Moore to present 2nd film festival
Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore, who engineered a film festival last summer in this northern Michigan resort town, announced Friday that he will present a second Traverse City Film Festival. To take place July 31 to Aug. 6, the festival will be two days longer ...
Traverse City still giddy over Film Festival
Organizers want to keep it 'grass roots' By Marta Hepler Drahos / Traverse City Record-Eagle TRAVERSE CITY - There may have been other ways to spend her advertising dollars in July, but none appealed to Laurie Wildman as much as the Traverse City Film Festival. Wildman, owner of the downtown ...
Letters to the Editor: Traverse City Film Festival
Traverse City Record-Eagle A positive experience I was a volunteer at the Open Space for all four nights of the film festival, and I would like to say it was great to see all who came out, locals and visitors alike. Moviegoers were kind to each other and very cooperative ...
TC Film Festival debut lived up to its promise
Traverse City Record-Eagle Just two months ago the State Theatre was a black hole along an otherwise bustling Front Street. Traverse City was bracing for another Cherry Festival and then a few more weeks of heat, humidity and visitors. But straight out of a Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland song-and-dance grinner from ...
TC Film Fest Tallies 50,000 Admissions
Up north community rallies behind movie magic TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The first Traverse City Film Festival was an overwhelming success, with nearly 50,000 admissions, 500 volunteers pitching in, the resurrection of a historic downtown theater, and sell-outs at most of the festival's 31 films. "It was a success beyond ...
By Marta Hepler Drahos / Traverse City Record-Eagle TRAVERSE CITY - There was no red carpet and only one limousine arrival, but the excitement on Front Street was palpable as moviegoers arrived at the historic State Theatre for the opening film of the first Traverse City Film Festival. Under the ...
Michael Moore announces films for Traverse City festival
By John Flesher / Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Excited movie buffs queued up Friday to buy tickets for the inaugural Traverse City Film Festival — and to meet its founder, the Oscar-winning director Michael Moore. "It's a great thing you're doing," Mimi Bruder, the first person in line, ...
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