Bath Film Festival Volunteering

Over the last couple of weeks I have been volunteering with the Bath Film Festival. Originally I only signed up to steward some events, but when I went to the first meeting I decided that being a 'runner' for the festival was something I was also interested in! So what was going to be a couple of evenings work has now turned into over 35 hours of helping out in just under 2 weeks...and thats before the stewarding!

Being a 'runner' has ranged from your simple admin tasks, photocopying posters, filing things to running errands such as collecting/delivering things to and from all over town. A lot of it has obviously been more film related, I designed the advertising posters for venues and have been proof reading film notes.

It has been a really good experience, on a personal level it has made me more confident at approaching people and talking to people I haven't met before, increased my confidence on the phone and I think it has helped me a great deal in learning how to multi-task, prioritise and other skills that will prove useful to me in my career!

Oh yeah, shameless plugging...I highly reccommend everyone goes to some of the films over the film festival! And if you can, volunteer! Without the volunteers, the festival would not be able to run in the way that it does!

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