Join MIX and help spread the queer agenda.
Do you want to organise one the oldest LGBTQIA+ Festivals in the world?
Of course you do!
*Deadline for applications: 26/12/2023
MIX CPH LGBTQ+ Film Festival takes place every fall and it’s one of the oldest queer film festivals in the world, happening since 1986. Our objective is to create a platform for LGBTQIA+ voices.
Our most important time is the 10 days of the festival that usually happens in late October. During that period we have several film screenings and events happening in different venues in the city.
Besides that, we also have smaller initiatives all year round such as film screenings, premieres, debates and more. We strive to work with other LGBTQIA+ organisations to create and maintain a space for LGBTQIA+ persons all year round.
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The requirements
🧰 You speak and write English.
English is a requirement because that’s the language we use in all of our meetings and internal communication.
Big part of our communication with our audience is bilingual, so speaking Danish is a bonus but absolutely not a requirement.
🧰 You can commit to being in MIX for the whole year.
🧰 You can work on MIX 8 to 10 hours a week.
Except our 3 monthly meetings (included in this time estimate), you can do all the work from home at your own time. It’s very flexible.
🧰 You can commit to 3 monthly meetings
These meetings happen after 17:00 and are traditionally held on weekdays at MIX Office.
🧰 You listen to and respect others and work to maintain a safer space in MIX.
🧰 You get involved and take responsibility and initiative. The space is yours, and you co-create it!
🧰 You are good at communicating and willing to compromise and work hard to make the festival happen.
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What
you get
❤️🔥 A great platform with a reasonable budget to make your initiatives happen.
We’re talking organising parties with hundreds of attendees, talking to and bringing to CPH top level guests from across the world, working on a 100-page 6000-copies printed program, and much more.
❤️🔥 A chance to make something that matters and at the same time looks great in your CV.
❤️🔥 Free tickets for film screenings and premieres that MIX organises throughout the year and during the festival.
❤️🔥 Enjoyable social gatherings like BBQs, summer party, X-mas party, friday hangouts, movie nights and other good-vibes inducing activities.
❤️🔥 Occasional group trips for team building and just having fun.
❤️🔥 Occasional trips to other queer film festivals abroad.
❤️🔥 A room full of passionate and motivated queer peers that will help you grow professionally and personally, will increase your network and give you friendships for life.
MIX work
There are 4 simple steps to organise a festival like MIX Copenhagen:
🍿 Step 1.
Select the films
🎪 Step 2.
Organise nice events
📣 Step 3.
Communicate it all
🗃 Step X.
Admin, admin, admin
🍿 Step 1.
Select the Films
The biggest part of the festival is the selection of films we show. We’ll be working in tasks like:
Watch and rate submitted films.
Research current films.
Discuss films in group and curate different programs.
Negotiate screening rights with the film producers.
Manage the film trafficking (getting the film file from the producer to the cinema where it will be screened).
🎪 Step 2.
Organise Events
Besides (and along) the great films we show, we also have events that spread the queer agenda during the festival. Tasks will look like:
Organise premieres and collaborations with other organisations (cinemas, other festivals, etc) during the whole year.
Plan and execute the Closing party.
Plan and execute events like panels, talks, workshops.
Recruit and coordinate our MIXtivists (hands-on volunteers during the festival period).
Select and coordinate the travel and stay of the international Jury and other guests coming to Cph for the festival.
Organise the pitching competition Queering the Pitch. Learn more
📣 Step 3. Communicate it all
After we selected the films and events, it’s time to spread the word. We need to communicate all the MIX initiatives to our current and potential audience. What the work looks like in Communication:
Manage our social media channels, including posting/scheduling/sharing posts and answering messages.
Work on developing communication strategies and initiatives.
Manage the website, adding film pages and links to tickets, etc.
Contact potential sponsors and make partnerships.
Proofread and make editorial editing of our printed program text.
Create the strategy to advertise our fims and events during the festival and online festival.
Negotiate spaces for the festival, both online and physical billboards in the city.
Make the PR for the festival, including making press-releases and contacting media vehicles and journalists.
Since the printed program is bi-lingual, if you can speak/write Danish fluently is a bonus, but not a requirement.
🗃 Step 4.
Admin, admin, admin
Being a big organisation with support from different stakeholders, administration is a vital (and often unseen) part of MIX festival. To ensure we keep working smoothly, we have admin tasks like:
Manage the budget, expenses and overall finances of the festival.
Apply for funding.
Negotiate and sign the contract with the cinemas we collaborate.
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