2018 Schedule

Mar 02 Friday

	Jesse Auditorium	Missouri Theatre	Showtime Theater at The Blue Note	The Picturehouse	Rhynsburger Theatre	The Globe	Forrest Theater	Big Ragtag	Willy Wilson @ Ragtag	Cafe Berlin	Other
11am		11:00am Primas Film 100 min 11 - 12:40pm NRT Primas Two cousins, Rocío and Aldana, courageously transcend trauma through creative therapy in this True Life Fund selection. Presented by The Crossing	11:00am Westwood Film 78 min 11 - 12:18pm NRT Westwood Fashionista Vivienne Westwood, who invented the look of British punk in the '70s, now owns a sprawling empire but remains a singular iconoclast.	11:30am Love Means Zero Film 94 min 11:30 - 1:04pm NRT Love Means Zero Antihero Nick Bollettieri, the quintessential tennis coach of the last 40 years, sports an ego that knows no bounds, causing a rift with celebrated student Andre Agassi.		11:30am Lovers of the Night Film 71 min 11:30 - 12:41pm NRT Lovers of the Night Seven Irish monks, holding on faithfully to their fragile monastery, confide their most tender secrets.
12pm							12:00pm Makala Film 96 min 12 - 1:36pm NRT Makala In this spectacular and eventful journey, Kabwita hand-delivers charcoal to a faraway marketplace against epic odds.	12:30pm The Family Film 106 min 12:30 - 2:16pm NRT The Family Young Matej just can’t seem to catch a break – but now he must rise to the occasion of being a father.	12:00pm Self-Portrait: Birth in 47KM Film 101 min 12 - 1:41pm NRT Self-Portrait: Birth in 47KM Delicate scenes of village life anchor moving interviews with a survivor of the Great Famine, a subject still taboo in China.
1pm			1:30pm The Price of Everything Film 98 min 1:30 - 3:08pm NRT The Price of Everything Modern art is now a bankable commodity, with art stars like Jeff Koons and wealthy investors succeeding wildly, while others are left in the dust.			1:45pm Kinshasa Makambo Film 75 min 1:45 - 3pm NRT Kinshasa Makambo True Vision honoree Dieudo Hamadi follows courageous young revolutionaries seeking to wrest control of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Presented by Restoration Eyecare					1:30pm Field Session: Rebirth Synapses 60 min 1:30 - 2:30pm Field Session: Rebirth with Alissa Wilkinson, Dorottya Zurbó and Arun Bhattarai
2pm		2:15pm Bisbee '17 Film 118 min 2:15 - 4:13pm Bisbee '17 Robert Greene creatively reimagines a dark chapter in labor history when organizing miners were sent packing.		2:15pm Adriana's Pact Film 96 min 2:15 - 3:51pm NRT Adriana's Pact The director idolized her glamorous aunt, whose political past holds dark secrets. Presented by the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy	2:00pm Shorts: Coffee 70 Short 70 min 2 - 3:10pm Shorts: Coffee 70 In these three shorts, older men reckon with their place in society.		2:45pm Caniba Film 97 min 2:45 - 4:22pm NRT Caniba This disturbing slice-of-life probes the limits of our understanding of Issei Sagawa, an admitted murderer and cannibal, and his caretaker brother Jun.
3pm	3:30pm Won't You Be My Neighbor? Film 99 min 3:30 - 5:09pm NRT Won't You Be My Neighbor? A behind-the-scenes, radical history of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," directed by T/F favorite Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom). Presented by Veterans United Home Loans				3:10pm Q(uench) & A(nswers) Reception 30 min 3:10 - 3:40pm Q(uench) & A(nswers) A convivial reception spotlighting each short film program with eponymous complimentary beverages. Attendees can ask questions one-on-one and indulge in the libations. A True/False programmer will be present at each Q(uench) & A(nswer) to introduce filmmakers and briefly facilitate discussion. Open to ticketholders of the preceeding screening as well as Super Circle and Silver Circle passholders.			3:30pm Of Fathers and Sons Film 98 min 3:30 - 5:08pm NRT Of Fathers and Sons A seasoned Al Qaeda sniper in Syria readies his 12-year-old to follow in his footsteps in this never-before-seen immersion into the world of radical jihadis.	3:00pm Flight of a Bullet Film 81 min 3 - 4:21pm NRT Flight of a Bullet Opening on a blown-out bridge, this single-shot film finds its director, alone, embedded with a group of threatening soldiers.		3:30pm Field Session: Reconstruct Synapses 60 min 3:30 - 4:30pm Field Session: Reconstruct Fellipe Barbosa (Gabriel and the Mountain) built his latest film around the remnants of his friend Gabriel Buchmann’s life, from his photographs to excerpts of his diary. Matt Holzman’s podcast, KCRW’s "The Document," extracts new audio stories from the footage of documentary films. Fellipe and Matt share how they sift fresh work out of unfiltered raw material.
