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Calling all Judges

By DC Shorts on January 25, 2009 6:37 PM | Comments (0)

As an intern I find myself summarily drafted as an emergency backup judge for last minute entries and overflow into the DC Shorts Film Festival in the event of a shortage or problem with the judges. Please help! We’ve already received 94 submissions for the film festival and we need as many judges as we can get our hands on. Last year 100 volunteer judges sifted through over 700 films to end up with 102 shorts to be screened at the festival, numbers that will be even bigger this year.

Volunteers will attend an afternoon Judge Training Session for a full synopsis of their duties in early March. From then until May 15, each team of 3 judges apiece will watch between 30 and 50 films which they will score online. We anticipate an approximately 15 hour time commitment during this phase.

For the DC Shorts Film Festival itself in September, Judges will be asked to volunteer for two shifts performing tasks including but not limited to ushering, catering and welcoming. Time spent helping out with the festival will be approximately 6 hours.

You know you want to! In addition to bragging rights of a short film judge in the 3rd biggest short film festival in the country, judges will be able to borrow films to watch at home over the summer.

Those interested are asked to send an email to judges@dcshorts.com.