Industry Membership
Industry Membership is dedicated to providing access to individuals directly involved in the film industry.
Applications are now open.
Our Industry Membership is dedicated to individuals directly involved in film acquisition, distribution, broadcast, exhibition, marketing, press/media, or festival programming, as well as NewFest alumni and select members of the cast/crew connected with NewFest 2026 programmed films.
The cost of the Industry Membership goes towards sustaining NewFest as a year-round, non-profit arts organization.
Please fill out the following form. Once submitted, we will consider your application and, if approved, contact you about your status and provide a link to purchase your pass.
If you have any questions please contact us at industry@newfest.org
If you are approved, you’ll have access to all Industry Membership benefits below.
The cost of the Industry Membership goes towards sustaining NewFest as a year-round, non-profit arts organization.
Please fill out the following form. Once submitted, we will consider your application and, if approved, contact you about your status and provide a link to purchase your pass.
If you have any questions please contact us at industry@newfest.org
If you are approved, you’ll have access to all Industry Membership benefits below.
Explore Industry Membership Benefits
You will need an Elevent account to set up your membership. You’ll need to use the same email every time you sign in.
You can sign into your Elevent account, or create a new one if needed, using the Sign In link at the top right corner of the Newfest website.
You can sign into your Elevent account, or create a new one if needed, using the Sign In link at the top right corner of the Newfest website.
NewFest memberships come with two main ticketing perks: an allotment of member benefit tickets that you can redeem for tickets to individual films (amounts and types vary per membership, please see the Memberships page for details!) and a 20% discount on additional tickets purchased to our events.
Please note that your member benefit tickets have to be redeemed for individual films in order to be used! This can be done online or at the box office, up to the start time of the film as long as tickets are available, but we recommend booking early for the best availability.
To access both your member benefit tickets and your discount, you’ll need to make sure you’re logged in to our Elevent page using the same account you used to purchase your membership.
Please note that if you have just purchased a membership, we recommend that you sign out of your account and back in to update your account information before you try to redeem any tickets or discounts.
Please note that your member benefit tickets have to be redeemed for individual films in order to be used! This can be done online or at the box office, up to the start time of the film as long as tickets are available, but we recommend booking early for the best availability.
To access both your member benefit tickets and your discount, you’ll need to make sure you’re logged in to our Elevent page using the same account you used to purchase your membership.
Please note that if you have just purchased a membership, we recommend that you sign out of your account and back in to update your account information before you try to redeem any tickets or discounts.
Log into Elevent on the NewFest page using the account you used to purchase your membership, and navigate to the Calendar or Festival Program. Select the film you’d like to redeem or purchase a ticket for.
You will see the option to purchase a ticket, or redeem one using your member benefits if you have any available to use.
Please select the option you prefer and proceed through the payment process. If redeeming member benefit tickets, you will check out as usual, though there will be no money owed for the member benefit tickets at the end of the transaction.
During the member presale, you will use this exact same process to redeem or purchase tickets before they are available to the general public. If instead of the option to add tickets to your cart, you instead see an alert indicating there are no tickets available it likely means that you are not logged in with the account used to purchase your membership. Please check your login information and try again. If you’re still having trouble, please reach out to use at members@newfest.org for assistance.
Once you have redeemed all of our member benefit tickets for a given event, when you log bag in to purchase more tickets, you will see an alert that indicates that your ticket maximum has been reached.
Whether you have redeemed your full allotment of member benefit tickets or not, you are welcome to purchase additional tickets using your member discount. To do so, add general admission tickets to your cart like you normally would and proceed through the payment process. Your discount will be automatically applied.
You will see the option to purchase a ticket, or redeem one using your member benefits if you have any available to use.
Please select the option you prefer and proceed through the payment process. If redeeming member benefit tickets, you will check out as usual, though there will be no money owed for the member benefit tickets at the end of the transaction.
During the member presale, you will use this exact same process to redeem or purchase tickets before they are available to the general public. If instead of the option to add tickets to your cart, you instead see an alert indicating there are no tickets available it likely means that you are not logged in with the account used to purchase your membership. Please check your login information and try again. If you’re still having trouble, please reach out to use at members@newfest.org for assistance.
Once you have redeemed all of our member benefit tickets for a given event, when you log bag in to purchase more tickets, you will see an alert that indicates that your ticket maximum has been reached.
Whether you have redeemed your full allotment of member benefit tickets or not, you are welcome to purchase additional tickets using your member discount. To do so, add general admission tickets to your cart like you normally would and proceed through the payment process. Your discount will be automatically applied.
NewFest now longer sells passes to the festival. With a membership you’ll receive the equivalent to the festival pass benefits from previous years, plus more!
For Questions About Membership Contact: membership@newfest.org
For Questions About Membership Contact: membership@newfest.org
The member discount is valid for 20% off to any general admission tickets to the festival. Please see our guide above on how to use your discount!
Yes! If you’d like to use your member benefit tickets to bring a friend with you, please feel free to redeem multiple member benefit tickets for a film and bring as many friends as you have tickets. If you’d like to use your member benefits to allow a friend to go on their own, please send us an email at members@newfest.org after you purchase the ticket with the name and email address of the friend you’d like to send it to, and we’ll be happy to initiate a transfer.
- Redeeming Tickets
- If you cancel or let your membership lapse, any unused member benefit tickets will no longer be valid. Any member benefit tickets that you have already redeemed for tickets to individual films will still be valid to use.
- Access
- If you cancel or let your membership lapse during a ticket presale period, you will lose access to the remainder of that presale period until you renew your membership.
- Discounts
- If you cancel or let your membership lapse, you will no longer be able to use your membership discount on tickets and other products until you renew your membership.
- If your membership includes streaming access, your virtual pass will be automatically added to your account when you purchase your membership. For more information on how to use it, please see our virtual access FAQ page.
- Please note that if you have just purchased a membership, we recommend that you sign out of your account and back in to update your benefits before you try to access streaming.
Yes, if you do not use your member benefits tickets before the end of your membership period, they will expire. If you renew your membership (whether or not your previous year’s membership lapsed before the renewal) you will get a new set of member benefit tickets for the new calendar year of membership, but any unused ones from the previous year will not roll over to the new one.
