Traverse City Film Festival

NAME OF FESTIVAL: Traverse City Film Festival

SINCE: 2005

WHERE: Traverse City MI

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The Traverse City Film Festival was founded in 2005 by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Michael Moore. The festival brings films and filmmakers from around the world to Northern Michigan for the annual film festival in late July to early August.

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Traverse City Film Festival

Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival to End After Nearly 20 Years

“… we’ve decided, after much heartfelt discussion, that it’s best to close this era of the film fest now while we’re ahead, no longer in debt, and go out on top with many years of fond memories .. ” – Michael Moore

Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival Cancels 2021 Fest

Due to a still surging pandemic in Michigan, the Board of Directors of the Traverse City Film Festival has canceled the 2021 festival.

Traverse City Film Festival Releases 2019 Lineup, BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON, Kathy Griffin

Traverse City Film Festival released the 2019 program marking the 15th Anniversary Year with a “Cinema Saves The World” theme, and featuring over 200 films and events

Lily Tomlin to Receive Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award

Detroit’s own Lily Tomlin will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Traverse City Film Festival founded by Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore.

Pope Francis Documentary Wins Founder’s Grand Prize at Michael Moore’s 2018 Traverse City Film Festival

Pope Francis – A Man of His Word, written and directed by three-time Academy Award® nominee Wim Wenders won the top prize, the Founders Grand Prize at Michael Moore’s 2018 Traverse City Film Festival.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg in RBG by Betsy West and Julie Cohen

Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival Releases 2018 Lineup, Opens with RBD, Documentary on Ruth Bader Ginsburg

RBG, a revealing and exciting portrayal of the Notorious RBG herself, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, will open this year’s 2018 Traverse City Film Festival

Jane Fonda to Receive Traverse City Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award

Michael Moore, Oscar®-winning filmmaker and Traverse City Film Festival founder and president, announced today that Jane Fonda will be honored with the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Michael Moore Names New Traverse City Film Festival Executive Director + Announces 2018 Dates

The Founder & President of the Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF), Michael Moore, has named former Sundance Institute staff member and Michigan native Joseph Beyer as the new Executive Director of the festival.

‘THE DIVINE ORDER’, ‘I AM EVIDENCE’ Among Winners of 2017 Traverse City Film Festival

The 2017 Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF), founded by Michael Moore in 2005, wrapped after screening 115 feature films and 66 shorts in its 13th year.

Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival will Close with Kathryn Bigelow’s DETROIT | Trailer

Detroit, the highly anticipated new film by Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, will be the Closing Night Film for this year’s 13th annual Traverse City Film Festival.

Director Sotho Kulikar of The Last Reel accepts the Founders' Prize for Best Film with Michael Moore at Traverse City Film Festival

Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival Announces 2017 Lineup + “Travel Ban Sidebar”

Michael Moore today revealed the films selected to screen in the 13th Traverse City Film Festival, taking place July 25 to 30, 2017 in Traverse, Michigan.

LISTEN TO ME MARLON Wins Best Film at 2015 Traverse City Film Festival

The Traverse City Film Festival, founded, programmed, and run by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore, just wrapped its 11th edition which ran July 29-August 2, 2015 in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan. The festival welcomed over 100,000 avid cinema lovers. “This year’s festival brought some of the best films we’ve ever had, and we had more filmmakers here to share the stories of those film with audiences than ever before. Everyone I’ve spoken with has their own special […]

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