Festival Tickets Go On Sale

Tickets for Tribeca Film Festival screenings and panel discussions went on sale on April 14, but only to American Express cardholders (the financial company is a prime sponsor of the event). Beginning on April 22, all downtown residents will be able to buy tickets, at a 12 percent discount, and tickets will go on sale to the general public at 9 a.m. on April 24.

Organizers of the festival, which takes place May 8-12, said that fliers with details about the discount ticket program will be posted in downtown neighborhoods before the April 22.

Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com, or through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone (212-307-7171), and starting on April 24 at Ticketmaster outlets.

Film tickets cost $10, except for screenings of "About a Boy," which are $25 per ticket. Tickets to panels cost $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and breakfast and lunch events cost $35. Ticketmaster adds per-ticket and per-order service charges .

Full festival passes are also available for $1800 (screenings and parties) or $2500 (screenings, parties, panels and breakfast and lunch events).

A complete schedule of screenings and panels is on the Ticketmaster website. (At the bottom of the first day’s schedule, next to the word "Page," there are links to the rest of the schedule, though they’re sometimes hidden.)

Screenings will take place at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street; Stuyvesant High School, 345 Chambers St.; the Tribeca Grand, 2 Ave. of the Americas; the Tribeca Film Center, 375 Greenwich St.; The Screening Room, 54 Varick St.; United Artists Cinemas, 102 North End Ave.; and the Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, 1 Pace Plaza.

For more information, check the festival website.

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