2016 Schedule

Mar 06 Sunday

	Jesse Auditorium	Missouri Theatre	The Vimeo Theater at The Blue Note	The Picturehouse	Rhynsburger Theatre	The Globe	Forrest Theater	Big Ragtag	Willy Wilson @ Ragtag	Lost Letters	Cafe Berlin	Other
9am	9:30am Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Film 97 min 9:30 - 11:07am Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Sitcom king Norman Lear single-handedly revolutionized television. But what has he done lately?	9:30am Presenting Princess Shaw Film 80 min 9:30 - 10:50am Presenting Princess Shaw Singer-songwriter Princess Shaw aspires to greatness, but is anyone listening?	9:30am The Music of Strangers Film 96 min 9:30 - 11:06am 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.		9:30am Chautauqua Other 75 min 9:30 - 10:45am NRT Chautauqua Join our six fabulous Provocateurs and host, Kaitlin Prest, for a round of more provocations, music, and storytelling.		9:30am Another Country Film 87 min 9:30 - 10:57am 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.		9:30am My Best Fiasco (shorts) Short 79 min 9:30 - 10:49am NRT My Best Fiasco (shorts) Three established filmmakers and a nine-year-old demonstrate right and wrong approaches to depicting on-screen violence.
10am					10:45am Post-Chautauqua Elevenses Reception 45 min 10:45 - 11:30am Post-Chautauqua Elevenses Open to all Chautauqua ticket-holders and Super and Silver Circle passholders, this post-Chautauqua event gives attendees the opportunity to meet and greet with the provocateurs.			10:00am Kate Plays Christine Film 112 min 10 - 11:52am NRT Kate Plays Christine This artifice-spiked detective story follows rising movie star Kate Lyn Sheil down a rabbit hole inspired by Christine Chubbuck, a Sarasota newscaster who met a tragic end.		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										11:30am 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	12:30pm Sonita Film 90 min 12:30 - 2pm NRT Sonita Dead-set against being sold as a bride, a feisty Afghan refugee breaks loose to become a rapper.	12:30pm Those Who Jump Film 80 min 12:30 - 1:50pm 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.	12:15pm Author: The JT LeRoy Story Film 110 min 12:15 - 2:05pm NRT 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.		12:30pm Untitled Ramona Diaz Project Film 95 min 12:30 - 2:05pm 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.		12:15pm Peter and the Farm Film 92 min 12:15 - 1:47pm NRT Peter and the Farm Back-to-the-lander Peter Dunning has become one with his Vermont farm, perched somewhere between paradise and hell.		12:30pm Secret Screening Aqua Film 85 min 12:30 - 1:55pm NRT Secret Screening Aqua The director recovers his castaway childhood by drawing on a vast archive of videotapes. Plays with "Girls and Boys" (dir. Tomasz Gubernat, 14 min.)			12:00pm The Art Ramble Other 30 min 12 - 12:30pm The Art Ramble Bon vivant and raconteur Gabriel Williams leads rollicking tours of downtown art and curiosities, including many of True/False’s art installations. Free and open to the public.
1pm				1:00pm Jim: The James Foley Story Film 110 min 1 - 2:50pm NRT Jim: The James Foley Story Memorializing James Foley, a photojournalist who rushed both headlong and heroically into war zones.		1:30pm Between Sisters Film 78 min 1:30 - 2:48pm NRT Between Sisters Teresa and Ornella are sisters utterly devoted to one another despite a deeply buried secret between them.		1:00pm The Illinois Parables Film 60 min 1 - 2pm 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.		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										2:30pm 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 Sunday Showcase Concert 120 min 2 - 4pm Sparky’s Sunday Showcase Loopers from another planet Wishbone Zoe and Nevada Greene. Free and open to the public, donations accepted! 2:30pm The Art Ramble Other 30 min 2:30 - 3pm The Art Ramble Bon vivant and raconteur Gabriel Williams leads rollicking tours of downtown art and curiosities, including many of True/False’s art installations. Free and open to the public.
3pm	3:45pm Weiner Film 96 min 3:45 - 5:21pm NRT Weiner This raucous, fast-paced profile gets up close and personal as it encounters the exploits of dethroned New York politician Anthony Weiner.	3:30pm Tickled Film 92 min 3:30 - 5:02pm Tickled This news-of-the-weird story about a fringe sport morphs into a twisty tale of obsession, exploitation, sex, and blackmail.	3:15pm The Pearl Film 97 min 3:15 - 4:52pm 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.		3:30pm Secret Screening Scarlet Film 84 min 3:30 - 4:54pm NRT Secret Screening Scarlet Every emotion heightened, every moment vital, every connection new and electric.	3:45pm The Bad Kids Film 101 min 3:45 - 5:26pm NRT The Bad Kids At an isolated, alternative high school, a firebrand principal tests the limits of tough love working with teenagers considered to be lost causes.	3:00pm The Other Side Film 92 min 3 - 4:32pm NRT The Other Side Addiction, bigotry, and zealotry are set against the abiding love of family in the rubbed-raw intimacy of Roberto Minervini’s latest.	3:30pm The Killing of America (N/N) Film 90 min 3:30 - 5pm NRT The Killing of America (N/N) A stunning, still-urgent call for the United States to disarm, The Killing of America presents a chilling procession of violence involving Jim Jones, Ted Bundy and the Manson girls. Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.	3:00pm You Just Can't Win (shorts) Short 77 min 3 - 4:17pm NRT You Just Can't Win (shorts) Governments fight mosquitoes, monkeys and each other, while hairdressers and siblings search for love. What’s the use in trying?
