Ep. 31 Film Festival Workers Unite!
In this episode, correspondent Jonah Desnaux (he/him) and host Edward Frumkin (he/him) discuss the rights and care needed for film festival volunteers after the recent controversial layoffs at Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR). Then, Edward reviews Whores’ Glory, Tom Krawczyk’s recommendation. Finally in today’s concluding thought, Edward has filed an LLC for reelprint.
Time Codes:
1:10 - Introducing the Circumstances that Festival Workers Go Through
4:28 - Unification of Festival Workers on Social Media Accounts Off the Festival Circuit and Fest Staffer Stories and Job Insecurity in the Field
7:30 - Needing to Adopt a Better Pay System in Film Festival Job Market
9:28 - How It Affects Edward as a T/F Screener and Volunteering for the Love of the Community
12:15 - Seeking Legislation for Festival Volunteers and Seeing Humans Behind the Foundation
15:40 - Funders Need to Invest in Non-Profit Organizations and Doubting If This is the Right Path
17:53 - Edward's Review: Whores' Glory
21:00 - Acknowledge the Possibility For a Better Future in This Field & Unionizing the Workplace in the Arts, Support the Arts and in the Volunteers and Employees
25:28 - How it Impacts Housing and Virtual Festivals
28:19 - Concluding Thought: Edward has filed an LLC for reelprint
Show Notes:
Past IFFR Programmer Julian Ross Tweet of IFFR Restructuring
Film Festival Workers Unite! By Anthony Kaufman (IDA's Documentary Magazine)
Off the Festival Circuit IG Account
Fest Staffer Stories IG Account
Why the Film Industry Isn’t Doing Enough to Support Programmers by Eric Kohn (IndieWire)
Missing Pieces: Why Film Festivals Treat Programmers as Disposable by Eric Kohn (IndieWire)
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