Internships and Fellowships

The Toronto International Film Festival is now accepting volunteer applications for the 2012 edition of the Festival, which runs September 6th through 16th, 2012. Applicants outside of the Toronto area please be advised that it is mandatory for all Festival volunteers to attend an in-person orientation session.

The Writers Boot Camp Fellowship is based on the philosophy of professional education and awards three $5000 full scholarships to the Online Professional Membership (OPM) every month throughout the year, including a writing/development deal to at least one Fellow each year with Writers Boot Camp Productions and/or a studio, network or independent producer. Click here for complete information.

The mission of The Screenwriters Colony is to support emerging screenwriters. Every year during the month of October, four writers, selected from a pool of industry-nominated candidates, live and work together at picturesque Almanack Farm, perched on the edge of Nantucket’s cranberry bog conservation land. The Colonists are granted ample time to generate and refine their projects and share work amongst themselves. Two industry Mentors are brought up each weekend throughout the month to workshop each of the writers’ screenplays. In addition to intensive one-on-one feedback sessions, writers and Mentors enjoy an informal and sociable Colony experience over dinners and other island outings. Applicants must be nominated by an established professional working within the film industry. Any writer interested in applying should contact the Colony at screenwriterscolony@gmail.com with a bio, an industry reference (include contact information), and a draft of the screenplay you wish to develop in residence at the Colony.

Students with a passion for and interest in film come from around the Bay Area and even abroad to work as interns at the Film Society both year-round and for the annual San Francisco International Film Festival. Internships are a great opportunity to gain valuable on-the-job experience and training in administration, production, marketing, media education, publicity, programming, and more. Internships are unpaid, but benefits may include: class credit; complimentary SFFS membership; free Filmmaker Education classes; free film screenings and events; and real-world, resume-building work experience. For more information, contact Trinity West at twest@sffs.org or 415-561-5043.

The 2012 Woods Hole Film Festival is looking for volunteers for the coming year. The 21st Woods Hole Film Festival will be held from Saturday, July 28th through Saturday, August 4th. Some of the volunteer positions take place prior to the Festival. Click here for details.

The Nashville Film Festival is looking for an intern to work 10-20 hours per week, Monday through Friday, between 9am and 5pm with some night and weekend events. Duties will include assisting with the management of the film entries, assisting with festival and membership event planning, database entry and management, web research, errands and assist with general administrative duties. Submit your resume to info@nashvillefilmfestival.org

HD Films is looking for a brand new crop of interns for our robust slate of web series (Hulu's The Morning After, The Jace Hall Show, Fit Pop and more in development). Depending on their skill sets, they would work on a specific property writing blog content, building audience and reaching out to blog and pr contacts. College credit available. Ideal Experience: WordPress or Blog Writing; Social Media Seeding; Active Social Media Profiles; Research Skills. Helpful Additional Skills: Photoshop: Final Cut; Premiere. http://www.hdfilms.com/

Screen Australia recognises the value of practitioners gaining exposure to high-level practice in their chosen field. Such experience, whether in Australia or overseas, can help broaden outlook, hone specific skills and advance marketplace awareness as well as benefit the Australian industry more broadly. This program provides support for industry internships, producer placements, attendance at international script workshops, or other high-level professional development activities.

Several internship positions are now available with the Silent River Film Festival, Irvine ,CA. Interested candidates please send your resume to nfo@silentriverfilmfestival.com. Thank you.

Abbot Management seeks a Script Reading Intern to read screenplays and write coverage. As a script reader, you will help us evaluate new writer submissions. Our readers are asked to cover a minimum of two screenplays per week, and are required to edit their coverage according to feedback provided. If two readers cover the same script, they must discuss their differences in opinion. Readers also communicate with writers, answering their questions and acknowledging their thanks or complaints. At the end of our program, our readers can export all of their coverage into one properly formatted pdf for use as a writing sample. Our Internship is good for someone looking to study screenwriting conventions and the coverage process. While Academic Credit can be provided, this it is unpaid work from home internship. Please e-mail abbot@abbotmanagement.com your resume along with a cover letter detailing your experience working with scripts and your interest in reading them for us. Abbot Management specializes in finding producers and agents for high quality film and television scripts. After evaluating 4000+ screenplay submissions, we have placed screenplays with major production companies and talent.

