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.

 
May The Waves Rise From Its Floor

Fall 2018 Studio Immersion Program – May The Waves Rise From Its Floor with Matthieu Hallé

Friday 7 December 2018 –

FALL 2018 STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM MAY THE WAVES RISE FROM ITS FLOOR WITH MATTHIEU HALLÉ May The Waves Rise From Its Floor is an ambitious audio-visual performance created by artist Matthieu Hallé. The performance is the culmination of years spent developing a unique practice of using candlelight as a medium to create spontaneous visual imagery, an”… more

Benjamin Ramírez Pérez and Stefan Ramírez Pérez – Goethe-Institut / LIFT Residency November 2018

Thursday 1 November 2018 –

LIFT AND THE GOETHE-INSTITUT TORONTO ANNOUNCE BENJAMIN RAMÍREZ PÉREZ and STEFAN RAMÍREZ PÉREZ NOVEMBER 2018 RESIDENCY Toronto, November 15, 2018—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and the Goethe-Institut Toronto are pleased to announce Benjamin Ramírez Pérez and Stefan Ramírez Pérez (Cologne) as our 2018 Goethe-LIFT Artists-in-“… more

LIFT co-presents “Ad Hoc #14: Abraham Ravett in Person” at PIX FILM Gallery

Tuesday 6 November 2018 –

Ad Hoc #14: Abraham Ravett in Person with his Films Presented by the Ad Hoc Collective Co-presented with LIFT and PIX FILM Supported by Living Arts For the past forty years, Abraham Ravett has been an independent filmmaker, photographer and educator. He was born in Poland, raised in Israel and the USA. His films have been screened internationally i”… more

LIFT Round-Up 2018

Monday 29 October 2018 –

Katanga by Robert Mentov The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to present ROUND-UP 2018 Toronto, October 15, 2018—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce the LIFT Round-Up 2018, a screening of films made by LIFT members in last year. LIFT is a member-driven, charitable organization”… more

LIFT co-presents “Bird of Prey” program at Planet in Focus

Saturday 27 October 2018 –

LIFT co-presents “Bird of Prey” at the 2018 Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival In this testament to ardent wildlife filmmaking, Bird of Prey follows renowned photographer and cinematographer Neil Rettig as he, once again, travels to the old-growth forests of the Philippines to witness the Great Philippine Eagle. Along the nearly insurmount”… more

Call for Proposals: Tout-Monde: Markham

Tuesday 2 October 2018 –

Photo credit: City of Markham CALL FOR PROPOSALS TOUT-MONDE: MARKHAM October 2, 2018—Elegoa Cultural Productions and the Varley Art Gallery of Markham present the commission of 6 projects to Toronto and GTA filmmakers and visual artists to be presented in an exhibition in the fall of 2019. Deadline for proposals is November 9, 2018. “The poetic of”… more

LIFT co-presents “Departures” program at aluCine

Friday 5 October 2018 –

Traje de luces/Suit of lights by Franci Duran LIFT co-presents “Departures” (Latin and Canadian Experimental Films) at the 2018 aluCine Toronto Latin Film + Media Arts Festival. Welcome to the best of the Latin-Canadian experimental cinema. The Latin-Canadians’ view has been shaped by their ancestors’ culture, but they also see the world through th”… more

Matthieu Hallé – Fall 2018 Studio Immersion Program

Wednesday 5 September 2018 –

LIFT AND PIX FILM ANNOUNCE RESIDENT IN THE 2018 STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM—MATTHIEU HALLÉ Toronto, September 5, 2018—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and PIX FILM is pleased to announce that Ottawa-based filmmaker Matthieu Hallé is now in residence as a filmmaker in the 2018 edition of the Studio Immersion Program, supported by”… more

LIFT co-presents “Light + Synthesisers + Electronics” – Screening and Workshop

Wednesday 8 August 2018 –

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), PIX FILM and InterAccess co-presents Light + Synthesisers + Electronics SONIC LUZ Performance by Vienna Artists NOID & KLAUS FILIP Wednesday, August 8, 2018 Starts at 8:30pm OPTOSONIC Workshop Thursday, August 9, 2018 6pm – 10pm Must pre-registration for workshop at infopixfilm(at)gmail.c”… more

LIFT co-presents “Transpose: Works from the AgX Film Collective”

Saturday 14 July 2018 –

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), PIX FILM and Ad Hoc Collective co-presents Transpose: Works from the AgX Film Collective A program of selected films from the Boston-based AgX Collective on the theme of transposing, shifting and dispersing as in a memory or recollected experience. Program curated by Anto Astudillo, Susan DeL”… more