Artists in Residence and Visiting Artists
Last Updated: July 19, 2022
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LIFT offers a select number of international residencies each year depending on funding from the artists’ local country. The time ranges from 4 – 6 weeks for individual production residencies for artists from outside Canada. LIFT’s international residency program focuses on the production of analogue film-based works with equipment and facilities to which the artist would not have access in their local region. Artists are expected to be at an established point in their practice (although not necessarily working predominantly with film). Applicants must also consider what they would bring to the Toronto community in terms of community collaboration, teaching, artist talks and/or presentation activities—these engagements are a critical part of each residency offered by LIFT.
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Any inquiries can be sent to director@lift.on.ca
Subject Heading: LIFT Residency Inquiry – First and Last Name
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LIFT co-presents “Shorts: Local Heroes” at Inside OutThursday 29 May 2025, 19:00 to 22:00LIFT co-presents “Shorts: Local Heroes” at the 2025 Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival “Shorts: Local Heroes” Various Directors Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 7:00pm TIFF Lightbox 1 350 King Street West Toronto takes over the screen! From healing journeys and tender friendships to zombie apocalypses and cat-sitting gone wrong, this program repres”… more |
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LIFT Digital Cinema Residency – 2025 Announcement. THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE 2025 LIFT DIGITAL CINEMA RESIDENCY RECIPIENTS NOOR KHAN AND KURTIS WATSON Toronto, May 20, 2025—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Noor Khan and Kurtis Watson were the 2025 Digital”… more |
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Film Performance with Visiting Artist Paola Fernanda Guzmán FigueroaFriday 28 February 2025, 19:30 to 22:00. February 19, 2024 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) present GENERATIONAL TRACES: FILM PERFORMANCE WITH VISITING ARTIST PAOLA FERNANDA GUZMÁN FIGUEROA Join us in experiencing a live 16mm film performance by Visiting Artist Paola Fernanda Guzmán Figueroa, in collaboration with Sound Artist Magda Arturo. This performance comple”… more |
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LIFT announces Finnish Visiting Artist Paola Fernanda Guzmán FigueroaTuesday 15 October 2024 – Saturday 15 February 2025Photo by Renata Mohamed LIFT ANNOUNCES FINNISH VISITING ARTIST PAOLA FERNANDA GUZMÁN FIGUEROA Toronto, November 7, 2024—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Colombian-Finnish artist Paola Fernanda Guzmán Figueroa has joined us from Helsinki, Finland as a visiting artist from October 15, 2024 to Februar”… more |
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Call for Proposals: Digital Cinema Residency 2025Friday 18 October 2024 – Monday 4 November 2024THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR PROPOSALS: DIGITAL CINEMA RESIDENCY 2025 Toronto, October 18, 2024—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is seeking applications from emerging filmmakers and artists between the age of 18 and 30 for a Digital Cinema Residency. The residency will run full-ti”… more |
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Screening with 2024 BAICC Resident Brenda BoyerWednesday 16 October 2024, 19:00 to 19:30THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) SCREENING WITH 2024 BAICC RESIDENT BRENDA BOYER Toronto, October 14, 2024—Join LIFT in person on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 7:00pm to see a presentation by the Spanish filmmaker Brenda Boyer. Boyer is the current resident in the eighth edition of the BAICC Residencias Artísticas Internacio”… more |
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LIFT announces the 2024 BAICC Resident – Brenda BoyerTuesday 3 September 2024 – Wednesday 23 October 2024Photo by Renata Mohamed . THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE 2024 BAICC RESIDENT BRENDA BOYER Toronto, October 9, 2024—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to welcome Spanish filmmaker Brenda Boyer as the current resident in the eighth edition of the BAICC Residencias Artísticas Inter”… more |
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Screening with 2024 Expanding North Residency Resident Niya Ahmed AbdullahiThursday 18 July 2024, 19:00 to 20:30July 4, 2024 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents: MEDITATIONS ON HOME SCREENING WITH 2024 EXPANDING NORTH RESIDENCY RESIDENT NIYA AHMED ABDULLAHI Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Thursday, July 18, 2024, at 7:00 pm with a screening of four works from our Expanding North Residency Re”… more |
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Screening with 2024 Expanding North Resident Anette GelleinFriday 3 May 2024, 19:00 to 20:30April 23, 2024 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents: DYKE DREAMS + LOVE AND GREED AND PAIN AND LUST SCREENING WITH 2024 EXPANDING NORTH RESIDENT ANETTE GELLEIN Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Friday, May 3, 2024, at 7:00 pm with a screening of two works from our Expanding North Resi”… more |
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Expanding North Residency Program – 2024 AnnouncementFriday 1 March 2024 – Friday 31 May 2024THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE 2024 LIFT “EXPANDING NORTH” RESIDENCY RECIPIENTS Toronto, March 1, 2024—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Niya Abdullahi (Canada) and Anette Gellein (Norway) are the selected residents of our “Expanding North” Residency, which run”… more |