Tickets and passes
Passes are now on sale for the 29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival, returning Oct. 24-31, 2026. Tickets will go on sale Friday, Oct. 2, 2026.
Passes
Passes for the 2026 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. 21, 2026, at Festival HQ, located inside Press café at Jen Library (201 E. Broughton St.).
IMPORTANT PASS INFORMATION FOR 2026: 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. For additional information, email [email protected].
Note that all passes are nontransferable. All passholders must be in the appropriate line at least 30 minutes before a film's published start time. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis. Passes do not guarantee a seat.
Savannah Daytime Pass — $200
Priority entry and access to all screenings and panels prior to 6 p.m. Savannah Daytime passholders may not use the priority entry passholder line after 6 p.m.
Spotlight Pass — $350
Priority entry and access to all screenings and panels prior to 6 p.m. Access to Opening Night (Saturday, Oct. 24) and Closing Night (Saturday, Oct. 31) evening gala screenings. Spotlight passholders may also use the priority entry passholder line after 6 p.m. if they have tickets. Access to the passholder exclusive Director's Choice screening.
Marquee Pass — $600
Priority entry and access to all screenings, panels, and the passholder exclusive Director's Choice screening.
Tickets
SCAD Savannah Film Festival individual event tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. Tickets will be available for purchase online via the schedule, in person at the SCAD Box Office (216 E. Broughton St.), or by phone at 912.525.5050. In the weeks leading up to the festival, the box office is open 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 the start of scheduled evening events.
Policies
Pass and ticket policy
Access to the SCAD Savannah Film Festival requires a ticket or a pass. SCAD Savannah Film Festival passes are nontransferable and nonrefundable. All sales are final.
Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Possession of a ticket or pass does not ensure entry once capacity is reached. 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 screenings, 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 SCAD Savannah Film Festival screenings. This includes posting or livestreaming pictures, video, audio clips, or other recordings of SCAD Savannah Film Festival film presentations 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.