Each month, the Writers Boot Camp Fellowship awards three $5000 full scholarships to our Online Professional Membership, including an opportunity to compete for an annual writing/development deal with Writers Boot Camp Productions and/or a studio, network or independent producer. The Writers Boot Camp Fellowship is unlike any other in that a minimum of three awards are granted monthly, Creative Categories change each month, reflect viable genres and project parameters for both feature film and original television series and selection is only the beginning of the Fellowship process. The sponsorship of the Fellowship this month by the Spring Roy Dean Film Grant means that your application fees will be reduced by 50% when you enter the promo code ROYDEAN upon checkout. Click here for more information.

A three-month residency is opening this summer, giving writers a comfortable and collaborative work environment where they can focus intensively on novels or feature film scripts with the support of other talented writers. For more information visit our web site at http://theorphanageresidency.com/.

Abbot Management, South Pasadena, CA, seeks a Script Reading Intern to read screenplays and write coverage.

As a script reader, you will help us evaluate new writer submissions. Our readers are asked to cover a minimum of two screenplays per week, and are required to edit their coverage according to feedback provided. If two readers cover the same script, they must discuss their differences in opinion. Readers also communicate with writers, answering their questions and acknowledging their thanks or complaints.

At the end of our program, our readers can export all of their coverage into one properly formatted pdf for use as a writing sample. Our Internship is good for someone looking to study screenwriting conventions and the coverage process. While Academic Credit can be provided, this it is unpaid work from home internship.

Please e-mail abbot@abbotmanagement.com your resume along with a cover letter detailing your experience working with scripts and your interest in reading them for us.

Abbot Management specializes in finding producers and agents for high quality film and television scripts. After evaluating 4000+ screenplay submissions, we have placed screenplays with major production companies and talent.

Developed to broaden Nickelodeon’s outreach efforts, the Nickelodeon Writing Program is designed to attract, develop and staff writers with diverse backgrounds and experiences on Nickelodeon Network productions. Operating in a three-phased structure, the Program provides a salaried position for up to one year and offers hands-on experience writing spec scripts and pitching story ideas in both live action and animation television. For consideration in the 2012 – 2013 Program, materials must be submitted together between January 2, 2012 and February 28, 2012. Please review the Submission Guidelines at http://www.nickwriting.com/home/ for additional requirements.

The Maine Jewish Film Festival has internship positions available throughout the year. We have openings in the following areas: Outreach and Festival Administration. Requirements: Interns must be able to commit to a minimum of one day a week. We are looking for individuals with strong verbal and written communication skills. Computer skills required. Positions are unpaid.If you are interested in a position, or for more information, please contact us through email: filmfest@mjff.org or phone: 207.831.7465.

SBIFF is recruiting dedicated, hard working interns who want to work in a fast-paced environment. Good communication and writing skills are a must, as well as multitasking and the ability to work independently. This is a part time internship requiring a minimum of 20 hours a week; availability must be flexible during the eleven days of the annual Festival. Due to the nature of our events, all interns must be 21 years of age or over. Interns should be interested in one or more of the following: public relations and communications, marketing, administration, development, programming, publications, business, web and graphic design, IT, events and hospitality and of course, film and media. Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook, and Filemaker Pro is a plus. If you are interested in interning for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, please submit your resume to Steve Blain, the Managing Director (steve@sbfilmfestival.org)

One eight week (production) and one twelve week (marketing) internship working with the Leeds Film team on 13th Leeds Young People’s Film Festival, one of the UK’s largest and most interactive film events, taking place 26 March – 6 April 2012 (see www.leedsyoungfilm.com for more information). Marketing Intern: 23 Jan – 2 March, 3 days per week, then 5 March – 13 April, full time (would consider 4 days). Production Intern: 20 Feb – 23 March, 3 days per week, 26 March – 6 April, full time, then 9 April – 13 April, 3 days per week. To Apply: Email your CV and a covering letter to martin.grund@leeds.gov.uk stating whether you are interested in the marketing or production position. Closing Date January 6th 2012.

