2016 Schedule

Mar 04 Friday

	Jesse Auditorium	Missouri Theatre	The Vimeo Theater at The Blue Note	The Picturehouse	Rhynsburger Theatre	The Globe	Forrest Theater	Big Ragtag	Willy Wilson @ Ragtag	Reynolds Journalism Institute	Lost Letters	Cafe Berlin	Other
10am											10:00am LOST LETTERS Synapses 60 min 10 - 11am NRT LOST LETTERS True/False manifests Missouri’s first work of interactive, immersive theater. Located at: 110 N 10th Suite 7. Open only to those who have purchased a Lost Letters ticket; admission is not included with any festival pass.
11am			11:00am The Fear of 13 Film 96 min 11 - 12:36pm NRT The Fear of 13 Death row inmate Nick Yarris has the presence and poise of a Shakespearean thespian. But can he be believed?	11:45am Presenting Princess Shaw Film 86 min 11:45 - 1:11pm NRT Presenting Princess Shaw Singer-songwriter Princess Shaw aspires to greatness, but is anyone listening?		11:30am Starless Dreams Film 76 min 11:30 - 12:46pm NRT Starless Dreams In this emotionally charged masterpiece, a group of underage female convicts dream of escaping the detention center and returning to their families.	11:45am Untitled Ramona Diaz Project Film 95 min 11:45 - 1:20pm NRT Untitled Ramona Diaz Project WORK IN PROGRESS. In a Manila hospital, women of all ages hold something precious in their arms and close to their hearts.		11:45am The Illinois Parables Film 60 min 11:45 - 12:45pm NRT The Illinois Parables Archival and original 16mm footage mesh with visionary sound design, as the singular Deborah Stratman tells a counter-narrative to how the Midwest was won.		11:30am LOST LETTERS Synapses 60 min 11:30 - 12:30pm NRT LOST LETTERS True/False manifests Missouri’s first work of interactive, immersive theater. Located at: 110 N 10th Suite 7. Open only to those who have purchased a Lost Letters ticket; admission is not included with any festival pass.
12pm								12:15pm All These Sleepless Nights Film 100 min 12:15 - 1:55pm NRT All These Sleepless Nights Glasses of champagne out on the dance floor, hangin' with some girls I've never seen before...
1pm		1:30pm Sonita Film 90 min 1:30 - 3pm NRT Sonita Dead-set against being sold as a bride, a feisty Afghan refugee breaks loose to become a rapper.								1:00pm Field Session: Virtual Reality Drinking Game Synapses 75 min 1 - 2:15pm Field Session: Virtual Reality Drinking Game With Brian Chirls and Jessica Brillhart	1:00pm LOST LETTERS Synapses 60 min 1 - 2pm NRT LOST LETTERS True/False manifests Missouri’s first work of interactive, immersive theater. Located at: 110 N 10th Suite 7. Open only to those who have purchased a Lost Letters ticket; admission is not included with any festival pass.
2pm			2:00pm Secret Screening Navy Film 70 min 2 - 3:10pm NRT Secret Screening Navy This blood-boiling essay about technology run amok pivots from bedrooms to backrooms.	2:30pm Another Country Film 87 min 2:30 - 3:57pm NRT Another Country Aboriginal movie star David Gulpilil is our sardonic tour guide to the outback, where his people maintain a strong sense of history against creeping cultural imperialism.		2:00pm Behemoth Film 91 min 2 - 3:31pm NRT Behemoth With restrained anger, Chinese filmmaker Zhao Liang brings us on a staggering journey into a modern-day Dante’s Inferno, the pitch-black mines of Inner Mongolia.	2:15pm Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John Film 86 min 2:15 - 3:41pm NRT Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John Canadian siblings seek to solve the mystery of their father’s disappearance - and learn what fate befell this charming rogue.		2:30pm Release Me, Let Me Go (shorts) Short 88 min 2:30 - 3:58pm NRT Release Me, Let Me Go (shorts) Tolstoy said happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. In these stunning shorts, we learn about three of those ways.	2:45pm Field Session: Notes from the Field Synapses 75 min 2:45 - 4pm Field Session: Notes from the Field with Kirsten Johnson and Eric Hynes	2:30pm LOST LETTERS Synapses 60 min 2:30 - 3:30pm NRT LOST LETTERS True/False manifests Missouri’s first work of interactive, immersive theater. Located at: 110 N 10th Suite 7. Open only to those who have purchased a Lost Letters ticket; admission is not included with any festival pass.		2:00pm Sparky’s Friday Showcase Concert 120 min 2 - 4pm Sparky’s Friday Showcase The modern stringed wonders of Ruth Acuff and Molly Healey. Free and open to the public, donations accepted!
