Programming

ROBERTO ARIGANELLO: A Retrospective and Tribute Friday 7 November 2008 –   Presented by Available Light Screening CollectiveLONG LIVE THE SHORT FILMS OF ROBERTO ARIGANELLO: A Retrospective & Tribute    Presented by Available Light Screening CollectiveLONG LIVE THE SHORT FILMS OF ROBERTO ARIGANELLO: A Retrospective & Tribute  Curated by James Missen for the Available Light Screening”… more

LIFT and Cinematheque Ontario: CINEMA AND DISJUNCTION Monday 27 October 2008 –  The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and Cinematheque Ontario are 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”… more

LIFT OUT LOUD October Shorts Reading The LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO present LIFT OUT LOUD A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest Moderator KAREN WALTON (Ginger Snaps, Eleventh Hour, Queer as Folk) “HEAR NO EVIL” Two disturbing screenplays just in time for Halloween THE DEVIL YOU KNOW by Vicky Peters CORRECTION by Krystyna Hunt ** DATE CHANGE ** Date: Wedne”… more

LIFT OUT LOUD July Feature Reading The LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO present LIFT OUT LOUD A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest Moderator REBECCA SCHECHTER (North of 60, Street Legal, ENG, Little Mosque on the Prairie) UNMASKED written by Peter Scott Vicaire * * DATE CHANGE * * Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 Time: 7:00 pm Admission: $5.00 Location: XPACE,”… more

LIFT’s 2008 Ward’s Island Picnic LIFT’s 2008 Island Picnic Please join us on SATURDAY JULY 12, 2008 for LIFT’S ANNUAL WARD’S ISLAND SCREENING & PICNIC Top up your tan in good company! Don’t miss LIFT’s Annual Ward’s Island Picnic and Screening! Saturday, July 12, 2008 4:00pm – 10:00pm (Screening at dusk) at the Ward’s Island Club House Pay-what-you-can for screening ($5 suggested)”… more

LIFT Workshop Screening and Film Jam Tuesday 10 June 2008 – LIFT WORKSHOP SCREENING AND FILM JAM Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Door at 8:00PM The Cameron House, Back Room 408 Queen Street West (just West of Spadina Avenue)  As LIFT’s Spring-Summer workshop calendar gets underway, here’s your chance to see what the Fall and Winter classes got up to. For the first time ever, LIFT gathers all our recent complete”… more

LIFT Production Support Grant 2008 LIFT’s PRODUCTION SUPPORT GRANT 2008 In an effort to foster independent filmmaking, LIFT has made $16,000 in equipment credits available to eligible Associate and Full members. The funds are intended for production or post-production purposes. A single project can receive a maximum of $2,000 in equipment credits. Filmmakers at all levels of experie”… more

LIFT OUT LOUD: June Shorts Reading The LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO present A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest Moderator KEN FINKLEMAN (The Newsroom) “SMOKE SCREENS” Two short screenplays about deception INTERRUPTED GIRL by Richard Pierre and SPIN by Ran Lewin JUNE LIFT OUT LOUD Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Time: 7:00 pm Admission: $5.00 Location: XPA”… more

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: imagineNATIVE and LIFT Mentorship 2008 imagineNATIVE and LIFT Mentorship 2008, Toronto CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Deadline: May 9, 2008 Click here to download a Call for Proposals as a PDF (124 KB) CALL FOR PROPOSALS – Make a short film for imagineNATIVE ’08! imagineNATIVE and LIFT Mentorship 2008, Toronto CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Deadline: May 9, 2008 Click here to download a Call for Proposal”… more

LIFT Workshop Screening and Film Jam Come and get inspired by LIFT workshop films! TUESDAY JUNE 10 DOORS AT 8 PM As the Spring-Summer workshop calendar kicks off, here’s your chance to see what the Fall and Winter classes got up to. For the first time ever, LIFT gathers all our recent completed workshop films for an evening viewing party. Come and get inspired by LIFT workshop films!”… more