The New York City Traveler

The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) kicks off next week, Wednesday, April 23rd and individual tickets will be available to the general public starting tomorrow, Saturday April 18th.  This is your chance to be part of the downtown event that Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro made famous. 

There is something for everybody at this year’s TFF.  The festival will feature films from Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, as well as from New York.  Such special interests as Women’s Issues, Environmental Issues, Political lssues, Health Issues, and Social Issues will be covered in films.  There will be films for the family, for teens, and for children.  Independent films will be featured as well as major Hollywood productions.  In addition to the films, there will be a number of panel discussions with directors and actors.  Ticket prices for screenings and panels are as follows:

• $15 for screenings that begin at 5pm or after, Monday-Friday and all screenings on Saturday-Sunday. 
• $8 for Matinee and Late Night Film screenings.  (beginning prior to 5pm, Monday-Friday, or beginning at 11pm or after everyday.)
• $25 Tribeca Talks Panel Ticket
• $25 Conversations in Cinema Panel Ticket (Special screenings followed by discussion.)
• $25 Behind the Screens Panel Ticket (TFF film screenings followed by discussion.)
• $8 Tribeca Talks Industry Panel Ticket (Panel discussion on film industry and business.)

A limited number of tickets are available to screenings and panels.  Once those tickets are sold out, it will be listed as “Rush Tickets.”  Rush ticket lines will form approximately 60 minutes prior to scheduled event times at the listed venue. Admission will begin, based on availability, approximately 15 minutes before program start time. 

Tickets are available online, by calling (866) 941-FEST (3378), or at two walk-up Manhattan locations: 

• Main Box Office, 15 Laight Street (between Varick St. and Sixth Ave, one block below Canal St.), 11:00am – 7:00pm, 7 days a week
• AMC 19^th Street East,  890 Broadway (between East 19^th St. and East 20^th St.), 3:00pm – 8:00pm, 7 days a week.

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