2014 Ticket Trades

As it was popular last year, I've created a page for comments for ticket trades and sales. Only post here if you are willing to trade tickets, or sell for the value you paid for the ticket. Do not post here if you are simply looking for tickets or are trying to sell above face value; I will delete such comments to keep the number of comments under control and to prevent scalping. To try to minimize issues, this blog now no longer accepts anonymous comments; you must sign into Google to post.

For people selling, the most a premium ticket should be is $46, and the most a regular ticket should be is $24. If you find anyone selling for more, post a comment and I will try to delete the offending post when I have time.

Double check any ticket before accepting it; I would not accept an under-25 or senior ticket unless you obviously fit that demographic, otherwise you risk not being admitted.

Use the information here at your own risk; I do not know anyone who may be posting here. If you do trade or buy, make sure whatever you receive looks and feels like your own ticket. Do not accept vouchers, e-mail confirmations, or anything else other than an actual ticket, otherwise you're probably getting scammed. If you have any issues, there is nothing I nor the festival can do for you; you're on your own.

Note if you do post here, you should delete your comment once you have gotten rid of your ticket, so that you don't continue to get inquiries. If you have problems deleting your comment, post another letting me know, and I'll try to remove it when I get a chance.

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End of My Choice Ticketing and Start of Individual Sales

Note that Friday, August 29, at 7:00 PM Eastern time is the deadline for making any My Choice ticket package selections. If you have not made your picks by then, you have a second window starting at September 1 for TIFF members and September 2 for everyone else, until September 4 at 7:00 PM Eastern. If you still haven't made your selections by then, you will need to go to the Festival Box Office.

My Choice tickets can be picked up from the Festival Box Office starting September 1 for TIFF members and September 2 for everyone else (both starting at 9:00 AM). You will need your pickup voucher (which was attached to the original purchase confirmation e-mail when you bought your ticket package), reservation #, photo ID and credit card. If you want to exchange any of your picks, you can do so at the same time, up until 7:00 PM the evening before the screening.

If you bought a TIFF Choice package, you should receive an e-mail sometime on August 30 letting you know what films the festival selected for you. You can pick up your tickets from the Festival Box Office starting September 1 for TIFF members and September 2 for everyone else (both starting at 9:00 AM).

With both My Choice and TIFF Packages, you do *not* have to show up at the Box Office right at 9:00 AM, or even on that day, to get your tickets. In fact, I would recommend not showing up first thing unless you are trying to exchange My Choice tickets for different screenings.

If you didn't by a My Choice or a TIFF Choice package and just want to buy individual tickets, those go on sale at 9:00 AM Eastern on August 31. Note that the website will be extremely busy, and you may see the dreaded "virtual waiting room", which means the site will let you in once there is capacity. Don't be misled by the countdown timer in the virtual waiting room. When it ticks down to 0, you won't necessarily get in; the screen may just refresh and the timer reset. You can also try going in person to the box office or using the phone, but people have mixed experiences with every approach.

The festival will be posting an official off-sale list on the website on August 30 at 9:00 AM Eastern.

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TIFF 2014 Off-sale (Sold Out) Screenings

This post is a placeholder for people to add comments for any films that they notice as sold out (i.e. off sale) when completing the online ticketing process for My Choice packages for TIFF 2014. Feel free to post a comment for anything you see as sold out when you log in to make your picks to help others out.

Note that films may come off sale if people release them before checking out because they changed their mind or failed to complete the check out process. Also, even though a screening sold out during the My Choice selection process, it may become available again when individual tickets go on sale.

