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Upcoming Films

**JOIN US LABOR DAY WEEKEND FOR A TCFF + SEVEN HILLS SUMMER MOVIE NIGHT & FUNDRAISER**

WHEN: Sunday, August 31st @ 6pm

WHERE: Seven Hills on the Old Mission Peninsula @ 13795 Seven Hills Rd, Traverse City, MI 49686

TCFF + Seven Hills invite you to a special end-of-summer pop-up celebration that’s part TCFF fundraiser & part outdoor FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT screening of the Oscar-winning animated film, FLOW!

From 6pm – on, we’ll be gathering at Seven Hills’ gorgeous indoor-outdoor space to eat, drink & frolic.

We’ll have face painting, cornhole, a cash bar with specially priced & cinematically themed drinks from Old Mission Distilling — including batch non-alcoholic ones! — and food available to purchase from Heron Creek Farms.

Bring your kids, bring your friends — and make new ones!

Once it’s dark enough — around 8:30pm — we’ll be screening FLOW (PG, 1h 25m) — this year’s Oscar-winning animated film & runaway hit from Latvia that has ZERO dialgoue & TONS of magic. Film critics love it, kids love it — and if you haven’t seen it yet, we know you’ll love it too (& if you’ve seen it already, see it outside!).

Click here to check out the trailer!

We’re limited to 125 guests, so get your tickets now!

Carpooling is encouraged, and we’ll also have shuttles available to & from downtown courtesy of TC Brew Bus. A limited amount of complementary shuttle tickets are available on a first come, first served basis, though additional shuttle tickets will be available for purchase. Please email rebecca@tcff.org if you are interested in a shuttle ride.

Can’t wait to see you there!

COMMUNITY NIGHT AT THE STATE
ORYANA w/ LEELANAU HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM PRESENTS

THE SEARCH FOR ANNA & LEVI: A LOST HISTORY OF BLACK HOMESTEADERS IN LEELANAU COUNTY 

Wednesday, August 27th
$10 tickets
$6 Students
The Search for Anna & Levi: A Lost History of Black Homesteaders in Leelanau County brings to light an overlooked chapter of Leelanau County’s history and the broader story of African American settlement in the Midwest. Directed by Joe VanderMeulen, the film explores the lives of Anna and Levi Johnson — early Black homesteaders whose farm once stood in what is now Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
Featuring interviews with descendants, local historians, and regional experts, this documentary offers a heartfelt and personal journey into a past that connects directly to our present.
Doors 6:00pm
Event 7:00pm

HIGHEST 2 LOWEST

Friday, August 29th – Sunday, August 31st 

When a powerful music mogul is targeted by a ransom plot, he is forced to fight for his family and legacy while jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.
Friday, August 29th – Saturday, August 30th
1:00 PM, 4:15 PM, 7:30 PM
Sunday, August 31st
1:15 PM, 4:30 PM, 7:45 PM

TCFF SUNDAY BRUNCH CINEMA PRESENTS

WWII FILM SERIES

HACKSAW RIDGE

Sunday, August 31 

Tickets $7
The true story of Pfc. Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield), who won the Congressional Medal of Honor despite refusing to bear arms during WWII on religious grounds. Doss was drafted and ostracized by fellow soldiers for his pacifist stance but went on to earn respect and adoration for his bravery, selflessness and compassion after he risked his life — without firing a shot — to save 75 men in the Battle of Okinawa.
Doors open:  9:00 am
Showtime: 10:00 am

TCFF SUNDAY BRUNCH CINEMA PRESENTS

WWII FILM SERIES

Explore the action, drama, and horrors of WWII through these award winning films in the historic State Theatre on Sunday mornings!

Coffee and pastries available!

Series pass is only $70. 

That is less than $4.00 a ticket for NINETEEN IMPORTANT FILMS

2025 SUMMER SEASON 

PASSES ARE NOW ON SALE

Tuesday, July 15th through Tuesday, September 30th

1pm and 7pm

Tuesday, July 15 – Tuesday, September 30th

Over the decades we’ve been doing TCFF, one of our most popular perennial events is the one no one knows anything about! Not even Trump’s Deep STate! Festival founder and president Michael Moore personally presents “Mike’s Surprise” – it may be overlooked gem, a sneak peak of a brand new movie, a Hollywood director Zooming in or home movies from the 1950s! Who knows! Show up to find out!

Tuesday, September 2nd 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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