Artists in Residence and Visiting Artists
Last Updated: May 13, 2026
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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.
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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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Residency Proposals and Inquiries should include:
– First and Last Name
– Name, phone number and email of filmmaker
– Location of city and country where filmmaker’s home base is
– Description of proposed project and exact request of support from LIFT
– Detailed timeline
– Detailed budget
– Website/Portfolio of work (if applicable)
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Please allow 4 to 8 weeks for an evaluation of your proposal, depending on its complexity and current workload.
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IMPORTANT:
Support letters from LIFT for individuals’ project grant applications will not be provided until a contract regarding the proposed project has been approved and signed by both parties.
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Any inquiries can be sent to director@lift.ca
Subject Heading: LIFT Residency Inquiry – First and Last Name
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Yuiko Matsuyama – Spring 2006 Artist in ResidenceThursday 20 April 2006 –LIFT’ s 2006 Artist in ResidenceYUIKO MATSUYAMA Yuiko Matsuyama was born in EHIME Japan in 1972. She studied at TSUDA College, where her major was social psychology. She began making film works in 1997. Yuiko lives in Tokyo. She has been at LIFT for the past month as part of her at residency and will be showcasing her new film ISLAND at”… more |
Martha Colburn Residency InterviewTuesday 28 September 2004 –Like Taking a Group of Zombie Pack-Mules Over a Mountain: A Conversation with Martha Colburn By Roberto Ariganello Like Taking a Group of Zombie Pack-Mules Over a Mountain: A Conversation with Martha Colburn By Roberto Ariganello Martha Colburn, the queen of defiled filmmaking and bastardized animation, begins an artist residency at L”… more |
Lee Krist – Artist in Residence 2004 and Artist TalkWednesday 19 May 2004 –In today’s transforming landscape of motion picture film Lee Krist’s a cinematic artist committed to hedonistically indulging in the vast tapestry of photographic emulsion. For the past eight years Krist has created experimental films that specialize in hand processing techniques. Currently he is an artist in residence at LIFT, where he has b”… more |