The Traverse City Film Festival seeks Volunteer Asst Managers for this summer’s 2013 fest! Join our Open House on Wed, June 5 at 6pm in Festival Office, 232 E. Front. For more information call 231-392-1134. Why Be a Manager? There’s no ride quite like the one as a festival manager. It’s a great way to make new friends, [...]

Michael Moore, Wim Wenders and other filmmakers share how they fell in love with the cinema and why it captures our imaginations.

In just a week the 7 person documentary camp class taught by Andrea Maio put together this profile on Josh Koury. Josh was at TCFF with his film Journey to Planet X. They learned the ins and outs of run and gun shooting, interviewing and putting together a non-fiction story in its multiple phases of [...]

Howard Lovy has a nice feature on the Traverse City Film Festival in Crains Detroit that explores the brand of capitalism that has turned the State Theatre and Traverse City Film Festival into huge economic drivers for our region. According to the festival’s own estimate, the annual event brings in between $5 million and $10 million — [...]

Traverse City, Mich. (August 7, 2012) — The 2012 Traverse City Film Festival has wrapped up another groundbreaking year with more movies, more tickets, and more screenings than ever. The six-day cinema celebration founded and run by filmmaker Michael Moore logged 91,000 admissions this year and a 15% increase in paid tickets sales. Local sponsorships [...]

A festival recap and a number of interviews with some of the directors at TCFF 2012

Once again, the TCFF Photography Team has captured some amazing shots of the festival. View our photos and slideshows from each day of the festival

The 2012 Traverse City Film Festival Audience Awards were extremely close, but in the final tabulations, three clear winners emerged: Audience Award Winner Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey First Runner Up Ethel Second Runner Up Big Boys Gone Bananas!* Hope you were lucky enough to catch one of these films!

The winners of the 2012 Friends of the Traverse City Film Festival are: Third Place Winner FREE POPCORN AND BEVERAGES AT THE 2013 TCFF Will Poland Second Place Winner DAY PASS TO THE 2013 TCFF Sheila Kovalchik First Place Winner ALL ACCESS PASS TO THE 2013 TCFF Tony Barnard Congratulations to our loyal Friends!