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2014 Programme Book Gift Bag

If you pre-ordered the Programme Book, you should have gotten it with a gift bag (while supplies last). This year's gift bag included:

• The TIFF Programme Book
• RBC/TIFF coffee sleeve
• A bottle of Pepsi Next
• A 4-pack of Cashmere UltraLuxe toilet paper
• A flyer for Birks Days in September at Birks
• An offer from Pizza Nova for a free jar of tomato sauce with a walk-in order over $20
• L'Oreal lipstick
• L'Oreal shampoo and conditioner samples
• A 15% off coupon for restaurants in the Fairmont Royal York
• A "Green Savings Card" for Fashion Outlets (Niagara Falls is the closest one to Toronto)
• Two cards for a free appetizer with purchase of an entree at Milestones
• A coupon for Airbnb
• A coupon for McDonald's McCafe beverages
• A variety of coupons for Cineplex
• Information on becoming a TIFF Member
• Tourism flyers for Toronto and the Entertainment District
• A coupon for Express and Express Men stores
• A discount on admission to a photography exhibition at Casa Loma of Tom Sandler's TIFF portfolio
• A $20 gift certificate for Liberty Entertainment Group restaurants
• 2 TIFF donation buttons
• A small pewter pendant or earring or something with the letters JT on it (anyone know what exactly this is or who it's for?)

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TIFF 2014 My Choice Film Selection

If you purchased a My Choice package, you should receive an e-mail on Monday, August 18, letting you know the time at which you'll be able to go online to pick your films. If you bought a TIFF Choice package you won't get this e-mail as the festival will be selecting films for you.

If you don't receive an e-mail on the 18th, contact the festival to inquire further.

If you are not a TIFF member, then your start time will be a randomized time starting sometime between August 26 and August 29 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time. If you are a TIFF Patrons Circle or Principal member, you can pick starting August 24. If you are a TIFF Contributor member, you can pick starting August 25.

Start times can occur anytime during the day (though not usually overnight since they take the system down for maintenance), so you could be at work when your start time comes up. Note you do not have to log in right at your start time; you can log in anytime between your start time and 7:00 PM Eastern on August 29.

However, it is in your best interest to pick your films as soon as you can, as inventory is consumed in real-time; i.e. the more popular screenings will go first, so if you are unfortunate enough to get a later start time, some films will be off-sale (i.e. sold out) by the time you go on).

A few things to keep in mind when making your picks online:

• You can only log in once. You cannot log in, make half your picks, logout, and log back in to make the other half. You have to pick everything at once. So if you bought a 50 pack of tickets to share with your friends, all picks have to be made by a single person at one time.
• Once you do log in, you have a limited amount of time to make your selections. I'd recommend that you look at the Official Film Schedule when it comes out on August 19, and start planning out your picks; not just the films you want to see, but the specific screenings as well (date, time, and theatre). Also plan alternatives in case your first choices are off-sale.
• One good tool for creating your schedule is a site called tiffr. Usually it spins up after the schedule comes out.
• Before you check out, you may want to double check if any of the off-sale screenings have come back on-sale; if people change their minds and release tickets back before checking out, then a screening may come back on-sale.

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2014 Ticket Packages on Sale for all Payment Methods Wednesday July 9, 2014

Just a reminder, ticket packages go on sale for all payment methods (not just Visa) for the general public tomorrow, Wednesday July 9.

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TIFF 2014 Ticket Packages

The festival has released details on ticket packages for the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, which is on from September 4 to 14, 2014.

Check out the official festival site here:

http://tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/ticketing/ticketwizard

The Ticket Wizard provides help on selecting which package may be best for you.

The Ticket Product List provides information on each ticket package and on single tickets, including a detailed breakdown of pricing.

The Ticket FAQ answers common questions about the ticketing process.

The Ticket Info package provides information about the ticketing process including important dates.

Ticket Policies has information about conditions and restrictions, such as how many packages you can buy per account.