4pm			4:30pm Secret Screening Gale Film 97 min 4:30 - 6:07pm NRT Secret Screening Gale Fighting from within a Kafkaesque bureaucracy, a small group of committed crusaders makes a stand.		4:00pm Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami Film 115 min 4 - 5:55pm NRT Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami From Jamaican family dinner to the world stage, iconic Grace Jones magically dances between down-to-earth moments and pure transcendence.	4:00pm La Flor de la Vida Film 91 min 4 - 5:31pm NRT La Flor de la Vida Introverted Gabriella and extroverted Aldo are at a crossroads in their five-decade-old marriage.
5pm		5:30pm Reality Bites Reception 90 min 5:30 - 7pm Reality Bites A tradition as old as the fest itself, Reality Bites is our communal breaking of bread (and other delectables) that has nothing in common with the 1994 Gen X touchstone. Directly following the March March, step inside Missouri Theatre, Columbia Art League, and The Picturehouse theater to sample tastes from a wide array of Columbia’s best restaurants. Enjoy wines from St. James Winery and beer brewed by our friends at Logboat, Public House, and Rock Bridge — all finely crafted in Missouri. Happy buskers will fill the room(s) 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 A tradition as old as the fest itself, Reality Bites is our communal breaking of bread (and other delectables) that has nothing in common with the 1994 Gen X touchstone. Directly following the March March, step inside Missouri Theatre, Columbia Art League, and The Picturehouse theater to sample tastes from a wide array of Columbia’s best restaurants. Enjoy wines from St. James Winery and beer brewed by our friends at Logboat, Public House, and Rock Bridge — all finely crafted in Missouri. Happy buskers will fill the room(s) with merriment. No ticket required; open to Super Circle, Silver Circle, and Lux passholders.			5:30pm Artemio Film 68 min 5:30 - 6:38pm NRT Artemio In this lushly photographed film, an Americanized mother and son return to their Mexican village in which the telephone becomes a lifeline.		5:45pm Secret Screening Zephyr Film 84 min 5:45 - 7:09pm NRT Secret Screening Zephyr This convincing environmental rallying cry journeys to the center of the world's mysteries.		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, dress in costume, ride your bike, whatever you’d like (just no advertising, politicking, or motorized vehicles). Free and open to the public. Led by our own King of Queens, Ron Ironic Ribiat. See more here.
6pm						6:45pm The Task Film 120 min 6:45 - 8:45pm NRT The Task Strangers cross-examine their tangled group dynamics, including the director’s culpability as the instigator of the project.		6:15pm Hale County This Morning, This Evening Film 76 min 6:15 - 7:31pm NRT Hale County This Morning, This Evening Inventing a new film language, this film fearlessly reimagines the way black lives are portrayed on screen through the stories of two young men in Hale County, Alabama.			6:00pm Eastside Happy Hour Showcase Concert 180 min 6 - 9pm Eastside Happy Hour Showcase Max and the Martians, The Kay Brothers and The River Arkansas each bring their unique blend of Americana splendor to the perfect show to kick off the weekend proper. Free & open to the public.
7pm	7:00pm The Rider Film 105 min 7 - 8:45pm NRT The Rider A young rodeo cowboy navigates health and family after a potentially career-ending injury in this lush mashup of doc and fiction.	7:15pm Three Identical Strangers Film 96 min 7:15 - 8:51pm NRT Three Identical Strangers Separated at birth, Robert, Edward and David become pop-culture icons in the '80s after discovering they are identical triplets, then things get weird.	7:15pm Crime + Punishment Film 112 min 7:15 - 9:07pm NRT Crime + Punishment Inside the extraordinary "NYPD 12," renegade cops bravely resist corruption and racial profiling.	7:00pm Gabriel and the Mountain Film 131 min 7 - 9:11pm NRT Gabriel and the Mountain Brazilian director Fellipe Barbosa retraces his adventurous friend's last days in East Africa with the help of the real people he encountered along the way.	7:30pm Shorts: Lager 72 Short 72 min 7:30 - 8:42pm NRT Shorts: Lager 72 Tour alternate histories and geographies in these four boundary-defying shorts.		7:45pm António e Catarina Film 73 min 7:45 - 8:58pm NRT António e Catarina Under cover of the night, "António" and "Catarina" dance a pas de deux in this unsettling character study.
