ScheduleFlex Help
Registration: CIFF Shiftboard
Questions? Please contact us at volunteer@pointsnorthinstitute.org.
Your response will help us decide your volunteer work assignment(s)
Please review possible teams below and indicate your top choices. You might like certain Teams for the description, but also you might pay attention to what town the volunteering is in.
Street Teams - Getting our promotional postcards and posters out before the Festival! If you like to work independently and complete tasks on your own time, like to earn your volunteer hours before the festival, and don't mind driving around and engaging with businesses in the local area - this team is for you.
Artist Programs - Do you enjoy being a gracious host, know how to work seamlessly and neatly make a space hospitable and tidy. Do you have neat handwriting? Assist our artist program team to make sure our filmmaker workshops are pleasant and a good experience for filmmakers. A quiet and calm environment. Locations: Rockland, Rockport, Camden.
Hub - Do you enjoy a busy and fast paced (but maintaining calm at all times) environment? Do you enjoy being a gracious host, know how to work seamlessly and neatly make a space hospitable and tidy? Do you have experience working an Ipad for POS tshirt and merch sales? Join our Hub Team - the center of the Festival as guests and volunteers come and go for passes, info, merch and tshirts. Location: This year our Hub will be based in Rockland
Industry Lounge - Do you enjoy ultimate customer service with a chill vibe? Do you enjoy being a gracious host, know how to work seamlessly and collaboratively to make a space hospitable and cool? Join our Industry Lounge - the place where filmmakers and industry hang. Location: This year our Industry Lounge will be based in Rockland
Special Events - Do you enjoy making a party happen? This could be anything from helping lug in supplies, stringing party lights, moving chairs, tidying the little mess that gets left on tables during events. All the behind-the-scenes setup and fairy magic to make our parties sparkle. Must be able to lift 50lbs. Locations: Rockland, Rockport, Camden.
Storyforms - Help facilitate the incredible immersive nonfiction storytelling experiences at the CMCA. Duties include checking in guests, crowd control, helping guests with exhibition related technology, and providing information about the Storyforms projects. Location: CMCA, Rockland.
Transportation - Are you available to help with the transportation needs of festival guests, errand runs, supply pickups, and airport runs? Some are local, some are as far as Bangor and Portland. Sign up for what you'd like to do. Let us know if driving is your forte! Location: Rockland, Rockport, Owls Head, Camden, Bangor, Portland and more!
Venue - Camden Opera House - Do you love the excitement of a film premier? Managing line control, greeting guests, answering questions, helping with flow and then the joy of watching the film together? Then a Film Venue Team is the place for you. COH is our largest indoor venue, right in downtown Camden and we always need extra line flow support here! Location: Camden, downtown
Venue - Strand - Do you love the excitement of a film premier? Managing line control, greeting guests, answering questions, helping with flow and then the joy of watching the film together? Then a Film Venue Team is the place for you. The Strand is a classic movie Theatre from days of old (and new). Located in downtown Rockland and close to our new Hub. Location: Rockland, downtown
Venue - Journey's End - Do you love the excitement of a film premier? Managing line control, greeting guests, answering questions, helping with flow and then the joy of watching the film together? Then a Film Venue Team is the place for you. Journey's End Marina is our newest film venue - classic and innovative Maine-style inside a boat hanger. Must be able to lift to assist with moving chairs and quick breakdowns and setup of spaces. Located in downtown Rockland and close to our new Hub. Location: Rockland Waterfront