Employment

JOB POSTING: ASSOCIATE PROGRAMMER

Planet In Focus: International Environmental Film & Video Festival

The Associate Programmer reports to the Senior Programmer.
Part-time, 6-7 month contract. Number of days and hours per week will vary throughout the contract, based on PIF Film Festival, other PIF events and administrative needs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with Senior Programmer to disseminate festival “Call for Submissions"
• Create strategies for raising awareness of festival in international film community and increasing submission rates (particularly from underrepresented parts of the world).
• Communicate with distributors and other festivals to research recent titles of environmentally themed works.
• Pre-screen all films & videos submitted to the festival.
• Make final selection of films & videos with Senior Programmer
• Write program notes.
• Assist in notifying filmmakers selected for the festival.
• Host visiting filmmakers and act as ambassador to filmmakers and festival events, as well as, to the city, the local community of filmmakers, broadcasters and distributors.
• Work in collaboration with all other festival staff and departments to ensure the overall success of the Planet in Focus festival.
• Be in full-time attendance for the annual PIF film festival’s duration.
• Provide full programming report covering all aspects of the Festival programming up to and including the PIF festival, and submit to Festival Director and the PIF Board.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Film Festival/ experience & familiarity with the festival industry
• Strong awareness of and passion for environmental issues and      cinema
• Experience with film festivals, libraries and cataloguing
• Curatorial experience
• Ability to work on tight timelines and meet deadlines;
• Previous work in the non-profit arts sector is a strong asset
• University Degree, preferably in media arts and/or critical studies
• Strong writing and communication skills
• Publication background in the media arts
• Strong knowledge of international and Canadian Cinema
• Familiarity with Film Practice
• Other language skills an asset

Application Deadline: March 5, 2010      Start Date: April 5, 2010

Please forward cover letter and resume to programming@planetinfocus.org

Planet in Focus: International Environmental Film & Video Festival
55 Mill Street, Case Goods Warehouse, Building 74, Studio 402
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 3C4
T 416 531-1769 F 416 531-8985

We thank all applicants for their interest, though only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please.

Planet in Focus is an equal opportunity employer and not-for-profit cultural organization which produces Canada's preeminent international environmental film and video festival and presents programs throughout the year across Canada and around the globe. Our mission is to encourage the creation and exhibition of a broad spectrum of films and videos exploring environmental themes that celebrate, question and establish varied ways of viewing the state of our world.