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 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 |
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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 |
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LIFT co-presents Shorts Programme: “Dysfunctional Destinies” at Toronto Arab FilmSaturday 28 June 2025, 16:00 to 18:00LIFT co-presents Shorts Programme: “Dysfunctional Destinies” at the 2025 Toronto Arab Film Festival Shorts Programme: “Dysfunctional Destinies” Various Directors Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 4:00pm Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Avenue Programme includes: “Blood Ties,” Hakim Atoui “If the sun drowned into an ocean of clouds,” Wissam Charaf “Möbius Loop,” L”… more |
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LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2024 Mentorship AnnouncementThursday 29 August 2024 – Sunday 15 June 20252024 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Kira Doxtator Photo by Renata Mohamed . THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) AND THE IMAGINENATIVE FILM + MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL 2024 MENTORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT Toronto, June 6, 2025—Last fall, the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Shorts: Local Heroes” at Inside OutThursday 29 May 2025, 19:00 to 22:00LIFT co-presents “Shorts: Local Heroes” at the 2025 Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival “Shorts: Local Heroes” Various Directors Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 7:00pm TIFF Lightbox 1 350 King Street West Toronto takes over the screen! From healing journeys and tender friendships to zombie apocalypses and cat-sitting gone wrong, this program repres”… more |
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LIFT Digital Cinema Residency – 2025 Announcement. THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE 2025 LIFT DIGITAL CINEMA RESIDENCY RECIPIENTS NOOR KHAN AND KURTIS WATSON Toronto, May 20, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Noor Khan and Kurtis Watson were the 2025 Digital”… more |