February 28, 2010
Only a few hours remain of the festival, and the afterglow is positively radioactive. Columbia, you are such a surprising host — how do you do it? More than 25,500 tickets sold, but numbers can’t really describe the pride we feel about our town and about a team that really knows how to festival. Can we get back together next year, say March 3-6, 2011?
February 26, 2010
True/False’s annual kick off parade, the MARCH MARCH, will depart at 5:00 pm from the big field next to the Macklanburg Playhouse, at 100 Willis Ave, on the north side of Broadway, just east of College Ave.
Despite what the program says, the parade starts at 5:00 pm today, NOT 5:30 pm. Costumed or not, we encourage you to join the parade as it flows from the campus of Stephens College, west down Broadway, hangs a left on 9th, and ends at the Missouri Theatre.
February 23, 2010
Now appearing in the T/F box office window: diorama globes….depicting scenes from T/F films. Uh, I’m speechless. Sabrina Braden, the inspirational leader of Maude Vintage downtown, never ceases to amaze me with her endless creativity and high-powered goodness. But these dioramas are breathtaking. She and Alisha Waller, Gabrielle Parish, Greg Tissi, Erika Adair, Sam Pounders, and Nikki Pyatt and the rest of their merry gang have tirelessly, good-naturedly spent a combined 150 hours transforming the box office at 9th & Cherry (thank you Jim Alabach & the Kroenke Co! thank you Tom C. Hall!), making it into a glowing jewel box. Check it out starting on Wednesday night.
Here are the showtimes with remaining tickets. Come on down!
SUNDAY, FEB. 28
14C. GasLand (10:00AM, Missouri)
36B. Those Who Remain (3:00PM, Missouri)
If a film you wanted to see is not on this list, remember there is still a good chance you can get in at the door by using the Q system. Inevitably, some of the people who reserved tickets don’t show up, and we make those seats available for patrons at the door with our ingenious “Q” system.
February 22, 2010
America’s favorite documentary game show, Gimme Truth!, is proud to announce the 10 participating filmmakers for the 2010 competition:
Alie McNeil (IRENE LOSES HER COOL)
Ben Ogawa (WIND-UP)
Ben Henderson (THE STORY)
Steve Robertson (ONE DEGREE OF SEPARATION)
Justin Gregory and Pat Barnes (NORBERT WIENER)
Nate Truesdell (THE ANTIDOTE)
Lauren Holman and Sam Schwartzman (STUPID HUMAN TRICK SHOW)
Chelsea Turner (THE FREEMASON CONSPIRACY THEORY)
Kira Flanders (PEPSI PONY)
Brian Maurer (FRANK REED)
These proud 10 will compete for fabulous prizes including trophies designed by Lisa Bartlett. The visiting judges/contestants will be: Josh Fox (GasLand), Lucy Walker (WasteLand) and Tim Hetherington (Restrepo). The show begins at 9:30pm on Saturday — the show is NRT, but tickets should be available at the door for those who want to Q. Come by at 8:30 to claim your number just to be on the safe side. It’s always a good time.
February 20, 2010
We’re happy to announce the films that will fill our two TBA slots:
TBA 41 is Rachel Is (3pm on Sat, Feb. 27 at The Hive)
TBA 42 is And Everything Is Going Fine (3:30pm on Sun, Feb. 28 at Big Ragtag)
Donations to the True Life Fund are now being accepted on-line here. Each year, True/False spotlights one film and raises funds to support and honor those who appear in front of the camera. We do this by actively collaborating with filmmakers, whose intimate knowledge of their subjects enables us to pinpoint needs and most effectively target our efforts.
The 2010 True Life Fund film, Enemies of the People, directed by Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, documents Sambath’s efforts to interview former members of the Khmer Rogue who participated in the widespread killing of villagers during the tumultous period in Cambodia following the end of the Vietnam war. Monies donated to the True Life Fund will be used to further Sambath’s project, as there is still much to be done to ensure that this tragedy is not forgotten. With the help of community partners and festival-goers, we hope to raise over $10,000.
Donations will also be accepted at each screening of the film during the festival.
February 18, 2010
The Gateway Packet is now on sale here. For $30, you get to reserve tickets to three films on-line. They’re going fast . . .
February 16, 2010
The following screenings will be available for Gateway Packet purchasers. For more information about the Gateway, see the blog post below or click here.
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Sunday:
With the help of a group of enterprising students from the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri, we’ve concocted an iphone app for T/F 2010. The app gives you an up-to-the minute news feed, film descriptions, a complete schedule, and a nifty interactive map of everything going on across the festival.
Search for True/False in the itunes or app store, or download it here:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/true-false-film-festival/id355263410?mt=8
Special thanks to Glenn Rice and www.tyten.com.