TIFF'08 Premium Tickets - Roy Thomson Hall and Elgin

A reminder that premium tickets for screenings at Roy Thomson Hall and "Visa Screening" room at the Elgin go on sale Saturday August 23, 2008.

Check out the Gala schedule and "Visa Screening" room at the Elgin schedule. These include many of the high profile films such as Passchendaele, Adoration, Blindness, Stone of Destiny, Burn After Reading, Empty Nest, Che, Appoloosa, RocknRolla, The Wrestler and The Good, The Bad,the Weird.

These premium tickets are $37.38 (not including service charges) can be purchased:
-online
-by phone 416-968-FILM / toll-free at 1-877-968-FILM
-in person TIFFG Box Office at Manulife Centre (Bay/Bloor) as of 10:00am

Box Office information notes that there is a limit of four tickets per screening, per account. Also if the premium tickets are noted as OFFSALE, they recommend to continue to check back as new inventory may become available.

Single tickets for regular screenings go on sale Wednesday September 3, 2008.

See TIFF'08 site for full details on tickets, box office and film schedule.

Update as of Saturday August 23, 2008 at 7:30PM, six screenings are ‘OFF SALE’:

The Secret Life of Bees, Friday September 5, 2008 – 6:30PM
Burn After Reading, Friday September 5, 2008 – 9:30PM
Rachel Getting Married, Saturday September 6, 2008 – 6:30PM
The Duchess, Sunday September 7, 2008 – 6:30PM
Nothing But the Truth, Monday September 8, 2008 – 6:30PM
Pride and Glory, Tuesday September 9, 2008 – 6:30PM

I'm a little surprized only 6 have gone offsale, I thought more at this point. I know I'm waiting for the official film schedule to be released to see if any of the films from this lot will be in screenings that are available through passes before shelling out the near $40. It is a risk as waiting that long they could become unavailable.

The Toronto International Film Festival 2008 runs from September 4-13/08 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.