2012-02-13T12:52:58-05:00 urn:uuid:80ff05e6-319d-4241-83d4-4b7bd853d51b urn:uuid:043c79cb-b771-4097-8063-29f824e2a91f 2008-08-04T12:00:00-04:00

Sights and sounds from the Film Festival.

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Only one of the four young men featured in "Baghdad High" was able to travel to Traverse City for the film's screening, but video was taken of the standing ovation to share with those who could not make it.

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A laid-back, more comfortable side of Michael Moore came through in the final panel discussion at the Traverse City Film Festival, as he reminisced with some old friends and co-workers about what it took to pull his films together.

By Marta Hepler Drahos urn:uuid:5350d0b6-49ec-427e-ba75-6d8491eb8bab 2008-08-03T22:46:00-04:00

Traverse City Film Festival founder Michael Moore gave the audience two surprises at Sunday's "Mike's Surprise": a special screening of his 2002 live stage show in London and one of local resident Adam Ziegler proposing to girlfriend Erynn Rademacher — both of who were in the audience — in front of the State Theatre.

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Winners of the jury awards from the 2008 Traverse City Film Festival have been announced.

BY LINDSAY VanHULLE urn:uuid:249cb857-4873-43b7-818d-252b2cdb63e1 2008-08-02T20:00:59-04:00

They gathered for hours, waiting for a moment that lasted just five minutes. But what an important five minutes it was. Madonna, headliner of the fourth annual Traverse City Film Festival, stepped out of a sport-utility vehicle about 7:15 p.m. Saturday under the lights of the State Theatre downtown, as hundreds of fans screamed and snapped pictures.

BY VANESSA McCRAY urn:uuid:e4daec56-4b02-4eb9-aedf-7810d3909b50 2008-08-02T20:00:58-04:00

World-famous superstar Madonna made a warm and much-welcomed return to her home state. quot;There's a lot of poetic things about me being here ...," Madonna told a packed State Theatre crowd Saturday night. "You know what they say. You can take the girl out of Michigan, but you can't take the Michigan out of the girl."

BY GRETCHEN MURRAY urn:uuid:6cde17e0-c1e2-4364-a19c-cdb93923dd1a 2008-08-02T20:00:57-04:00

Comedy is a serious business. What's offensive, what's funny and the fine line in between was tackled by Saturday's Film Festival "All-Star Comedy Panel" in front of another large crowd at the City Opera House downtown.

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Traverse City Film Festival schedule for Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008.

BY VANESSA MCCRAY urn:uuid:ff81e1aa-b375-4563-8ed0-04b18abc95fd 2008-08-02T09:51:00-04:00

A packed movie house will see the queen of reinvention in person, but all of Traverse City has caught Madonna mania. The entertainment superstar, singer, tabloid fixture, trend-setter, philanthropist, Michigan native and Traverse City Film Festival headliner is scheduled to introduce her documentary "I Am Because We Are" at an 8 p.m. screening tonight at the downtown State Theatre.