We are looking for those of you who will shape PDSFF27’s volunteers team! Are you one of them?
Our world is shaped by shockwaves: violent spikes testing the limits of what we thought was possible. Politics become explosions, earthquakes and colliding cosmic bodies, forcing sudden pressure waves upon us, destroying our surroundings. So what remains after another wave of urge washes over us? What can we gather from the ground before the next wave buries everything again?
Shockwaves are fast and destructive, but we can find ways to hijack them, to use them for transformation, even healing. In the dips between our struggles, we need to find the power – not only to catch our breath – but to experience joy, allowing us to stand together against the flow, not go with it.
With care and joy, we build a momentum capable of resisting the pressure of the upcoming waves. We will not be swayed.
As a volunteer, your tasks include watching, evaluating and discussing the films that we accept in small teams, so that you can help us create this year’s screenings programme, as well as your support during the festival days.
What you will gain as part of our team:
- Experience and professional training on:
a. film critique
b. the intersectionality framework - Collaboration with an international, interdisciplinary team
- Opportunity to meet and exchange with young people from different fields and with different interests
- Free access to screenings and side events
- Opportunities to participate in other educational and cultural activities of Inter Alia
A timeline of activities:
- 16/9/2026 – Film Critique Training 1
- 19/9/2026 – Film Critique Training 2
- 23/9/2026 – Intersectionality Training 1
- 26/9/2026 – Intersectionality Training 2
- 1/10 – 21/11/2026 – Viewing, Evaluating & Discussing films / phase 1 (weekly meetings within smaller teams)
- 22/11/2026 – late December – Viewing Evaluating & Discussing films / phase 2, optional participation
- March 2027 – support during festival days according to your availability
- NEW: This year, volunteers will have the opportunity to co-create something, as part of a participatory artistic activity, that will be exhibited during the festival days, becoming an active part of the festival programme!
What we’re looking for:
- Cinema related experience (professional, educational, volunteering)
- Sense of responsibility
- Inclusion mindset & interest for intersectionality
- Availability for our volunteer trainings that will take place in September
- Good command of English language
This call will remain open until September 7, 2026, and the selected volunteers will be contacted by September 12.
P.S. Don’t be discouraged if you live outside of Athens. We always make it work!
Fill in the participation form here.
For any further inquiries, please contact us at volunteers.pdsff@gmail.com
