Traverse City Film Festival founder Michael Moore has announced “the best movie lineup” in its five-year history for the 2009 event that runs from July 28 through Aug. 2 in the northern Michigan town of Traverse City, Michigan.

“Last year we had over 80,000 admissions and we expect even more this year,” Moore said. “We’re bringing the absolute best in new films from around the world and here at home.”

Tickets are on sale now for the entire schedule which can be viewed at www.traversecityfilmfestival.org.

Film fans will be thrilled to see the selections that start with the opening night film “Troubled Water” and conclude with the closing night film “Julie & Julia.”

“Troubled Water,” a Norwegian film from director Erik Poppe, who is attending the festival, is about a young man just released from prison after serving eight years for a terrible crime. While on the path to redemption, he is forced to confront his past when he encounters a woman whose life has been forever scarred by his actions.

“Julie & Julia” is the much-anticipated film starring Meryl Streep as Julia Child with Amy Adams in Nora Ephron’s story about the early days of the renowned chef’s career, and Julie Powell’s attempt, more than 40 years later, to cook and blog her way through all 524 recipes in Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” in just one year. Traverse City festival attendees will see “Julie & Julia” ahead of its release in theaters across the USA. It will have two screenings in Traverse City.

Festival-goers will be able to choose from a total of 71 features and 50 short films representing more than 30 countries and five continents. Films include ”Valentino: The Last Emperor,” “Which Way Home,” “Outrage,” “Learning Gravity,” “The Answer Man,” ”The Girlfriend Experience,” “The Greatest,” “Humpday” and “Sugar.”