4pm				4:00pm Thy Father's Chair Film 88 min 4 - 5:28pm 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.						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.
5pm									5:30pm Release Me, Let Me Go (shorts) Short 88 min 5:30 - 6:58pm 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.	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.
6pm		6:15pm Closing Night Reception Reception 90 min 6:15 - 7:45pm Closing Night Reception A common meal for all who attend the closing night films at the Missouri Theatre. Ticket required; the film ticket includes the reception.	6:00pm Secret Screening Navy Film 70 min 6 - 7:10pm NRT Secret Screening Navy This blood-boiling essay about technology run amok pivots from bedrooms to backrooms.	6:30pm The Prison in Twelve Landscapes Film 90 min 6:30 - 8pm NRT The Prison in Twelve Landscapes This impressionistic, piercing essay reveals a prison-industrial complex tightly woven into the fabric of American life.	6:00pm Cameraperson Film 108 min 6 - 7:48pm NRT Cameraperson A profoundly compassionate globe-trotting memoir from behind the camera, bearing witness to the highs and lows of the human experience.	6:30pm Kate Plays Christine Film 112 min 6:30 - 8:22pm NRT Kate Plays Christine This artifice-spiked detective story follows rising movie star Kate Lyn Sheil down a rabbit hole inspired by Christine Chubbuck, a Sarasota newscaster who met a tragic end.	6:00pm Nosotras · Ellas Film 64 min 6 - 7:04pm NRT Nosotras · Ellas Julia Pesce tenderly films her family’s intimate moments – nine women sharing a summer idyll in Argentina.	6:15pm O Futebol Film 70 min 6:15 - 7:25pm NRT O Futebol A reunited father and son seek an elusive epiphany during the 2014 World Cup in São Paulo.
7pm	7:30pm Life, Animated Film 89 min 7:30 - 8:59pm NRT Life, Animated An enchanted, inspiring, true-life fairy tale: Owen Suskind struggles to speak until he finds his eccentric mentors, a band of Disney sidekicks.									7:00pm LOST LETTERS Synapses 60 min 7 - 8pm 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		8:00pm Sherpa Film 96 min 8 - 9:36pm NRT Sherpa In this visually soaring adventure, a tragic Mt. Everest avalanche exposes the relentless strains placed upon the guides.	8:30pm All These Sleepless Nights Film 100 min 8:30 - 10:10pm NRT All These Sleepless Nights Glasses of champagne out on the dance floor, hangin' with some girls I've never seen before...					8:30pm Starless Dreams Film 76 min 8:30 - 9:46pm 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.	8:00pm The Last Days of Winter Film 52 min 8 - 8:52pm NRT The Last Days of Winter The precursor to Starless Dreams – seven young Iranian detainees spill their secrets and their passions to True Vision award winner Mehrdad Oskouei.	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.
9pm	9:30pm Buskers Last Stand Concert 60 min 9:30 - 10:30pm Buskers Last Stand With a tear and a beer, the festival ends as the last air escapes the bellows of the accordion, trumpet, and megaphone. Link arms with your festival friends and join True/False's own second line in the lobby of the Missouri Theatre as they throw an instant wake for T/F 2016 following the Q&A after Life, Animated at Jesse, and Sherpa at the Missouri Theatre.	9:45pm Buskers Last Stand Concert 60 min 9:45 - 10:45pm Buskers Last Stand With a tear and a beer, the festival ends as the last air escapes the bellows of the accordion, trumpet, and megaphone. Link arms with your festival friends and join True/False's own second line in the lobby of the Missouri Theatre as they throw an instant wake for T/F 2016 following the Q&A after Life, Animated at Jesse, and Sherpa at the Missouri Theatre.		9:00pm Stand Beside Her and Guide Her (shorts) Short 79 min 9 - 10:19pm Stand Beside Her and Guide Her (shorts) This patriotic program includes potent explorations of gentrification, gun violence and marginalized communities, before culminating in a good, old-fashioned country song.
10pm
11pm
12am											12:30am Toasted Party 210 min 12:30 - 4am Toasted Toasted is a free-wheeling talk show where we review the weekend's festivities with filmmakers, musicians, artists, and other attendees. Free and open to the public.
1am
2am
3am
4am

