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'People's festival' no more? TIFF fans grapple with ticket price hikes

Premium and premiere seats now top $100, forcing longtime attendees to cut back as TIFF leans more on ticket sales to cover rising costs.

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When Arjun Singh first started attending the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022, he remembers buying tickets to the world premiere of warrior drama “The Woman King” for about $50 each.

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'Not a people's festival any longer': TIFF fans grapple with higher ticket costs

While TIFF fans have grown accustomed to tickets edging up by a few percentage points every year, the hike they noticed this year marked the first time in recent memory that films, other than the opening and closing night galas, cracked the $100 mark.

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'People's festival' no more? TIFF fans grapple with ticket price hikes

When Arjun Singh first started attending the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022, he remembers buying tickets to the world premiere of warrior drama “The Woman King” for about $50 each.

·Toronto, Canada
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Rocky Mountain Outlook broke the news in Canmore, Canada on Monday, August 31, 2026.
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