Volunteer with us

We are always looking for friendly and reliable candidates to join our volunteer team to help us in representing our fantastic festival. Great volunteers make a great festival. Plus — we like to reward our volunteers with the opportunity to attend some of the screenings for free!

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Unsure? Check out some of the volunteer positions below:

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Duties include:

  • Identifying local community organizations who may be interested in a particular film screening

  • Connecting with local organizations to promote the film/s assigned to you

  • Keeping track of the individuals contacted and their responses

  • Reporting to the outreach coordinator

  • Volunteer hours to be completed in the weeks leading up to the festival

BOX OFFICE

Duties include:

  • Performing an opening count of the cash box, available tickets, and passes

  • Setting up the payment acceptance services and testing to make sure they are in working order

  • Selling tickets at the door and accepting cash/credit payments

  • Completing a closing count and deposit of the cash box, a final tally of the passes accepted and recording the final headcount

FRONT OF HOUSE GREETER

Duties include:

  • Welcoming customers as they arrive at the venue

  • Directing them to the appropriate queue based on their ticketing needs (ex: walk-up purchases, pass scanning, VIPs etc.)

  • Please note: It is preferred that volunteers in this position be confident and comfortable in talking with members of the public

SOCIAL MEDIA VOLUNTEER

Duties include:

  • Reporting to the social media co-ordinator an assisting in preparing content for posting to Facebook, Instagram & Twitter to promote the festival and the films showing

  • Volunteers in this position must be able to present some previous social media work for review

  • This position is not always available so please also choose a backup

MERCH TABLE/ INFO TABLE

Duties include:

  • Doing an opening count of the cash box and available merch items

  • Setting up the payment acceptance services and testing to make sure they are in working order

  • Selling merch items and accepting cash/credit payments

  • Completing a closing count and issuing a deposit of the cash box

  • Collecting emails for our mailing list

THEATER USHER

Duties Include:

  • Aiding festival-goers in getting settled in the theatre if required

  • Collecting ballots at the end of the screening.

  • Volunteers in this position will be required to stay until the end of the screening on their shift

AUDIENCE ATTENDANT

  • Duties Include:

    • Keeping an accurate headcount of film attendees for each screening on shift

    • Stamping attendees for in/out purposes

    • Issuing and collecting questionnaires and ballots

TICKET SCANNER

Duties Include:

  • Greeting festival-goers and accepting/ scanning their passes promptly