The Gulf Film Festival (GFF) is an annual non-profit cultural event that aims to celebrate the highest standards of Gulf cinema. The Festival takes place in April in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

In presenting the best of Arab cinema from the Gulf countries, the GFF will become a destination festival for the international film community to discover state of the art cinema in the region.

Gulf Film Festival not only serves in strengthening a regional film industry it also creates opportunities for emerging talent to understand and appreciate the trends in modern film-making.

Festival Departmental Brief:

Operations Department

Theatre Operations: Assisting with the smooth running of movie scheduling, ushering guests, Box Office & Customer Service: Assisting with ticketing and customer support, Registration & Accreditation: Assisting with the guest, talent and media accreditation and registration and Headquarters Operations: Assisting in all areas relating to the set up of Festival Headquarters

Human Resources & Administration

Responsible of sourcing and hiring a qualified candidates in addition to assisting in the management of over 80 volunteers who are placed throughout every Department of the Festival and provide back office support

Guest Relations & Hospitality

Assisting in all areas of Guest Relations & Hospitality. Including guest invitations, accommodation, air travel, local transportation, airport operations and local hospitality

Marketing & Events

Assisting in areas of promoting the Festival, branding and sourcing sponsors for the Festival. And also, assisting in areas of events including the invitations process 

Programme Administration

Assisting in supporting the overall festival programming particularly from an administrative, operational, and programme logistics management standpoint

Government Relations & Protocol

Assisting in all areas of Protocol

Security Department

Assisting all areas of the Festival and ensuring of smooth running of the security process during the Festival period

Applicants interested in a temporary position during GFF are requested to email their resumes to GFFcareers@tecom.ae