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 “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 |
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LIFT announces Round-Up 2023 Screening, presented by MUBIMonday 11 December 2023, 19:00 to 21:00LIFT announces Round-Up 2023 Screening, presented by MUBI November 23, 2023—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) announces the return of the LIFT Round-Up on December 11, 2023 at the Paradise Theatre, 1006c Bloor Street West. For the first time since 2018, we will be hosting an evening of recent works by LIFT’s talented community”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Shorts 3: Stuck” at Regent ParkSunday 26 November 2023, 13:30 to 15:00“Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (Shallots and Garlic)” by Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto LIFT co-presents “Shorts 3: Stuck” at the 2023 Regent Park Film Festival This shorts program introduces us to characters feeling stuck; unable to move forward due to policies, mental health or the pull of familial bonds. Whether they’re navigating the immigration system”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “The Last Temptations of the Belgians” at the European Union Film FestivalThursday 23 November 2023, 18:00 to 20:00LIFT co-presents “The Last Temptations of the Belgians” at the 2023 European Union Film Festival “The Last Temptations of the Belgians” (La dernière tentation des Belges) Directed by Jan Bucquoy In-Person: Thursday, November 23, 2023 Starts at 6:00pm Spadina Theatre, 24 Spadina Road (inside Alliance Française Toronto) Note: The film will NOT be a p”… more |
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LIFT Co-Presents, “Kiss Me Deadly and Lost Highway Double Bill” at Innis Town HallFriday 17 November 2023, 19:00 to 23:00LIFT co-presents “Kiss Me Deadly and Lost Highway Double Bill” as part of CINSSU’s Free Friday Films at Innis Town Hall We are delighted to be co-presenting a DOUBLE FEATURE of Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and Lost Highway (1997) with the UofT Cinema Studies Student Union at this week’s Free Friday Films at Innis Town Hall. “Kiss Me Deadly” is a 1955 film”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Reel Ideas 2023 – Building Forces: The Director Producer Relationship” at Reel AsianTuesday 14 November 2023, 16:00 to 18:00LIFT co-presents “Reel Ideas 2023 – Building Forces: The Director Producer Relationship” at the 2023 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival LIFT is proud to be a Community Supporter of Reel Ideas 2023’s “Building Forces: The Director Producer Relationship” panel Last fall, the DOC Institute invited creative producers to reimagine a document”… more |