Media City Film Festival is currently recruiting new board and committee members with interest and enthusiasm for moving image art.
The organization is planning exciting new projects in 2024-2025. As a new board member, you will play a key role in the governance and strategic direction of the organization at a very exciting time in our history. We are specifically looking for candidates from the Windsor-Detroit region but national and international candidates are also welcome.
Celebrated internationally as one of the most distinguished venues for the creation, exhibition, and dissemination of artists’ film and digital art worldwide, House of Toast Film & Video Collective (HoT) / Media City Film Festival (MCFF) is recognized as a significant, and globally influential platform for the advancement of artists’ moving image from Canada and around the world.
Established in 1994, HoT/MCFF has grown into a unique force in Canadian contemporary media arts culture, as the only film festival in the world operating on both sides of an international border: Windsor, Ontario, Canada and Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The organization presented its 26th edition in 2023. The festival has received more than 60,000 entries from 120+ nations on six continents, and has directly hosted and supported thousands of film and media artists, that have reached hundreds of thousands of audience members virtually and in person locally, nationally and internationally.
HoT/MCFF is a not-for-profit registered in Ontario with long-term core-funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and other agencies. MCFF has also been funded by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Ontario Ministry of Culture, Ontario Trillium Foundation, and many other agencies. MCFF maintains 100+ ongoing partnerships around the world.
MCFF welcomes ALL expressions of interest. We are particularly looking to appoint new board members with experience in any of the following areas:
- Cultural management: legal, finance, fundraising and development
- Filmmakers, artists, and curators with moving image-based practice/interest
- Marketing and community development / collaborative ways of working
- Cross-border and international audience development and analysis
- Advocacy for equality, diversity and barrier-free access for all
- Online and in-person presentation, including technical skills
Commitment
Board Members operate on a voluntary (unpaid) basis. MCFF meets monthly and more frequently for the two months prior to Festival presentation. Committee work and developmental planning are organized as required. MCFF board members are expected to actively contribute to planning for MCFF’s strategic direction (with input from the public we serve). Fundraising and ongoing HR and program development, with commitments to directly support staff and team during the Festival and for year-round programs, is expected.
How to Communicate your Expression of Interest:
Please send an email (no longer than one page) outlining your interest and how you believe your experience could be beneficial to MCFF to:
Douglas McLaren, MCFF Board President
c/o Oona Mosna, Festival Program Director: mediacity@houseoftoast.ca
Resumes and/or CV may be attached but are not necessary.
** Similarly, if you are an international professional with interest in supporting MCFF in the areas of fundraising, advocacy, marketing and advisory from abroad, please email us with questions! We work closely with a crew of dedicated professionals at home and abroad. **
Deadline for expressions of interest: Jan 20, 2024. Notification will occur no later than: February 14, 2025