Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival returns in 2022

The Turner Classic Movies Film Festival (TCMFF) returns to an in-person event April 21 - 24, 2022. For the last two years, the festival has been virtual.

The festival theme is “Back to the Big Screen.”

2022 FESTIVAL PASS INFORMATION: 

Passes for the 2022 TCM Classic Film Festival are set to go on sale to the public in November 2021. Fans will be able to purchase them exclusively through the TCM Classic Film Festival website. The number of passes available is limited, especially for top-level passes. As an expression of how excited we are to reunite with Festival fans in Hollywood, TCM is offering a special one-time Early Bird discount window on 2022 TCM Classic Film Festival passes. The dates for this discounted purchase window will be announced in the coming weeks via the TCM Classic Film Festival email newsletter. If you are not signed up to receive our TCM Classic Film Festival emails, click here to sign up today and select TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL. 

The “Spotlight” Festival Pass: $2,449 (Early Bird), $2,549 (Regular) – Includes all privileges available to “Classic” and “Essential” pass holders, plus priority entry to all screening events; entry to the exclusive Opening Night Gala party following the Opening Night red carpet screening at TCL Chinese Theatre; “meet and greet” events with TCM hosts and special guests; and a limited edition TCM Classic Film Festival poster. 

The “Essential” Festival Pass: $999 (Early Bird), $1,099 (Regular) – Includes all privileges available to “Classic” pass holders, plus entry to the Opening Night red carpet screening at TCL Chinese Theatre and a gift bag of official TCM Classic Film Festival collectibles. 

The “Classic” Festival Pass: $749 (Early Bird), $849 (Regular) – Includes four-day access to film programs at all Festival venues Thursday, April 21 – Sunday, April 24 (does not include admittance to the Opening Night red carpet screening at TCL Chinese Theatre or the Opening Night Gala party); access to all Club TCM events, panels and poolside screenings at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel; an Opening Night Welcome Reception at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel; and the Closing Night event. 

The “Palace” Festival Pass: $349 (Early Bird), $399 (Regular) – Includes three-day access to screenings Friday, April 22 – Sunday, April 24 at all Festival screening venues, excluding the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres Multiplex and Club TCM. The Palace pass does not grant entry at any time to TCL Chinese 6 Theatres multiplex screenings, Club TCM events or official parties/receptions. This pass does not grant entry to any screening venue prior to Friday, April 22.

For complete festival information, click here.

2015 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival Recap

The 2015 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival ended Sunday evening, but here I am, on Tuesday still basking in the afterglow. As a first-time attendee, the festival exceeded my expectations.

I met attendees from around the country and the world, met fellow movie bloggers for the first time
that I’ve known online for years, and watched and enjoyed some favorite classic films—16 films in four days—on the big screen with fellow classic film enthusiasts. Honestly, what could be better than that?

Robert Osborne was missed, but the festival went forward without a hitch. With great hosts like Ben Mankiewicz—who my friend Kristina got to speak with right before she left—Illeana Douglas, Eddie Muller, and Leonard Maltin, who soldiered on with a twisted ankle, how could it go wrong?

I found it difficult to walk along Hollywood Boulevard with my mouth closed, viewing and taking photos of the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the famous footprints—Jeanne Crain anyone?—in the courtyard of the TCL Chinese Theatre. And what a treat to actually see these classic films in legendary movie palaces like the Pantages, The Egyptian, and El Capitan.


Surely one of the benefits of the festival is meeting and making friends with fellow classic movie fans. It was wonderful to finally meet Laura (How could I not like someone whose avatar is a pic of Deanna Durbin?) and Kristina, two bloggers I’ve followed for years and whose writing I admire. It was also fun to meet Joel and Trevor, two of the managers of @TCM_Party Twitter account and Kelly and Aurora, two of the most enthusiastic movie fans and all-around wonderul and friendly women on the planet (and okay, they write pretty well too).

Over the next few days and weeks I’ll give you a day-by-day recount of my experiences at the festival and I’m compiling some suggestions for first-time attendees (I hope many get the opportunity to attend). I mean, what could be better than watching a restored print of Calamity Jane with a theater full of Doris Day fans? Answer: not much!