This is a little post about my experiences volunteering at a film festival for the first time. It’s not heaps related to the course but it was a great experience to see the nitty gritty of the event management in the film industry.
I was given a chance to counter at Melbourne Queer Film Festival, which is like 4 of my interests in a sentence. I was rostered to work at ACMI this week, performing tasks such as handing out flyers, directing customers to screenings and most importantly; recommending films. I was given a few free sessions and I got to go see Girls Lost, a Finnish film about a group of teenage girls who brew a tea from a magical plant that has the ability to turn them into boys for a night. They get to experience adolescence, school and peer groups as boys, showing the social inequalities between genders. The film also tackles transgender dysphoria, which is rare to see in films about teenagers.
I was able to see many more short films, and feature lengths, but this is the one that stuck with me the most. Hopefully in story writing, screenwriting or some sort of class like this, I would be able to produce a film that dealt with this matter. I don’t believe I have a trained eye in cinematography, but I do believe I can write a narrative.
The cinematography was stunning, and so was the soundtrack. Lots of Fever Ray. Here’s the trailer, so everyone please buy a ticket and support a Melbourne festival.
MQFF: Tickets Available at: http://tix.mqff.com.au/browse15.asp
Girls Lost Trailer:
Me Being a nerd: