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 OUT LOUD April 4 – Guest Moderator Jeremy BoxenWednesday 4 April 2012 –The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents:LIFT OUT LOUDA Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest ModeratorJEREMY BOXEN (Cra$h & Burn) Feature Screenplay for discussionScript by Adam Revesz The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents:LIFT OUT LOUDA Bi-Monthly Screenplay”… more |
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Women Game Players, Characters and Creators – NRATIWednesday 14 March 2012 –LIFT and Bento Miso present LIFT and Bento Miso present No Reading After the Internet: Women Game Players, Characters and Creators with texts selected by Jennie Faber Facilitated by Jennie Faber and cheyanne turions The creation and consumption of video games has long been seen as the domain of men and boys. Women and girl gamers”… more |
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Excerpts from “Bring the Noise,” Inside the White Cube” and “The Emancipated Spectator” – NRATIWednesday 7 March 2012 –LIFT and the Gendai Gallery present LIFT and the Gendai Gallery present No Reading After the Internet: excerpts from Bring the Noise, Inside the White Cube and The Emancipated Spectator, selected in conjunction with the main Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (mMOCCA) The main Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (mMOC”… more |
LIFT OUT LOUD: Call for Feature Scripts for April ReadingTuesday 28 February 2012 –LIFT’s popular screenplay reading series LIFT OUT LOUD is currently looking for feature length screenplays for our LIFT OUT LOUD reading in April. Please submit them as either a PDF or Word document by Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 to: E-mail: liftoutloud(at)gmail.com Subject Heading: LIFT OUT LOUD April 2012 Submission Please note: To”… more |
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Thomas Bernhard’s “The Voice Imitator: 104 Stories” as selected by Barbara Sternberg – NRATIWednesday 22 February 2012 –Image credit: Barbara Sternberg, in the nature of things, 16mm, 2011. LIFT and Pleasure Dome present No Reading After the Internet: Thomas Bernhard’s The Voice Imitator: 104 Stories as selected by Barbara SternbergBarbara Sternberg in attendance In conjunction with Pleasure Dome’s world premiere presentation of Barbara Ste”… more |
LIFT OUT LOUD Feb 16 – Guest Moderator Gina DineenThursday 16 February 2012 –LIFT OUT LOUD February presents:A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest Moderator GINA DINEEN (Bravo!FACT) LIFT OUT LOUD February presents:A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest Moderator GINA DINEEN (Bravo!FACT) Two Short Screenplays for discussion Scripts by Jayvibha Vaidya and Cody Campanale **”… more |
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LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2012 Mentorship AnnouncementThursday 9 February 2012 –2012 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Tyler Hagan Toronto, February 9, 2012— imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Vancouver raised, Toronto based Métis artist Tyler Hagan is the recipient of the 8th annual LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship. This annual”… more |
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Annie MacDonell’s “Originality and the Avant Garde (On Art and Repetition)” – NRATITuesday 31 January 2012 –Readings inspired by Annie MacDonell’s “Originality and the Avant Garde (On Art and Repetition)” Annie MacDonell in attendance Readings inspired by Annie MacDonell’s “Originality and the Avant Garde (On Art and Repetition)” Annie MacDonell in attendance In conjunction with Mercer Union’s exhibition of Annie MacDonell’s “Ori”… more |
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Call For Applicants: LIFT and imagineNATIVE 8th annual Mentorship ProgramWednesday 25 January 2012 –Do you have a great idea for a 5 minute short film? Explore 16mm filmmaking through LIFT’s workshops, equipment and facilities (other mediums may be employed). Shoot and edit your ideas to film, and see them on screen at the 13th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, which will take p”… more |
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30 x 30: Newly Commissioned Works Screen at AGO Jackman HallThursday 19 January 2012 –Stills from Larissa Fan’s “The tide goes in, the tide goes out” and Jean-Paul Kelly’s “A Minimal Difference” In celebration of three decades of filmmaking the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)has commissioned thirty Canadian film veterans and emerging voices to make new works originating onor in the spirit of Super 8mm”… more |