CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ADVANCE SALE OF PASSES ONLINE APRIL 11, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2006
CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ADVANCE SALE OF PASSES ONLINE APRIL 11
LAS VEGAS – Passes for the 2006 CineVegas Film Festival will be available for purchase online beginning Tuesday, April 11. In addition, individual movie tickets will be available for purchase for $10 each when the box office at Brenden Theatres at the Palms Casino Resort opens on Monday, May 22. Individual party tickets are not available for sale.
“In response to the rising popularity and visibility of CineVegas over the past couple of years, we thought it only made sense to sell passes for the festival earlier this year,” said Trevor Groth, Director of Programming for the CineVegas Film Festival. “This will help us respond to the record attendance we expect from the industry, filmmakers and festival-goers for the 2006 festival.”
The following seven different passes will be available for this year’s festival:
Pass A: Valid June 9-13, this pass will get the holder into all films and all passholder events happening the first 5 days of the festival. This pass costs $300.
Pass B: Valid June 14-17, this pass will get the holder into all films and all passholder events happening the last 4 days of the festival. This pass costs $300.
Pass C: Valid June 9-17, this pass will get the holder into all films and all passholder events happening during the festival. This pass costs $500.
Premiere Party Pass: Valid June 9-17, this pass will get the holder into all Jackpot Premiere films and all passholder events happening during the festival. This pass costs $200.
Student Pass: Valid June 9-17, this pass will get the holder into all films and passholder events happening the Monday-Thursday of the festival. This pass costs $100.
Local Pass: Valid June 9-17, this pass will get the holder into all films and passholder events happening the Monday-Thursday of the festival. This pass costs $100.
Local Student Pass: Valid June 9-17, this pass will get the holder into all films and passholder events happening the Monday-Thursday of the festival. This pass costs $50.
All passholders must be seated at least 15 minutes prior to scheduled start times to guarantee admittance to screenings. A, B and C passholders must RSVP for the opening night film, closing night film, and all tributes. To purchase passes online please visit CineVegas Official Website
About CineVegas CineVegas has established itself as one of the hottest and fastest growing film festivals in the world, being mentioned in a TIME Magazine cover story as well as listed as one of the top 5 small fests to visit by Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper. The 8th annual festival will be held June 9-17th 2006 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas and will combine the excitement of world premiere films and celebrity tributes with the allure of Vegas nightlife. CineVegas also highlights up and coming filmmakers, as well as masters of the craft, and has attracted the likes of Dustin Hoffman, Josh Hartnett, Benicio del Toro, Quentin Tarantino, Tony Curtis, and Michael Caine in years past. CineVegas has also hosted the world premieres of such films as “George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead,” “Spun,” and "Poolhall Junkies," as well as advance screenings of high profile and independent films, shorts and documentaries such as “Hustle & Flow”, "Whale Rider,” "Gods and Monsters,” "Cider House Rules," and "Napoleon Dynamite."
