Buying Tickets

Advance bookings are available for all NZIFF sessions. Seats are allocated on the basis of best available at the time of purchase. Book early to secure your favourite seats.

Online booking is available from Friday 21 July. Ticketing links can be found on the film pages once available.

Isaac Theatre Royal (10-13 August only)
isaactheatreroyal.co.nz
Booking fee of $1.30 and $1.00 Heritage fee included in price of ticket.

Lumière Cinemas
lumierecinemas.co.nz
Booking fee of $1.50 per ticket applies for all sessions

Alice Cinema
alice.co.nz
Booking fee of $1.50 per ticket applies for all sessions

Hoyts EntX (Sunday 27 August only)
hoyts.co.nz (select EntX Christchurch under Cinemas)

Advance tickets are available for all sessions and can be purchased from the venue where the film is screening. As these box offices are operated for NZIFF by the venues themselves, they are not equipped to sell tickets for the other NZIFF venues.

Isaac Theatre Royal: Tuesday to Friday 10.00am – 5.00pm & during NZIFF the box office will be open from 1 hour prior to the first session of the day until 15 minutes after the last session commences.

Lumière Cinemas: Box office open from 30 minutes prior to the first session of the day until 30 minutes after the last session commences.

Alice Cinema: 10.00am – 10.00pm daily

Hoyts EntX: 9.45am – 11.00pm daily

(Isaac Theatre Royal and Alice Cinema screenings only) 

Isaac Theatre Royal 0800 TICKETEK (842 538) or (03) 366 6236
Alice Cinema (03) 365 0615

For group bookings of 20 or more people, please email:

Milicent Ghosh

For school bookings, please email:

Nic Marshall

Please note that NO REFUNDS will be given for tickets (either unused, uncollected or collected late) and Five-Trip Passes (either in part or in full). Bookings once made cannot be altered. Please choose carefully as there are no seat swaps, exchanges or refunds, except as required by law.

We are unable to accept any vouchers/passes unless marked NZIFF 2023.