Make Your Mark with Crossroads Film Festival

Crossroads appreciates talents in every field. Whether you'd just like to get a feel for the event, or you want to chair one aspect of the Festival, drop us a line. We're currently looking for volunteers in these areas:

Oversee the Call-for-Entries process for the film festival. Determine deadlines, fees, and guidelines for interested filmmakers and publicize the details through numerous outlets. Maintain communication with third-party vendor on organizing submissions. Work with Art team to design, print, and mail out CFE publicity.

Coordinate the Society's marketing campaigns: print, radio, television; work with festival director to create new ways of marketing and implementing existing plan; serve as main point of contact for any marketing needs; pinpoint marketing strategies for individual films and related events; work with festival coordinator as necessary; get the word out to as many people and outlets as possible. Make Crossroads well-known and well-respected as much as possible!

Coordinate educational/informational workshops during the festival including programming for kids of all ages and adults; provide marketing materials to marketing/PR coordinator; oversee workshops during festival, making sure all materials for events are provided, sign-in and/or ticket sales are in place, venues are prepared, etc.; maintain contact with guests/presenters.

Maintain the list of Will-Call tickets in advance of the Festival as well as online ticket sales. Also aids in overseeing sales and numbers during the Festival; oversees the volunteers selling tickets and taking tickets at the theater doors; maintains the funds garnered through ticket sales.

Coordinate publicity and maintenance of the Society membership, including developing and sending regular newsletters, keeping up the distribution list and database of current and expired members, overseeing the regular membership-renewal campaign, and reporting to the board regarding on membership status and innovations.

Maintain and update the film society and festival websites as needed with guidance from the festival directors and society president.

Crossroads screening sessions, weekly in Fondren, determine the films that will show at the annual Festival. For this year, we're cooking up an amazing slate of films - and you could help choose which ones make the cut. These are casual viewings, a couple hours a week, so feel free to come and go as you like.

Interested? Let us know:

Thank you. You can also drop us a line at:

Crossroads Film Festival
P.O. Box 22604
Jackson, MS 39225

or e-mail info@crossroadsfilmfestival.com.