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Please register for access to our online scheduling system by completing the following form.

Questions? Please contact us at volunteer@pointsnorthinstitute.org.


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APPLICANT INFORMATION
 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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* Are you 21 years of age or older?
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* Are there any accommodations that you need to fully participate in this event, either in person or virtually
* Are you familiar with the local area?

Your response will help us decide your volunteer work assignment(s)


EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION
* Emergency Contact (Full Name)
* Relationship to Volunteer
* Email Address
* Phone Number

CIFF EXPERIENCE
Have you volunteered at CIFF before?
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If so, what jobs, events, or venues did you work?

AVAILABILITY
* DO YOU PREFER TO BE A FESTIVAL FRIEND (4-7 HOURS), FESTIVAL FAN (8-15 HOURS), VOLUNTEER HERO (16-23), OR VOLUNTEER LEGEND (24 AND BEYOND HOURS)?
* Are you available to volunteer before the festival dates in September?
Two weeks before
One week before
I'm only available for the festival weekend
I'm available YEAR-ROUND

SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND EXPERIENCE
* Can you lift 35-50 pounds as necessary in the course of your volunteer duties?
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* Are you willing to drive a CIFF van to transport filmmakers between the Portland airport and their hotels, and locally between hotels and CIFF venues (must be 25 or older)?
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* Do you have cash handling experience?
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Do you have a valid driver's license?
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List audio, video, or other relevant technical experience (if applicable)
List theatrical set building or carpentry experience (if applicable)
List other festival experience, outside of CIFF (if applicable)
List any other relevant work experience, skills or interests
Have you been recruited to work in a specific area?
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If Yes, which one?
If you have been recruited, who recruited you?
Would you be willing to host out-of-town volunteers?
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WORK PREFERENCE

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.

* Your first choice for volunteer work assignment:
* Your second choice for volunteer work assignment:
* Your third choice for volunteer work assignment:

Tell us how you heard about volunteering for CIFF
Newspaper, television or radio
Friend or Colleague
I am a returning CIFF volunteer
Class offered by the University of Maine
Flyer
CIFF website
I work at the Opera House
Event attendee
Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)
Maine Film Association

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


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