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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STRATEGIES OF THE MEDIUM II: PAINTED LIGHTSaturday 11 July 2009 –The screening will be preceded by the LIFT Summer BBQ, from 6:00PM – 8:00PM in the parking lot behind Cinecycle. Meet and mingle with filmmakers and LIFT members, while partaking of cool drinks and grilled munchies. SCREENING: The screening will be preceded by the LIFT Summer BBQ, from 6:00PM – 8:00PM in the parking lot behind Cinecycle. Meet”… more |
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LIFT and Inside Out 2009 co-presentation: HALF-LIFETuesday 19 May 2009 –Half-Life by Jennifer Phang35mm, 106 mins., 2008 Half-Life by Jennifer Phang35mm, 106 mins., 2008 It takes a while to sort out how the characters are connected to each other in Jennifer Phang’s ambitious feature-length debut, but that’s okay-the characters in this psychological drama are having a hard time figuring it out themselves. Set”… more |
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LIFT Monthly Viewing: History and MemorySunday 26 April 2009 –The LIFT monthly viewing is a new social event intended to get LIFT members talking about diverse approaches to filmmaking. During the workshop season, the last Sunday of each month will be devoted to screening and discussing a selection of work from the library of the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) and elsewhere. This is an excell”… more |
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LIFT and Images Festival Co-presentation: Live 6: Feedback LoopFriday 10 April 2009 –Live 6: Feedback LoopBryant / Migone / Parant / Lemieux and Ben Russell A double bill of cinema beyond the screen featuring 16mm projection performances by Ben Russell and Karl Lemieux. Russell (who is currently the Visiting Artist in Residence at LIFT) will present The Black and White Gods, which revisits a clip from his own film”… more |
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LIFT Monthly Viewing: Documentary and AuthenticitySunday 29 March 2009 –The LIFT monthly viewing is a new social event intended to get LIFT members talking about diverse approaches to filmmaking. During the workshop season, the last Sunday of each month will be devoted to screening and discussing a selection of work from the library of the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) and elsewhere. This is an excell”… more |
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LIFT Monthly Viewing: February 2009 ScreeningSunday 22 February 2009 –The LIFT monthly viewing is a new social event intended to get LIFT members talking about diverse approaches to filmmaking. During the workshop season, the last Sunday of each month will be devoted to screening and discussing a selection of work from the library of the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) and elsewhere. This is an excell”… more |
LIFT Co-Presentation at Reel Asian: RecollectionsThursday 13 November 2008 –RECOLLECTIONSReel Asian Youth ProgrammePresenting Sponsor: Canwest, Community Partner: LIFT Youth Shorts PresentationThursday, November 13, 20081:00 PMNFB Cinema, 150 John Street (at Richmond St W) Focusing on lovely familiar moments as well as personal hardships, four filmmakers explore the uncertainties of memory using tangible “a”… more |
LIFT Co-Presentation at Regent Park “Night Equals Day” November 2008Wednesday 5 November 2008 –Regent Park Film and Video Festival – OUTDOOR PROJECTIONSOutdoor night film and video installations projected on Regent Park buildings by Jason J. Brown and Adrian Blackwell will be on display throughout the festival. Regent Park Film and Video Festival – OUTDOOR PROJECTIONSOutdoor night film and video installations projected on Regent Park b”… more |
LIFT Co-Presentation at imagineNATIVE: Into The Look Glass – Experimental Shorts ProgramThursday 16 October 2008 –Into The Look Glass – Experimental Shorts ProgramCo-Presented by LIFT Name that Movie, Jenny Fraser (DigiBeta, 10 min, 2007, Australia)Based on cues and excerpts from popular films, this interactive trivia game invites the audience to “name that movie”, while deconstructing nine colonization techniques through the lens of mainstream cinema.”… more |
LIFT’s Ward’s Island 2008 BBQ and Screening – July 2008Saturday 12 July 2008 –LIFT’S ANNUAL WARD’S ISLAND SCREENING & PICNIC Top up your tan in good company! Don’t miss LIFT’s Annual Ward’s Island Picnic and Screening! LIFT’S ANNUAL WARD’S ISLAND SCREENING & PICNIC Top up your tan in good company! Don’t miss LIFT’s Annual Ward’s Island Picnic and Screening!IMPORTANT emergency community meeting to organize f”… more |