I've made some initial observations about the ticket packages for this year in another post:

http://tifftalk.blogspot.ca/2014/06/tiff-2014-ticket-package-changes.html

Important dates to keep in mind (dates in bold represent points of interest for non-TIFF Members):

June 24, 2014	Ticket packages go on sale to TIFF Members at 10:00 AM ET.
July 2, 2014	Ticket packages go on sale to the general public if paying by Visa (probably at 10:00 AM ET).
July 9, 2014	Ticket packages go on sale to the general public for all payment methods (cash, debit, Visa, MasterCard, American Express) (probably at 10:00 AM ET).
August 18, 2014	E-mails sent out notifying My Choice ticket package holders of their selection window.
August 19, 2014	Official Film Schedule released and Festival Programme Books available at 9:00 AM ET.
August 21-23, 2014	Individual tickets available for purchase for TIFF Leadership, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze members starting at 9:00 AM ET, according to Member level. In 2012, TIFF Leadership members could enter the first day starting at 7:00 AM, Platinum at 11:00 AM, and Gold at 3:00 PM. Silver could enter the second day starting at 7:00 AM and Bronze at 11:00 AM.
August 24, 2014	Select screenings online at tiff.net (or by phone or at the TIFF Bell Lightbox) for TIFF Patrons Circle and Principal Members, according to member level, for Regular Flex and Premium Packages, In 2012, TIFF Leadership members could enter the first day starting at 7:00 AM, Platinum members at 11:00 AM, and Gold members at 3:00 PM. TIFF Silver members could enter the second day starting at 7:00 AM and Bronze members at 11:00 AM. TIFF Principal members could enter the third day starting at 7:00 AM, while Contributor members got a randomized start time from the third day onwards.
August 25, 2014	Select screenings online at tiff.net (or by phone or at the TIFF Bell Lightbox) for TIFF Contributor Members, according randomized start time.
August 26-29, 2014	Select screenings online at tiff.net (or by phone or at the TIFF Bell Lightbox) for the general public for Regular Flex and Premium Packages. Package holders will receive a randomized start time.
August 29, 2014	End of ticket selection window at 7:00 PM ET for Regular Flex and Premium Packages for the general public and TIFF members.
August 30, 2014	List of off-sale (i.e. sold out) screenings is posted on tiff.net at 9:00 AM ET.
August 30, 2014	TIFF Choice Package holders receive e-mail notifying them of the screenings they will receive.
August 31, 2014	Individual tickets available for purchase for the general public starting at 9:00 AM ET at tiff.net or by phone or at the Festival Box Office).
September 1, 2014	TIFF Members can pickup their ticket packages and make exchanges starting at 9:00 AM ET.
September 2, 2014	Select screenings online at tiff.net (or by phone or at the TIFF Bell Lightbox) for TIFF Contributor Members and up, starting at 9:00 AM ET. TIFF Individual/Dual members can select starting at 12:00 PM ET.
September 2, 2014	General public can pickup their ticket packages and make exchanges starting at 9:00 AM ET.
September 2, 2014	Select screenings online at tiff.net (or by phone or at the TIFF Bell Lightbox) for the general public for Back-Half and Daytime Packages.

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TIFF 2014 Ticket Package Changes

TIFF has released information about the tickets and packages available for the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, on from September 4 to 14, 2014.

Some changes from last year:

• The TIFF Choice Canadian and City-to-City Packages no longer exist
• There is a new 'Buzz List' package where you get priority access to five "big-ticket" premium screenings, but it will set you back $1,500
• There is Rush ticket pricing for regular and premium screenings that is lower than the normal adult ticket pricing
• Prices have gone up around 1 to 8%, with some exceptions:
• The Child (under 12) pricing no longer exists, but there is still 25 and Under pricing. For children under 12 that would represent an increase of 15 to 24%
• The Daytime Pack is the same price as 2013
• There is no Senior/Student pricing for the Closing Night Gala Film this year

Where there is a more significant pricing difference is in the Regular Flex Pack. The table below shows the difference in prices from last year to this year. Both the 2013 and 2014 prices include taxes but not fees.

