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
Call for Submissions: International Artist Residencies 2013/2014Monday 1 April 2013 –February 6, 2013 February 6, 2013 The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is seeking applications from international (non-Canadian) artists for 4–6 week individual production residencies to take place between September 2013 and August 2014. LIFT is an artist-run production and educational media arts organizati”… more |
Sami van Ingen – 2005 Artist in ResidenceTuesday 1 November 2005 –Sami van Ingen is one of the founders of the now defunct but already legendary Helsinki Filmmakers’ Co-op (Helsingin Elokuvapaja). In 1989, a group of young visual artists set up a working space for non-professional but artistically ambitious film production at the former Nokia Cable Factory. Many of the films created at the Filmmakers”… more |
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The Poetics of (Super 8) Filmmaking with Helga FanderlThursday 25 October 2012 –Workshop with LIFT’s Fall 2012 Artist in Residence Helga Fanderl Enrollment: Limit 12 Workshop with LIFT’s Fall 2012 Artist in Residence Helga Fanderl Enrollment: Limit 12 This workshop provides an insight into Helga Fanderl’s specific way of making films and working with them. Based on the screening of a selection”… more |
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Helga Fanderl – Fall 2012 Artist in ResidenceThursday 4 October 2012 –LIFT ANNOUNCES FALL 2012 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE HELGA FANDERL LIFT ANNOUNCES FALL 2012 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE HELGA FANDERL Toronto, October 4, 2012—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) announces that German filmmaker Helga Fanderl has arrived in Toronto to participate in LIFT’s international artist-i”… more |
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The Artist/Filmmaker: Building a Career – Workshop with Kika NicolelaMonday 13 August 2012 –Workshop with LIFT’s Summer 2012 Artist in Residence Kika Nicolela Enrollment: Limit 14 Workshop with LIFT’s Summer 2012 Artist in Residence Kika Nicolela Enrollment: Limit 14 This workshop provides an overview on all the important elements and areas you have to know in order to build your career as a visual artist.”… more |
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LIFT, Jorge Lozano and e-fagia co-present ACTING OUT: Kika Nicolela’s Video Screening and TalkThursday 26 July 2012 –Windmaker Jorge Lozano, e-fagia and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)are pleased to co-presentACTING OUT: Kika Nicolela’s Screening and Talk Introduction by Jorge Lozano Windmaker Jorge Lozano, e-fagia and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)are pleased to co-presentACTING OUT: Kik”… more |
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Kika Nicolela – Summer 2012 Artist in ResidenceMonday 2 July 2012 –LIFT ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2012 ARTIST IN RESIDENCEKIKA NICOLELA LIFT ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2012 ARTIST IN RESIDENCEKIKA NICOLELA Toronto, July 5, 2012—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) announces that Brazilian artist, filmmaker and independent curator Kika Nicolela has arrived in Toronto to participat”… more |
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Processing Black and White Film with Coffee WorkshopWednesday 16 May 2012 –Coffee developer – CAFFENOL (photo Dagie Brundert) Co-presented by LIFT and the Goethe-Institut Toronto Instructed by Dagie Brundert Coffee developer – CAFFENOL (photo Dagie Brundert) Co-presented by LIFT and the Goethe-Institut Toronto Instructed by Dagie BrundertSpring 2012 Goethe / LIFT artist in residence Enrolment lim”… more |
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Ambassadors of Coincidence II: A city walk game with Dagie BrundertSaturday 19 May 2012 –Co-presented by LIFT and the Goethe Institut Toronto Saturday, May 19, 201210am – 5pm Enrolment limited to 5 Free, Advanced registration required Co-presented by LIFT and the Goethe Institut Toronto Saturday, May 19, 201210am – 5pm Enrolment limited to 5 Free, Advanced registration required Presented as”… more |
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Ambassadors of Coincidence I: A city walk game with Dagie BrundertSaturday 12 May 2012 –Co-presented by LIFT and the Goethe Institut Toronto Co-presented by LIFT and the Goethe Institut Toronto Saturday May 12 and Sunday May 13, 2012Both days from 11am – 5pm Enrolment limited to 8 Free, Advanced registration required Ambassadors of Coincidence is a collaborative film production game conceived by Dagie Brun”… more |
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Dagie Brundert – Goethe-Institut / LIFT Residency Spring 2012Wednesday 25 April 2012 –Toronto, April 25, 2012—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and the Goethe-Institut Toronto are pleased to announce Dagie Brundert (Berlin) as the inaugural Goethe-LIFT Artist-in-Residence this May. One of Germany’s most prolific filmmakers working with small format Super 8 film Dagie has produced a wide range of fi”… more |
Tomonari Nishikawa – Summer 2011 Artist in ResidenceWednesday 13 July 2011 –LIFT announced today that Japanese, upstate New York based Tomonari Nishikawa will be in Toronto participating in LIFT’s international artist-in-residence program. This program, aimed at international filmmakers, focuses on the production of film-based works with equipment and facilities to which the artist would not have access in their loca”… more |
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Redmond Entwistle – Fall 2009 Artist in ResidenceThursday 1 October 2009 –New York City based artist Redmond Entwistle was LIFT’s Fall 2009 artist in residence. During his six -week stay in Toronto Redmond created a new 16mm film project Satellite with LIFT. Satalllite was premiered October 17th, 2009 at Gallery TPW. Jacob Korczynski produced an essay to accompany the presentation of Satellite that can be downloade”… more |
Martha Colburn – Fall 2004 Artist in Residence ScreeningWednesday 27 October 2004 –LIFT and Pleasure Dome presents – Collage Collisions – Recent Films by Martha Colburn (In Person) LIFT and Pleasure Dome presents – Collage Collisions – Recent Films by Martha Colburn (In Person) Friday, October 29, 2004 8:00 pm $5 @ Cinecycle, 129 Spadina AvenueMartha Colburn, the queen of defiled hand coloured collage animation, makes a triumphan”… more |
Hangjun Lee – Fall 2010 Artist in ResidenceThursday 21 October 2010 –“The films of Lee Hangjun challenge the viewer to materialize a concept rather than conceptualize material.” “The films of Lee Hangjun challenge the viewer to materialize a concept rather than conceptualize material.”—Kim Gok (South Korean filmmaker) Coming near the end of his month-long production residency at the Liaison of Indep”… more |
Enrico Mandirola – Spring 2011 Artist In ResidenceFriday 4 March 2011 –LIFT Announces Artist Residency with Italian Filmmaker Enrico Mandirola Mandirola in Toronto March 4–April 17 for Instruction, Production and Other Events LIFT Announces Artist Residency with Italian Filmmaker Enrico Mandirola Mandirola in Toronto March 4–April 17 for Instruction, Production and Other Events Toronto, March 5, 2011 – T”… more |
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Nicky Hamlyn – Summer 2007 Artist in ResidenceSunday 1 July 2007 –LIFT summer 2007 artist in residence is Nicky Hamlyn. Hamlyn’s mostly silent films are concentrated, focused on the relationship between camera and place, maker and materials. Subtle shifts in focus, single-frame sequences, or time-lapse photography alter our perception of a tree, a wall, a garden trellis, a shadow, or a reflection. Sp”… more |
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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 |