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Career Profiles

Bridget McDonald

Programming Coordinator | Adelaide Film Festival

A childhood interest in cinema led me to study a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Screen) at Flinders University. While at university, I did some internships at Adelaide Film Festival and the (then) Media Resource Centre, which gave me some preliminary experience curating film programs and liaising with distributors and sales agents. I was also a regular at Adelaide Cinémathèque, which was a great cinematic education and piqued my interest in film curation.

After my Honours year, I ended up working some customer service jobs in government and not-for-profit sectors, which involved a lot of database and admin work. This experience has been hugely helpful for my current role, which involves a lot of data entry and manipulation. I feel lucky to be able to put these skills to use and develop them further whilst working in a field I am really passionate about. The pace and energy of the work is different to anything else I have done, but that’s what makes it interesting.

Pronouns: She/Her

Content supplied by: Bridget McDonald

Edited for clarity by: Dahlia Opala

Photography by: Thomas McCammon

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