How do I purchase tickets for New York Film Festival?
Tickets go on sale Tuesday, September 15 at 12pm ET, or earlier for FLC Members (Contributor level and above. and Pass
holders. See the pre-sale calendar here.
Purchasing Tickets Online
- Visit the calendar to purchase tickets online.
- During on-sale windows, you will be placed in a virtual waiting room. No matter how early you log on, everyone will
be randomized at the start of the pre-sale/on-sale. Do not refresh your browser, or you may lose your spot.
- You may select your delivery option during fulfillment: digital delivery (free), sent to you via email within 48
hours for you to print or display on your mobile device, or hold at box office ($10 fee per order), and tickets can
be picked up at the corresponding venue’s box office.
- Digital tickets are also accessible through your online account. After logging in, to view purchased tickets, click
Digital Tickets from the Account in the upper left corner.
- There is a maximum of two tickets per screening, per household. All tickets are subject to availability. No refunds
or exchanges.
Purchasing Tickets In-Person
- Tickets for festival screenings are available at the Alice Tully Hall box office on Monday–Saturday, 10am to 6pm;
Sunday, 12pm to 6pm. Day-of tickets must be purchased at the corresponding venue’s box office.
- If a screening is standby-only, partial view seats may be available only at the Alice Tully Hall box office.
Standby Tickets
In the event that advance tickets are no longer available, tickets will be issued on a standby basis. Standby lines form
before showtime at the corresponding venue. Regular ticket prices apply. There is a maximum of one ticket per person.
Rush Tickets
$15 Rush tickets to select screenings will be available throughout NYFF, and will be announced when available next to
showtimes and on film pages, and daily in the NYFF newsletter. Tickets are subject to availability at the corresponding
venue’s box office starting one hour before showtime, first-come, first-served.
Reminders
- We strongly suggest you log into your account and verify your account details prior to purchasing tickets to ensure
you can access tickets as soon as they go on sale. It can take 10-15 minutes for a password-reset email to arrive
and FLC staff does not have access to passwords.
- Please note you may be placed in a Virtual Waiting Room due to high demand. It is important that you do not navigate
away from this page.
- We highly recommend purchasing tickets from a desktop computer, not a mobile phone or tablet. You will lose your
place in the Virtual Waiting Room if your connection drops out.
- Following the Virtual Waiting Room, log in and you’ll be taken to the Calendar page after successfully entering your
email and password. You should also see your email address appear at the top of the website.
- Once logged into your account:
- Select the first screening you wish to attend from any of the Calendar pages.
- After you’ve added all the tickets you wish to purchase to your cart, review your order and click “Check Out.”
- There is a 60-minute limit for your cart online. We recommend making more than one transaction if necessary so that
you do not lose the tickets in your cart.
- Alice Tully Hall (ATH) is a reserved seat house. The Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center (EBM) and the Walter Reade
Theater (WRT) are general admission houses.
- All seating locations, programming, and talent appearances are subject to availability. Seat locations at Alice
Tully Hall are automatically assigned on a best-available basis. If you have a specific seating preference, tickets
must be purchased in-person at the Alice Tully Hall box office.
- To donate ticket(s) you are unable to use, please email [email protected] with your order and ticket number, or
visit the ATH box office. You can also buy/sell tickets using Reddit or Discord by adhering to all rules.
**For questions or additional information about tickets, please contact **[email protected].
