Panaji: The 45th edition of International Film Festival of India in Goa may have been making headlines for its 20 world premieres, and the popular stars attending the festival to be part of different sessions, hold master classes to ensure delegates get a memorable experience. But there are co-ordinators too, mostly students of different colleges in Goa, who have been working extra hard to clarify visitors' doubts, help them visit different venues of IFFI and explain them the procedure to book movie tickets.
As they say, it is a hectic job, but the opportunity to accept responsibilities and handling issues in a mature way, is preparing them to manage equally important and big events in future.
"It's the experience that counts, so what if we have to work extra hard?" says Teresa, a young co-ordinator at the ongoing International Film Festival of India in Goa.
"This is the first time I'm handling IFFI, but I have attended several events like Sunburn Festival in the past. These events help us learn the nuisances of managing events," said Princy, another volunteer.
So do they undergo any training to fulfill their roles effectively? "Yes, we all are trained by our seniors to perform better. Many are called about two days before the festival kicks off. This is done to help them know what their responsibilities are. We are explained the importance to pay acute attention to security procedures and the manner in which we should deal with visitors' queries," said Allen Vishal.
Have they come across any weird queries from the delegates? "The main problem is many don't know that to watch a film there are two categories - how to watch a film if you are with and without tickets. Some people say that the movie has started so why hasn't the rush line started?" replied Raymond Thomas.
"We start our day at around 8 in the morning and depending on the events it gets stretched to midnight. Since we love our job, we don't mind working for long hours," said Ashvita Kambli.
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