Freep Film Festival - Detroit Does Documentaries – Freep Film Festival is a documentary-focused event, with special attention paid to films connected Detroit and Michigan — or with special resonance there. It believes great journalism and great documentary storytelling can inform, inspire and help push the region forward — shining light on its challenges and celebrating its achievements

Festival Passes

Passes available now

From now (July 1) through October 31st at 11:59pm, passes will be offered at the following prices:

2020 Festival Pass: $150 (2019 festival passes were $175)
2020 VIP Festival Pass: $400 (2019 VIP festival passes were $450)

If you’ve attended Freep Film Festival before, you know movie premieres and marquee events tend to sell out. New for 2020, we are offering two different early bird passes in effort to provide you with discounted buying opportunities to all of our films, events, and panels. Passes are available in limited quantity and are on sale for a limited time only.

2020 Festival Pass – $150

The Festival Pass includes:

  • GA admission to Opening Night on Wednesday, April 22, 2020
  • Admission to all screenings (excludes marquee events)
  • Priority entrance and priority seating

2020 VIP Festival Pass – $400

The VIP Festival Pass is your honest-to-goodness ALL ACCESS pass to Freep Film Festival. The VIP Pass includes:

  • VIP admission to Opening Night on Wednesday, April 22
  • Admission to all marquee events
  • Admission to all screenings
  • Admission to our Lineup Reveal Party (date TBA)
  • Admission to our Filmmaker & Awards Party (date TBA)
  • Opportunity to meet & greet with festival programmers
  • VIP Swag Bag
  • Priority entrance and priority seating