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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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ROOFMAN

Friday, October 24 – Sunday, October 26th

A former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname ‘Roofman’. After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us for six months, surviving undetected while planning his next move. But when he falls for a divorced mom drawn to his undeniable charm, his double life begins to unravel, setting off a compelling and suspenseful game of cat and mouse as his past closes in.

1:00 PM, 4:15 PM, 7:30 PM

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JOJO RABBIT

Sunday, October 26th

A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

Doors 9:00am
Event 10:00am

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COMMUNITY NIGHT

PRESENTED BY TRAVERSE AREA DISTRICT LIBRARY, TRAVERSE BAY SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB, DOLLY PARTON’S IMAGINATION LIBRARY: GRAND TRAVERSE REGION –PROGRAMS BORN TO READ & BOOKS FROM BIRTH

THE LIBRARY THAT DOLLY BUILT

FREE EVENT!

Wednesday, October 29th

A behind-the-scenes look at Dolly Parton’s literacy-focused non-profit, Imagination Library, to show how the famous performer shares her love of reading.

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

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2025 Fall Season

PASSES ARE NOW ON SALE

Tuesday, October 7th through Tuesday, December 23rd

1pm and 7pm

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2025 Film Lineup HERE

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.

Purchase your pass before November 9th to reap the savings!

SERIES PASS

Tuesday, October 7 – Tuesday, December 23rd

FREAKY TALES is a wildly fun period anthology thriller and a neon-sign love letter to 1980s Oakland, CA (with a wink to grindhouse). Directed by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck (the team behind HALF NELSON) & starring Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn (HBO’s The Outsider), Jay Ellis (TOP GUN: MAVERICK) – with a Tom Hanks cameo! – FREAKY TALES threads together four interconnected stories – all based on real-life Bay Area events, but reimagined with a fantastical twist. It’s a rollicking, kaleidoscopic ride that pivots from stylized, pulpy vignettes about punk rockers then hip-hop artists then neo-Nazis and NBA players. Whether it’s a send-up of the entire exploitation genre or another addition to it, everyone involved in FREAKY TALES is clearly having a lot of fun. And the bad guys get what’s coming for them! Or, as the New York Times put it in their review, “Misogyny and racism get their butts spanked.”

Tuesday, October 28th at 1pm and 7pm

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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.