New Frontier Festival Coordinator

Sundance Institute; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid sick leave

Institute holidays

Employee assistance program

Wellness initiatives

Festival passes and benefits

Job summary

Sundance Institute in Boulder, CO seeks a Festival Coordinator to support New Frontier programming for the Sundance Film Festival. This temporary full‑time role runs Sep 21, 2026–Feb 26, 2027, with extended hours and possible remote work from multiple states before in‑person work begins in Boulder.

You will coordinate scheduling, communicate with producers and directors, maintain project trackers, and serve as a liaison between Programming and New Frontier teams, ensuring timely updates and

Qualifications

• 2 years of work experience coordinating administrative processes.
• Strong communication with a wide range of constituents.
• Organizational skills and ability to work independently.
• Ability to maintain confidential information.
• Working knowledge of databases, Excel, and Google Products.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating administrative support to the team, including coordinating scheduling for the Chief Curator.
• Corresponding with producers, directors, sales agents, and distributors on behalf of the Institute for New Frontier.
• Building and maintaining tracking documents for eligible New Frontier projects.
• Managing the New Frontier email inbox and responding to inquiries.
• Serving as a primary point of contact to facilitate timely communication between Programming and New Frontier applicants.
• Updating the programming database with accurate information and generating reports.
• Acting as a liaison for the New Frontier program with interdepartmental teams (Digital, Marcom, Press, Artist Relations, Production).
• Coordinating materials and resources for project review and selection and supporting festival period activities.

Skills

Administrative coordination

Communication

Organizational skills

Confidential information handling

Databases

Excel

Google Workspace

US work authorization

Tools

Databases

Excel

Job description

Sundance Institute in Boulder, CO seeks a Festival Coordinator to support New Frontier programming for the Sundance Film Festival. This temporary full‑time role runs Sep 21, 2026–Feb 26, 2027, with extended hours and possible remote work from multiple states before in‑person work begins in Boulder.

You will coordinate scheduling, communicate with producers and directors, maintain project trackers, and serve as a liaison between Programming and New Frontier teams, ensuring timely updates and