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-presentation at imagineNATIVE 2009 – NON COMPLIANCEThursday 15 October 2009 –Co-presented with LIFT and the Images FestivalFeaturing: Soldier Toys – 2008, Canada, 1 min, Beta SP, World PremiereDirector: Christiana LathamDrumming out a poignant message, this film’s painterly construction leaves the viewer with traces of imagery that lingers not only in the cornea but also in the mind. Co-presented wit”… more |
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NIGHT EQUALS DAY, 2008/2009 at Nuit BlancheSaturday 3 October 2009 –Originated as part of LIFT’s “Cinema and Disjunction” commissioned project by Adrian Blackwell Film InstallationFilmed in Regent Park from sunrise to sunset on October fourth 2008, “Night Equals Day” is being projected in City Hall’s council chambers from sunset to sunrise one year later. Originated as part of LIFT’s “Cinema and Disjunct”… more |
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LIFT and Toronto Palestine Film Festival co-present: Shorts ProgrammeWednesday 30 September 2009 –Toronto Palestine Film Festival – Non-Stereotypical Cinema from Palestine – TPFF WSFF and LIFT presents a programme of shorts: ARAFAT & I – Mahdi Fleifel | 2008 | 15 min | Fiction | UK | Canadian PremiereA comedy about Marwan, a Palestinian in love, and Lisa, the girl he’s going to marry. He thinks everything about her is perfect -“… more |
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LIFT Cinema and Disjunction at EXIS2009 Festival in Seoul, KoreaSaturday 12 September 2009 –Adrian Blackwell’s “Night Equals Day” and Daniel Young and Christian Giroux’s “Every Building, Or Site, That a Building Permit Has Been Issued for a New Building in Toronto in 2006” are being screened in Korea as part of EXiS2009 (Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul). These two silent 35mm architectural films form the initial parts of the”… more |
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Strategies of the Medium III: In The Dark – Alex MacKenzie in PersonSaturday 10 October 2009 –PERFOMATIVE SCREENING: IN THE DARK – “the wooden lightbox: a secret art of seeing”Cinematic live performance by Alex MacKenzie – Co-presented with Pleasure DomeIn this performative screening, LIFT continues with its medium-specific programming series to explore work produced through chemical manipulation in the lab. Alex MacKenzie’s “the wood”… more |
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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 |