By JODEE TAYLOR
TRAVERSE CITY -- Let the sun shine in.
The Traverse City Film Festival is celebrating the summer of love with a director's cut of "Woodstock," a visit from Wavy Gravy and a screening of "Hair" at the Open Space.
The full lineup of films is expected to be announced July 2, according to Deb Lake, executive director.
Other plans this year call for a film school, which will feature filmmakers who are here for the festival. The filmmakers will screen one of their own movies, then discuss it with the students.
"It'll be like a mini film class," Lake said.
A Kids Fest will feature a children's movie each morning at 9:30 a.m.; tickets will cost $6.
"We have been paying close attention to children's film festivals this year, looking for the best of the best," said Michael Moore, founder of the film festival. "The films we are bringing aren't the big summer blockbusters that we normally hear about -- these are great films made for kids that most young people here would never get the chance to see."
Tickets for movies, besides the children's movies and opening and closing night films, will stay at $9 this year.
The Open Space movies the festival hopes to show are:
-- "Men in Black," July 28;
-- "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," July 29;
-- "Hair," July 30;
-- "Goonies," July 31; and
-- "Big," Aug. 1.
Open Space movies are free and begin at dusk each night.
Paul Mazursky will be the focus of the filmmaker tribute for the fifth annual festival. Mazursky has acted in, directed, written and produced movies since the 1950s, including "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice," "Enemies: A Love Story" and "An Unmarried Woman."
Tickets will go on sale to Friends of the Film Festival July 12. At noon, box office sales will begin at 300 E. Front St., in Radio Centre near Crema, where the Cherry Festival storefront is now located. Online ticket sales for Friends will begin at 6 p.m. July 12.
Tickets for the public will be available July 18. At noon, walk-up sales will start at the film festival box office; at 6 p.m., tickets will go on sale online at www.traversecityfilmfestival.org.
The 40th anniversary of Woodstock is being marked with a showing of the director's cut of the Oscar-winning documentary "Woodstock." The movie features performances by Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Janis Joplin, The Who and more, filmed at the iconic music festival held in Bethel, N.Y., in 1969. Wavy Gravy, who helped with security at the festival, will discuss the film and answer questions.
There will be a downtown storefront window display contest and plans are under way for a 5K fun run and a competitive mile race, both of which could finish in front of the State Theatre, Lake said.