3pm								3:00pm Between Sisters Film 78 min 3 - 4:18pm NRT Between Sisters Teresa and Ornella are sisters utterly devoted to one another despite a deeply buried secret between them.
4pm			4:30pm The Land of the Enlightened Film 87 min 4:30 - 5:57pm NRT The Land of the Enlightened A boy’s life, Afghani style, as a merry band of marauders extort, scavenge, and traverse a beautiful, bombed-out dreamscape.			4:30pm O Futebol Film 70 min 4:30 - 5:40pm NRT O Futebol A reunited father and son seek an elusive epiphany during the 2014 World Cup in São Paulo.					4:00pm LOST LETTERS Synapses 60 min 4 - 5pm NRT LOST LETTERS True/False manifests Missouri’s first work of interactive, immersive theater. Located at: 110 N 10th Suite 7. Open only to those who have purchased a Lost Letters ticket; admission is not included with any festival pass.		4:30pm Landmark Fired Up Concert 240 min 4:30 - 8:30pm Landmark Fired Up More outdoor T/F buskers for your listening pleasure! Free and open to the public, donations accepted.
5pm		5:30pm Reality Bites Reception 90 min 5:30 - 7pm Reality Bites Directly following the March March, step inside the Missouri Theatre, Columbia Art League, and —new this year— the Picturehouse to sample tastes from a wide array of Columbia's best restaurants. Happy buskers fill the rooms with merriment. No ticket required; open to Super Circle, Silver Circle, and Lux passholders.		5:30pm Reality Bites Reception 90 min 5:30 - 7pm Reality Bites Directly following the March March, step inside the Missouri Theatre, Columbia Art League, and —new this year— the Picturehouse to sample tastes from a wide array of Columbia's best restaurants. Happy buskers fill the rooms with merriment. No ticket required; open to Super Circle, Silver Circle, and Lux passholders.			5:00pm Peter and the Farm Film 92 min 5 - 6:32pm NRT Peter and the Farm Back-to-the-lander Peter Dunning has become one with his Vermont farm, perched somewhere between paradise and hell.	5:30pm Des Morts (N/N) Film 105 min 5:30 - 7:15pm NRT Des Morts (N/N) From elaborate public burials to the fiery insides of a cremation chamber, Des Morts crisscrosses the globe, sensitively studying how humans process grief. Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.	5:00pm Those Who Jump Film 80 min 5 - 6:20pm NRT Those Who Jump In the mountain range between Morocco and Spain, thousands of men prepare to scale the imposing fences that stand between them and Europe.		5:30pm LOST LETTERS Synapses 60 min 5:30 - 6:30pm NRT LOST LETTERS True/False manifests Missouri’s first work of interactive, immersive theater. Located at: 110 N 10th Suite 7. Open only to those who have purchased a Lost Letters ticket; admission is not included with any festival pass.		5:15pm March March Other 30 min 5:15 - 5:45pm March March What better way to encourage the tremulous start of spring than to lead by example and march into March? To bring this month in like a lion, we invite one and all to join in our festival parade, dress in costume, ride your bike, whatever you'd like (just no advertising or motorized vehicles). Free and open to the public.
6pm						6:45pm Cameraperson Film 108 min 6:45 - 8:33pm NRT Cameraperson A profoundly compassionate globe-trotting memoir from behind the camera, bearing witness to the highs and lows of the human experience.							6:00pm VJ Suave Animation Ride Other 60 min 6 - 7pm VJ Suave Animation Ride Artist Ygor Marotta visits the US for the first time from São Paulo, Brazil with his Suaveciclo. On a specially rigged tricycle, Marotta will ride through the streets of Columbia throwing beautiful animated projections on the walls and surfaces of downtown. Crafted from hand drawings, transformed into digital animation, then using unique projection techniques, his characters fly and run across the landscape fusing animated stories with real life, creating a colorful moving canvas. Free and open to the public.
