How to Buy Tickets for Tribeca Film Festival
In 2011, the Tribeca Film Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary. The event featured over 1,000 movie screenings in Manhattan, New York. Each year, the festival offers a wide variety of international and American independent films from...
Method 1 of 3:
Single Tickets
- Go onto the Tribeca Film Festival website and research the movies that will be showing at the film festival. Tickets go on sale a few weeks before the film festival starts in the spring; however, passes and discounts may be available to those who purchase even earlier.
- List the films you would like to see and note their showing times. Tribeca tickets are often double the price in the evening as they are in the afternoon or late at night.
- For instance, at the 2011 film festival, single tickets for a matinee or shows after 11 PM were $8 and single tickets for an evening showing were $16.
- Decide if you can go to the venue that the film is showing at to pick up your tickets. If so, you can save yourself $3 to $5 in fees. These fees include will call, print at home, phone and Internet booking.
- Go to the "Tickets" section of the Tribeca Film Festival website and choose "Box Office Information" to see addresses of film venues and their hours.
- Call the toll-free number, 1-866-941-FEST (3378), to buy single tickets for a showing by phone.
- Go online to the Tribeca Film Festival Website, go to Tribeca "Box Office Information" and click "On Sale" to buy tickets for single films.
- Have your credit card ready and book early as some films fill up quickly.
- Decide whether you want the tickets to be mailed to you, printed out at home or available at the will call window.
Method 2 of 3:
Tribeca Film Passes
- Go online and research the different passes on the Tribeca Film Festival website or look for advertisements in your local paper.
- Buy the Hudson Pass if you want to go to all or most of the film screenings. You will get tickets to all of the films and access to a special lounge, filmmaker seminars, parties, gala screenings and panel discussions. In 2011, the Hudson pass was sold for $1200, but was later discounted to $800.
- Buy the Harrison Ticket Package if you want to go with a large group or see 10 films. This guarantees you 10 individual general screening tickets that can be used together or to see individual films, totaling 10 tickets. In 2011, the Harrison Package was sold for $250.
- Reservations are made by phone for 1 or multiple films after purchasing the ticket package.
- Buy the Franklin Ticket Package to receive 20 individual tickets that can be used in multiples or by themselves. In 2011, the Franklin Package was sold for $450.
- Buy the Programmer's Picks if you plan to go on dates to the films. You fill out a survey about your likes and dislikes and a programmer picks 6 films based on your taste. You receive 2 tickets to each of the 6 films. In 2011, the Programmer's Picks Package was new and sold for 300 dollars.
Method 3 of 3:
Discount Tribeca Tickets
- Research and buy 1 of the following options by phone or through the Tribeca Film Festival website to receive discounted prices.
- The Matinee Films Ticket Package is available for approximately $40 and includes 2 tickets to 3 matinee film screenings.
- The Late Night Films/Cinemaniac Ticket Package is available for $40 and includes 2 tickets to 3 late night film screenings and an invitation to the Cinemaniac Party.
- The Chelsea Package is available for approximately $75 and includes 2 tickets to 3 film screenings in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York.
- The Documentary Film Fan package is available for approximately $75 and includes 2 tickets to 3 documentary film screenings that take place after 6 PM.
- The Award Winners Screenings Ticket Package is available for approximately $45 and includes 2 tickets to award-winning films played at the end of the festival.
- The Opening Weekend Ticket Package is approximately $100 and it includes 2 tickets to 4 films over the opening weekend of the festival.
- The Single Ticket Package for evening and weekend screenings costs approximately $75 and features 1 ticket to 6 screenings during prime time showings.
- The Single Ticket Package for matinee and late-night screenings costs approximately $40 and features 1 ticket to 6 screenings at those times.
Update 24 March 2020
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