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 – September 19Wednesday 18 September 2024, 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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Workshop Wrap-Up Screening – Summer 2024 – POSTPONEDWednesday 14 August 2024, 19:00 to 20:30August 8, 2024 Updated on August 13, 2024 THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES WORKSHOP WRAP-UP SCREENING – SUMMER 2024 Join us on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 in the Main Classroom at the LIFT facility for our Summer Workshop Wrap-Up Screening. A program of new films, experiments, found footage and works in progress accu”… more |
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Call for Submissions: Workshop Wrap-Up 2024Friday 19 July 2024 – Tuesday 6 August 2024THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: WORKSHOP WRAP-UP 2024 July 19, 2024—Submissions for the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) Workshop Wrap-Up 2024 are now open! We are accepting films for an upcoming evening of new films, experiments, works in progress, and excerpts inspired b”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “I❤U s” at Vector FestivalThursday 11 July 2024 – Saturday 10 August 2024LIFT co-presents I❤U at the 2024 Vector Festival “I❤U” Exhibition Featuring artworks by Kenzie Housego Curated by Evangeline Y Brooks July 11 – August 10, 2024 LIFT lobby 1137 Dupont Street The installation is available to view outside of LIFT office hours from the Dupont Street address. Kenzie Housego’s series I❤U explores contemporary courtship b”… more |
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Open Screening – Summer 2024Tuesday 23 July 2024, 19:00 to 21:30July 9, 2024 THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES OPEN SCREENING – SUMMER 2024 Join us on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 in the Main Classroom at the LIFT facility for our Summer Open Screening. A program of new films, experiments, found footage and works in progress accumulated from our recent call for submissions. There will”… more |
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Screening with 2024 Expanding North Residency Resident Niya Ahmed AbdullahiThursday 18 July 2024, 19:00 to 20:30July 4, 2024 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents: MEDITATIONS ON HOME SCREENING WITH 2024 EXPANDING NORTH RESIDENCY RESIDENT NIYA AHMED ABDULLAHI Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Thursday, July 18, 2024, at 7:00 pm with a screening of four works from our Expanding North Residency Re”… more |
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Call for Submissions: Open Screening – Summer 2024Wednesday 3 July 2024 – Tuesday 16 July 2024July 3, 2024 Updated July 4, 2024 THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: OPEN SCREENING – SUMMER 2024 The Call for Submissions for the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) Summer 2024 edition of the Open Screening is now open! We are accepting films for an upcoming evening of new fil”… more |
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Call for Applicants: LIFT and imagineNATIVE 18th annual Mentorship Program – ExtendedThursday 23 May 2024 – Tuesday 16 July 2024May 23, 2024 Updated: July 15, 2024 LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2024 ANNUAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM All Indigenous Filmmakers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) with an original idea for a 16mm short film! Celebrating 20 years of supporting Independent Indigenous Film, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is partnering up with Liaison of Independent Filmm”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Local Heroes” at Inside OutThursday 30 May 2024, 18:45 to 20:45This Light is My Birthplace by Shaun Soutar LIFT co-presents Local Heroes at 2024 Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival Toronto is the backdrop of this eclectic collection of films telling tales of friendship, community, and mushroom-laced chaos. In-Person: Thursday, May 30, 2024 Starts at 6:45 pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 1, 350 King Street West Digi”… more |
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Screening with 2024 Expanding North Resident Anette GelleinFriday 3 May 2024, 19:00 to 20:30April 23, 2024 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents: DYKE DREAMS + LOVE AND GREED AND PAIN AND LUST SCREENING WITH 2024 EXPANDING NORTH RESIDENT ANETTE GELLEIN Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Friday, May 3, 2024, at 7:00 pm with a screening of two works from our Expanding North Resi”… more |