ACCESSIBILITY & SAFETY
(Updated 19/8/2024)
The safety of visitors is our utmost priority and we’re working hard to ensure a safe and comfortable festival visit. We are also constantly improving the accessibility at our festival. We do our best to make it convenient and enjoyable for everyone to come to TAFF!
Accessibility at the festival venues
Manilla theatre (Manilla-teatteri) and Viinatehdas are both accessible spaces. There is a disabled parking space in the yard and a moderate slope leads to the entrance of Manilla theatre. There is a wheelchair access to Viinatehdas and ramps to move from one space to another. There is an accessible toilet in both Viinatehdas and Manilla-teatteri and wheelchair spaces can be arranged in the audience in these locations.
Manilla theatre has an accessible entrance. The theatre entrance can be accessed through a pathway slightly uphill. The theatre foyer is equipped with one accessible toilet.
Viinatehdas is an accessible space. It is possible to open a wheelchair-friendly entrance to Viinatehdas, and you can move from one space to another using gentle ramps. There is one accessible toilet in the facility and places for wheelchairs can be arranged.
Brinkkala inneryard is not fully accessible. The yard is paved with cobblestone, which can prevent access, especially with a wheelchair. There’s no accessible toilet.
Taiteen talo entrance is accessible, but the inneryard has paving and is sloped down. The main entrance is accessible and the door opens with a button besides the door. Disabled toilet is in the 1st floor. There’s an elevator, but the door the to elevator is heavy and the buttons high up. TAFF Junior workshop will be arranged in 1st floor. There’s an own entrance with a ramp.
Language information
Our festival is international, and we warmly welcome our friends from all around the world to take part in TAFF magic! Our staff and volunteers are happy to assist you in Finnish and English before, during and after your visit.
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English are subtitled in English.
Principles of a safer space
We do not accept any form of discrimination or harassment at the festival.
Please do respect the personal mental and physical space of others – do not touch others without permission and respect the privacy of others. Please treat sensitive and intimate topics with respect.
Do not use discriminatory or derogatory language or embarrass or tease anyone with your speech.
Do not make assumptions based on the external nature of others, such as sexuality, gender, nationality, ethnicity, religion, socio-economic background, health or ability to function.
If you have unwittingly crossed the boundaries of others with your behavior, change your behavior and apologize for your actions.
Take care of others and yourself in the festival area and at the side events. If you encounter and notice harassment or need support, contact our employees. If necessary, a person behaving in a disruptive manner will be removed from the premises by our employees.
You can turn to any of our staff members if you experience harrasment, but we also have two designated harassment contact persons at the festival, identifiable by their soft pink (additional) lanyards. The harassment contact persons for TAFF 2024 are Festival Director Annika Dahlsten (annika@taff.fi) and Head of Volunteers Ylva-Lii Wahlström (ylva@taff.fi).
TAFF is a member of Keep Festive, international anti-harassment and anti-discrimination organization working on building more safe and at-ease animation festivals for everyone.
Content Warnings
Several films in our program deal with difficult or distressing subjects. We are adding content warnings about topics that might typically disturb members of the audience to the information of each screening. Content Warnings for films at TAFF 2024 will be available on Monday, August 19.