Tickets for Istanbul Film Festival on sale

ISTANBUL

This year's festival will show over 200 films in over 20 categories.

Tickets for the 33rd Istanbul Film Festival, which will be held between April 5 and 20 by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), will go up for sale on March 22.

Tickets can be purchased through Biletix sales points as well as the box offices of Atlas and Rexx movie theaters.

Standard ticket prices are 16 Turkish Liras, while students and seniors over 65 can get in for 11 liras, except for 9:30 p.m. showings and the first screenings of the Akbank Galas section. The first screenings of Akbank Galas at the Atlas Movie Theater are 20 liras.

Discounted prices for matinees, meanwhile, will continue this year. All screenings at Istanbul Modern and Pera Museum as well as week-day daytime screenings (11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.) at other movie theaters are 6 liras.

The film screening times are 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. In the “Midnight Madness” section of the festival, a film will be screened every Friday and Saturday at 12 a.m. throughout the festival.

This year, the festival will show over 200 films in over 20 categories, as well as panels, workshops, and master classes with expert film makers for two full weeks.