The Traverse City Film Festival is organized exclusively for charitable educational purposes. The festival strives to further the indigenous American art of cinema by bringing great movies and film education opportunities to northern Michigan.

Public Library DVD Program

Each year the festival donates the films shown during the festival to public libraries in the area so that everyone can see the festival’s great movies for free. Inter-library loan programs expand the reach of the DVDs beyond the recipient libraries, and additional area libraries have provided funding for the purchase of sets of DVDs for their patrons. We hope to grow the program whenever funding or private donors allow so that the festival films will be available for free to as many people as possible. Click here for a list of available titles.

2012 Program

Will be fulfilled in summer 2013 when 2012 titles become available.

2011 Program

Alden District Library  – interloans with Elk Rapids & Kalkaska
Traverse Area District Library  – interloans throughout Grand Traverse County
Suttons Bay Bingham Area District Library

2010 Program

What is available of the 2010 program are in the following libraries. Additional titles will become available as they are released.

Helena Township Library (Alden) – interloans with Elk Rapids & Kalkaska
Traverse Area District Library (Traverse City) – interloans throughout Grand Traverse County
Suttons Bay Bingham Area District Library

2009 Program

Helena Township Library (Alden) – interloans with Elk Rapids & Kalkaska
Traverse Area District Library (Traverse City) – interloans throughout Grand Traverse County
Suttons Bay Bingham Area District Library
Bellaire Public Library – donated by the Friends of the Bellaire Public Library

2008 Program

Helena Township Library (Alden) – interloans with Elk Rapids & Kalkaska
Traverse Area District Library (Traverse City) – interloans throughout Grand Traverse County
Suttons Bay Bingham Area District Library
Bellaire Public Library – donated by the Friends of the Bellaire Public Library

2007 Program

Helena Township Library (Alden) – interloans with Elk Rapids & Kalkaska
Traverse Area District Library (Traverse City) – interloans throughout Grand Traverse County
Suttons Bay Bingham Area District Library
Bellaire Public Library
Leelanau Township Public Library (Northport)
Beulah Public Library
Leland Township Library
Almira Township Library (Lake Ann)
Glen Lake Community Library – some titles available courtesy Glen Lake Community Library

2006 Libraries
Helena Township Library (Alden) – interloans with Elk Rapids & Kalkaska
Traverse Area District Library (Traverse City) – interloans throughout Grand Traverse County
Suttons Bay Bingham Area District Library
Leelanau Township Public Library (Northport)
Bellaire Public Library – courtesy Friends of the Bellaire Public Library
Glen Lake Community Library – some titles available courtesy Glen Lake Community Library

2005 Libraries
Glen Lake Community Library
Helena Township Library (Alden)
Traverse Area District Library (Traverse City)
Bellaire Public Library – courtesy Friends of the Bellaire Public Library
Leelanau Township Public Library (Northport) – courtesy FIM Group
Suttons Bay Bingham Area District Library – courtesy FIM Group

Film Scholarships

The Traverse City Film Festival established a film student scholarship program to help graduating seniors with higher education costs as they continue on to college with a focus on film studies.

The festival awards $1,000 scholarships to three local high schools that offer film classes to their students. Applicants are asked to write a 500 to 750 word essay on the topic “What makes a great movie in America?” Winners are chosen by committees in their schools.