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Fans shock film festival by snapping up tickets in record time

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Film buffs have snapped up passes granting unlimited access to screenings of this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival.

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The super value pass, which costs $1,200, went on sale on Saturday and has sold out. And there were only about five of the $3,000 VIP passes left by yesterday afternoon. Organisers had released about 30 passes each.

Heavy traffic generated by interest in the festival had also crashed the festival's webpage.

Festival director Peter Tsi Ka-kei said it was an excellent and unexpected response, given that this year's passes were more expensive than last year's $1,000 super value pass and $2,500 VIP pass.

'We expected them to be gone quickly but not this quickly,' he said. 'It's probably because this year's programme selection is better and it's actually more convenient than booking tickets to each screening separately.'

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Mr Tsi hoped regular ticket sales would improve. Last year more than 70,000 tickets were sold and over 70 per cent of seats were filled.

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