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.
(LIFT) Artist-in-Residence Screening: Nicky Hamlyn Films and PhenomenaFriday 27 July 2007 –LIFT and Pleasure Dome Present:Nicky Hamlyn Films and PhenomenaArtist in attendance LIFT and Pleasure Dome Present:Nicky Hamlyn Films and PhenomenaArtist in attendance Witness an evening of films by British avant-garde filmmaker and LIFT artist in residence Nicky Hamlyn. Hamlyn’s mostly silent films are concentrated, focused on the relat”… more |
Generations: True Patriot LoveSunday 1 July 2007 –GENERATIONS: TRUE PATRIOT LOVE is a two-part programme of films and videos that celebrates Canada’s 140th birthday. This programme illustrates the history of Canadian independent cinema and its legacy taken up in works of the present and the future generations of Canadian filmmakers and media artists. GENERATIONS: TRUE PATRIOT LOVE is a two-part pr”… more |
(LIFT) Film is Dead! Long Live Film! at WSFFSunday 17 June 2007 –FILM IS DEAD! LOVE FILM FILM PROGRAM The Worldwide Short Film Festival will be showcasing 17 films from our 25th Anniversary commissioned program FILM IS DEAD! LONG LIVE FILM! This program originally screened at Cinematheque Ontario in November 2006. FILM IS DEAD! LONG LIVE FILM! celebrates film as a dynamic, expressive medium for arti”… more |
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(LIFT) LIFT Co-Presentation with ALUCINE: Experimental CanadaSunday 3 June 2007 –Travel across Canada in a dazzling experimental trip. 3 x 16, Marcos Arriaga, 10 minCircumstances, Juana Awad, 4 min Self-Portrait #1, Michele Stanley, 3 minIshnan, Tejpal S. Ajji, 7 minAnonymous, 1855, Madi Piller, 2 minL’Etranger, Madi Piller, 3 minUnfinished Disposal, Andrea Bussmann, 6 minParis Aurora, Michael Toke, 6 min Travel across Canada i”… more |
(LIFT) LIFT Member John Price: Cinematheque Ontario ShowcaseWednesday 25 April 2007 –INTERMITTENT MOVEMENT – Films by John Price As part of Cinematheque Ontario’s FREE SCREEN INTERMITTENT MOVEMENT – Films by John Price As part of Cinematheque Ontario’s FREE SCREEN “John Price is one of Canada’s most gifted and versatile independent filmmakers. While creating an oeuvre of diaristic musings and exte”… more |
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(LIFT) New Directions: I HAVE NO MEMORY OF MY DIRECTION by MIDI ONODERASaturday 28 October 2006 –LIFT’S NEW DIRECTIONS IN CINEMA & REEL ASIAN ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL PRE-FESTIVAL PRESENTATION OF I HAVE NO MEMORY OF MY DIRECTION by MIDI ONODERA LIFT’S NEW DIRECTIONS IN CINEMA & REEL ASIAN ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL PRE-FESTIVAL PRESENTATION OF I HAVE NO MEMORY OF MY DIRECTION by MIDI ONODERA The Liaison of Independent Filmma”… more |
New Directions in Cinema: RESERVATION Xer films by Shelley NiroFriday 12 May 2006 –NEW DIRECTIONS IN CINEMA presents: RESERVATION Xer films by Shelley Niro The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival presents a series of films by Shelley Niro. NEW DIRECTIONS IN CINEMA presents: RESERVATION Xer films by Shelley Niro The Liaison of Independent Fi”… more |
NEW DIRECTIONS IN CINEMA presents: Elle Flanders & Christina BattleFriday 27 January 2006 –The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s NEW DIRECTIONS IN CINEMA presents: Two innovative filmmakers in one evening:Bird On A Wire – projections by ELLE FLANDERS and music by Marilyn Lerner Memories of Moments From Here and There – selected works by CHRISTINA BATTLE The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s NE”… more |
NEW DIRECTIONS IN CINEMA presents: Christina BattleFriday 27 January 2006 –The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s NEW DIRECTIONS IN CINEMA presents: MEMORIES OF MOMENTS FROM HERE AND THERESelected works by Christina Battle Experimental filmmaker CHRISTINA BATTLE presents in the same evening “Memories of Moments From Here and There” — a series of recent works plus three new works projected in 16mm”… more |
The Outsider: Sami van ingenFriday 25 November 2005 –NEW DIRECTIONS IN CINEMA & Pleasure Dome presents: INTROSPECTIVE VISION The Works of Sami van Ingen (In Person) A co-presentation with Pleasure Dome It is a great pleasure to welcome Sami van Ingen back to Toronto for a retrospective of his recent films during his artist residency at LIFT. Despite living in Finland, Sami van Ingen has deep root”… more |