Tickets for the Berlinale film festival go on sale

DPA
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The Berlinale Bear poster is mounted on the facade of the Berlinale Palast venue. The 74th Berlin International Film Festival will occur from 15 to 25 February 2024. Britta Pedersen/dpa
The Berlinale Bear poster is mounted on the facade of the Berlinale Palast venue. The 74th Berlin International Film Festival will occur from 15 to 25 February 2024. Britta Pedersen/dpa

Tickets for the international film festival in Berlin have begun have gone on sale. The first tickets for the Berlinale, which starts this Thursday (February 15), became available on Monday morning.

"The number of hits on our programme search was higher than last year," a Berlinale spokesperson told dpa on Monday, adding that the start of ticket sales went smoothly.

Tickets for regular screenings cost €15 ($16.20) this year. In the Berlinale Palast at Potsdamer Platz and for special gala premieres in the Verti Music Hall, tickets will cost €18 ($19.40). Discounts are available for schoolchildren, students, recipients of income support and the unemployed. Tickets are always available three days in advance.

Alongside Cannes and Venice, the Berlinale is one of the biggest film festivals in the world. It opens on Thursday with the world premiere of the Irish-Belgian drama "Small Things Like These."