7pm	7:00pm Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Film 97 min 7 - 8:37pm NRT Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Sitcom king Norman Lear single-handedly revolutionized television. But what has he done lately?	7:15pm Weiner Film 96 min 7:15 - 8:51pm NRT Weiner This raucous, fast-paced profile gets up close and personal as it encounters the exploits of dethroned New York politician Anthony Weiner.	7:15pm Secret Screening Scarlet Film 84 min 7:15 - 8:39pm NRT Secret Screening Scarlet Every emotion heightened, every moment vital, every connection new and electric.	7:15pm The Pearl Film 97 min 7:15 - 8:52pm NRT The Pearl In a world far from glossy magazines featuring Laverne Cox, four middle-aged transgender women struggle to find recognition, refuge, and love.	7:00pm Thy Father's Chair Film 88 min 7 - 8:28pm NRT Thy Father's Chair Twins Abraham and Shraga are prisoners of all the dreck piled high around their Brooklyn apartment – until concerned neighbors intercede.		7:30pm Jim: The James Foley Story Film 110 min 7:30 - 9:20pm NRT Jim: The James Foley Story Memorializing James Foley, a photojournalist who rushed both headlong and heroically into war zones.		7:30pm The Prison in Twelve Landscapes Film 90 min 7:30 - 9pm NRT The Prison in Twelve Landscapes This impressionistic, piercing essay reveals a prison-industrial complex tightly woven into the fabric of American life.		7:00pm LOST LETTERS Synapses 60 min 7 - 8pm NRT LOST LETTERS True/False manifests Missouri’s first work of interactive, immersive theater. Located at: 110 N 10th Suite 7. Open only to those who have purchased a Lost Letters ticket; admission is not included with any festival pass.
8pm											8:30pm LOST LETTERS Synapses 60 min 8:30 - 9:30pm NRT LOST LETTERS True/False manifests Missouri’s first work of interactive, immersive theater. Located at: 110 N 10th Suite 7. Open only to those who have purchased a Lost Letters ticket; admission is not included with any festival pass.	8:00pm Berlin Friday Night Showcase Concert 300 min 8 - 1am Berlin Friday Night Showcase The loudest & craziest ensemble of T/F Buskers ever assembled: the rhythmic southwestern folk of Lone Pinon, French sillymen Les Trois Coups, Gora Gora Orkestar brass band, and New Orleans street strummers Yes Ma'am. Doors 7:00pm. Free for Super/Silver Circle, Lux, Busker Band, Juggernaut, $5 general admission.
9pm					9:45pm Helmut Berger, Actor Film 90 min 9:45 - 11:15pm NRT Helmut Berger, Actor The most beautiful actor of his day is now a glorious wreck, and a trip to St. Tropez won’t cure his ills.	9:45pm The Music of Strangers Film 96 min 9:45 - 11:21pm NRT The Music of Strangers Superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble are on an uplifting mission to connect the world through music.		9:00pm Africa Addio (N/N) Film 140 min 9 - 11:20pm NRT Africa Addio (N/N) A blistering indictment of the European nations who spent centuries plundering the African continent only to recklessly abandon it during decolonization. Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.					9:30pm Campfire Stories Other 75 min 9:30 - 10:45pm NRT Campfire Stories Gather round the hearth and come hear some stellar storytellers spin yarns in our cozy forest clearing. Reserved ticket required; open to all passholders.
10pm	10:00pm The Fear of 13 Film 96 min 10 - 11:36pm NRT The Fear of 13 Death row inmate Nick Yarris has the presence and poise of a Shakespearean thespian. But can he be believed?	10:00pm Author: The JT LeRoy Story Film 110 min 10 - 11:50pm Author: The JT LeRoy Story JT LeRoy, progeny of a truck stop prostitute, burst into the 90s literary scene and enchanted celebrities from Bono to Winona Ryder. Then things got weird.		10:00pm Sherpa Film 96 min 10 - 11:36pm NRT Sherpa In this visually soaring adventure, a tragic Mt. Everest avalanche exposes the relentless strains placed upon the guides.			10:30pm Tickled Film 92 min 10:30 - 12:02am NRT Tickled This news-of-the-weird story about a fringe sport morphs into a twisty tale of obsession, exploitation, sex, and blackmail.		10:30pm My Best Fiasco (shorts) Short 79 min 10:30 - 11:49pm NRT My Best Fiasco (shorts) Three established filmmakers and a nine-year-old demonstrate right and wrong approaches to depicting on-screen violence.				10:00pm @CTION! Party Party 180 min 10 - 1am @CTION! Party This legendary Friday night party is held at one of our favorite downtown nightclubs. No ticket required; open to Super Circle, Silver Circle, and Lux passholders.
11pm			11:00pm Field Session: Clicking & Streaming Synapses 75 min 11 - 12:15am Field Session: Clicking & Streaming Contestants to be announced!
12am
1am

