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Press Release > Festival > Ticket Information for the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival

Ticket Information for the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival

Mar 30, 2010

Festival

On-sale Dates
Starting March 26 for San Francisco Film Society members; April 1 for the general public

How to Purchase Tickets

By phone: 925-866-9559 (Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-5:00 pm)
Online: sffs.org
In person:
Main Ticket Outlet: Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, 1881 Post Street (at Fillmore) 
Pre-Festival: April 1-22, 3:30-7:30 pm
During the Festival: April 23-May 6, open one hour prior to the first screening of the day

Regularly Priced Events
Members $10.00
General admission $12.50 
Senior/student/persons with disability $11.00

Special Events
Opening Night: members $70, general $85, VIP $145 
Centerpiece: film only: members $15, general $20; film and party: members $25, general $30    
Closing Night: members $60, general $75, VIP $135; film only: members $20, general $25
Tributes (Kanbar, Owens, Founder’s Award): members $20, general $25
Midnight Awards: all tickets $50
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with Stephin Merritt: members $17, general $22.50
A Conversation with T Bone Burnett: members $15, general $20
Utopia in Four Movements; A Drunken Evening with Derek Waters and Wholphin; An Evening with Roger Ebert and Friends: members $12, general $15

Ticket Packages
CineVisa: $750, available to SFFS members only, offers access to all ticketed Festival events (excluding Opening and Closing Night films and parties; Centerpiece party, Midnight Awards and Film Society Awards Night).
CineVoucher 10-Pack: $90 SFFS members, $115 general. Vouchers can be redeemed for tickets to regularly priced Festival films.

Film Society Awards Night
Thursday, April 29 at the Westin St. Francis, San Francisco.
Tables: $5,000, $10,000, $15,000, $25,000
Tickets: $500, $1,000, $1,500
Call 415-551-5005 for information and tickets.

For tickets and information, go to www.sffs.org or call 925-866-9559.

For photos and press materials visit sffs.org/pressdownloads.

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