Thank you to everyone who signed up to volunteer!
We'll continue to share festival and volunteer information
with you via email.
Thanks to the enthusiastic response, we have all
the volunteers needed for the 2007 Festival. If you’d like information
about participating next year, send a blank email to our volunteer info list.
The following information is for reference only: we are no
longer accepting volunteer sign-ups for April 2007. Feel free to contact volunteer
coordinator
Jess Main if you have questions.
The Wisconsin Film Festival invites you to become a Festival
volunteer in 2007. Now in its ninth year, the Festival depends on the
hard work of local volunteers for its success.
Last year, over 125 people — from students to grandparents — volunteered
for the festival. Volunteers helped 26,000 ticket-holders enjoy more than 175
films from around the world and from right here in Wisconsin. Volunteers helped
make the Festival a great experience for audience members and filmmakers and
speakers.
The staff of the Festival is small, and it’s the volunteer teams who keep the theaters running smoothly during the four-day Festival.
- we take tickets
- answer questions
- help people find seats
- get each screening started by coordinating with the theater projectionist
- introduce some films
- assist with panels and Q&A sessions with filmmakers
- do it all over again for the next film in the schedule!
Volunteers work a lot, ideally committing to at least ten hours of volunteering during the Festival.
In exchange, volunteers become a core part of the Wisconsin Film Festival, see some Festival films, meet the filmmakers, and learn how a festival works behind the scenes. It’s also a great way to connect with other volunteers and community members who share your passion for great movies.
Volunteers also get a coveted volunteer-only t-shirt, free tickets to Festival films, and treats like free coffee drinks from Steep & Brew.
We’ll have two mandatory training sessions in the
weeks before the Festival.
2007 VOLUNTEER INFORMATION
WELCOME!
if you’re a returning volunteer, WELCOME BACK!
We welcome volunteers from all over our community, age 18 and over. Priority
is given to Wisconsin residents. Priority for volunteering at the Memorial
Union Play Circle will be given to UW-Madison students.
(approximate) 2007 Wisconsin Film Festival Schedule:
Thursday, April 12: 4 pm – 1 am
Friday, April 13: 10 am – 2 am
Saturday, April 14: 10 am – 2 am
Sunday, April 15: 10 am – 10 pm
Note: this year we’re anticipating some possible Friday
DAY movies, as well as an earlier start on Sunday. We’re often most in need of
volunteers for late-night shifts, so spread the word among your night-owl friends...
Most volunteer shifts will be scheduled during these time
slots. See below for pre-Festival activities and meetings.
Volunteer schedule
A few weeks before the Festival, we’ll start scheduling volunteers
into time-slots over the Festival weekend. If you want to volunteer, please arrange
to free-up time during the Festival. We divide up the weekend into shifts of
roughly four to six hours. You’ll have an opportunity to share with us
what days and times work best for you. We ask that you work at least two shifts — many
people work much more!
Mandatory volunteer meetings
We hold meetings before the festival to present the information you’ll
need to be a volunteer. To accommodate people’s schedules, we arrange for
two pairs of meetings.
You must attend one meeting during Week A AND one meeting
during Week B.
This is true for returning volunteers as much as for first-timers—we
rely on the experiences of those folks who worked at past festivals to help us
improve our procedures for 2007!
Week A: Monday March 12 : 7–9 pm or
Tuesday March 13 : 7–9 pm
Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
Week B: Monday, April 9 : 7–9 pm and
Tuesday, April 10 :
7–9 pm
Bartell Theater, 113 East Mifflin St.
If you apply to volunteer, please be sure to arrange your
schedule so that you can attend these meetings and are available during the Festival.
When the times are firmed-up we’ll update this page and notify everyone who as
signed up for volunteering.
Email and web access
You are strongly encouraged to have access to email and the web. Important communication
about volunteer assignments and activities will be given to you via email and
the Festival website.
Volunteer benefits
In exchange for your hard work at the festival, you’ll receive a coveted
volunteers-only t-shirt. We wear these during the event to identify ourselves
as festival crew, and it’s yours to keep. All volunteers receive a Festival
poster as well as additional benefits to be announced at the first volunteer
meetings.
You’ll also receive four ticket vouchers for festival
films. You swap them for film tickets at the box office, and we recommend doing
this as early as possible, because films have been selling out quickly. These
vouchers can be used by other people, and in any combination (four different
films, or all for one film).
Fine print
The Wisconsin Film Festival is a public program of the UW-Madison Arts Institute,
a nonprofit, tax-exempt unit of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In order to successfully accomplish our mission of educational outreach, support
for independent filmmakers and service to the community, we ask volunteers to
commit to the following:
| a) |
Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age. |
| b) |
All volunteers are responsible for their own
transportation, lodging and meals in Madison for Festival activities. |
| c) |
Volunteers understand that they are freely
donating their time and expertise to the Wisconsin Film Festival. |
| d) |
Please note that acceptance of your application
makes you an official volunteer and that you will be covered by the State’s
liability protection program so long as you perform your duties within the scope
of the description provided above. Since volunteers are not covered by
the state’s worker compensation program, however, you are encouraged to
maintain your own health insurance. If you should be injured during the
course of your volunteer activities and the injury results from the negligence
of a University employee or agent, you would have the legal rights to seek compensation
from the negligent party or property owner. |
After reading the volunteer information, if you have questions
about volunteering, please email us at volunteer@wifilmfest.org or
call the festival hotline at 608-262-9009.
Thank you!
Meg Hamel, director, and Jess Main, volunteer coordinator |
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