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) Congratulations to LIFT Members in Festival of Fringe Film!The Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film in Durham, Hanover is on it’s way! The festival runs from August 2-12, 2007. Congratulations to the following current LIFT members who are part of this year’s showcase: Larissa Fan’s COMING + GOING John Price’s FIRE #3 Check out Festival of Fringe Film’s website for more information regarding tickets and times:”… more |
LIFT OUT LOUD August Script ReadingSaturday 25 August 2007 –The LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO presents LIFT OUT LOUD A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series DRAGON’S BREATH A cop thriller murder mystery written by Stephen Chambers GUEST MODERATOR – MAUREEN DOREY-LUKIE: The LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO presents LIFT OUT LOUD A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series DR”… more |
(LIFT) LIFT Island Screening and Picnic – July 22Sunday 22 July 2007 –Please join us on JULY 22, 2007 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! Featuring games, food, suds, and good times in good company. This is also a great opportunity to meet LIFT’s incoming Director of Operations, Ben Donoghue, w”… more |
(LIFT) Artist-in-Residence Screening: Nicky Hamlyn Films and PhenomenaFriday 27 July 2007 –LIFT and Pleasure Dome Present:Nicky Hamlyn Films and PhenomenaArtist in attendance LIFT and Pleasure Dome Present:Nicky Hamlyn Films and PhenomenaArtist in attendance Witness an evening of films by British avant-garde filmmaker and LIFT artist in residence Nicky Hamlyn. Hamlyn’s mostly silent films are concentrated, focused on the relat”… more |
Generations: True Patriot LoveSunday 1 July 2007 –GENERATIONS: TRUE PATRIOT LOVE is a two-part programme of films and videos that celebrates Canada’s 140th birthday. This programme illustrates the history of Canadian independent cinema and its legacy taken up in works of the present and the future generations of Canadian filmmakers and media artists. GENERATIONS: TRUE PATRIOT LOVE is a two-part pr”… more |
(LIFT) Film is Dead! Long Live Film! at WSFFSunday 17 June 2007 –FILM IS DEAD! LOVE FILM FILM PROGRAM The Worldwide Short Film Festival will be showcasing 17 films from our 25th Anniversary commissioned program FILM IS DEAD! LONG LIVE FILM! This program originally screened at Cinematheque Ontario in November 2006. FILM IS DEAD! LONG LIVE FILM! celebrates film as a dynamic, expressive medium for arti”… more |
LIFT OUT LOUD June 13 – Guest Moderator AMNON BUCHBINDERWednesday 13 June 2007 –The LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO present LIFT OUT LOUD A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest Moderator AMNON BUCHBINDER (Whole New Thing) At the WORLDWIDE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL symposium featuring performances by The SKETCHERSONS BOYFRIEND LATTE written by Mark Sanders and Shannon Beckner CONSCIENCE written by Sam Mukherje”… more |
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(LIFT) LIFT Co-Presentation with ALUCINE: Experimental CanadaSunday 3 June 2007 –Travel across Canada in a dazzling experimental trip. 3 x 16, Marcos Arriaga, 10 minCircumstances, Juana Awad, 4 min Self-Portrait #1, Michele Stanley, 3 minIshnan, Tejpal S. Ajji, 7 minAnonymous, 1855, Madi Piller, 2 minL’Etranger, Madi Piller, 3 minUnfinished Disposal, Andrea Bussmann, 6 minParis Aurora, Michael Toke, 6 min Travel across Canada i”… more |
LIFT OUT LOUD call for scripts for the CFC’s WSFF in JuneWednesday 2 May 2007 –On Wednesday June 13th, LIFT OUT LOUD is proud to announce that we will be doing a reading of short scripts as part of the Canadian Film centre’s World Wide Short Film Festival symposium. If you have a great short screenplay in the works, please submit it for consideration by May 2nd to liftoutloud@lift.on.ca. Many Thanks to everyone fo”… more |
LIFT OUT LOUD April 4 – Guest Moderator KEVIN WHITEWednesday 4 April 2007 –The LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO present LIFT OUT LOUD A Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest Moderator KEVIN WHITE (Corner Gas, This Hour Has 22 Minutes) “THINKING INSIDE THE BOX” two television pilots for discussion AISLE 7 written by Janet Davidson, Tanya Fraser & Linsey Stewart RENTAL STATE written by Brad Hart and Sarah”… more |