Tickets and passes

Passes are now on sale for the 28th SCAD Savannah Film Festival, which returns Saturday, Oct. 25 through Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. Tickets will go on sale following the festival schedule release Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.

Passes

Passes for the 2025 SCAD Savannah Film Festival are now on sale. Passes allow access to many or all of the screenings and events during the festival, offering patrons the best chance of being admitted to the festival events they wish to attend. Pass levels have different tiers of festival access.

Purchased passes will be available for pickup starting Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025.

IMPORTANT PASS INFORMATION FOR 2025: Each pass purchase must include the name of the individual passholder, whether you are buying for yourself or someone else. A form will be sent at a later date for all passholders to upload a photo that will appear on the printed pass. The SCAD Box Office will email further instructions in late September/early October 2025. For additional information, email [email protected].

Note that all passes are nontransferable. All passholders must be in the appropriate line at least 15 minutes before a film’s published start time. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Tickets

Tickets will go on sale starting Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. Tickets will be available for purchase online via the schedule, in person at the SCAD Box Office at 216 E. Broughton St., or by phone at 912.525.5050. In the weeks leading up to the festival, the box office is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

During the festival, the box office opens one hour prior to the first event of the day and remains open through scheduled evening events.

2024 daytime tickets pricing

All films, panels, and events prior to 6 p.m.*

General public event ticket: $10
Senior citizens (65+), military, and students: $5
SCAD Card holders: Complimentary, but a ticket is required to attend

2024 evening tickets pricing

All films 6 p.m. or later*

General public gala evening ticket: $15
SCAD Card holders, senior citizens (65+), military, and students: $10

Tickets and passes for all SCAD Savannah Film Festival events are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. All sales are final.

All complimentary film festival tickets for SCAD Card holders are strictly non-transferable. Please select only as many tickets as you personally plan to attend. Any unused complimentary tickets should be returned to the SCAD Box Office as soon as possible.

Scalping (selling a ticket for higher than its face value) is strictly prohibited.

Anyone caught scalping film festival tickets will face disciplinary action and academic consequences.

Policies

Pass and ticket policy

Access to the SCAD Savannah Film Festival requires a ticket or a pass. SCAD Savannah Film Festival passes are non-transferable and non-refundable. All sales are final.

Due to audience capacities, only purchased tickets will be honored. You cannot swap tickets.

Performers, speakers, artists, and other scheduled talent are subject to change or cancellation at any time without notice. No refund will be owed if any performers, speakers, artists, or other scheduled talent, performance, or group is changed or canceled and the event still occurs.

Using a festival pass or ticket signifies your agreement to all terms and conditions.

Additional policies

By participating in or attending the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, you acknowledge that it is a public event and that you have no expectation of privacy. You irrevocably grant permission to SCAD, its affiliated companies and their agents, contractors, licensors, licensees, representatives, sponsors, partners, successors, and assigns, and anyone authorized by them, in perpetuity on a worldwide basis, to utilize your name, image, likeness, social media handles, written text, voice, performance, and biographical data, in whole or in part, in any medium now or hereafter known (i.e., live or recorded audio, video, photographic images, quotes, print, etc.), for any and all purposes, including without limitation in any and all advertising, marketing, or publicity materials associated with the SCAD Savannah Film Festival and SCAD, in any and all manner and media now known or hereafter devised worldwide without further authorization from or compensation to you, and you hereby waive any and all such rights and claims that you may have with respect to such use of your likeness.

Media policy

Recording, photographing, or broadcasting any SCAD Savannah Film Festival sessions and screenings for any non-pass holders, in whole or in part, is not permitted. This includes any recording or photographing for personal use and broadcasting for non-commercial purposes.

You may not transmit or assist in the transmission of any aspect of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival. This includes posting or live-streaming pictures, video, audio clips, or other recordings of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival on social media, on your personal website, via email, or otherwise.

Security policy

By attending the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, including all virtual and in-person events, you agree to the terms of use. SCAD reserves the right to refuse items that may cause a danger or disruption to the event or to other patrons. Any patron who is in possession of prohibited items, even in the virtual environment, may be denied entry or ejected from the event.

Tickets, passes, and privileges may be revoked without refund at any time for any reason at the sole discretion of SCAD, without any liability to the SCAD Savannah Film Festival or SCAD. By purchasing a ticket, pass, or other SCAD Savannah Film Festival materials, you hereby release and hold harmless SCAD and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, successors, assigns, licensors, and licensees, and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, and agents from any claims resulting in connection with a SCAD Savannah Film Festival event.