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In addition to organising Love & Anarchy, the biggest and most significant film festival in Finland, the Helsinki IFF – Love & Anarchy association has been hosting a spring festival ever since 2007 when it adopted the Artichoke Film Festival (originally Nainen vai Artisokka, Woman or Artichoke).

Artichoke was born around the women’s issue and grew into Season Film Festival which focused on new art house and indie films. In 2020-2021 Season Film Festival was organized with limited capacity and web screenings due to the covid-19 pandemic. R&A Spring Break was launched in 2023.

R&A Spring Break focuses on one curated theme each year. In addition to new films the festival includes older classics. Thematic focus enables also interesting cooperation with multiple fields of art and science. The festival’s theme in 2024 is Passion.

Screening Ticket

Screening ticket 12 €

The sale of screening tickets begins on March 7th at 12:00. From March 7th to March 20th, tickets can be purchased exclusively from the festival’s online store, through the festival’s website. The purchase of screening tickets takes place on each film’s page.

For screenings of the film Alam, it is also possible to purchase a donation ticket for 15 €, of which 3 € will be donated in full to the work of Doctors Without Borders in Gaza.

Serial Cards

Serial cards are an excellent choice for passionate film enthusiasts! Purchasing a serial card is more cost-effective than buying individual screening tickets if you wish to enjoy multiple films during the festival. For more information on using a serial card, scroll down to the Purchasing Tickets section.

Each serial card includes a specific number of screening tickets that can be used personally or shared with others, with the exception of those purchased with a personal discount or cultural benefits. Serial cards are only valid at the 2024 Love & Anarchy Spring Break Film Festival, and can only be applied to regular-priced screening tickets. Serial cards are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.

R&A Spring Break -Serial Card 2024

• HURMIO (inc. 5 tickets) 55 €
• Discount Group Serial Card (inc. 5 tickets) 50€

You can find more information on the discount group serial cards below.

Serial cards can be purchased at hiff.fi/en/serial-cards/

Discount Groups and Complimentary Tickets

Discount group serial cards

In order to make our festival more financially accessible to a larger audience, we sell a discounted HIFF serial card for students, for people over 70 years old and for unemployed job seekers at a price of 50 €.

Discounted serial cards are only available at box offices. Serial cards of discount groups are not sold online. When making a purchase, you must prove your right to a discounted serial card with one of the following valid documents:

• STUDENT:: valid student card
• 70+: proof of identity (driving licence, passport or photo ID).
• UNEMPLOYED JOBSEEKER: certificate of validity of job search (certificate available on the TE Office’s website, which you can also present on your smart device).

Be prepared to present the certificate entitling you to a discount also when you arrive at the screening. Purchase limit: One discounted serial card per person.

Culture Benefits

Culture benefits can be used to purchase screening tickets and serial cards for personal use only. The tickets included in a serial card purchased with the culture benefit may not be used by persons other than the person who purchased the serial card.

Please note that you cannot buy Alam donation tickets or merchandise using culture benefits. For more information on the culture benefits we accept, see the “Payment methods” section on our website.

Be prepared to show proof of identity (driving licence, passport, photo ID) at the screening doors.

Misuse of a ticket or a serial card purchased with the culture benefit will result in the ticket or serial card being invalidated. In the event of misuse, the cultural benefit will not be refunded and the misuse will be reported to the service provider, which may, in accordance with its own rules, withdraw the benefit in its entirety from the employee’s use.

Wheelchair Seats, Assistant Tickets & Accessibility

Wheelchair seats are available for purchase online or at the festival box offices to all accessible theatres.

The assistant must redeem their own assistant ticket before the screening. The free of charge assistant tickets can be redeemed online and at the festival box offices. Please note that it is not possible to get assistant tickets to sold-out screenings. Click here for more information on accessibility.

