The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is happy to announce that registration for our Summer 2022 hybrid workshop season is now live. This season will consist of both in-person and online workshops, which will be delivered through Zoom. All of our courses will be taught by our experienced roster of industry instructors. You can register for our hybrid classes on our website here: https://lift.ca/workshop-registration/
Join Chicago Film Archives for the 10th Annual Media Mixer, featuring the world premieres of three new works commissioned by Chicago Film Archives, each created by Chicago media artists and musicians using footage from CFA's collections.
Step aside Dogme 95. Audios Mumblecore. Low cost technology has freed a new wave of international filmmakers to tell personal stories in radical ways. These “bedroom filmmakers” use camera phones, web cams, household items and intense creativity to create beautiful images and stories that go beyond realism- embracing fantasy, surrealism and even horror. On July 10th, Take Your Medicine and Smile Productions is showcasing the best of these new auteurs in a single night of shorts from around the world.
In his groundbreaking four-part work Parallel (2012-14), Harun Farocki explores the realm of video game design, particularly in its conception and creation of virtual worlds. With his characteristically probing, philosophical perspective, Farocki reveals and ponders the myriad ways in which these designed environments connect to or depart from our own individual and collective understanding of the actual world we inhabit. Through Farocki’s lens, video game design, as a practice of digital cosmogony, reveals itself as both a tool of the imagination and, inevitably
Real time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise, accompanied by Ken Field's ethereal and cinematic improvisations on saxophone with looping electronics. An evening of street grids, rivers, islands, and curiosities from the built environment. Saturated colors. Glitches in crowdsourced data. Orphaned information and free-floating symbology.