8pm					8:45pm Q(uench) & A(nswers) Reception 30 min 8:45 - 9:15pm Q(uench) & A(nswers) A convivial reception spotlighting each short film program with eponymous complimentary beverages. Attendees can ask questions one-on-one and indulge in the libations. A True/False programmer will be present at each Q(uench) & A(nswer) to introduce filmmakers and briefly facilitate discussion. Open to ticketholders of the preceeding screening as well as Super Circle and Silver Circle passholders.			8:45pm Secret Screening Mistral Film 81 min 8:45 - 10:06pm NRT Secret Screening Mistral An impressionistic portrait of an individual who reaches for glory, falls short and tries again.	8:15pm N/N: Who Needs a Heart Film 80 min 8:15 - 9:35pm NRT N/N: Who Needs a Heart Examines revolutionary contradictions by immersing us in the intoxicating world of Michael X, a British Black Power leader executed in 1975. Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
9pm					9:30pm Black Mother Film 77 min 9:30 - 10:47pm NRT Black Mother A spiritual journey through Jamaica, the island in the sun, a place of unparalleled resilience and beauty.	9:45pm National Diploma Film 92 min 9:45 - 11:17pm NRT National Diploma Determined Congolese students band together to pass a high-stakes graduation exam. From True Vision honoree Dieudo Hamadi.				9:00pm Berlin Friday Night Showcase Concert 210 min 9 - 12:30am Berlin Friday Night Showcase Hailing from Halifax, indie rockers Mauno bring their dreamy melodies to this showcase in which they’ll be joined by the soothing harmonies of Ohmme and the weirdo rap stylings of Chicago multi-instrumentalist Nnamdi Ogbonnaya. Free for Super/Silver, Busker Band, $4 Lux & Juggernaut passholders, $8 general admission.	9:45pm Campfire Stories Other 75 min 9:45 - 11pm NRT Campfire Stories Gather round the hearth and come hear some stellar storytellers spin yarns in our cozy forest clearing. The evening's spirit guide will be blues musicianSamuel James on steel guitar, with six filmmakers/fabulists: Khalik Allah, Stephen Maing, Morgan Neville, Lorna Tucker, Stephanie Wang-Breal, and Leilah Weinraub. Homemade s’mores will be served courtesy of Uprise Bakery, The Candy Factory, and The Wine Cellar & Bistro. Reserved ticket required; open to all passholders.
10pm	10:00pm Shirkers Film 96 min 10 - 11:36pm Shirkers A misfit band of young women shoot Singapore's first independent movie with the help of a shadowy mentor, then the film mysteriously vanishes.	10:00pm Our New President Film 89 min 10 - 11:29pm NRT Our New President By turns hilarious, exhilarating and terrifying, this deep dive into the world of Russian (fake) news offers critical lessons about 21st-century propaganda.		10:15pm América Film 75 min 10:15 - 11:30pm NRT América A colorful trio of Mexican brothers are called home to take care of their grandmother in this playful, irreverent family portrait.			10:00pm Taming the Horse Film 129 min 10 - 12:09am NRT Taming the Horse In the cutthroat world of modern China, Tong wanders aimlessly, looking for romance – and the meaning of life.				10:30pm Short Circuit Party Party 120 min 10:30 - 12:30am Short Circuit Party In honor of True/False's 24 shorts filmmakers, we host an electric celebration at the local barcade in which they hold court (or in this case, drink tickets). Spark up a conversation, and maybe if you ask nicely they'll offer you a round. Pinball is free and encouraged. Open to Super, Silver, and Guests/Artists. PRESENTED BY OSCILLOSCOPE LABORATORIES
11pm			11:00pm The Blue Note Afterparty with Dâm-Funk Concert 120 min 11 - 1am The Blue Note Afterparty with Dâm-Funk Dâm-Funk enlivens the dance floor with his world-famous brand of funk and hip-hop. Free for Super/Silver, Busker Band, $5 Lux, $10 general admission.
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