10:00am

Lost Letters

LOST LETTERS

Synapses

60 min

10 - 11am
NRT

LOST LETTERS
True/False manifests Missouri’s first work of interactive, immersive theater. Located at: 110 N 10th Suite 7. Open only to those who have purchased a Lost Letters ticket; admission is not included with any festival pass.

11:00am

The Vimeo Theater at The Blue Note

The Fear of 13

Film

96 min

11 - 12:36pm
NRT

The Fear of 13
Death row inmate Nick Yarris has the presence and poise of a Shakespearean thespian. But can he be believed?

11:30am

11:45am

12:15pm

Big Ragtag

All These Sleepless Nights

Film

100 min

12:15 - 1:55pm
NRT

All These Sleepless Nights
Glasses of champagne out on the dance floor, hangin' with some girls I've never seen before...

1:00pm

1:30pm

Missouri Theatre

Sonita

Film

90 min

1:30 - 3pm
NRT

Sonita
Dead-set against being sold as a bride, a feisty Afghan refugee breaks loose to become a rapper.

2:00pm

2:15pm

Forrest Theater

Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John

Film

86 min

2:15 - 3:41pm
NRT

Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John
Canadian siblings seek to solve the mystery of their father’s disappearance - and learn what fate befell this charming rogue.

2:30pm

4:30pm

5:00pm

5:15pm

March March

Other

30 min

5:15 - 5:45pm

March March
What better way to encourage the tremulous start of spring than to lead by example and march into March? To bring this month in like a lion, we invite one and all to join in our festival parade, dress in costume, ride your bike, whatever you'd like (just no advertising or motorized vehicles). Free and open to the public.

5:30pm

6:00pm

VJ Suave Animation Ride

Other

60 min

6 - 7pm

VJ Suave Animation Ride
Artist Ygor Marotta visits the US for the first time from São Paulo, Brazil with his Suaveciclo. On a specially rigged tricycle, Marotta will ride through the streets of Columbia throwing beautiful animated projections on the walls and surfaces of downtown. Crafted from hand drawings, transformed into digital animation, then using unique projection techniques, his characters fly and run across the landscape fusing animated stories with real life, creating a colorful moving canvas. Free and open to the public.