Number of Tickets	2013 Price	2014 Price	Increase
10	187	200	6.9%
20	373	400	7.2%
30	559	600	7.3%
40	656	800	21.9%
50	706	904	28.0%
60	848	1085	27.9%
70	989	1266	28.0%
80	1130	1447	28.1%
90	1271	1626	27.9%
100	1412	1808	28.0%

As you can see, at the high-end this is a huge jump. Just in case you are wondering if the 2013 prices didn't include tax or something like that, in 2013 I bought a 60 pack and two programme books, and after tax it came to $942. This year, 60 tickets alone will be $1,085 after tax.

I'm not sure why there is such a huge jump in the regular flex package pricing. The My Choice premium packages only went up by 3%. This would seem to be heavily penalizing the avid festival goer that sees a lot of films, or people that pool together to purchase tickets. For 2013, buying a 100 ticket package was 75% of the cost if you bought 10 10-packs. For 2013, buying a 100 ticket package is 90% of the cost if you bought 10 10-packs.

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Bars and Parties Around TIFF

blogTO has a listing of bars with extended hours for TIFF around the downtown core

http://www.blogto.com/film/2013/09/50_bars_with_4am_extended_last_call_for_tiff_2013/

as well as TIFF-related or themed parties during the festival:

http://www.blogto.com/film/2013/09/tiff_party_guide_2013/

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Ticket Trades

Due to popular request, I've created a page for comments for ticket trades and sales. Only post here if you are willing to trade tickets, or sell for the value you paid for the ticket. Do not post here if you are simply looking for tickets or are trying to sell above face value; I will delete such comments to keep the number of comments under control and to prevent scalping. To try to minimize issues, this blog now no longer accepts anonymous comments; you must sign into Google to post.

For people selling, the most a premium ticket should be is $46 (that includes tax and $1/ticket service charge), and the most a regular ticket should be is $24.50 (that includes tax and $1/ticket service charge). If you find anyone selling for more, post a comment and I will try to delete the offending post when I have time.

Double check any ticket before accepting it; I would not accept an under-25 or senior ticket unless you obviously fit that demographic, otherwise you risk not being admitted.

Use the information here at your own risk; I do not know anyone who may be posting here. If you do trade or buy, make sure whatever you receive looks and feels like your own ticket. Do not accept vouchers, e-mail confirmations, or anything else other than an actual ticket, otherwise you're probably getting scammed. If you have any issues, there is nothing I nor the festival can do for you; you're on your own.

Note if you do post here, you should delete your comment once you have gotten rid of your ticket, so that you don't continue to get inquiries.

Some people have already posted trades to the off-sale page (you may have to go to the newest comments to see it).

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TIFF 2013 Ticket Pickup Starts Tomorrow, Monday, September 2, 2013

Monday, September 2, 2013 is the first day you can pick up your tickets for My Choice, TIFF Choice, and individual ticket purchases. Go to the Festival Box Office (or if you are a TIFF Member, you can go to the appropriate TIFF Member box office) to pick up your tickets.

If you have a My Choice or TIFF Choice package, you will need your pickup vouchers, reservation #, photo ID, and the purchasing credit card for verification. Note if you used senior or student pricing you will likely also need those IDs as well. In practice, they may only check your voucher and photo ID, but I'd recommend having the other items as well to avoid any issues. If you lost your voucher, then according to the festival website, they can only be replaced in-person on September 2, and you will need the above items (minus the vouchers).

If you want to exchange selections (provided your package allows it), you can also do those starting September 2 and up to 7:00 PM the evening before the screening you are exchanging. Note that not all package allow exchanges.

If you are not doing any exchanges, I would recommend that you do not show up at the box office first thing on the 2nd, as people making exchanges will likely be there, and those usually take a long time, so you'll be waiting in line for nothing.

If you bought a TIFF Choice package, you should receive an e-mail on September 2 outlining the films the festival has selected for you.

If you purchased a Back-Half or Daytime package, your selection window will start on September 2. If you want to see which films are already off sale, you can go the site now for individual tickets and see which ones are unavailable.