Purchasing Tickets

Tickets can be purchased online through each film’s page. From the page, you can select the desired ticket type and quantity, after which you click on the shopping cart icon to proceed. In the shopping cart, you can modify your tickets and add codes for a serial card, complimentary tickets, or campaigns. Once you click into the shopping cart, you have 20 minutes to complete the purchase. From the shopping cart, you can also return to the film pages, where you can add other screening tickets to your cart during the same transaction.

After entering a code for a complimentary ticket or serial card in the designated field, the discount will be activated in the shopping cart and will be reflected in the final price. If you wish to purchase additional tickets at the same time, when you return to the film pages, you can choose whether to add screening tickets redeemed with a serial card (0€ tickets) to your cart or, alternatively, regular-priced screening tickets.

Ticket Sales During the Festival

During the festival tickets can be purchased online 24/7 as well as from festival box offices at Bio Rex Lasipalatsi and Maxim. The box offices open 30 minutes before the film theatre’s first Spring Break screening, and close once the last screening of the day has started.

Bio Rex Lasipalatsi (Mannerheimintie 22–24) info and ticket sales opening times:
Thu 21.3. 17:00 – 20:30
Fri 22.3. 17:30 – 20:15
Sat 23.3. 12:30 – 21:00
Sun 24.3. 13:30 – 18:15

Maxim (Kluuvikatu 1) ticket sales opening times:
Fri 22.3. 17:15 – 20:15
Sat 23.3. 15:00 – 20:15
Sun 24.3. 13:15 – 18:30

Payment Methods

Online

• Online banking credentials (Nordea, Osuuspankki, Danske Bank, Aktia, Säästöpankki, POP Pankki, S-pankki, Handelsbanken and Ålandsbanken)
• Visa ja Mastercard -cards
• Smartum!
• ePassi

Festival Box Offices

• Visa ja Mastercard -cards
• ApplePay app
• SmartumPay app
• Edenred Virike card
• ePassi
• Smartum, Edenred and Tyky culture benefits

We prefer contactless payment and do not accept cash.

Marketing

We will send targeted marketing messages to ticket buyers. You can opt out of this marketing at any time. Every marketing message we send you will include instructions on how to easily opt-out. You can read more about this in our Privacy and Data Protection Policy.

FAQ

I bought a ticket/serial card in the online ticket shop, but I haven’t received it in my email. What should I do?
First, check your email’s spam folder in case the ticket or serial card has ended up there. The ticket or serial card should arrive in your email immediately after payment, but no later than 15 minutes after purchase.

If you’ve checked your spam folder, waited 15 minutes and you still haven’t received the ticket/serial card you bought, contact us by email: liput@hiff.fi. Add your name and the order number found on your receipt (2 letters and 8 numbers) to the message.

I was incorrectly charged twice for a payment transaction. How can I get the overcharged amount back?
Contact us by email: liput@hiff.fi for a refund of the overcharge. Please include your name and receipts for the double charge (receipt or screenshots from your online bank).

Can I share the screening tickets included in my serial card with others?
Yes – as a general rule. In principle, it is allowed to share tickets from a serial card. The only exception is for serial cards paid for with a personal discount or cultural benefits, which are personal tickets. Unfortunately, it is not possible to pay in instalments, so if you share a serial card with others, one of them must act as the purchaser of the whole serial card.

I have a serial card, but I couldn’t use it to buy a ticket for the screening I wanted to see. Why?
A serial card does not guarantee admission to any screening, but you must always redeem a ticket for a specific screening separately before the screening starts. 

You will not be able to redeem a ticket if the screening you have chosen is sold out or if it is a free screening. If the screening is sold out, please choose another screening. Tickets for free screenings cannot be redeemed with a serial card, but must be purchased separately via the film’s own page.

How is it possible that the screening I want to see is sold out?
Some of the festival’s screenings are very popular and tickets sell out soon after they go on sale. 

To maximise the chances of getting a ticket for the screening you want to see, we recommend that you buy your ticket soon after the programme is announced (31 August), so that you can buy your ticket for the screening you want to see as soon as tickets go on sale on 7 September at 10 am.

