Volunteering is a great way to meet people, get involved in your community, see movies and damn it, feel good! There are many ways you can volunteer your time and your skills to Inside Out:
Office Worker Bees: Provide admin support to our tiny hard-working office team. Tasks include data entry, mailing, filing, organising, writing etc. Generally shifts only available Mon-Fri during office hours.
Programming: Assist the programming team with inputting and organising submissions and dubbing tapes. Mon-Fri during office hours.
Special Events: Help out at year-round screenings and special events: ushering, ticket-taking, setting-up, postering, guest list and generally lending a hand.
For every four hour shift you volunteer, you will receive one regular screening voucher for the upcoming Festival.
Theatres: Be in the action! Help out our Front-of-House team manage the queer crowds in and out of the theatres. Tasks include ticket-taking, ushering, handing out ballots and line management.
Parties/Special Events: Social butterfly? Help out at our Festival parties with guest list, set-up, serving and security.
Driving: If you have a valid drivers license and access to a car you can help us pick-up and drop-off guests of the Festival to and from the airport.
Billeting: Do you have a spare bed/room/house to offer a visiting filmmaker? Help us make our guests feel welcome by providing a homestay.
All Festival volunteers MUST attend an orientation session. Orientation sessions take place at the end of April, early May of the Festival year. Check back in March for more information.
For every four hour shift you volunteer during the Festival, you will receive:
If you're interested in YEAR-ROUND volunteering click here to fill out our online application form. We will contact you shortly based on your availability.Please feel free to contact Carla for more information at 416-977-6847 or or festival@insideout.ca