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TIFF 2013 Experiences

I've had a couple of requests to create a thread where people can post their experiences, or must-sees, or must-avoids for TIFF 2013, so I've added this page for just that purpose. Please feel free to add in the comments any films you liked or disliked, or anything about your experiences at this year's TIFF. But try to avoid any long-winded rants or anything like that: I reserve the right to prune the comments down especially if things start getting out of hand. I'll see how this page goes this year, and if it's successful, I'll try to do this again next year.

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Tips on Attending TIFF

I've had a few commenters asking about tips on attending the festival once you have you tickets in hand. I have a post for that (http://tifftalk.blogspot.ca/p/going-to-festival.html), but probably the most detailed information I've seen recently is on Larry Richman's blog, where he's put together a series of posts on what happens during the festival:

http://www.larry411.com/how-to-do-toronto-international-film-festival-real-tips-for-real-people-1
http://www.larry411.com/how-to-do-toronto-international-film-festival-real-tips-for-real-people-2
http://www.larry411.com/how-to-do-toronto-international-film-festival-real-tips-for-real-people-3
http://www.larry411.com/how-to-do-toronto-international-film-festival-real-tips-for-real-people-4

Some general things to note:

• Theatres are generally not right next door to one another, so be sure you leave yourself enough time.
• Public transit, especially the subway, is the best and fastest way to get around. Check out the Toronto Transit Commission's site at ttc.ca for information on fares, routes, closures, and service advisories. One important thing to note is that there are still nightly shutdowns of the Yonge subway between Eglinton and Finch stations every night (except Saturday). If you need to head north from downtown after a late film or Midnight Madness, keep in mind that you'll eventually be shunted onto shuttle buses.
• One other thing to note with the subway: on Sunday, it starts up significantly later, so check the schedule for those days.
• If you ask a question during Q&A after a film, keep it short and actually ask a question rather than just gushing; no one else wants to hear that.

If you have your own tips for others, feel free to post them in the comments.

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TIFF 2013 Individual Tickets On Sale Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013

Individual tickets go on sale to everyone tomorrow, Sunday, September 1, 2013 at 9:00 AM Eastern. If previous years are any indication, the online system will be heavily loaded down when ticket sales start. You may get lucky and get in right away, but more often than not you will be shunted into a "virtual waiting room" which features a countdown timer. Not sure if they'll change the way that works this year, but note in previous years, the countdown didn't actually mean anything; you wouldn't actually gain entry at the end of the countdown, it would just reset more often than not.

You can also buy in person or by phone, but I've heard stories from other people who went in person that all the films they wanted were already off sale by the time they made it up to the counter.

You can check my post from last year on how online individual ticket sales work: http://tifftalk.blogspot.ca/2012/09/tiff-2012-individual-ticketing-process.html

If you want an idea of which films are off sale (i.e. sold out, you can check the official off sale page, or you can check my post here: http://tifftalk.blogspot.ca/2013/08/tiff-2013-off-sale-sold-out-screenings.html, or you can check the tiffr page commenter 12amMovies posted based on comments to this blog. Many thanks to 12amMovies for posting and updating the tiffr page, and everyone who contributed off-sale screenings to the page. I know people who came later definitely appreciated the information.

Since it will be difficult for people to login initially when individual sales start, if you do manage to get in and get a chance to see any additional off-sales, feel free to add them to my comment page: http://tifftalk.blogspot.ca/2013/08/tiff-2013-off-sale-sold-out-screenings.html.

