IFC Center Celebrates 20 Years with $10 Tickets and Throwback Screenings

Crowds return to IFC Center for a day of classic films, 2005 prices, and indie spirit.

IFC Center Rings In 20 Years With $10 Tickets and a Throwback Lineup That Honors Its Indie Roots

Greenwich Village landmark celebrates its birthday with 2005 classics, filmmaker appearances, and a summer of retrospective programming

On June 17, the IFC Center turns 20 — and New York’s premier home for independent and art-house film is throwing it back in style.

To mark two decades since the theater’s opening night, IFC Center is hosting a special slate of screenings pulled straight from its 2005 launch, complete with retro ticket pricing ($10.75, or $7 for members). That means old-school movie vibes without 2024’s price tag — and a chance to revisit the weird, the wondrous, and the wild titles that helped define the IFC Center as a Village staple.

Screenings for the anniversary day include Miranda July’s oddball romantic breakthrough Me and You and Everyone We Know (which made its U.S. theatrical premiere at the IFC Center), DA Pennebaker’s legendary Dylan doc Don’t Look Back, William Lustig’s grindhouse slasher Maniac with a Q&A by the director, and Yasujiro Ozu’s 1932 silent gem I Was Born, But…, a film that helped kickstart the theater’s classics programming nearly 80 years after it was made.

From slasher chaos to quiet Japanese drama to a camera trailing Bob Dylan through Greenwich Village, the anniversary day is a perfect mirror of the Center’s longtime mission: showcasing bold, challenging, and genre-spanning cinema in all its glory. And that mission isn’t slowing down any time soon.

“Over our first 20 years, we’re proud that IFC Center has become a vibrant cultural institution that serves moviegoers and the independent and documentary film communities,” says Senior VP and longtime programmer Harris Dew. “Through our year-round programming and our DOC NYC festival, we’re excited to continue to cultivate the magic of going to the movies for a new generation of audiences.”

The anniversary celebration is just the beginning. Upcoming programming highlights will include a “20 Films for 20 Years” retrospective, a “Shudder: The First Decade” horror series, and a “25th Anniversary Roadshow” featuring 35mm prints from the IFC library. It’s all part of the newly rebranded Independent Film Company Entertainment Group’s plan to amplify its already genre-defining output — a group that now includes RLJE Films, horror streamer Shudder, and breakout titles like Late Night With the Devil, Ghostlight, and Memoir of a Snail.

The IFC Center has long been the place where cinephiles, filmmakers, and the midnight-movie faithful come to worship. This anniversary? It’s for all of them.

A schedule for the program is here.