The State Theatre Traverse City, Michigan Check out the Fall season 52 great movies in 52 weeks! A year-round festival of powerful, subversive, indie masterpieces made with the belief that cinema can save the world — and that one great movie can change your life. Buy 2025 Fall Season Tickets now

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COMMUNITY NIGHT

PRESENTED BY INTERLOCHEN IN TOWN

FAME

Wednesday, November 19th

Young men and women audition for coveted spots at the New York High School of Performing Arts. Those who make the cut discover that it takes a lot of hard work to become a star and sometimes difficult decisions have to be made. The youngsters grapple with heavy issues such as homosexuality, abortion, attempted suicide and illiteracy. On top of their unique struggles, the students must deal with the mundane pressures of adolescence like homework, heartbreak and rejection.

*FREE ADMISSION TO INTERLOCHEN STUDENTS*

Doors: 6:00pm
Event: 7:00pm

JAY KELLY 

Friday, November 21th – Sunday, November 23rd

Famous movie actor Jay Kelly embarks on a journey of self discovery confronting both his past and present, accompanied by his devoted manager Ron. Staring George Clooney and Adam Sandler

Friday and Saturday
1:00pm, 4:15pm, 7:30pm
Sunday 
1:45pm, 4:45p, 7:55p

TCFF SUNDAY BRUNCH CINEMA PRESENTS

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

Sunday, November 23rd
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
Doors 9:00am
Event 10:00am

SPECIAL THANKSGIVING PRESENTATION

JAY KELLY

THANKSGIVING DAY, NOVEMBER 27TH AT 6:00 PM

Add a trip to the State Theatre on your list for Thanksgiving Day 2025.  Join us for this heartfelt film with a fantastic cast at 6pm.  Round our day with us at the State Theatre!  We are THANKFUL for you!

2025 Fall Season

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Tuesday, October 7th through Tuesday, December 23rd

1pm and 7pm

Tuesday, October 7 – Tuesday, December 23rd

THE GLASSWORKER is the first hand-drawn animated feature film from Pakistan, and was the country’s 2025 Oscar entry. Set in an unspecified but fantastical land inspired by colonial-era Karachi, THE GLASSWORKER centers the plight of pacifist father-son glassworkers as they struggle to remain morally & commercially divorced from the encroaching war. When the father finally allows his son to attend the local school, the son falls in love – with a colonel’s daughter; the families are mutually appalled by the courtship, and then war arrives at their doorsteps, interrupting everyone’s fates. With its Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli-inspired aesthetic and anti-war message, THE GLASSWORKER is a gorgeous escape and moving meditation on the depths – and demands – of love and why it’s always an act of resistance against war.

Tuesday, November 25th at 1pm and 7pm

 

Thank You to Our Sponsors

TERRY LYNN CARRITHERS
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GRANT MICHAEL CARRITHERS

The Traverse City Film Festival is committed to showing ‘Just Great Movies’ and helping to save one of America’s few indigenous art forms — the cinema. We are committed to showing great movies that both entertain and enlighten the audience. We need movies that seek to enrich the human spirit and the art of filmmaking, not the bottom line. Our goal is for people to leave the theater with the feeling that they just watched something special.

Kids’ $1 Matinee!

The State Theatre offers family friendly movies every Saturday at 10 am.

All tickets are only $1

We also offer affordable snacks for both children and adults.

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The State Theatre is operated by the Traverse City Film Festival, a licensed 501(c)3 organization.

STATE THEATRE

233 E. Front St.

Traverse City, MI 49684

(231) 600-7272