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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Redmond Entwistle – Fall 2009 Artist in ResidenceThursday 1 October 2009 –New York City based artist Redmond Entwistle was LIFT’s Fall 2009 artist in residence. During his six -week stay in Toronto Redmond created a new 16mm film project Satellite with LIFT. Satalllite was premiered October 17th, 2009 at Gallery TPW. Jacob Korczynski produced an essay to accompany the presentation of Satellite that can be downloade”… more |
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Redmond Entwistle – Fall 2009 Artist in Residence – Screening at TPWSaturday 17 October 2009 –Redmond Entwistle – Satellite Satellite is co-presented by Pleasure Dome and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto Gallery TPW is pleased to co-present a new work by Redmond Entwistle, the third event in conjunction with the Gallery TPW series You Had To Be There. Redmond Entwistle – Satellite Satellite is co-pres”… more |
Lost Secrets of the Royal – In Production for November 2011Friday 1 April 2011 –Beginning in 2007 LIFT and the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival began discussions towards realizing a commissioning project producing new work from LIFT’s large collection of 35mm Hong Kong films from the 1970s and 80s. In 2009 festival Artistic Director Heather Keung and LIFT Executive Director Ben Donoghue developed a commissioning”… more |
LIFT OUT LOUD April 13 – Guest Moderator Chris SheasgreenWednesday 13 April 2011 –LIFT OUT LOUD, A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading SeriesWith Guest Moderator Chris Sheasgreen (Less Than Kind) with a one hour television pilot for discussion LIFT OUT LOUD, A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading SeriesWith Guest Moderator Chris Sheasgreen (Less Than Kind) with a one hour television pilot for discussion Pipeline written by Brandon”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “On Screen 3: Stone and salt and stars and skin” at the Images FestivalSunday 3 April 2011 –“What is substance?” This question, asked in Samatha Rebello’s film, echoes through all of the works in this program. Basic elements of stone, salt, stars and skin are not always what they seem, and time and perception can transform the most immutable objects into something new. For more information see: http://imagesfestival.com/index.p”… more |
Artist Talk: Beatrice Gibson – No Reading After the InternetFriday 8 April 2011 –As a special No Reading After the Internet edition of Talk to the Pie, filmmaker Beatrice Gibson has been invited to select a reading in conjunction with the presentation of her film The Future’s Getting Old Like the Rest of Us. As a special No Reading After the Internet edition of Talk to the Pie, filmmaker Beatrice Gibson has been invited t”… more |
Mark Twain’s War Prayer – No Reading After the InternetFriday 1 April 2011 –Featuring Mark Twain’s War Prayer, complimented by ideas from Fernando Solanas + Octavio Getino, Susan Sontag and Howard Zinn Facilitated by John Gianvito and cheyanne turions As part of the 2011 Images Festival, filmmaker John Gianvito has been invited to select a reading in conjunction with the presentation of his film Vapor Trail (Clark).”… more |
Martha Colburn – Fall 2004 Artist in Residence ScreeningWednesday 27 October 2004 –LIFT and Pleasure Dome presents – Collage Collisions – Recent Films by Martha Colburn (In Person) LIFT and Pleasure Dome presents – Collage Collisions – Recent Films by Martha Colburn (In Person) Friday, October 29, 2004 8:00 pm $5 @ Cinecycle, 129 Spadina AvenueMartha Colburn, the queen of defiled hand coloured collage animation, makes a triumphan”… more |
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Cinema and Disjunction at Cinematheque OntarioMonday 27 October 2008 –The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to present Adrian Blackwell’s “Night Equals Day” and Daniel Young and Christian Giroux’s “Every Building, Or Site, That a Building Permit Has Been Issued for a New Building in Toronto in 2006.” These two new 35mm architectural films form the initial parts of LIFT’s “Cinema and Disju”… more |
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imagineNATIVE and LIFT announce 2011 Mentee, Susan BlightSaturday 1 January 2011 –imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that interdisciplinary artist Susan Blight, from the Couchiching First Nation, has been selected for the 7th annual LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship. This annual mentorship was developed to offer an Indigenous artist t”… more |