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 “back home” at Rendezvous with MadnessFriday 27 October 2023, 18:30 to 20:30LIFT co-presents “back home” at the 2023 Rendezvous with Madness Festival “back home” Directed by Nisha Platzer “back home” follows the filmmaker’s pursuit to get to know her older brother, Josh, twenty years after he took his own life. As she connects with the friends who knew him best as a teen, a complex portrait emerges. Through intimate recoll”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Nuked” at Planet in FocusSunday 22 October 2023, 18:30 to 21:03LIFT co-presents “Nuked” at 2023 Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival The fallout of the nuclear testing during the past century had severe consequences. For the people of Bikini Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands, the repercussions of detonating 67 nuclear bombs on their island during the Cold War continues today, leaving mass conta”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Attila” at Rendezvous With Madness FestivalTuesday 10 October 2023, 19:00 to 22:00LIFT co-presents “Attila” at a special presentation part of Workman Arts’ 2023 Rendezvous With Madness Festival Canadian filmmaker Stephen Hosier focuses the lens of his feature debut uncomfortably close to home as he joins his childhood friend, Richard Csanyi, in investigating the life and death of the latter’s twin brother, Attila. Found dead on”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Latin Canadian Program” at aluCineFriday 6 October 2023, 20:30 to 22:30Beating Like Her Drum by Dayme Arocena and Pablo Dewin LIFT co-presents Latin Canadian Program at 2023 aluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival aluCine continues its yearly tradition of showcasing the best in new Latin Canadian cinema! This short film program features works from emerging filmmakers in Canada. It is a space where Latin filmmakers in”… more |
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LIFT announces “Transformations: A Cross Generational Commissioning Project” – In-person Screening and VODThursday 21 September 2023, 19:00 to 21:00Image Credit: Luísa Cruz and Jorge Manzano, CIRCADIAN VERSES (2023) . Transformations: A Cross Generational Commissioning Project In-person Screening and VOD September 1, 2023—In 2021 the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) celebrated its 40th anniversary as an artist-run organization. Toronto has changed wildly over the past four”… more |
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Friday, August 18 – Open ScreeningJuly 26, 2023 Call for Submissions: Open Screening Join the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) on Friday, August 18, 2023 in the Main Classroom at LIFT (1137 Dupont) for our Summer Open Screening, an evening of oddball films, experiments, found footage and works in progress. UPDATE – Submissions are now closed! We have reached our”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Bageroo Program #1 and “Bageroo Program #3” at the8FestFriday 28 July 2023 – Saturday 29 July 2023“kauaʻi ʻōʻō” by Samy Benammar . LIFT co-presents “Bageroo Program #1” and “Bageroo Program #3″ at the8fest Small Gauge Film Festival 2023 Bageroo Program #1: We Were, We Are, We Will Be Friday, July 28, 2023 Starts at 8:00pm In this shorts program, filmmakers reflect on themselves, their surroundings, and others around them. These shorts recall th”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Local Heroes” at Inside OutThursday 1 June 2023, 18:45 to 20:45September 10th by Tasneem Nanji . LIFT co-presents Local Heroes at 2023 Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival From raves to resistance, this collection of shorts highlights the work of local queer storytellers making films that explore the multitudes this city has to offer. In-Person: Thursday, June 1, 2023 Starts at 6:45 pm TIFF Bell Lightbox”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Veranada” at Hot DocsThursday 27 April 2023 – Tuesday 9 May 2023. LIFT co-presents Veranada at the 2023 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Veranada Dir. Dominique Chaumont In-Person: Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 8:45pm TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 4 350 King Street West Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 11:45am Scotiabank Theatre, Cinema 7 259 Richmond Street West Streaming online: Streaming is only avai”… more |
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LIFT co-presents Rhayne Vermette at Media CityMonday 9 January 2023 – Monday 30 January 2023Domus by Rhayne Vermette Media City Film Festival presents THOUSANDSUNS CINEMA: Indigenous Edition virtual January 9 – 30, 2023 LIFT is proud to co-present the works of Rhayne Vermette at THOUSANDSUNS CINEMA. All films in the program will stream for FREE on MCFF’s website at https://mediacityfilmfestival.com/thousandsuns/rhayne-vermette THOUSANDSUN”… more |