So after a few posts in, we realized we haven’t actually introduced who’s writing the festival blog. My name is Beth Milligan, and I handle publicity and media relations for the festival. I wrote a blog for the Record Eagle last summer called “Cinema Paradiso” about my adventures at TCFF, and also wrote a column [...]

Check out photos from the Day 2 of the Traverse City Film Festival in our 2007 Photo Gallery.

Photos from the first day of the Traverse City Film Festival are now online in our 2007 Photo Gallery.

After months of dedicated preparation and hard work, we are now only 24 hours away from the festival’s kick-off opening ceremony! We are so excited to have you all with us this year and are looking forward to your feedback on how things go this week. You’ve waited in long lines for tickets, asked us [...]

With the opening ceremony just a few days away, we would like to introduce you to some of the filmmakers and guests who will be presenting their films at this year’s festival. Director John Laurence is first up in our TCFF Filmmaker Spotlight series. John took a few moments out from his busy schedule to [...]

Two films playing at this year’s festival are already garnering early rave reviews among critics. “Talk to Me” and “My Best Friend,” both currently playing in limited release, received enthusiastic praise from Richard Roeper and guest critic Dave Karger (senior writer at “Entertainment Weekly”) on this weekend’s “Ebert and Roeper” show. Karger calls “Talk to [...]

For those of you who went looking for us at the State last Friday, you probably quickly realized: we’ve relocated! To help catch you up to speed, here’s a quick tour of our new box office space, as well as our newest venue. Main Box Office & Festival Store Our box office location tends to [...]

We’re now over halfway through 2007–and the Third Annual Traverse City Film Festival is only 2 1/2 weeks away! Already it’s been an exciting year, and we look forward to letting you in on the rest of the surprises lined up for this year’s festival. To keep you up-to-date on the latest news and developments, [...]

As part of the launch of the Friends of the Festival program last summer, we held a drawing for new members to win a variety of great prizes, including a lifetime festival pass, a day on the set with Michael Moore, and a trip to a New York movie premiere. Tim Bloomquist of Traverse City [...]