Programming

LIFT co-presents “Journey to Belong” at Mayworks Sunday 30 April 2017 –    LIFT co-presents Journey to Belongat the 2017 Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts     LIFT co-presents Journey to Belongat the 2017 Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts Co-presented with Shameless Magazine, Inside Out: Toronto LGBT Film Festival, Workers’ Action Centre, Alliance Fr”… more

LIFT co-presents “Maison du bonheur” at Hot Docs Wednesday 3 May 2017 –         LIFT co-presents Maison du bonheurat the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Maison du Bonheur Dir. Sofia Bohdanowicz Wednesday May 3 @ 8:45 PM, TIFF Bell Lightbox 4Thursday May 4 @ 10:15 AM, TIFF Bell Lightbox 3 Friday May 5 @ 3:45 PM, TIFF Bell Lightbox 3 In 30 carefu”… more

LIFT announces Danish Visiting Artist Tinne Zenner Monday 10 April 2017 –         LIFT ANNOUNCES DANISH VISITING ARTISTTINNE ZENNER  Toronto, April 20, 2017—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Tinne Zenner has joined us from Copenhagen as a visiting artist from April 10 to May 21, 2017 to work on completing a film that she shot this w”… more

LIFT co-presents “Maison du bonheur” at Hot Docs Wednesday 3 May 2017 –        LIFT co-presents Maison du bonheurat the 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival  Maison du bonheurDir. Sofia Bohdanowicz Wednesday May 3 @ 8:45 PM, TIFF Bell Lightbox 4Thursday May 4 @ 10:15 AM, TIFF Bell Lightbox 3Friday May 5 @ 3:45 PM, TIFF Bell Lightbox 3  In 30 careful”… more

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2017 Mentorship Announcement Wednesday 29 March 2017 – 2017 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Samay Arcentales Cajas Toronto, March 29, 2017—imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Toronto-based Kichwa (Ecuador) artist Samay Arcentales Cajas is the recipient of the 13th annual LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship.”… more

Winter 2017 Studio Immersion Program – Artist Talk with Leslie Supnet Friday 31 March 2017 –    Winter 2017 Studio Immersion Program    Winter 2017 Studio Immersion ProgramArtist Talk with Leslie Supnet  Join us for a free talk with artist Leslie Supnet. Leslie will be discussing her work-in-progress for the LIFT and PIX FILM Winter 2017 Studio Immersion program, as well as her ongoing moving image practi”… more

LIFT co-presents PIX Film’s “A Life Like This” Wednesday 29 March 2017 –   a life like this – moving images from cologneprogrammed by Henning Frederik Malz presented by PIX FILM GALLERY andthe Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)   with works byLena Ditte NissenBenjamin Ramirez PerezSimon RittmeierGonzalo RodriguezJulia Weissenberg   a life like this – moving images from”… more

Leslie Supnet – Winter 2017 Studio Immersion Program Tuesday 7 February 2017 –     LIFT AND PIX FILM ANNOUNCES THE FIRST RESIDENT IN THE STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM—LESLIE SUPNET      LIFT AND PIX FILM ANNOUNCES THE FIRST RESIDENT IN THE STUDIO IMMERSION PROGRAM—LESLIE SUPNET  Toronto, February 7, 2017—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and PIX FILM is p”… more

Call for Applicants: LIFT and imagineNATIVE 13th annual Mentorship Program – EXTENDED Thursday 2 February 2017 –          LIFT and imagineNATIVE 13th annual Mentorship Program: Call for Applicants Toronto, February 2, 2017—Do you have a great idea for a 5-minute short film? Celebrating 13 years of supporting independent Indigenous film, the LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship program welcomes you to explore 16mm filmmaking through”… more

LIFT co-presents “Couples Night” program at the Toronto Black Film Festival Friday 17 February 2017 –   LIFT co-presents at the 2017 Toronto Black Film FestivalCouples NightDirected by Mark Harris    LIFT co-presents at the 2017 Toronto Black Film FestivalCouples NightDirected by Mark Harris When a bored but quirky housewife becomes obsessed with her argumentative neighbors, she starts a Couples Night that sends her mi”… more