6:45pm

The Globe

Cameraperson

Film

108 min

6:45 - 8:33pm
NRT

Cameraperson
A profoundly compassionate globe-trotting memoir from behind the camera, bearing witness to the highs and lows of the human experience.

7:00pm

7:15pm

7:30pm

8:00pm

Cafe Berlin

Berlin Friday Night Showcase

Concert

300 min

8 - 1am

Berlin Friday Night Showcase
The loudest & craziest ensemble of T/F Buskers ever assembled: the rhythmic southwestern folk of Lone Pinon, French sillymen Les Trois Coups, Gora Gora Orkestar brass band, and New Orleans street strummers Yes Ma'am. Doors 7:00pm. Free for Super/Silver Circle, Lux, Busker Band, Juggernaut, $5 general admission.

8:30pm

Lost Letters

LOST LETTERS

Synapses

60 min

8:30 - 9:30pm
NRT

LOST LETTERS
True/False manifests Missouri’s first work of interactive, immersive theater. Located at: 110 N 10th Suite 7. Open only to those who have purchased a Lost Letters ticket; admission is not included with any festival pass.

9:00pm

Big Ragtag

Africa Addio (N/N)

Film

140 min

9 - 11:20pm
NRT

Africa Addio (N/N)
A blistering indictment of the European nations who spent centuries plundering the African continent only to recklessly abandon it during decolonization. Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

9:30pm

Campfire Stories

Other

75 min

9:30 - 10:45pm
NRT

Campfire Stories
Gather round the hearth and come hear some stellar storytellers spin yarns in our cozy forest clearing. Reserved ticket required; open to all passholders.

9:45pm

10:00pm

10:30pm

11:00pm

The Vimeo Theater at The Blue Note

Field Session: Clicking & Streaming

Synapses

75 min

11 - 12:15am

Field Session: Clicking & Streaming
Contestants to be announced!

LOST LETTERS

LOST LETTERS

The Fear of 13

The Fear of 13

Presenting Princess Shaw

Presenting Princess Shaw

Starless Dreams

Starless Dreams

Untitled Ramona Diaz Project

Untitled Ramona Diaz Project

The Illinois Parables

The Illinois Parables

LOST LETTERS

LOST LETTERS

All These Sleepless Nights

All These Sleepless Nights

Sonita

Sonita

Field Session: Virtual Reality Drinking Game

Field Session: Virtual Reality Drinking Game

LOST LETTERS

LOST LETTERS

Secret Screening Navy

Secret Screening Navy

Another Country

Another Country

Behemoth

Behemoth

Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John

Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John

Release Me, Let Me Go (shorts)

Release Me, Let Me Go (shorts)

Field Session: Notes from the Field

Field Session: Notes from the Field

LOST LETTERS

LOST LETTERS

Sparky’s Friday Showcase

Sparky’s Friday Showcase

Between Sisters

Between Sisters

The Land of the Enlightened

The Land of the Enlightened

O Futebol

O Futebol

LOST LETTERS

LOST LETTERS

Landmark Fired Up

Landmark Fired Up

Reality Bites

Reality Bites

Reality Bites

Reality Bites

Peter and the Farm

Peter and the Farm

Des Morts (N/N)

Des Morts (N/N)

Those Who Jump

Those Who Jump

LOST LETTERS

LOST LETTERS

March March

March March

Cameraperson

Cameraperson

VJ Suave Animation Ride

VJ Suave Animation Ride

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Weiner

Weiner

Secret Screening Scarlet

Secret Screening Scarlet

The Pearl

The Pearl

Thy Father's Chair

Thy Father's Chair

Jim: The James Foley Story

Jim: The James Foley Story

The Prison in Twelve Landscapes

The Prison in Twelve Landscapes