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” program at Inside OutThursday 24 May 2012 –LIFT co-presents at the 2012 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival. Inside Out’s annual sold-out celebration of the homo heroes of Hogtown features an eclectic and entertaining mix of emerging and established talent that exemplifies why Toronto the Good remains great when it comes to queer art. LIFT co-presents at the 2012 In”… more |
LIFT’s Cameraless Filmmaking Workshop with Media City Film Festival at the Art Gallery of WindsorSunday 29 April 2012 –CAMERALESS FILMMAKINGSaltmarche-McLaughlin-Haworth Studio CAMERALESS FILMMAKINGSaltmarche-McLaughlin-Haworth StudioArt Gallery of Windsor In partnership with the 18th edition of Media City Film Festival and the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) will present a free afternoon class in cameraless 16mm”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column” at Hot DocsFriday 27 April 2012 –LIFT co-presents at the 2012 Hot Docs Feature film, She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column Dir. Kevin Hegge LIFT co-presents at the 2012 Hot Docs Feature film, She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column Dir. Kevin Hegge Screening with The Man that Got Away Dir. Trevor Anderson For more information see hotdocs.ca”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “On Screen: Right Ascension” at the Images FestivalSaturday 14 April 2012 –Towards a Vanishing Point by Chris Kennnedy Calling attention to systems through which we construct our sense of geospatial and spectatorial positioning, works in this program navigate considerations of the experience and representation of space. Towards a Vanishing Point by Chris Kennnedy Calling attention to systems through which”… more |
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30 x 30: Newly Commissioned Works Screen at AGO Jackman HallThursday 19 January 2012 –Stills from Larissa Fan’s “The tide goes in, the tide goes out” and Jean-Paul Kelly’s “A Minimal Difference” In celebration of three decades of filmmaking the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)has commissioned thirty Canadian film veterans and emerging voices to make new works originating onor in the spirit of Super 8mm”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “The Uprooted” at imagineNATIVESaturday 22 October 2011 –The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), along with Worldwide Short Film Festival and ACTRA Toronto, co-presents at the 2011 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), along with Worldwide Short Film Festival and ACTRA Toronto, co-presents at the 2011 im”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Alternative Landscapes” at Planet in FocusSaturday 15 October 2011 –The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), along with Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Toronto, Worldwide Short Film Festival, and Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, co-presents at the 2011 Planet in Focus: International Environmental Film a”… more |
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Tension vs. Meditation: Contemporary Japanese AnimationFriday 5 August 2011 –Varfix by Kotaro Tanaka As part of his summer 2011 residency at LIFT Tomonari Nishikawa will present a program of contemporary Japanese animation curated for this residency. Varfix by Kotaro Tanaka As part of his summer 2011 residency at LIFT Tomonari Nishikawa will present a program of contemporary Japanese animation curated for th”… more |
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Feminist Art Gallery + LIFT co-present “New and Lesser Known Works” by Alison S. M. KobayashiWednesday 27 July 2011 –Feminist Art Gallery + LIFT co-present Feminist Art Gallery + LIFT co-present New and Lesser Known Works Alison S. M. Kobayashi www.asmk.ca A video screening and artist talk including early works and rarely seen videos by Alison S. M. Kobayashi such as; Eat Your Words and Period 4L,”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Footed Tadpoles” at Shinsedai 2011Saturday 23 July 2011 –The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) andthe Shinsedai Cinema Festival 2011 co-presents Footed Tadpoles ( 脚の生えたおたまじゃくし)Dir. Tomoya Maeno脚の生えたおたまじゃくし (Ashi no haeta otamajakushi)2009, 76 minutes Synopsis: The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) andthe Shinsedai Cinema Festival 2011 co-presents”… more |