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My 2013 Films

Just finished selecting my films for 2013:

• All About the Feathers (Neto Villalobos, Costa Rica): A small-town security guard finds his life changed when he adopts a rooster for cockfighting.
• Attila Marcel (Sylvain Chomet, France): The first live-action film from the director of The Triplets of Belleville, follows Paul, 33 but arrested in his development. His neighbour helps to unlock his repressed childhood memories, letting his experience the world through musical fantasies.
• Beyond the Edge (Leanne Pooley, New Zealand): A documentary covering the first ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
• Blind Detective (Johnnie To, Hong Kong): To's latest finds Andy Lau as a blind private detective who teams up with cop Sammi Cheng to solve a variety of crimes.
• Blue Is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, France): Palme d'Or winner this year at Cannes, about the relationship between a high schooler and an art student.
• Can a Song Save Your Life? (John Carney, USA): From the writer/director of Once, a drama revolving around the music industry, with an all-star cast of both actors and musicians including Kiera Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Catherine Keener, Hailee Steinfeld, Mos Def, CeeLo Green, and Adam Levine.
• Cold Eyes (Cho Ui-seok, Kim Byung-seo, South Korea): Korean thriller follows a police surveillance team trying to catch a gang of bank robbers.
• Dom Hemingway (Richard Shepard, United Kingdom): Jude Law plays a gangster recently released from prison who tears it up with his former sidekick, played by Richard E. Grant.
• Don Jon (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, USA): Gordon-Levitt's feature film directorial debut, in which he also stars as a porn-addicted, womanizing lothario.
• The Double (Richard Ayoade, United Kingdom): Jesse Eisenberg finds his life taken over by his doppelganger.
• El Mudo (Diego Vega, Daniel Vega, Peru/France/Mexico): a crusading judge soon believes himself to be the target of a conspiracy after several incidents culminating in an attempt on his life.
• Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener, USA): one of James Gandolfini's final roles, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a divorced woman who is tentatively navigating a new relationship while dealing with her feelings about the past.
• The F Word (Michael Dowse, Canada): Daniel Radcliffe falls in love with a girl already in a relationship, in this romantic comedy from the director of Goon, Fubar, and It's All Gone Pete Tong.
• Gloria (Sebastián Lelio, Chile/Spain): Paulina Garcia plays a woman looking for love and life.
• The Grand Seduction (Don McKellar, Canada): A small town tries to entice a big city doctor into staying permanently so they can win a new factory and save the town. Be interesting to compare and contrast this with La grande séduction (can't remember if I actually saw this at TIFF back in 2003 or not). Ken Scott, the original screenwriter, collaborated with Michael Dowse (who wrote and directed The F Word, which I'm also seeing this year).
• In Conversation With Spike Jonze: interview with Jonze with clips from his new movie, Her, which stars Joaquin Phoenix.
• The Love Punch (Joel Hopkins, United Kingdom/France): a romantic comedy-cum-heist movie starring Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson as a formerly married pair of thieves.
• Lucky Them (Megan Griffiths, USA): Toni Collette plays a music journalist looking into the decade-old disappearance of a local musician, who just also happened to be her former boyfriend.
• Man of Tai Chi (Keanu Reeves, USA/China): the directorial debut of Keanu Reeves, who also plays the organizer of an underground martial arts tournament that lures in Linhu (played by Tiger Chen), who needs money to save his master's temple.
• The Past (Asghar Farhadi, France/Italy): From Oscar-winning director Farhadi (A Separation), The Past finds an Iranian man travelling to Paris to secure his divorce from his wife, but ends up being drawn in deeper into her life and that of their daughter.
• Quai d'Orsay (Bertrand Tavernier, France): a political satire built around a French foreign minister and his staff.
• A Touch of Sin (Jia Zhangke, China/Japan): won best screenplay at Cannes this year, and tells tales of four people driven by circumstance into violent action.
• Unforgiven (Lee Sang-il, Japan): a remake of Eastwood's Unforgiven that transplants the action to late 19th-century Japan. I watched one of Lee's previous films, Hula Girls, at a previous festival).
• The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan): the latest film from Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli that tells a somewhat fictionalized story of the man who designed the Zero fighter, and which seems to have generated divided reactions overseas.
• Words and Pictures (Fred Schepisi, USA): I usually end up seeing any film Juliette Binoche is in at the festival, and here she plays a painter locked in a debate with Clive Owen's English teacher over which form is the more expressive and meaningful.
• You Are Here (Matthew Weiner, USA): Weiner's (Mad Men) feature film directorial debut, starring Zach Galifianakis as an offbeat fellow who ends up inheriting his estranged father's considerable estate, much to the chagrin of his sister, played by Amy Poehler.

