The 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival (“VIFF”) is fast approaching and to make this fine festival function, volunteers are needed. If you love movies, the arts and being a part of an amazing community, then VIFF has a spot for you!
Volunteer at VIFF 2019
When: September 26 to October 11, 2019 Where: Various Vancouver venues, centralized at Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour St)
For 16 days, hundreds of films from around the world will play throughout the city, showcasing unique genres and content. Dozens of directors, writers and actors will be on hand for insightful—and occasionally provocative—post-screening Q&A sessions. The VIFF team of over 1,000 volunteers, in collaboration with staff, and directors create an internationally renowned and appreciative space for filmmakers and audience members to share their love of film and the film industry.
VIFF is looking for volunteers to help fill their diverse Teams and Lead volunteer positions this year.
Volunteer Teams Accepting Applications:
Exhibitions Films+ Media Marketing Special Events Sponsorship
Transportation Ticketing Volunteer Services Guest Services Team Lead roles and more!
The majority of Teams require each volunteer to commit to a minimum of 4 shifts. The majority of shifts are between 3-5 hours. For details on required skills and availability necessary for each team, check out Team Descriptions »
Volunteer Perks:
Ticket Vouchers
1 Volunteer Ticket Voucher for every shift you volunteer. Vouchers can be used in advance for any available festival screening. Vouchers are transferrable – so bring a friend!
Volunteer Pass
A Volunteer Pass which can be used by you in the Volunteer Stand-by Line
Youth Volunteer Pass
For volunteers who are 16 and 17, this pass allows you access to any classified films. Please note that under BC classification law, you must be 18 or older to view unclassified films.
Volunteer Party
An invitation to the VIFF Volunteer Appreciation Events
T-shirt
A stylish Festival Volunteer T-shirt
Reference
After the festival, a letter of participation in our Volunteer Programme can be emailed upon request
…And More
Special offers, screenings and promotions exclusive to volunteers
You must be 16 years or older to apply to volunteer. Certain teams have higher age requirements. Before filling out your application, review VIFF 2019 Volunteer Teams.
VIFF 2019 runs September 26 to October 11, 2019. Follow along on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more information about the festival, its events, special guests, and films.
The Firehall Arts Centre is launching its 37th anniversary season with SpeakEasy Theatre’s powerful and provocative comedy, The Shipment opening on September 25, 2019.
Cast of The Shipment. Photo by Jens Kristian Balle
The Shipment at Firehall Arts Centre
When: September 25 to October 5, 2019 Where: Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova, Vancouver) Tickets: From $20 online or call (604) 689-0926
Written by Korean-American playwright Young Jean Lee, The Shipment is a subversive modern minstrel show about Black identity meant to wake the world to the ridiculous narratives in dominant media.
Five Black actors – Andrew Creightney, Chris Francisque, Omari Newton, Adrian Neblett, and Kiomi Pyke – play a roster of characters that reads like a bad b-list of Black iconography: Video Ho, Crackhead John, Bad Cop, Standup Comedian, Drug Dealer Mama, Grandma from Heaven, and Record Company Executive, to name just a few. The brazen mash-up of these stereotypes with clichés, distortions, and brilliant sleights of hand all force us to go beyond the lampoon and shift the lens through which we perceive race in order to confront our own bias.
Garnering five Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards nominations and a Best Actor win for Omari Newton, The Shipment is biting satire at its very best.
Win Tickets
I have a pair of tickets to give away to opening night on September 25th. Here’s how you can enter to win:
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. Follow the Firehall Arts Centre on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram along with SpeakEasy Theatre on Twitter and Facebook for more info.
Summer isn’t over yet, in fact some of the very best events of the year are just beginning! Aside from some family fun at local farms, the PNE, and upcoming festivals, Miss604 is proud to sponsor this Friday and Saturday’s Richmond World Festival. This event and many more Vancouver Labour Day Long Weekend activities follow below:
Festivals of dancing, writing, theatre, improv, and design pepper the Vancouver event landscape this month. We kick off September with a holiday and the wrap of the PNE Fair, and in between Miss604 is proud to sponsor Maker Faire Vancouver (September 14, 2019), the Tri-City Culture Days (September 27-39, 2019), the Canuck Place Gift of Time Gala (September 21, 2019) and the Vancouver International Film Festival (September 26 to October 11, 2019). All of these and more September events in Metro Vancouver can be found below:
Feast of Fields is FarmFolk CityFolk’s annual local food celebration and fundraiser, held each year on a different farm in the Okanagan Valley, in Metro Vancouver and on Southern Vancouver Island. The past 24 years have seen 58 Feasts – 24 in Metro Vancouver, 21 on Vancouver Island, 10 in the Okanagan, and 3 in the Sea to Sky corridor. Entering its 25th year, the Metro Vancouver edition will be held at a farm in Richmond for the first time.
Feast of Fields 2019
Where: Rabbit River Farms (17740 River Rd, Richmond) When: Sunday, September 8, 2019 1:00pm to 5:00pm Tickets: Adults $99; youth aged 13 to 18 $45; children aged 6 to 12 $15. Click here to purchase »
Join the fun at Rabbit River Farms in Richmond for this wandering gourmet harvest festival that highlights the connection between farmers and chefs, field and table, and between farm folks and city folks.
The delicious, one-day-only alfresco party will transform a bucolic section of the popular organic egg producer’s property into a wandering gourmet buffet, complete with around 50 carefully curated food and drink stands.
I have a pair of tickets to give away! Here’s how you can enter to win:
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Sunday, September 1, 2019. Follow the Feast of Fields event on Instagram as well as FarmFolk CityFolk on Facebook and Twitter for more info.
