Film Pre-Selector

Salary: £13.85 p/hr

London Experimental is looking for pre-selectors to join their 2025 Festival team.

Pre-film selectors will play a vital role, supporting the team by watching films submitted for the 2025 festival.

Role details

• Part-time (5 hrs total)
• Hours to be worked between February and March 2025
• To learn more about London Experimental Film Festival, please visit their website.

Role responsibilities

The festival is growing, and with more submissions than ever LEFF are looking to collaborate with some experimental film enthusiasts. Your role as a festival preselector will be to watch and analyse about 5 hours of short films over a few weeks. You will be asked to consider each film’s qualities and potential in line with our festival guidelines, and to write notes to be read by the wider festival team.

Person specifications

LEFF is looking for people who possess a strong interest and curiosity for experimental film in all its mediums, and who would enjoy engaging with and feeding back on a diverse mix of short films. This is an opportunity to build a connection with a growing festival that celebrates experimentalism and provides a platform for international filmmakers. The programme includes short form (>20 mins), artist film, avant-garde, hybrid/documentary, animation, music videos, 360, performance film, and digital media.

How to apply

If you have serious interest in this role, please submit your application to londonexpfilmfest@gmail.com with the subject line [YOUR NAME] PRE-SELECTOR APPLICATION 2025.

Application:
– CV
– Film analysis (less than 300 words)

Please include your CV and a succinct analysis (300 words) of an experimental short film you have seen, explaining why you believe deserves a place in our programme.

Please choose a film that falls within the realm of the experimental, and identify why you think it’s a good piece of experimental work, and why it would be specifically suited to LEFF.

We look for unique films that possess qualities such as originality, experimentation with form, cinematic potential, surprise, humour, physicality and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and believe that our programme will function at its best when our team contains many perspectives.

Please reach out to the team via email if you have any questions about the role or your application.

Check out some of LEFF’s 2024 featured filmmakers work for inspiration:

Vera Sebert
Vasco Diogo
Jack Wormell

The closing date for this position is 31/01/2025 at 17:00