When it comes to film festivals, it can be sheer madness—people everywhere, ticket mishaps, the soul-crushing feeling of not being able to get into your chosen film of desire. BUT, I must say I’ve had amazing luck making it into films this year at TIFF just by arriving a little over an hour prior in the standby line (also checking online right at 7AM the same morning of your film you can sometimes snag tickets.) Just make sure to have enough cash flow on you, or else you’ll be wishing you had run to the ATM (if you’re international my advice is to just take out a bunch of money all at once to avoid excessive bank fees.)

And as the festival starts to wind down to its final days, don’t be TOO overwhelmed or in doubt; you still have time to make it to some great films, just plan a little bit ahead:

1. Palo Alto (James Franco): Friday, September 13th at The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema – 6:00 PM

(photo via Film School Rejects)

2. Rock the Casbah (Laïla Marrakchi): Saturday, September 14th at TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 1 – 3:45; Sunday, September 15th at Scotiabank 2 – 11:15 AM

(photo via Art is Thick)

3. 12 Years A Slave (Steve McQueen): Saturday, September 7th at Ryerson Theatre – 11:30; Saturday, September 14th at the Visa Screening Room (Elgin) – 9:00

(photo via Fandago)

4. Bastardo (Nejib Belkadhi): Saturday, September 14th at TIFF Bell Lightbox – 9:00(AM)

(photo via Facebook)

5. Bright Days Ahead (Marion Vernoux): Saturday, September 14th at TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 2 – 6:45

(photo via My French Film Festival) 

6. Blood Ties (Guillaume Canet): Saturday, September 14th at Scotiabank 1 – 10:00

(photo via Rope of Silicon)

7. Burning Bush (Agnieszka Holland): Friday, September 13th at Ryerson Theatre – 3:30; Sunday, September 15th at TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 3 – 9:30AM

(photo via Young Film Critic)

8. Cold Eyes (Cho Ui-seok, Kim Byung-seo): Saturday, September 14th at Scotia Bank 2 – 5:15; Sunday, September 15th at The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema – 2:45

(photo via Han Cinema)

9. We Gotta Get out of This Place (Sunday, September 15th at Scotiabank 10 – 9:00

(photo via Caller)

10. Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener): Sunday, September 15th at TIFF Bell Lightbox 1 – 9:00

(photo via Entertainment Weekly)

11. Child of God (James Franco): Saturday, September 14th at Scotiabank 3 – 3:00

(photo via Rope of Silicon)

12. Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón): Sunday, September 15 at Ryerson Theatre

(photo via NME)

13. Under the Starry Sky (Dyana Gaye): Sunday, September 15th at Scotiabank 14 – 8:45

(photo via Pretty Clever Films)