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.

 

LIFT co-presents “Mixed Shorts: Local Heroes” program at Inside Out

Thursday 28 May 2015 –

 Midnight at the Continental by Sonya Reynolds and Lauren Hortie  LIFT co-presents at the 2015 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival. Toronto the Good proves to be Toronto the Fab-u-lous with Inside Out’s annual showcase of locally produced short films, which highlight the diversity and talent of Hogtown’s homos.   Mid”… more

Impermanent Collections, Temporary Occupations, and Other Gatherings – NRATI

Saturday 9 May 2015 –

As part of Impermanent Collections, Temporary Occupations, and Other Gatherings, a solo exhibition of the work of Maggie Groat at the Rodman Hall Arts Centre, she will be selecting texts from the Rodman Hall library, working with the material of the institution itself to engender a critical reflection on the shifting terrain of its existence. Maggi”… more

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2015 Mentorship Announcement

Thursday 16 April 2015 –

 2015 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Jaene Castrillon   2015 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Jaene Castrillon Toronto, April 16, 2015—imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Toronto-based Indigenous Colombian artist Jaene”… more

LIFT co-presents “Deux Jours, Une Nuit (Two Days, One Night)” at Mayworks

Tuesday 5 May 2015 –

   LIFT co-presents Deux Jours, Une Nuit (Two Days, One Night)at the 2015 Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts Deux Jours, Une Nuit (Two Days, One Night)Dirs. Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne     LIFT co-presents Deux Jours, Une Nuit (Two Days, One Night)at the 2015 Mayworks Festival of Worki”… more

LIFT co-presents “Transatlantic” at Hot Docs

Friday 24 April 2015 –

    LIFT co-presents Transatlanticat the 2015 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival TransatlanticDir. Felix Dufour-Laperrière Friday April 24 @ 5:00 PM, Scotiabank Theatre 3Saturday April 25 @ 4:00 PM, Scotiabank Theatre 7 In August 2013, brothers Félix, Nicolas and Gabriel Dufour-Laperriè”… more

Andrea Fraser’s “Performance or Enactment” as selected by Martha Wilson – NRATI

Thursday 16 April 2015 –

As part of the 28th annual Images Festival, this salon will feature Andrea Fraser’s essay “Performance or Enactment” as selected by Martha Wilson. Martha Wilson in attendance. As part of the 2015 Images Festival, Wilson will be participating in performance artist Jess Dobkin’s How Many Performance Artists Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb (For Ma”… more

LIFT co-presents “The Kalampag Tracking Agency” program at Images Festival

Friday 10 April 2015 –

 The Retrochronological Transfer of Information by Tad Ermitano LIFT co-presents the The Kalampag Tracking Agency programat the 2015 Images Festival  The Retrochronological Transfer of Information by Tad Ermitano LIFT co-presents the The Kalampag Tracking Agency programat the 2015 Images Festival Curators: Merv Espina, Shir”… more

LIFT co-presents “Fantasmas Cromáticos” program at aluCine

Friday 3 April 2015 –

   Vadi-Samvadi by Claudio Caldini LIFT co-presents the Fantasmas Cromáticos program    Vadi-Samvadi by Claudio Caldini LIFT co-presents the Fantasmas Cromáticos programat the 2015 aluCine Toronto Latin Film + Media Arts Festival FANTASMAS CROMÁTICOSTHE FILMS OF CLAUDIO CALDINI Claudio Caldini in At”… more

…a container for mere possibilities that have not yet happened… – NRATI

Monday 23 March 2015 –

“…a container for mere possibilities that have not yet happened, a body in a state of becoming through time, or a structure for the expression of time as it moves both forwards and backwards at once.” Co-facilitated by Jacob Korczynski, Kim Simon and cheyanne turions As part of “…a container for mere possibilities that have not yet happened, a body”… more

LIFT announces Argentinean Visiting Artist Claudio Caldini

Thursday 5 March 2015 –

    THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT)ANNOUNCES ARGENTINEAN VISITING ARTIST CLAUDIO CALDINI     THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT)ANNOUNCES ARGENTINEAN VISITING ARTIST CLAUDIO CALDINIToronto, March 5, 2015—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is ple”… more