Interns are important, well-respected members of our team, necessary for the functionality of our company! Interns observe & contribute during editing sessions with the director, as well as assist in activities such as logging & transcribing footage.
Interns must be detail-oriented, hardworking, and have an interest in documentary film.
David Sutherland has been a critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker for over 30 years. His credits include PBS/Frontline smash hits THE FARMER'S WIFE and COUNTRY BOYS.
Contact David Sutherland Productions at drsutherland.productions@gmail.com.

Facets Multi-Media is a non-profit organization dedicated to the exhibition, distribution & education of foreign, independent & classic films through Facets Cinema, Facets Rentals, the Facets DVD label, and FacetsFilmSchoolclasses. Facets’ Children’s Programs include Facets Kids Film Camp, teaching film theory, critique and basic film production to kids ages 7-14, the Chicago International Children's Film Festival (an Academy-qualifying film festival), the largest festival of films for children in North America featuring over 200 films from 40 countries, and year-round screenings & workshops for schools groups & families. Facets Internships are a great learning experience for anyone interested in event coordination, film, fundraising, writing, marketing, publicity, non-profit development & PR. Send resume to internships@facets.org. Upon receipt, we will send more details about the internships and an application.

The City of Seattle's Office of Film + Music, a local government office dedicated to facilitating and promoting the film and music industry in Seattle, seeks an Intern. Film + Music Interns primarily serve a marketing/communications role and provide administrative support for the Office.

Internship applications for 2012 are available now for Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival. Flickers is seeking motivated, industrious, self-starting students who care about the community and want to be a part of New England’s largest film festival and its only Academy Award qualifier. All internships with the Rhode Island International Film Festival are unpaid. A minimum of 15-20 hours per week is expected, although time commitments vary depending on department. For more information please call our Main Office number at 401.861.4445.

The Pittsburgh Film Office offers unpaid fall, spring, and summer internships to college or graduate students who will receive credit from their college or university. The Office is now accepting applications for the Spring 2012 semester. For more information or to apply (resume + cover letter), please email Jessica Conner at jconner@pghfilm.org.

The Virginia Film Office has a large and active internship program, with an average of 4-6 interns working each semester. Interns are usually college or university students in film or a related field, but adult and high school age interns have also been part of our internship program. For further information, call 800.854.6233 or e-mail: vafilm@virginia.org.

Applications for Austin (TX) Film Festival internships are accepted year-round for all departments. Each department has different qualifications so please carefully review all the jobs available before selecting the position you feel best suits you.

The 2012 Jacob Krueger Screenwriting Fellowship is a free screenwriting competition which awards one early career screenwriter a full scholarship to Jacob Krueger’s 2012 Screenwriting Retreat (June 29-July 8, 2012) for ten days of writing, creative exploration and meditation in beautiful Costa Rica. Even your airfare is covered!

The Sundance Creative Producing Fellowship was conceived to develop and support the next generation of American independent producers. The Fellowship focuses on the holistic producer, who identifies, options, develops, and pitches material; champions and challenges the writer/director creatively; raises financing; leads the casting/packaging process; hires and inspires crew; and navigates the sales, distribution, and marketing arenas. Applications are being accepted now through Feb. 10th, 2012.

Writers on the Verge is a 12-week program focused on polishing writers and readying them for a staff writer position on a television series. We are looking for writers who are "almost there" but need that final bit of preparation with their writing and personal presentation skills. We particularly encourage writers of diverse backgrounds to apply. The submission period has closed for 2011, but this is an annual, ongoing program so bookmark the website for next year.

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson's well-established internship program provides top caliber students an exceptional opportunity to explore and learn all aspects of television production on a late night comedy-variety network series. Interns gain valuable knowledge and insight of the television industry, and most importantly, make contacts in this competitive field. The Late Late Show is produced by Worldwide Pants Incorporated (Late Show with David Letterman, Everybody Loves Raymond, Ed) a prestigious, Emmy award winning production company.

The Disney-ABC Television Group is home to all of The Walt Disney Company's worldwide entertainment and news television properties. ABC NEWS offers the only PAID internship program in network news. We offer three programs a year: Fall, Spring and Summer. Hiring decisions are based on your major field of study, past work/internship experience, and extracurricular activities. We are looking for students who will make the most of this great opportunity.