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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:

DISCLOSURE DAY

Friday, June 26th – Sunday, June 28th

A cybersecurity expert becomes a whistleblower to reveal secrets about aliens, putting him on the run from a corporation while a meteorologist experiences strange phenomena and joins forces with him to prove there’s life beyond our knowledge.

Friday, June 26th – 7:00 pm

Saturday, June 27th – 1:00 pm, 4:30 pm, 7:55 pm

Sunday, June 28th – 1:00 pm

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COMING SOON:

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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Tuesday, June 16th – Tuesday, September 1st

1936. As villages across mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.

Tuesday, June 30th 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.