Calls for Submissions

This is list of LIFT’s calls for submissions from all categories, starting with the most recent.

 

Call for Submissions: Workshop Wrap-Up 2024

Friday 19 July 2024 – Tuesday 6 August 2024

THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: WORKSHOP WRAP-UP 2024 July 19, 2024—Submissions for the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) Workshop Wrap-Up 2024 are now open! We are accepting films for an upcoming evening of new films, experiments, works in progress, and excerpts inspired b”… more

Call for Submissions: Open Screening – Summer 2024

Wednesday 3 July 2024 – Tuesday 16 July 2024

July 3, 2024 Updated July 4, 2024 THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: OPEN SCREENING – SUMMER 2024 The Call for Submissions for the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) Summer 2024 edition of the Open Screening is now open! We are accepting films for an upcoming evening of new fil”… more

Call for Applicants: LIFT and imagineNATIVE 18th annual Mentorship Program – Extended

Thursday 23 May 2024 – Tuesday 16 July 2024

May 23, 2024 Updated: July 15, 2024 LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2024 ANNUAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM All Indigenous Filmmakers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) with an original idea for a 16mm short film! Celebrating 20 years of supporting Independent Indigenous Film, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is partnering up with Liaison of Independent Filmm”… more

Call for Submissions: Open Screening – Spring 2024

Friday 22 March 2024 – Friday 12 April 2024

March 22, 2024 THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: OPEN SCREENING – SPRING 2024 UPDATE – Submissions are now closed! We have reached our time limit for the event. The Call for Submissions for the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) Spring 2024 edition of the Open Screening is now”… more

Call for Proposals: Digital Cinema Residency 2024 – Extended

Friday 15 December 2023 – Monday 15 January 2024

THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR PROPOSALS: DIGITAL CINEMA RESIDENCY 2024 Toronto, December 15, 2023 (Updated January 8, 2024)—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is seeking applications from emerging filmmakers and artists between the age of 18 and 30 for a Digital Cinema Residency. The”… more

Call for Proposals: Expanding North Residency Program

Wednesday 13 December 2023 – Monday 22 January 2024

THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES CALL FOR PROPOSALS: “EXPANDING NORTH” RESIDENCY PROGRAM WITH LIFT, BALTIC ANALOGUE LAB, FILMVERKSTADEN and POLAR FILM LAB Toronto, December 13, 2023 (Updated January 4, 2024)—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce its participation in the colla”… more

LIFT Announces Call for Submissions for Members’ Round-Up 2023, presented by MUBI – Extended

Friday 13 October 2023 – Monday 13 November 2023

LIFT ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR MEMBERS’ ROUND-UP 2023, Presented by MUBI Toronto, October 13, 2023 (revised November 9)—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) announces the return of the LIFT Round-Up. For the first time since 2018, LIFT will be hosting an evening of recent works by our diverse and talented membership on M”… more

Friday, August 18 – Open Screening


July 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

Call for Applications: BAICC International Artist Residency Program 2023 – Extended

Thursday 11 May 2023 – Sunday 18 June 2023

Call for Applications: BAICC International Artist Residency Program 2023 with LIFT, (S8) Mostra Internacional de Cinema Periférico and Acción Cultural Española-AC/E In 2017, the first International Artistic Residencies for Cinematographic Creation (BAICC), were launched, promoted by the (S8) International Peripheral Film Festival of A Coruña. This”… more

Call for Applicants: LIFT and imagineNATIVE 18th annual Mentorship Program – Final Extension

Tuesday 13 December 2022 – Friday 10 February 2023

December 13, 2022 Revised February 3, 2023   LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2023 ANNUAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Call for applicants in Toronto Are you an Indigenous filmmaker with a great idea for a 5-minute 16mm short? The LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship program welcomes you to explore 16mm filmmaking through the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto”… more