You can also view this list at letterboxd.com.

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TIFF 2013 Off-sale (Sold Out) Screenings

This post is a placeholder for people to add comments for any films that they notice as sold out (i.e. off sale) when completing the online ticketing process for My Choice packages for TIFF 2013. Feel free to post a comment for anything you see as sold out when you log in to make your picks to help others out.

Note that films may come off sale if people release them before checking out because they changed their mind or failed to complete the check out process. Also, even though a screening sold out during the My Choice selection process, it may become available again when individual tickets go on sale.

Tickets off sale as of September 14, 2013 at 8:37 PM:

• Sunday, September 15
• All Cheerleaders Die
• Antboy
• At Berkeley
• Attila Marcel
• Bethlehem
• Child's Pose
• Closed Curtain
• Cold Eyes
• The Dinner
• The Double
• Enough Said
• Exit Marrakech
• Fading Gigolo
• Faith Connections
• The Finishers
• Giraffada
• Giselle
• Gravity
• Home From Home - Chronicle of a Vision
• Hotell
• Ladder to Damascus
• The Last of the Unjust
• Le Week-end
• Life of Crime
• The Lunchbox
• Manakamana
• Manuscripts Don't Burn
• Mystery Road
• Oculus
• Omar
• Palestine Stereo
• Quai d'Orsay
• Rock the Casbah
• Something Necessary
• Stranger By the Lake
• The Summer of Flying Fish
• Trap Street
• Unbeatable
• Under the Skin
• Unforgiven
• We Gotta Get Out of This Place
• When Jews Were Funny
• The Wind Rises
• Witching & Bitching
• The Wonders
• Young & Beautiful

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My Choice Package Selection Starts August 24, 2013

Selection of My Choice Regular Flex and Premium Flex packages begins tomorrow, Saturday, August 24, 2013. From August 24 to August 27, TIFF members will select their packages. From August 27 to August 30, the general public will select their packages.

You should have received your start time from TIFF by e-mail by now; if not, contact the festival for help. Note that TIFF members generally select first in descending order of their level, followed by everyone else, who are each given a randomized start time.

If you purchased a My Choice Back-Half or Daytime package, your selection window will be on September 2.

If you purchased a TIFF Choice package, you will be e-mailed the movies selected by TIFF for you on August 31.

For My Choice Regular Flex and Premium Flex package holders, you have from your assigned start time until August 30 at 7:00 PM Eastern to sign in and complete your selections. If you fail to log in during this period, you will have to wait until September 2 at 9:00 AM Eastern before you will be allowed to log in again. Note that the website will be down for maintenance between 1:00 AM and 4:00 AM every day. If you don't have internet access, you can also make your selections at the Festival Box Office or by phone, but only after your start time.

Note that once you log in, you have a maximum of 1 hour after your first selection to make the remainder of your selections and check out. If you exit without checking out, your choices will not be saved and you will receive vouchers instead that can be redeemed for films later. If you don't use up your allotment of tickets, you will receive vouchers for the unused portion. Once you have logged in, you cannot log out and re-log in again at a later date; all your choices must be made during the same session.

If you bought multiple packages, you will receive a separate login for each package. You will need to login separately for each package and make the selections independently. Your start times may or may not be different for each package, depending on when you bought them. I would recommend completing and Premium packages before Regular packages, as Premium tickets have a smaller inventory and sell out quicker.

