**For individual day passes, select from the drop down the date you want to attend.
All films will be accessible with a Festival Pass, or the day pass for events on that day, or purchase individual tickets.
All workshops and panels will be accessible with a Festival Pass, or the day pass for events on that day, or with individual tickets. Seating is limited and Festival Badges and Day pass holders will get priority seating.
Learn more by visiting the BRUFF Website
The Baton Rouge Underground Film Festival is a four-day annual event that celebrates the artistic and cultural value of the incredible indie and genre-focused talent that flows to and from the city of Baton Rouge while also fostering a vibrant, interconnected independent film community.
Feature Films • Short Films • Workshops • Panels • Parties • Prizes • And More!
*Student tickets will be asked to show their student ID upon arrival to the festival.
$75 Festival Badge
$50 Student Festival Badge
$30 Day Pass Badge
$15 Single screener ticket
$10 Student single screener
$30 Gala and opening night film Only
$20 Student Gala and opening film Only
$25 Workshop or Panel single ticket
$15 Student Workshop or Panel single ticket
**Note: Filmmakers with work in the festival get in free but will need to register for a Festival or day pass Badge in advance, contact the BRUFF organizers directly for details.
Purchase your all day, all access pass for Friday events HERE
You can learn more about the films and purchase tickets by following the links.
11:00am: Crossword, buy your tickets HERE
12:30pm: Animation and Documentaries Shorts Block. *Screening in the Studio Theatre, buy your tickets HERE
2:00pm: Shorts and Pilots Block, buy your tickets HERE
6:00pm: Senior Prank, buy your tickets HERE
6:30pm: Student Shorts Block. *Screening in the StudioTheatre, buy your tickets HERE
9:00pm: Off-Ramp, buy your tickets HERE
12:30pm-3:00pm: NOVAC Panel 1: “Southern Storytellers,” buy your tickets HERE
2:30pm-4:00pm: “What is a Federal Film Office?” Presented by Film Louisiana, buy your tickets HERE
4:30pm-6:00pm: Louisiana Film Tax Incentives – Legislative updates Panel. Presented by Film Louisiana, buy your tickets HERE
5:00pm-8:30pm: NOVAC Workshop 1 – Directing Independent Films, buy your tickets HERE
10:00pm: After party at Hotel Indigo. No individual tickets sold. You must have the full Festival Badge, or the Friday day pass to attend.
Manship Theatre does not authorize third party ticket sellers. Any ticket purchased outside the Manship Theatre Website may not be valid. All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket to attend performances. Please carefully consider whether a performance is appropriate for children before planning to attend.