The Tribeca Film Festival, presented by American Express, today announced that it will make the 2008 Festival more accessible by creating dual Festival "hubs," by offering special ticket packages and passes for the public, and featuring new ticket pricing. Tickets for the Festival will be $15.00 for evening and weekend screenings and $8.00 for daytime weekday and late night screenings. In addition, the Festival will offer a few select screenings with panel discussions for $25.00. The Festival, now in its seventh year, will take place April 23 – May 4, 2008.
"Strengthening the audience experience at the Festival is a top priority for us," said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival. "We hope these changes and additions will give everyone the ability to enjoy more of the Festival than ever before."
The Festival will centralize its screening, event and hospitality venues with lower Manhattan and the Union Square area serving as the Festival "hubs." Lower Manhattan, the heart of the Festival, will host the Festival's free public events, including the Tribeca Drive-In at the World Financial Center and the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on Greenwich Street, as well as an array of screenings, panel discussions and gala premieres at BMCC TribecaPAC, Pace University and Tribeca Cinemas. Union Square will be home to three Festival multiplex theaters – AMC Village VII (11th Street and 3rd Avenue), AMC 19th St. (19th Street and Broadway) and City Cinemas Village East (12th Street and 2nd Avenue) as well as the Filmmaker Industry Press Lounge. These theaters will host premieres and screenings.