Can I bring my assistant to the screening?
You can bring an assistant with you to the screening free of charge. Please note that the assistant must redeem their own assistant ticket before the screening. The free-of-charge assistant tickets can be redeemed online and at the festival box offices. Unfortunately, it is not possible to get assistant tickets to sold-out screenings.

The screening is sold out, but there are still wheelchair seats available. Can I buy one?
If you are a wheelchair user, you can of course buy an available wheelchair seat. If you are not a wheelchair user however, you cannot buy a wheelchair seat, even if it is the last available ticket, as these are not actual seats but designated spaces for wheelchairs.

Can tickets to sold-out screenings become available?
Tickets to sold-out screenings may become available 30 minutes before the screening. If tickets become available, they can be purchased online and at the festival box offices.

I bought a ticket, but I can’t go to the screening. Can I get a refund or exchange the ticket for another screening?
Purchased tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. You can of course ask if someone close to you could use your ticket, for example.

I want to reserve tickets. What should I do?
The festival has decided to abandon the ticket reservation system used in previous years, which means that it is not possible to reserve tickets.

Contact

Please check our FAQ section first before contacting us!

To ensure a smooth customer service experience, we prefer to be contacted by email. Please include in your message the name of the ticket purchaser, the subject of your enquiry and preferably also the order number. 

By email: liput@hiff.fi, or by phone 0451349812

Bio Rex Lasipalatsi, Mannerheimintie 22-24, 00100 Helsinki

Finnkino Maxim, Kluuvikatu 1, 00100 Helsinki

Wheelchair seats are available for purchase online or at the festival box offices to all accessible theatres. Free tickets for personal assistants can be redeemed at our online shop or by visiting the box offices. Please note that if a screening is sold out, seats for personal assistants are not guaranteed.

Content warnings

We use content warnings in our films. They are intended to give the viewer advance warning of potentially disturbing content or imagery. We also mention any strobe lights in the content warnings.

Accessibility to venues

Venue specific information is collected with help of Riesa and can be found here. (The link opens in a new tab.)

Contact person in accessibility to venues

Contact person for more information on the accessibility: Veera Kotila, veera@hiff.fi, phone 0407423523

With the following principles, we commit to making our spaces and events safer for everyone. Safe space means that everyone has the freedom to fully be themselves and participate in all activities without fear of scorn or discrimination. We understand that it isn’t possible to create a space that is completely safe for everyone, but it is vital for us to strive for that goal in all our actions.

• Everyone is treated equally and with respect. We intervene in any cases of discrimination, harassment or other unsuitable behavior. We do not accept racism, ableism or verbal or physical discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. When needed, the person behaving in an unsuitable manner will be removed from the space.
• We do not presume consent, but ask for it.
• Everyone has a right to self-determination. We do not generalize or make presumptions about anyone’s background, experiences, gender or sexuality.
• We understand that we come from different backgrounds, experiences, circumstances and that we can disagree on things. Still, we strive for respectful interactions.
• We acknowledge that all our spaces are not accessible for everyone. We develop the accessibility of our events.
• Our spaces and events are photographed. We inform the audience about this. If you do not want to be photographed, please let our staff know. If you take pictures in our events, please make sure that you have permission from the people who you are photographing.
• We are not perfect, and sometimes we fail. We encourage everyone to take responsibility for their words, actions and failures. Sometimes, an apology is necessary. 
• We promise to support you. In all our events, we have a dedicated person to whom you can report any harassment, discrimination or other unsuitable behavior. You can also give feedback about our events after the fact and anonymously through this form.
• You can give us feedback and suggestions for changes to these principles for safer space through an anonymous form here.

Regarding questions about R&A Spring Break 2024 (accreditations, screener links, stills, interviews) journalists can contact the festival’s publicist Saija: saija@hiff.fi