Programming

Call for Submissions: LIFT Round-Up 2015 (Extended) Friday 27 November 2015 –    LIFT ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSLIFT ROUND-UP 2015     LIFT ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSLIFT ROUND-UP 2015 November 5, 2015—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) announces its Call for Submissions for Round-Up 2015. LIFT is a member-driven non-profit organization that provides affordable acces”… more

Creating Organic Developer Recipes with Roger D. Wilson – Fall 2015 Sunday 29 November 2015 –   Creating Organic Developer RecipesFall 2015 Workshop with Roger D. Wilson Enrolment limit: 4 Pre-registration is required.Register by phone with a credit card (416.588.6444) or in person with cash/debit/credit at LIFT during office hours (Monday – Friday, 10am – 6pm).    Creating Organic Developer RecipesFall 20″… more

LIFT co-presents Black Radical Imagination 2015 in Toronto Wednesday 25 November 2015 –  Swimming in Your Skin Again by Terence Nance The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is proud to co-presentTHE BLACK RADICAL IMAGINATION 2015  Swimming in Your Skin Again by Terence Nance The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is proud to co-presentTHE BLACK RADICAL IMAGINATION 2015 Wednesd”… more

LIFT co-presents “Reimagining Home” Shorts program at Regent Park Film Festival Friday 20 November 2015 –  The Home Promised   LIFT co-presents at the 2015 Regent Park Film Festival.”Reimagining Home” Shorts program   The Home Promised   LIFT co-presents at the 2015 Regent Park Film Festival.”Reimagining Home” Shorts program Stories about understanding the spaces we inhabit, move around in and belong to”… more

LIFT co-presents “Eight” at Rendezvous with Madness Tuesday 10 November 2015 –   LIFT co-presents at the 2015 Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival. EightDirected by Peter Blackburn   LIFT co-presents at the 2015 Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival. EightDirected by Peter Blackburn As it does for most people, Sarah’s day begins with the sound of the bedside alarm. But that’s where the simi”… more

LIFT co-presents “Solar Flares” program at imagineNATIVE Friday 16 October 2015 –  A Celebration of Darkness LIFT co-presents at the 2015 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.Solar Flares: Experimental Program    A Celebration of Darkness LIFT co-presents at the 2015 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.Solar Flares: Experimental Program  Performative, conceptual, poetic and self-r”… more

Interim Measures – NRATI Saturday 19 September 2015 –      As part of Interim Measures, an exhibition curated by Denise Ryner and featuring the work of Chris Lee, Brady Cranfield and Jamie Hilder, this salon will feature texts selected by the artists and curator that explore the visible and invisible relationships that link financial deregulation and commodity money systems to conv”… more

Forged Ways: Films and Videos by Ephraim Asili Wednesday 5 August 2015 –  American Hunger, 2013   American Hunger, 2013  The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to present Forged Ways: Films and Videos by Ephraim Asili  Visiting Artist Ephraim Asili in attendance   Program:Excerpts from Points on A Space Age (2009, video, approx. 8 min.)Forged Ways (2011, 16m”… more

LIFT announces American Visiting Artist Ephraim Asili Monday 27 July 2015 –    THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT)ANNOUNCES AMERICAN VISITING ARTIST EPHRAIM ASILI      THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT)ANNOUNCES AMERICAN VISITING ARTIST EPHRAIM ASILI   Toronto, July 27, 2015 (revised)—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is”… more

LIFT co-presents “International Program 4” at Media City Film Festival Friday 31 July 2015 –  Communing by Helga Fanderl LIFT co-presents the International Program 4at the 2015 Media City Film Festival  Program:  Communing by Helga Fanderl LIFT co-presents the International Program 4at the 2015 Media City Film Festival  Program:A Set of Miniatures by Jonathan SchwartzNew York Near Sleep for Saskia by Peter Hut”… more