TICKETS
VAFF ticket sales are processed through the UVA Arts Box Office, the centralized box office supporting arts units across the University of Virginia.
HOW TO ORDER YOUR TICKETS
Tickets to the 2025 Festival will go on sale Fri, Oct 3 at Noon through the following channels:
- Online by browsing our schedule page. Online sales continue up until to two hours prior to the start of each film.
- By phone at (434) 924-3376 Tues-Fri from Noon-5:00 PM.
- In Person at one of our box offices – locations and hours below.
locations & hours
UVA Arts Box Office | 109 Culbreth Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Located on UVA Grounds, in the lobby of the UVA Drama Building
- Oct 3-21 – Tues-Fri: Noon-5:00 PM
- Oct 22-26 – TBD
Downtown Box Office | 200 W Main St, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Located inside Violet Crown Cinema on the Downtown Mall
- Mon, Oct 20 – Tues, Oct 21: Noon-5:00 PM
- Wed, Oct 22 – Thurs, Oct 23: Noon to the start of final screening each day
- Fri, Oct 24 – Sun, Oct 26: 10:00 AM to the start of final screening each day
VAFF Box Office @ The Paramount Theater | 215 East Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Provides ticket sales and will-call pick up for screenings held at The Paramount only
- Open one hour before each VAFF screening at The Paramount Theatre
Ticketing policies
TICKET PRICES
Film Screenings: $15 adult / $13 discounted (see below)
Special Screenings & Events: $20 and up
Opening Night Gala: $75
Late Night Wrap Party: $45
ALL SALES ARE FINAL. THERE ARE NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES.
Discounts are available to our individual film screenings for senior citizens (60+), students with ID, children, UVA faculty and staff, and local educators.
Group Discounts are offered at a $1 off each ticket to groups of 20 or more. Contact the UVA Arts Box Office for more details.
FREE TICKETS FOR UVA STUDENTS
All full-time UVA students can receive up to one complimentary ticket per VAFF film, as available, made possible by the Art$ program. These student tickets must be reserved in advance and are not available the day of a film or at the door of an event.
SERVICE FEES
The UVA Arts Box Office will collect a processing fee on all Virginia Film Festival ticket orders. See the UVA Arts Box Office Policies for more information.
TICKET DELIVERY OPTIONS
You have the option to request Print-At-Home (PAH) tickets which will be electronically delivered to you, or for paper tickets to be held at will-call for pick up at one of our in-person box office locations. Note: If you selected PAH as your delivery method, your tickets were emailed to you as a PDF attachment from artsboxoffice@virginia.edu with the subject Your Print At Home Ticket(s).
PAYMENT METHODS
We accept all major credit cards and checks at of our in-person box office locations. Checks should be made payable to: UVA–Arts Box Office. Cash payments are ONLY accepted at the UVA Arts Box Office location.
MISPLACED YOUR TICKETS?
You may visit our box office to request a ticket reprint for a fee, or you can login to your UVA Arts Box Office account here and navigate to Upcoming Events to view your ticket(s) in a mobile-friendly version. Mobile tickets are only available one hour prior to the start of each event and will display a QR code that can be presented at the door for scanning.
Please note a confirmation email is not a ticket, and each person in your party must present a ticket with a unique barcode to be scanned for entry.
WHAT IF ADVANCED TICKETS SELL OUT?
You are in luck! Ten minutes prior to the start of a film, we sell unclaimed tickets to a standby line. While there is no guarantee that we will have unclaimed tickets at the door, we typically do have at least some to release. Note: we do not permit the saving of places in standby lines, and a max of ONE ticket per person will be sold to patrons in the standby line.