The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (or LIFT) is an artist-run charitable organization based in
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. It provides resources such as classes, production space and discounted production equipment for filmmaking and photography.
Background
''LIFT'' was founded in 1981 by a small collective of independent artists. In 2012, they celebrated their 30th anniversary.
They are funded by and associated with the
Canada Council for the Arts,
Ontario Arts Council
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is a publicly-funded Canadian organization in the province of Ontario whose purpose is to foster the creation and production of art for the benefit of all Ontarians. Based in Toronto, OAC was founded in 1963 by On ...
,
Ontario Arts Foundation
The Ontario Arts Foundation is a non-governmental not for profit organization established in 1991 under the Ontario Corporations Act to encourage and facilitate private giving to the arts in Ontario, Canada. The group is distinct from the Ontario ...
, ''Ontario Trillium Foundation'' and the ''Toronto Arts Council''. The facilities have been used by filmmakers such as
Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan (; hy, Աթոմ Եղոյեան, translit=Atom Yeghoyan; born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Egoyan m ...
,
Bruce McDonald and
Midi Onodera
Midi Onodera is a Japanese-Canadian filmmaker. Onodera's works feature a collage of formats, from 16mm to Hi8 video and digital video to 'low end' digital toy formats, and address individual, collective, national and transnational identities.
...
.
Their facilities are in the vicinity of major media production hubs such as
Ubisoft and ''Wallace Film Studios''. The facilities still have a large focus on traditional
film cinematography and photography as opposed to digital production.
Notable projects
LIFT provided essential support for the development of an animated series based on
Karleen Pendleton Jiménez
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's memoir, ''How to Get a Girl Pregnant.''
References
External links
{{Official Website, www.lift.ca
Culture of Toronto
Organizations based in Toronto
Film organizations in Canada