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Traverse City, Michigan

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.

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–TCFF TUESDAYS SUMMER SEASON–

Tuesday, June 16th – Tuesday, September 1st

Show times at 1pm and 7pm

Join us for our 11th season

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NOW PLAYING:

THE SHEEP DETECTIVES

Friday, July 3rd – Sunday, July 5th

In this witty, new breed of mystery, George (Hugh Jackman) is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can’t possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realize they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers.

Friday, July 3rd – 7:00 pm

Saturday, July 4th (Independence Day!) – 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm

Sunday, July 5th – 1:00 pm

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COMING SOON:

THE INVITE

Friday, July 10th – Sunday, July 12th

Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

Friday, July 10th – 7:00 pm

Saturday, July 11th – 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm

Sunday, July 12th – 1:00 pm

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Tuesday, June 16th – Tuesday, September 1st

8-year-old Bobo’s childhood unfolds on her family’s Rhodesian farm, now Zimbabwe, as the Bush War rages to its bitter end. Set against this violent backdrop, and seen through her eyes, we witness the family’s desperate attachment to Africa’s soil and the deep, festering scars of a war that reshapes both land and soul.

Tuesday, July 7th at 1pm and 7pm

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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.