Festival Pass, Tickets, Box Offices

Festival Passes and tickets are available only at the festival in Karlovy Vary.

Sales begin at 9 am on Thursday, 27 June 2024, at the Hotel Thermal box offices.

How to see films:

You have two options:

Purchase a Festival Pass and then pick up individual tickets for free at our box offices.
Visit a box office to purchase a single ticket for a selected film.

Festival Passes – How much do they cost and what can I use them for?

up to 3 tickets for 3 different films per day
ticket reservations via the Vodafone KVIFF Guide 2024 app
admission to press conferences at the Hotel Thermal as long as the hall is not filled to capacity with accredited journalists, who are given preference during admission
admission to KVIFF Talks
possibility of seeing films even without a ticket – 5 minutes before each screening, the festival opens up empty seats. Please bear in mind that the seats are given away on a “first-come” basis and that you are not guaranteed a seat.
discounts on admission to selected tourist sites in the Karlovy Vary Region until the end of August 2024
free transport via festival buses and free rental of festival bicycles from Specialized

	Festival Pass	Discount Festival Pass*
1 day	480 CZK	420 CZK
3 days	1080 CZK	900 CZK
5 days	1600 CZK	1350 CZK
Whole festival **	2190 CZK	1970 CZK

* Discounts are available for students (student ID, original confirmation of student status, ISIC card, etc.), seniors (age 65 and up), and disabled persons.

** Free festival brochure (may be picked up at the Vodafone box office)

Individual ticket prices (without a Festival Pass)

Admission: 140 CZK
Discount admission: 120 CZK*

* Discounts are available for students (student ID, original confirmation of student status, ISIC card, etc.), seniors (age 65 and up), and disabled persons.

When can tickets be purchased or picked up?

In order to ensure that newly arrived festivalgoers have a chance to get into films, tickets are made available for reservation and purchase at 7 am on the day before the screening. In other words, on any given day you may only purchase/reserve tickets for films scheduled for that day and the following day.

The only exception is 27 June, when presales are launched at 9 am for films being screened on the festival’s first two days – Friday, 28 June and Saturday, 29 June.

Example: If you want reserve or pick up a ticket for 5 July, you can do so after 7 am on 4 July – either directly at one of our box offices or via the Vodafone KVIFF Guide 2024 app.

Box offices

Festivalgoers can choose from 25 box offices. There are 15 box offices (including the Vodafone box offices) inside the Hotel Thermal alone and another six in the immediate vicinity (on the stairway), including our “last-minute” box offices. Another two box offices may be found at the Grandhotel Pupp, and there are two more box offices at the tent city.

Box office	27 June 2024	28 June – 5 July 2024	6 July 2024
Main box offices Thermal Hotel	9am – 10pm	8am – 12am	8am – 12am
Outdoor box offices stairs at the Thermal Hotel		8am – 10pm
Last Minute box office info, Thermal Hotel		8am – 12am	8am – 12am
F-Bar box offices Thermal Hotel	9am – 10pm	8am – 12am	8am – 1pm
PUPP box offices Grandhotel Pupp		8am – 10pm
Vodafone box offices Thermal Hotel		8am – 8pm	8am – 8pm
Tent city box offices		8am – 12pm

Our tips

Do you have a Festival Pass? Avoid early-morning lines at box offices by reserving your tickets online via the Vodafone KVIFF Guide app. You can then pick up your tickets at any time during the day, but no later than 60 minutes before each screening. Any reserved tickets not picked up by then will be made available for purchase by others!
Do you have a Festival Pass and want to try your luck at the last minute? Then head to the last-minute box offices on the stairs by the Thermal, where all tickets left unsold 15 minutes before the start of each film are made available to holders of a Festival Pass or accredited festivalgoers.
If you have a Festival Pass and forgot to pick up your tickets on time, you can try waiting in line directly by the entrance to the screening venue. Five minutes before the start of each screening, people in line are offered the remaining free seats in the cinema. Please bear in mind that the seats are given away on a “first-come” basis and that you are not guaranteed a seat.
If you have a valid ticket, make sure to be in your seat on time. Five minutes before the start of each screening, all empty seats are offered to others and you forfeit your claim to a seat.
Tickets for changed or canceled screenings are refunded at the main box offices in the Hotel Thermal.
Dogs are not permitted inside screening venues. The only exception are assistance dogs accompanying visitors with disabilities.