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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LIFT co-presents “Redacting Bodies: Local Shorts Program” at Images FestivalThursday 19 April 2018 –Stroke by Wang Weibin LIFT co-presents Redacting Bodies: Local Shorts Program at the 2018 Images Festival Co-presented in partnership with Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), MANO-RAMO and the8fest Curated by Alexandra Gelis If redaction is a process of editing documents, in which the removal of sensitive information is typically r”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “FROM A TO Z ” – Screening and Exhibition in ViennaFriday 20 April 2018 –Poster by Madi Piller and Daniel Browne The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) co-presents FROM A TO Z Film screening and Exhibition in Vienna April 20, 2018 Screening at Blickle Kino at Belvedere21 7pm – 9pm Arsenalstraße 1, 1030 Wien April 21, 2018 Exhibit at Setzkasten and Zwischendecke 7pm Hernalser Hauptstraße 29/4 and 31, 117″… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Toronto: Back and Forth” at Society for Cinema and Media StudiesThursday 15 March 2018 –The Big Adventure by Colin Strayer Society for Cinema and Media Studies’ (SCMS) 2018 Conference York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, SCMS’ CinemArts Scholarly Interest Group and Experimental Film and Media Scholarly Interest Group, York University’s Graduate Film Student Association, The City Institute at York Univ”… more |
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LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2018 Mentorship AnnouncementFriday 16 February 2018 –2018 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Natasha Naveau TORONTO, February 16, 2018—The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Toronto-based artist Natasha Naveau is the recipient of the 14th annual LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship. Natasha was raised in Mat”… more |
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LIFT announces the inaugural BAICC Resident – Tono MejutoTuesday 13 February 2018 –LIFT ANNOUNCES THE INAUGURAL BAICC RESIDENT TONO MEJUTO TORONTO, February 13, 2018—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to welcome Spanish filmmaker Tono Mejuto as the inaugural resident of the BAICC Residencias Artísticas Internacionales de Creacion Cinematográfica, a collaboration between the (S8) Mostra Internaciona”… more |
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Call for Submissions: LIFT and PIX FILM Studio Immersion Program 2018Friday 9 February 2018 –CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS LIFT and PIX FILM STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM 2018 Thematic: Hybrid Models of Filmmaking TORONTO, February 9, 2018—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and PIX FILM are seeking applications for a new Studio Immersion Program in 2018. We are looking for applications from International and Canadian artists to re-t”… more |
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Call for Submissions: Goethe-LIFT Filmmaker Residency 2018 – Extended DeadlineWednesday 7 February 2018 –CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: GOETHE-LIFT FILMMAKER RESIDENCY 2018 *** Extended Deadline: Monday, March 12, 2018 at 10am EST *** TORONTO, February 7, 2018—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and the Goethe-Institut Toronto are seeking applications from German national or German resident artists for 4 – 6 week individual production resid”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “It’s All Fun & Games Until Somebody Breaks a Rule” program at the 8 FestFriday 26 January 2018 –Disney Attraction Highlights Nº 1 by Stanley Sunday a.k.a. David Domingo a.k.a. Davidson LIFT co-presents at the 8 Fest 2018 It’s All Fun & Games Until Somebody Breaks a Rule Curated by Cameron Moneo The works in this programme demonstrate the humour that often arises when we play together—and when we don’t abide by the rules. From spontaneous”… more |
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LIFT Debuts Films from Artist Commission: The Madvo CollectionTuesday 23 January 2018 –3 Dreams of Horses by Mike Hoolboom LIFT DEBUTS EIGHT COMMISSIONED FILMS MADE FROM THE MADVO COLLECTION Toronto, January 12, 2018—In 2014, the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto received a donation of a 200-reel collection of the films and outtakes of local documentary filmmaker Jacques Madvo. Madvo travelled the world from the 1960s to t”… more |
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Winter 2018 Studio Immersion Program – Presentation with Sally Walker-HudeckiThursday 11 January 2018 –WINTER 2018 STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM PRESENTATION WITH SALLY WALKER-HUDECKI Join us for a free public presentation with artist Sally Walker-Hudecki, related to her residency for the LIFT and PIX FILM Winter 2018 Studio Immersion program. Sally will demonstrate her CineVinyl Record-Jector (her protoype record player / Super 8mm film projector), desc”… more |