The Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF) and sustaining sponsor FIM Group have announced the winners of the 2011 TCFF Bumper Contest. The winners were presented with their prize money at the Awards Ceremony on July 30, during the seventh annual TCFF. Congratulations go to John Paul Morris with “Big Light” as the $1,000 first prize [...]

Friends, The seventh annual Traverse City Film Festival is now one for the books — and boy, this was one great book!   We had over 20,000 more admissions recorded this year! 128,000 tickets sold (including free attendance to the Open Space films, panels, kids fest and other free events). We set a new attendance [...]

The closing night trailer features highlights from TCFF 2011 featuring the filmmakers and fun that are at the heart of the Traverse City Film Festival!

Kudos to Rebecca L Kinnee for giving us such a fun look at some of the people who make the Traverse City Film Festival happen – our amazing volunteers!

Video from the 2011 Traverse City Film Festival featuring TCFF “Fun” Manager Will Riley, Food Manager Mary Fisher, Scott Tompkins from the Film School and more!

Thank you, friends, for renewing or registering for the 2012 Friends of the Film Festival season! Remember, you still have until September 1 to renew or register at the original 2005 prices. Click here for more information. Congratulations to our friends who have won this year’s drawing! Lifetime Pass: Ross Totten TCFF 2012 Pass: Constance [...]

Congratulations to our Volunteer Appreciation Award Winner from Day 6: Debby Werthmann! Debby, who has volunteered at the TCFF for the past three years, always volunteering at Milliken; even her daughter is a manager at that friendly venue. “It’s a joy to work there and it’s so well organized,” said Debby. “Everyone works hard and [...]

The Downtown Traverse City Association and Traverse City Film Festival have chosen winners for the 2011 TCFF Window Display Contest! Judging was based on: (1) presentation based on film & the film festival, (2) originality and creativity, and (3) use of the retailer’s merchandise in the presentation. And the winners are… First place: Miner’s North [...]

Congratulations to our Find the Missing Film Puzzle Hunt winners! David Grams Kristen Sonnemann-Grams Cara Sonnemann Kevin Sonnemann Emily Sonnemann I’d like to thank everyone who contributed to this fun new addition to the festival: Al Thompson Cousin Jenny’s Dennos Museum Gerry Snowden Grand Traverse Pie Co.    Grand Traverse Resort Interlochen Center for the Arts [...]

Shirley Wall was the recent recipient of the Volunteer Appreciation Award. Shirley and her husband, Tom, have been volunteering since the TCFF’s second year. “We attended the festival the first year, saw the volunteers, and thought it looked like they were having a lot of fun. We signed up to volunteer in 2006 and sure [...]