Tallgrass Film Festival Volunteers

Help make our Tallgrass grow

Tallgrass Film Festival needs volunteers for:
• Ushers
• Runners
• Ballot Counters/Box Office
• Marketing Team/Distribution
• Theater Managers
• Production Assistants
• Projection Room Assistants
• Print Trafficking Assistants
• Special Event Greeters/Bartenders (must be 21+)
• Special Event Production Set-up/Breakdown
• Visiting Filmmaker Hospitality/Drivers

Volunteer Position Descriptions

Ushers
Two people per theatre, per screening, ushers will be the backbone of information during screenings. They are responsible for getting people into and out of the theatres before and after screenings. They will hand out ballots before each screening, and must be sure to collect them all after each screening. They will also hold down the fort, so to speak. If there are any problems that arise, they should go straight to the Assistant Venue Managers and, if need be, the Venue Manager.

Runners
18+, with valid drivers license and car. Responsible for running errands, making deliveries and pickups, and other general activities. For anybody who has time during the day, Some Runner positions will start on Monday, Oct. 9.

Ballot Counters/Box Office
Ballot counters will be needed to make sure that the Audience Award ballots are properly counted and tallied on Saturday. These must be very detail oriented, trustworthy individuals. Box office personnel will function as Ticket Takers at off-Warren sites (Fisch Haus, Murdock Theatre, and Wichita Art Museum).

Marketing Team/Distribution
Week before festival, we need volunteers to take flyers, posters, and general marketing materials around Wichita to poster this city in preparation for the festival. This can be done in off-times.

Theater Managers
Venue managers for Fisch Haus (two back-to-back screenings), Wichita Art Museum, and possibly 1-2 backup. Venue Managers need to be extremely organized and know how to troubleshoot. Venue Managers will be in direct contact with Tyler.

Production Assistants
Assist in all aspects of festival production, from office work, to marketing. Gives you an overview of how it all works and comes together. Volunteer Positions begin as early as October 9.

Projection Room Assistants
Aid Projectionists, keeping an eye on run times and films as they are being screened. Will give volunteers a chance to learn the inner-workings of movie theater projection.

Print Trafficking Assistants
Print Trafficking assistants will work as runners and, possibly, projectionists at our off-Warren sites. They need to be tech savvy. They may run digibeta decks to different venues, prints to FedEx or different theaters. Truck-owners preferred.

Special Event Production Set-up/Breakdown
Primarily for parties, galas, and other special events, the Production Set-up and Breakdown team will work with Tom Mittlestadt, the Festival Production Designer, to put up art work, tables, chairs, etc., as well as help breakdown after parties. Volunteers who breakdown after the Opening Night party at the Murdock Theatre will get free entrance to the Saturday evening party at Rule Productions; and any volunteers who commit to breakdown after Saturday night will get free entrance to the Opening Night party. To be determined in advance. We need four or five on each night.

Special Event Greeters/Bartenders (must be 21+)
At the special events and parties, greeters will be stationed at every entrance and exit. Greeters need very good people skills. They may also act as intermissionaries between any guests that may cause trouble and the festival staff. While we do not see this happening, the possibility always remains. Need basic drink serving skills for bartending.

Visiting Filmmakers Hospitality/Drivers
Must have valid drivers license and clean driving record to serve as ambassadors of Wichita and the festival to the visiting filmmakers. Drivers will have scheduled pick-up and drop-off times, as well as be on-call for any filmmakers’ transportation needs. Schedule needs will include late night and early morning hours. Non-drinkers preferred.

For questions contact the volunteer coordinator at:
volunteers@tallgrassfilmfest.com

Tallgrass Film Festival volunteers receive:
• 2 tickets to regular screening events for every 2 hours of time volunteered
• Tallgrass T-shirt
• Access to Tallgrass Special Events (except Friday & Saturday Night Galas & Filmmaker Retreat)
• Encourage a friend to volunteer and receive 1 regular screening ticket per confirmed volunteer

Special thanks to the volunteers for the 2007 Tallgrass Film Festival!

Aladin Alawneh
Irish Alcalen
Sam Amburgey
Barbara Anderson
Ian Bailey
Teddie Barlow
Jake Bayless
Liz Bayless
Marisa Bayless
Jedd Beaudoin
Kathy Bevis
Lewis Bottorff
Joan Bowen
Bill Brittendall
Pam Bugler
Zoe Burgess
Chris Clark
Bill Coleman
Arvin J. Cruz
Sonya Dingman
Cathy Doughty
Alan Elcrat
Vitaly El Dani
Tyler Emerson
Francine Fairweather
Eli & Agnes Ferris
Bryan Flores
Frances (Americorps)
James Gardner
Lois Gould
Brian Gray
Marilynn Gump
Niomi Hansen
Barb and Sam Harshberger
Evan Hernandez
Trish Higgins
Matt Hobart
Issac
Leslie Jacobson
Stacey Jenkins
Wintre Johnson
John Jones
Art Kenyon
Marilyn Kindsvatter
Amy Knoblauch
Marta McKim
Pui Ming Lai
Patty Lane
Roger Lee
Angela Lewis
Lisa S (Americorps)
Julie Martin
Cecilia Martinez Gomez
Tanya Merritt
Shelia Mitchell
William Mitchell
Azharuddin Mohammed
Teri Mott
Olga
Natasha Olinetchouk
Duane Olson
Erin Patten
Mike Pottebaum
Kat-Renee Kittel
Robert Ryan
Abigail Rich
Dave Riff
Jim Riff
James Riff
Kathy Riker
John Salem
Kari Schmidt
Clark Schmidt
Sarah Shaw
Deanna Smith
Hiu Fai Tai
Minhchau Truong
Aaron Vague
Soutchita Viengluang
Eric Vrecenak
Joel Weaver
Nathan Whitman
Sharon Whitman
Rebecca Wilhelm
Hugo Zelada

64 Volunteers
730 Volunteer Man Hours