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Kuva: Paavo Pykäläinen

14.06.2022

TAFF IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS!

Our volunteer application is now open! We warmly welcome you to be a part of the festival 24.-28.8. You don’t have to have any specific education or previous experience for most of the job, we’ll brief you. Check out the different job descriptions below.

We provide you with an awesome, communal experience, free entrance to the screenings outside your shifts, food & beverages and an afterparty at the end of the festival. You’ll also get a reference letter if you wish so.

Our aim is to have a relaxed, cosy & safe event for everyone, our visitors and our volunteers.  We wish to get your work input for 3 shifts / approximately 15 hours, rest of the time you are free to enjoy the festival atmosphere. You can also let us know in the application form if you’d like to be in the same shift with a friend.

 

THE APPLICATION FORM

Please note that with this form TAFF (Turun elokuvatapahtumat ry) gathers information about volunteer applicants. The information is only accessible to festival employees and is kept only for as long as necessary. Information is not given out to third parties. 

 

If you have any questions, please drop us an email at info@taff.fi .

 

JOB DESCRIPTIONS:

 

  • Set up  / close down / cleaning / decorating:

Setting up the venue, bringing the festival atmosphere with decorations.

  • Tech:

Making sure the films are running smoothly

  • Runner:

Runner does whatever is needed at the moment

  • ​​Ticket sales / info:

Selling tickets and merchandise, answering questions and providing customer service

  • Screening presenter / door manager:

Checking tickets at the door, making sure everything is in order at the venue, presenting the screening

  • Host

Hosting our international guests and helping them during festival. We are looking for people with good English skills, but proficiency in other languages is a plus.

  • Security:

Securing the evening events and helping our guests with issues that arise in them. Official licence required.

  • Distribution:

Handing out marketing materials around the city before the festival in August.

  • Driver:

Driving things and people around the city. B-licence required.

  • Photographer:

Taking and editing photographs during the festival. Own equipment required. We hope you’d send a compact portfolio to info@taff.fi .