Some tips:

• Before starting, make sure you have your username and password that you used when you signed in to the TIFF site to originally buy your packages, along with any package codes.
• If a screening is marked off-sale, it is sold out. But before you check out, go back and check the film again, as inventory may have be released by other people who changed their minds. 
• If you encounter any error messages when filling out your order online, try clicking the By Schedule or By Title buttons; do not try to logout.
• When you check out, note any reservation number displayed to you. You should be e-mailed this number, but it's good to note it just in case.

For more information on the online selection process, consult my Advance Ordering page:
http://tifftalk.blogspot.ca/p/advance-ordering.html

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2013 Programme Book Tote Bag

If you pre-ordered the Programme Book, you should have gotten it with a tote bag (while supplies last). This year's tote bag included:

• A tote bag sponsored by Timberland
• A container of orange and blue Jelly Belly jellybeans from Firefox Flicks
• A portable lint brush from RBC Avion
• A pen with a blue highlighter from Pacific Rubiales Energy
• A coupon to upgrade a regular admission to UltraAVX at Cineplex theatres
• A gift card from Pizza Nova
• A coupon for a $1 small McCafe beverage from McDonalds
• A coupon for Porter airlines
• Coupons for admission/drinks at Media Bar during the festival
• A pamphlet for the Toronto Entertainment District
• A card from Wolf Blass
• A map of the downtown with the festival venues from Timberland
• A card outlining the benefits of TIFF membership
• A card advertising short films celebrating the 100th anniversary of The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres from bravoFACT
• A card advertising www.torontofilmfestivals.com, a site that highlights all the film festivals in Toronto throughout the year
• The Official Film Schedule
• The Programme Book

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Selection Times Being E-mailed

TIFF is in the process of sending out e-mails with the start of selection windows for each My Choice package. A lot of people have tweeted that they've received their e-mails; I got mine at 4:52 PM on Monday, August 19, 2013. The festival tweeted that e-mails are still going out, so don't worry if you haven't gotten yours yet. If you haven't received it after today, I'd suggest calling the festival to get your time.

Tomorrow, on Tuesday, August 20, 2013, the festival will release the full schedule with dates and times for all the screenings. You'll be able to see this information online at the website, or you can head to the festival box office at 225 King St W and pick up an Official Film Schedule. Note starting August 20th, all festival-related purchases/inquiries will be handled from the festival box office, not the Lightbox (unless you are a Patrons Circle member).

If you pre-purchased a programme book online, you should have received an image with a pick-up voucher for the book. You'll need to bring that voucher with you, printed out (not on your phone or tablet), in order to claim your programme book. If you did not receive (because you ordered over the phone or in-person) or lost your voucher, you will have to go to the festival box office with your reservation #, photo ID, and credit card. Note the festival says they won't replace vouchers until September 2. Note you don't need a programme book to make your selections; the free official film schedule or the information online at the website is sufficient.

Consult my page http://tifftalk.blogspot.ca/p/advance-ordering.html to find out how the online ticketing process works for selecting your My Choice films. It doesn't look like they've changed the process at all from 2012 so far.

 

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Updated How To Pages

The How To links at the bottom of each page in this blog have been updated to reflect 2013 dates and the online ticketing selection process. If you have any questions feel free to add a comment to this post.

• Important Dates: dates to watch for with a flowchart
• Buying Tickets: basic information about tickets and packages and some frequently asked questions
• Advanced Ordering: the online ordering process for My Choice packages
• Selecting Films: tips on selecting which films you want to see from the hundreds on offer at the festival
• Going to the Festival: tips for once the festival starts

A few other things to watch for this year:

• Pick Up Vouchers are electronic this year. If you didn't print them out when you ordered online, or if you ordered over the phone or in-person, you will need to pick them up from the TIFF box office. Consult the TIFF website at http://tiff.net/thefestival/tickets/info for more info.
• The Cineplex at Yonge and Dundas is not being used this year.
• The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, which is being used this year, is further away from the bulk of the other theatres, so plan your schedule carefully if you end up with a film here.

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