My Summer Internship in Sweden
31 Aug 2009 | Posted By: Maria Markenroth
By: Agata Rukat
Summer 2009 has brought a lot to my life. I spent my time watching a multitude of very interesting films from all over the world and getting professional experience in a Swedish institution.
It is considered to be quite a challenge to get an internship in Jonkoping without speaking Swedish. Despite my struggling with Swedish language courses, the result fell short of fluency. However, I still managed to keep myself occupied during this summer with a very pleasurable and rewarding internship with the promotion of the film festival. It might have been just pure luck that this opportunity occurred to me but I would rather think that those who dare to ask will get rewarded, sooner or later.
In early April I called Josefin Jansson, the Jonkoping film festival manager, and asked her about the possibility of having an internship with the promotion of this event.  The project is conducted under the Jonkoping’s municipality cultural department.
The idea of working with the promotion of the film festival was prompted by my interest in cultural events but also by my concern about the lack of information on cultural events in English. I actually wanted to prove to my colleagues that interesting things do happen here in Jonkoping but they are just poorly advertised to the international community.
Cooperation with Josefin has been wonderful, partly because of her openness to my ideas and her trust in people who work with the project. I have been learning a lot about the way events are organized in Sweden and I was able to confront it with the experience from my country, Poland.
Jonkoping Film Festival 2009 is a treasure for those who have some interest in good cinema. The festival is going to celebrate its 10th anniversary 2 to 6 September and it has much to offer to its participants; queer film night, horror film night or free entrance outdoor cinema are just a small part of it.  If you need some more information, please visit the www.filmfestival.nu. Don’t miss the festival and, surely, don’t hesitate to get yourself a nice internship in Sweden!
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