from November 3 – 15 For the ninth consecutive year, If You Ask Me (IYAM) has supported emerging filmmakers with lived mental health a”… more |
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BAICC Screening and Performance: Spanish Films Made in Residence at LIFTFriday 3 October 2025, 19:00 to 21:30Image from TORTUGA [pasaje cromático #4 by Brenda Boyer . THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) and THE (S8) MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA PERIFÉRICO present BAICC SCREENING AND PERFORMANCE: SPANISH FILMS MADE IN RESIDENCE AT LIFT Toronto, September 26, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and (S8) Mostra”… more |
Screenwriters Circle – September 17Wednesday 17 September 2025, 19:00 to 19:00The LIFT Screenwriters Circle meets online on the third Wednesday at 7:00pm ET 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 o”… more |
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Open Screening – August 2025Thursday 28 August 2025, 07:00 to 08:30. THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES OPEN SCREENING – AUGUST 2025 August 14, 2025—Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Thursday, August 28, 2025 in the Main Classroom at the LIFT facility (located at 1137 Dupont) for our August 2025 Open Screening. The event is an opportunity to show new fil”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Naked Acts” at Black Gold screening seriesSaturday 16 August 2025, 18:00 to 19:00. LIFT co-presents “Naked Acts” at the 2025 Black Gold screening series “Naked Acts” Directed by Bridgett M. Davis’ Saturday, August 16, 2025 Starts at 6:00pm Paradise Theatre, 1006c Bloor Street West Buy your tickets here “Davis’s film, made at a time when there were few Black women filmmakers, exalts the hard-won breakthrough of self-depiction, o”… more |
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Open Screening – Summer 2025Tuesday 22 July 2025, 19:00 to 21:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES OPEN SCREENING – SUMMER 2025 July 4, 2025—Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 in the Main Classroom at the LIFT facility (located at 1137 Dupont) for our Summer 2025 Open Screening. The event is an opportunity to show new films, audi”… more |