Responsibilities include but are not limited to: reading and evaluating script, book, and article submissions, updating company script and DVD databases, pitching material to executives, attending weekly staff meetings, compiling film festival grids, researching short films and up-and-coming talent, performing business-related deliveries, and covering executives’ desks/phones when relevant.
In addition to daily administrative/creative tasks, the internship also involves a Q&A dinner with Mandate’s creative executives and intern seminars on film finance and film marketing. Overall, the experience is meant to expose interns to the world of film development and give them a better understanding of the processes and infrastructure of a film financier/production company.