Tickets


Visa† is the only credit card
accepted by the Toronto International
Film Festival.

Buy tickets to hundreds of individual screenings of great films
beginning at 7:00am on September 3, 2008.

There are four easy ways to purchase tickets:


1. Premium Tickets – Available starting August 23, 2008*

$37.38 (Same-day Student/Senior $18.57**)

Premium Tickets are Gala Screenings at Roy Thomson Hall and presentations at the Visa Screening Room at the Elgin Theatre.

  • Premium tickets can be ordered online, by phone at 416-968-FILM or toll-free at 1-877-968-FILM or in person at the TIFFG Box Office at Manulife Centre starting at 10:00am on August 23. Premium ticket may be purchased at the Festival Box Office at Toronto Life Square as of August 26. Premium tickets may be purchased at the Festival Box Office at Roy Thomson Hall as of September 3.
  • To pick up your tickets, visit the Festival Box Office at Manulife Centre, the Festival Box Office at Toronto Life Square (open as of August 26) or the Festival Box Office at Roy Thomson Hall (open as of September 3), or visit the Theatre Box Office where the first film in your order is being screened. If you are picking up tickets at the theatre, please do so at least one hour prior to screening time.
  • Limit of four tickets per screening, per account.
  • If Premium Tickets are listed as OFFSALE, please continue to check back as new inventory may become available.
* Premium Ticket Sales to Donors - Wednesday, August 20, to Friday, August 22, 2021
  • Donors can order Premium Tickets in advance of the general public online or by phone at 416-968-FILM (toll-free at 1-877-968-FILM) starting at 10:00am on August 20, and continuing through Friday, August 22.
  • Donors of $1,000 or more: Access to purchase premium tickets will be offered to donors in priority of giving level in descending order. Donors will be notified of their advance period to purchase Premium Tickets.
  • Donations must be received by August 8, 2008, to be eligible for privileges during TIFF08. Some restrictions apply.
  • Limit of four tickets per screening, per account.
  • For more information on the Donor Privileges offered at each giving level, visit Support TIFF or call 416-968-FILM.

2. Regular Tickets – Available starting September 3, 2021

$19.29 (Same-day Student/Senior $16.67**)

Don’t be disappointed – buy your tickets in advance and make the most of the Festival!

  • Advance Tickets can be ordered online, by phone at 416-968-FILM or toll-free at 1-877-968-FILM, or in person at the Festival Box Office at Manulife Centre, the Festival Box Office at Toronto Life Square, the Festival Box Office at Roy Thomson Hall
  • Advance Tickets can be ordered until 7:00pm the night before the screening. After this time, see Same-Day Availability.
  • To pick up your tickets, visit the Festival Box Office at Manulife Centre, the Festival Box Office at Toronto Life Square, the Festival Box Office at Roy Thomson Hall or the Theatre Box Office where the first film in your order is being screened. If you are picking up tickets at the theatre, please do so at least one hour prior to screening time.
  • Limit of four tickets per screening, per account.
  • If advance tickets are listed as OFFSALE, please continue to check back as new inventory may become available.

3. Same-Day Availability

Advance tickets unavailable? Try again on the day of the screening!

  • As of 7:00am on the day of the screening, any additional tickets that become available can be purchased online, by phone at 416-968-FILM, toll-free at 1-877-968-FILM or in person at the Festival Box Office at Manulife Centre, the Festival Box Office at Toronto Life Square, or the Festival Box Office at Roy Thomson Hall.
  • Tickets are also available at the Theatre Box Office, beginning one hour prior to the first screening of the day.
  • Limit of four tickets per screening, per account.
  • Tickets for screenings that were previously listed as OFFSALE may become available on the day of the screening.

4. Rush Tickets

Think the film you want to see is sold out? Maybe not – check the rush lines!

  • When advance and same-day tickets are unavailable for purchase, a line of non-ticket-holders forms outside of the theatre. This is known as the Rush Line.
  • If seats become available, the Festival’s Theatre Representatives may allow people from the Rush Line to purchase tickets or exchange an appropriate pass or voucher to gain admittance.

Please Note:

**Student/Senior same-day price for in-person sales only at our Festival or Theatre Box Offices; must show appropriate identification to claim discount.
Prices do not include GST, building fund fee or service charges.
GST# 11930 4541 RT0001
ALL SALES FINAL. NO REFUNDS. NO EXCHANGES. QUANTITIES ARE LIMITED.