The festival released details on ticketing for the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Prices have generally remained steady from previous years back to 2010.
Consult my Important Dates page for dates relevant to the ticketing process.
Note Visa is the only accepted credit card; otherwise you have to pay by cash or debit card.
Before getting into the various ticket options, some additional changes:
- The old Advance Order Forms have been replaced by an online system. Consult my post here for more details. You will also be able to do advance orders by phone or in person. While people have been clamoring for an online system for years, I'm not sure this is what people were actually expecting.
- You can now get up to 4 tickets per screening per account/membership for My Choice packages. Previously, many packages limited you to 1 ticket per screening. However, you are allowed only one regular screening flex pack and one premium screening flex pack per account/membership, but I don't have any additional information on what might be covered by that restriction.
- TIFF Choice packages are limited to 1 ticket per screening, and you can only purchase 4 TIFF Choice packages per account/membership.
- The Flex Pack has been introduced which allows you to buy 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, or 100 tickets in one go. This is a positive improvement for those people who used multiple 10, 30 or 50 ticket packages in the past.
- The 6-Premium Ticket Pack has been introduced to allow advance ordering of Premium screenings.
- A number of other packages have been removed or consolidated.
The festival has grouped tickets into one of three options:
- Single Tickets: can be bought starting September 2.
- My Choice: you select films prior to the festival starting, following the new advance ordering process. The packages must be bought before late August when the Advance Order procedure starts.
- TIFF Choice: the TIFF programmers pre-select films for you. These packages can be bought before or during the festival (while supplies last)
Single tickets can be bought starting September 2, 2012, up until the end of the festival. If a screening is sold out, additional tickets will be released at 7:00 AM the day of the screening, and there is the Rush Line for each film as well.
For single tickets, for regular screenings, the cost is $19.69 for adults (no change from 2010), or $17.03 ($0.01 cheaper than in 2010) for seniors, $15.04 for 25 & under, and $12.83 for 12 & under. Note movies may have age restrictions, especially if they are as yet unrated.
For single tickets, for premium screenings, the cost is $38.27 for adults (no change from 2010), or $32.08 for seniors (was $19.03 in 2010), $25.00 for 25 & under, and $23.01 for 12 & under. Premium Screenings are indicated as such online and in the Official Film Schedule.
My Choice packages:
Note you are allowed only one regular screening flex pack and one premium screen flex pack per account/membership.
10-Ticket Pack
$160 (no change from 2010), no information on senior or under-25 pricing
See up to 10 films (maximum of 4 tickets per screening)
Cannot see Premium screenings (to be confirmed)
Can participate in the Advance Order Procedure
Flex Pack
$320 to $1,200, no information on senior or under-25 pricing
See from 20 to 100 films in 10-film increments
Cannot see Premium screenings (to be confirmed)
Can participate in the Advance Order Procedure
6-Premium-Ticket Pack
$300, no information on senior or under-25 pricing
See 2 Premium screenings
Can participate in the Advance Order Procedure
Back Half Pack
$50, no information on senior or under-25 pricing
See 5 films from September 11 to 16
Can participate in the Advance Order Procedure, but only on September 3
20-Ticket Daytime Pack
$190 (25-Films Daytime Pack in 2010 was $202), no information on senior or under-25 pricing
See 20 films that start before 5:01 PM
Can participate in the Advance Order Procedure, but only on September 3
Programme Book
$35 ($100 for book + delivery)
Includes Programme Book, Official Film Schedule, sent by FedEx.
TIFF Choice packages:
TIFF Choice packages cannot participate in the Advance Order Procedure since films are pre-selected by festival programmers.
Note a single purchaser can purchase a maximum of 4 TIFF Choice packages. Each package only provides 1 ticket per screening. You cannot exchange tickets in a TIFF Choice package for other screenings. There's also a weird disclaimer that English-language films can't be guaranteed for a TIFF Choice package; I think that means you may get a subtitled film (all films are either in English or have English subtitles).
If you do buy multiple packages of the same type, note that the films included in each package may differ if you buy them at different times; e.g. if you buy two "The Canadian" packages, but two weeks apart, they may contain different films from one another.
The Canadian Pack
$80 (no change from 2010), $68 for students and seniors (down from $80 in 2010)
1 ticket to 5 different films by Canadian filmmakers.
Midnight Madness Pack
$156 (no change from 2010), $100 for students and seniors (no change from 2010)
1 ticket to each of 10 films in the Midnight Madness programme
Films are at 11:59 PM
City-to-City Pack
$156 (no change from 2010), $100 for students and seniors (no change from 2010)
1 ticket to each of 10 films in the City-to-City programme, centered around a single city (this year is Mumbai)
Wavelengths Pack
$70 (was $55 in 2010), $60 for students and seniors (was $47 in 2010)
1 ticket to each of 6 films in the Wavelengths programme (4 shorts and 2 features)
Contemporary World Cinema
$90, $75 for students and seniors
5 films from around the world selected by TIFF programmers
Daytime Sampler
$82 (was $63 in 2010, but only for 3 films), $70 for students and seniors
5 films guaranteed to start before for 5:01 PM
Evening & Weekend Sampler
$94 (was $69 in 2010, but only for 3 films), $80 for students and seniors
5 films starting from 5:01 PM on or anytime on weekends
Premium Sampler
$125, $100 for students and seniors
3 premium screenings at any time during the festival
Closing Night Gala + Cocktail
$180 (no change from 2010), $153 for students and seniors (was $180 in 2010)
1 ticket to the Closing-Night Gala and cocktail reception on Saturday, September 15
Additional Ticketing Information for all tickets and packages:
Ticket packages or individual tickets can be bought on the dates indicated at the start of this post at:
Online
http://tiff.net/thefestival (site is down between 1 AM and 4 AM for maintenance)
Phone
416-599-TIFF
1-888-599-8433
Daily, 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
In person
TIFF Bell Lightbox
Reitman Square
350 King St W
Daily, 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM until August 20, 2012
Festival Box Office
225 King St W
Metro Centre
Entrance at the foot of Duncan St
(opens Aug 21, 2012)
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