Programming

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

LIFT OUT LOUD April Feature Reading The LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO presents A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest Moderator SEMI CHELLAS (The Eleventh Hour, The Life Before This, Picture Claire) Featuring SHIFT written by Vincent Shiao ** DATE CHANGE FOR APRIL READING ** Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Time: 7:00 pm Admission: $5.00 Location: XPACE, 58 Os”… more

SCREENWRITERS’ CIRCLE LIFT’s Screenwriters’ Circle Next Meeting: September 2008 Location: To be determined More details to be posted once they are confirmed. All LIFT Members interested in writing for the screen are invited to attend the writers group meeting. No experience is necessary, just a passion for words and images and a dream to one day see them on screen. The”… more

LIFT OUT LOUD February Shorts Reading The LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO presents LIFT OUT LOUD: February Reading A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest Moderator TBA STUDENT LIFT OUT LOUD Scripts to be announced ** NEW DATE FOR FEBRUARY READING ** Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Time: 7:00 pm Admission: $5.00 Location: XPACE, 58 Ossington Avenue (just north”… more

LIFT OUT LOUD December Shorts Reading The LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO presents LIFT OUT LOUD: December Reading A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest Moderator TBA FAMILY TIES Two short screenplays for the holiday season PUSHING DONALD written by Anthony Wong THE AUCTION written by Gloria Kim Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 Time: 7:00 pm Admission: $5.00 L”… more