9:30am

Jesse Auditorium

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Film

97 min

9:30 - 11:07am

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Sitcom king Norman Lear single-handedly revolutionized television. But what has he done lately?
Missouri Theatre

Presenting Princess Shaw

Film

80 min

9:30 - 10:50am

Presenting Princess Shaw
Singer-songwriter Princess Shaw aspires to greatness, but is anyone listening?
The Vimeo Theater at The Blue Note

The Music of Strangers

Film

96 min

9:30 - 11:06am
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.
Rhynsburger Theatre

Chautauqua

Other

75 min

9:30 - 10:45am
NRT

Chautauqua
Join our six fabulous Provocateurs and host, Kaitlin Prest, for a round of more provocations, music, and storytelling.
Forrest Theater

Another Country

Film

87 min

9:30 - 10:57am
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.
Willy Wilson @ Ragtag

My Best Fiasco (shorts)

Short

79 min

9:30 - 10:49am
NRT

My Best Fiasco (shorts)
Three established filmmakers and a nine-year-old demonstrate right and wrong approaches to depicting on-screen violence.

10:00am

12:15pm

12:30pm

1:00pm

1:30pm

The Globe

Between Sisters

Film

78 min

1:30 - 2:48pm
NRT

Between Sisters
Teresa and Ornella are sisters utterly devoted to one another despite a deeply buried secret between them.

2:00pm

Sparky’s Sunday Showcase

Concert

120 min

2 - 4pm

Sparky’s Sunday Showcase
Loopers from another planet Wishbone Zoe and Nevada Greene. Free and open to the public, donations accepted!

2:30pm

3:00pm

3:15pm

The Vimeo Theater at The Blue Note

The Pearl

Film

97 min

3:15 - 4:52pm
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.

3:30pm

3:45pm

4:00pm

5:30pm

6:00pm

6:15pm

6:30pm

7:00pm

Lost Letters

LOST LETTERS

Synapses

60 min

7 - 8pm

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.

7:30pm

Jesse Auditorium

Life, Animated

Film

89 min

7:30 - 8:59pm
NRT

Life, Animated
An enchanted, inspiring, true-life fairy tale: Owen Suskind struggles to speak until he finds his eccentric mentors, a band of Disney sidekicks.

8:00pm

8:30pm

9:00pm

The Picturehouse

Stand Beside Her and Guide Her (shorts)

Short

79 min

9 - 10:19pm

Stand Beside Her and Guide Her (shorts)
This patriotic program includes potent explorations of gentrification, gun violence and marginalized communities, before culminating in a good, old-fashioned country song.

9:30pm

Jesse Auditorium

Buskers Last Stand

Concert

60 min

9:30 - 10:30pm

Buskers Last Stand
With a tear and a beer, the festival ends as the last air escapes the bellows of the accordion, trumpet, and megaphone. Link arms with your festival friends and join True/False's own second line in the lobby of the Missouri Theatre as they throw an instant wake for T/F 2016 following the Q&A after Life, Animated at Jesse, and Sherpa at the Missouri Theatre.

9:45pm

Missouri Theatre

Buskers Last Stand

Concert

60 min

9:45 - 10:45pm

Buskers Last Stand
With a tear and a beer, the festival ends as the last air escapes the bellows of the accordion, trumpet, and megaphone. Link arms with your festival friends and join True/False's own second line in the lobby of the Missouri Theatre as they throw an instant wake for T/F 2016 following the Q&A after Life, Animated at Jesse, and Sherpa at the Missouri Theatre.

12:30am

Cafe Berlin

Toasted

Party

210 min

12:30 - 4am

Toasted
Toasted is a free-wheeling talk show where we review the weekend's festivities with filmmakers, musicians, artists, and other attendees. Free and open to the public.

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Presenting Princess Shaw

Presenting Princess Shaw

The Music of Strangers

The Music of Strangers

Chautauqua

Chautauqua

Another Country

Another Country

My Best Fiasco (shorts)

My Best Fiasco (shorts)

Post-Chautauqua Elevenses

Post-Chautauqua Elevenses

Kate Plays Christine

Kate Plays Christine

LOST LETTERS

LOST LETTERS

LOST LETTERS

LOST LETTERS

Sonita

Sonita

Those Who Jump

Those Who Jump

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

Untitled Ramona Diaz Project

Untitled Ramona Diaz Project

Peter and the Farm

Peter and the Farm

Secret Screening Aqua

Secret Screening Aqua

The Art Ramble

The Art Ramble

Jim: The James Foley Story

Jim: The James Foley Story

Between Sisters

Between Sisters

The Illinois Parables

The Illinois Parables

LOST LETTERS

LOST LETTERS

LOST LETTERS

LOST LETTERS

Sparky’s Sunday Showcase

Sparky’s Sunday Showcase

The Art Ramble

The Art Ramble

Weiner

Weiner

Tickled

Tickled

The Pearl

The Pearl

Secret Screening Scarlet

Secret Screening Scarlet

The Bad Kids

The Bad Kids

The Other Side

The Other Side

The Killing of America (N/N)

The Killing of America (N/N)

You Just Can't Win (shorts)

You Just Can't Win (shorts)

Thy Father's Chair

Thy Father's Chair

LOST LETTERS

LOST LETTERS

Release Me, Let Me Go (shorts)

Release Me, Let Me Go (shorts)

LOST LETTERS

LOST LETTERS

Closing Night Reception

Closing Night Reception

Secret Screening Navy

Secret Screening Navy

The Prison in Twelve Landscapes

The Prison in Twelve Landscapes

Cameraperson

Cameraperson