Apply for the Cinephile Pass from 7 Oct 2025
The Cinephile Pass isn’t just an all-access ticket. It’s your invitation to dive deeper into our festival programme.
Explore bold new filmmakers and hidden programme gems, meet like-minded cinephiles, and come build a vibrant culture of active dialogue and film criticism with us.
With the Cinephile Pass, you will have unlimited access to regular film screenings* while covering the festival for any platform of your choice — including but not limited to traditional media platforms as well as digital platforms such as podcasts, Substack, YouTube, TikTok — all while maintaining full editorial freedom.
Amidst evolving modes of expression, we encourage you to freely and boldly redefine what it means to be a Cinephile today.
What’s new this year:
- – A dedicated Telegram channel for Cinephile Passholders
- – An exclusive Cinephiles Gathering hosted by SGIFF
- – Special invitations to select screenings
Applications will close after 30 Oct. Submit your application now.
*The Cinephile Pass is applicable for Rush Queue access to regular-priced screenings only, and does not include Festival Opening, Special Presentations and Undercurrent Opening.
For more info on Rush Queue, please click here.
Who Should Apply
Our Cinephile Pass is open to anyone engaged in content creation and/or film criticism. Whether you’ve mastered the art of the succinct Letterboxd review or are already regularly pitching written reviews to film magazines, we welcome you to apply.
The call for applications is open from 7 — 30 October 2025.
- Applicants must be based in Singapore to attend the festival in person. There will not be any online component.
- We will accept your minimum donation of $50 only upon successful application for the Cinephile Pass.
- A maximum of 50 Cinephile Passes will be given out on a rolling basis. Apply early to ensure availability.
- All applications will be notified by 1 November 2025.
- Upon successful application, please submit at least 3 film reviews by 31 December 2025.
- The Cinephile Pass will grant you Rush Queue access to all regular screenings. If you wish to guarantee a seat to any specific screening, we recommend that you purchase a regular ticket.