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July 22, 2005Traverse City Film FestivalPanel sessions range from politics to producingFROM STAFF REPORTSTRAVERSE CITY - Daily panels are being offered during the Traverse City Film Festival. All are at 11 a.m. at the Traverse City Opera House. There is no admission charge, with entry based on a first-come, first-serve basis. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Staff from Interlochen Center for the Arts' new film program and professors from Northwestern Michigan College will serve as moderators. Thursday, July 28 Is it Art? Or is it Politics? Traverse City Wants to Know Oscar-winning filmmaker and Traverse City Film Festival Founder Michael Moore will lead the discussion. "This is about how to do something, if you have a political story, how to make it interesting and entertaining," Moore said. "I thought it would be good to have a good discussion and kick this thing off with a talk about filmmaking and the art of cinema and making films of substance, that are entertaining but thought-provoking." Friday, July 29 Is Fiction Dead? The Rise of Documentary Films Those participating include Marilyn Agrelo, director of "Mad Hot Ballroom"; Alex Gibney, director of "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room"; Ethan Canin, author of "Emperor of the Air"; and mystery writer Robert Sloan (the Lenny Bliss mysteries). "We have two non-fiction and two fiction people discussing why it is that Hollywood movies are getting worse and worse - the fiction movies - and this is why attendance at the movies is down, and why is it that the one type of film where the attendance is up are documentaries, and discuss the whys of documentaries," Moore said. Saturday, July 30 Hollywood Confidential: Stories We Will Only Tell in Traverse City Those participating in the panel are all "veterans of working in Hollywood," Moore said. They include Rob Tappert, the producer of both recent "Spiderman" movies; screenwriter Larry Brand ("Halloween: Resurrection"), whose first job was as personal assistant to Orson Welles; screenwriter Chuck Pfarrer ("The Jackal," "Dark Man," "Navy Seals"); producer Rebecca Reynolds, who lives in Leelanau County and just completed a pilot for HBO; and agent Ari Emanuel. Sunday, July 31 How to Make a Great Movie for $30,000 Those on the panel include Andrew Wagner, director of "The Talent Given Us," which was "made on a shoestring," Moore said; Jonathan Caouette, director of another festival film, "Tarnation"; and moderator Jeff Gibbs, co-producer on Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" and "Bowling for Columbine." "There will be some specifics about what they can do, even here in Traverse City, to be able to make your own movie," Moore said. "You don't need to be in Los Angeles or New York to do that."
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