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 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 |
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Sally Walker-Hudecki – Winter 2018 Studio Immersion ProgramThursday 14 December 2017 –LIFT AND PIX FILM ANNOUNCES THE THIRD RESIDENT IN THE STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM—SALLY WALKER-HUDECKI Toronto, December 14, 2017—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and PIX FILM is pleased to announce that local filmmaker Sally Walker-Hudecki (aka Sally Cinnamon) is now in residence as our third filmmaker in the new Studio Immersi”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “German Competition/Deutscher Wettbewerb From the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen”Friday 15 December 2017 –German Competition / Deutscher Wettbewerb from the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen Presented by the PIX FILM Gallery, in co-presentation with the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) History, Migration, architecture, the National Socialist Underground: The works from the 2017 German Competition presented in this program,”… more |
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Fall 2017 Studio Immersion Program – 80 seconds in TorontoWednesday 29 November 2017 –FALL 2017 STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM EXHIBITION – “80 SECONDS IN TORONTO” Opening reception: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 from 6:00pm – 9:00pm Open daily: November 30 – December 4, 2017 from 12noon to 7:00pm 80 seconds in Toronto is a studio exhibition by Andreas Wutz, which includes a mixed media installation of 16mm film, 35mm slides, text footage,”… more |