Screenings and Exhibitions
LIFT presents occasional screenings and exhibitions of work in Toronto and beyond. We also regularly co-present screenings and exhibitions with other organizations to support an engaged and rigorous media-arts ecology. We can assist hundreds of films each year but without venues and distributors to help them reach the public this work doesn’t have the life it deserves. We our fortunate to live in a city with over 100 film festivals each year, numerous year round programmers and dozens of galleries showing media arts.
For inquiries regarding presentation and co-presentation opportunities please contact us.
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LIFT co-presents “Latin Canadian Shorts” at aluCineFriday 18 October 2024, 20:00 to 22:00“Short Stories” by Gustavo Cerquera Benjumea LIFT co-presents “Off The Meun” Latin Canadian Shorts at 2024 aluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival aluCine continues its cherished tradition of showcasing the finest in new Latin Canadian cinema! Locally Sourced Short Films, this vibrant program highlights the creativity of Latin filmmakers in Canada”… 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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Call for Submissions: Workshop Wrap-Up 2024Friday 19 July 2024 – Tuesday 6 August 2024THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: WORKSHOP WRAP-UP 2024 July 19, 2024—Submissions for the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) Workshop Wrap-Up 2024 are now open! We are accepting films for an upcoming evening of new films, experiments, works in progress, and excerpts inspired b”… more |
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Open Screening – Summer 2024Tuesday 23 July 2024, 19:00 to 21:30July 9, 2024 THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES OPEN SCREENING – SUMMER 2024 Join us on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 in the Main Classroom at the LIFT facility for our Summer Open Screening. A program of new films, experiments, found footage and works in progress accumulated from our recent call for submissions. There will”… 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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LIFT co-presents “Local Heroes” at Inside OutThursday 30 May 2024, 18:45 to 20:45This Light is My Birthplace by Shaun Soutar LIFT co-presents Local Heroes at 2024 Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival Toronto is the backdrop of this eclectic collection of films telling tales of friendship, community, and mushroom-laced chaos. In-Person: Thursday, May 30, 2024 Starts at 6:45 pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 1, 350 King Street West Digi”… 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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LIFT co-presents “My Dad’s Tapes” at Hot DocsThursday 2 May 2024 – Friday 3 May 2024. LIFT co-presents My Dad’s Tapes at the 2024 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival My Dad’s Tapes Dir. Kurtis Watson In-Person: Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 2:00pm Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema 506 Bloor Street West Friday, May 3, 2024 at 2:00pm TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 2 350 King Street West On August 9, 2006, Leonard Watson dropped off his”… more |
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Open Screening – Spring 2024Friday 19 April 2024, 19:00 to 21:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES OPEN SCREENING – SPRING 2024 April 5, 2024—Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Friday, April 19, 2024 in the Main Classroom at the LIFT facility (located at 1137 Dupont) for our Spring 2024 Open Screening. A program of new films, experiments, found footage”… more |
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Call for Submissions: Open Screening – Spring 2024Friday 22 March 2024 – Friday 12 April 2024March 22, 2024 THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: OPEN SCREENING – SPRING 2024 UPDATE – Submissions are now closed! We have reached our time limit for the event. The Call for Submissions for the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) Spring 2024 edition of the Open Screening is now”… more |