2020 Schedule - True/False Film Fest

2020 Schedule

Mar 07 Saturday

	Jesse Auditorium	Missouri Theatre	Showtime Theater @ The Blue Note	The Picturehouse	Gannett Hall	The Globe	Forrest Theater	Big Ragtag	Willy Wilson @ Ragtag	Cafe Berlin	Eastside Tavern	Little Chapel @ The Picturehouse	Logboat Brewery	Other
9am	9:30am The Mole Agent Film 90 min 9:30 - 11am NRT The Mole Agent A kindhearted widower infiltrates a Chilean retirement home to investigate rumors of neglect in this compassionate and clever detective story.	9:30am Mayor Film 87 min 9:30 - 10:57am Mayor Meet the mayor of Ramallah, Palestine, as he contends with provincial predicaments: potholes, holiday parties, and the occupation of his city’s land by another government’s military.	9:45am Boys State Film 109 min 9:45 - 11:34am NRT Boys State The Lone Star State’s best and brightest teenage boys assemble for a week of civics and shenanigans as they compete for the title of Texas Boys State governor. Presented by Veterans United Home Loans		9:30am małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore Film 91 min 9:30 - 11:01am NRT małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore Sky Hopinka’s debut feature is a meditative journey through the lush Pacific Northwest, guided by the Chinookan origin-of-death myth.	9:30am The Viewing Booth Film 70 min 9:30 - 10:40am NRT The Viewing Booth An experiment that tests the limits of nonfiction images’ ability to function as evidence.			9:30am Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another Film 72 min 9:30 - 10:42am NRT Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another A perfect, gleaming ivory tusk is fabricated by a team of expert hands in this dazzling voyage into the world of preservation.
10am				10:00am City So Real Film 255 min 10 - 2:15pm NRT City So Real From the Back of the Yards to the booths of Daley’s diner, legendary Chicago filmmaker Steve James (The Interrupters, Hoop Dreams) delivers a lively, multilayered chronicle of the city during the pivotal mayoral race of 2019. City So Real is an episodic piece and will be presented in multiple ways. The A screening is the complete work: episodes 1-4. The B and C screenings are the first half of the series: episodes 1 & 2. The D screening is the second half of the series: episodes 3 & 4. Q&As will follow screenings A and D only.			10:00am Down a Dark Stairwell Film 92 min 10 - 11:32am NRT Down a Dark Stairwell Set in motion by a tragic police-involved shooting, two communities of color navigate fraught perceptions of injustice, inequality, and discrimination in the eyes of the law.	10:00am Sunless Shadows Film 74 min 10 - 11:14am NRT Sunless Shadows Serving time for murder, five young women form a new family inside a Tehran juvenile detention center.
11am						11:45am Crip Camp Film 102 min 11:45 - 1:27pm NRT Crip Camp A rambunctious story about the fight for disability rights in America and the Summer of Love when it all began. Presented by Rusk Rehabilitation Hospital			11:45am Hyperallergic Synapses 75 min 11:45 - 1pm NRT Hyperallergic Join online arts magazine, Hyperallergic, editors Dessane Lopez Cassell (Reviews) and Dan Schindel (Documentary) for a panel discussion with leading critics, makers, and programmers on the challenges and quirks of writing about documentary in the current era. How do we navigate considerations of form, storytelling, audience expectations, and ever-evolving methods of distribution and access? These and many other questions will serve as a jumping-off point for some lively discourse.
12pm	12:30pm Feels Good Man Film 95 min 12:30 - 2:05pm NRT Feels Good Man The story of a little frog who gets lost in the dark web.	12:15pm Welcome to Chechnya Film 107 min 12:15 - 2:02pm NRT Welcome to Chechnya This vital, harrowing film embeds with everyday citizens as they band together to bring LGBT+ residents of Chechnya to safety.	12:45pm Dope is Death Film 78 min 12:45 - 2:03pm NRT Dope is Death In 1973, the government turns to methadone and mass incarceration to combat soaring drug addiction in American cities. The Black Panther Party and the Young Lords join forces to promote an alternative, the radical use of acupuncture. With support from the Consulate General of Canada		12:15pm Shorts: Blanc Short 59 min 12:15 - 1:14pm NRT Shorts: Blanc A celestial collection of secrets, ceremonies, and ageless places.		12:15pm Time Film 93 min 12:15 - 1:48pm NRT Time Director Garrett Bradley delicately captures one family’s milestones and everyday joys amidst their monumental fight to free their father from a 60-year prison sentence.	12:15pm Catskin Film 79 min 12:15 - 1:34pm NRT Catskin A German boy and his family confront ghosts from their country's past in this slippery, mesmeric portrait.						12:00pm The Ramble Other 30 min 12 - 12:30pm The Ramble A mind-expanding poetic improvisation masquerading as a conventional downtown walking tour. Free and open to the public.
1pm												1:00pm Field Session: Interrogation Synapses 60 min 1 - 2pm Field Session: Interrogation Ra'anan Alexandrowicz (The Viewing Booth) and Basir Mahmoor (“Good Ended Happily”) have created provocative films with embedded social and historical commentary. Together, they will examine their curiosities and the nuances of perspective.		1:15pm Q(uench) & A(nswers) Reception 45 min 1:15 - 2pm 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. After the shorts program in Gannett, head over to the Palmer Room in the adjoining building. Open to ticketholders of the preceeding screening, as well as Super/Silver Circle passholders.
2pm					2:15pm IWOW: I Walk On Water Film 200 min 2:15 - 5:35pm NRT IWOW: I Walk On Water Returning to the nocturnal streets of East Harlem, a groundbreaking portrait artist evolves his practice in this work of beauty, invention, and vulnerability.	2:45pm That Cloud Never Left Film 66 min 2:45 - 3:51pm NRT That Cloud Never Left In the Indian village of Daspara, a lunar eclipse is approaching. The villagers recycle 35mm film reels into enchanting toys.	2:45pm Some Kind of Heaven Film 81 min 2:45 - 4:06pm NRT Some Kind of Heaven America’s largest retirement community, The Villages is where people come to live. Presented by Fresh Ideas	2:45pm Nofinofy Film 73 min 2:45 - 3:58pm NRT Nofinofy A Malagasy barber tends to the scalps and dreams of his clientele in this warm and tactile portrait of a community fixture.	2:00pm Lovemobil Film 106 min 2 - 3:46pm NRT Lovemobil Along German country roads, immigrant sex workers sit alone in dimly lit camper vans, hoping to attract clientele.				2:00pm Upstream Showcase at Logboat Brewery Concert 120 min 2 - 4pm Upstream Showcase at Logboat Brewery Escape the chaos of downtown Columbia and head upstream to Logboat Brewery where folksy favorites Monzie Leo and Hot Missoury tickle your ears while you delight in some of Columbia’s best brews. Free & open to the public.	2:00pm Tavia Sanza Artist Talk Synapses 60 min 2 - 3pm Tavia Sanza Artist Talk Come hear an artist talk by Tavia Sanza, whose piece, Growth, will be on display in Jesse Hall.
3pm		3:30pm Collective Film 109 min 3:30 - 5:19pm NRT Collective In the aftermath of a horrific and deadly nightclub fire, Romanian bureaucrats and journalists fight tenaciously to bring integrity to broken systems. Presented by the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy	3:30pm Crestone Film 73 min 3:30 - 4:43pm NRT Crestone As the world burns, millennials descend on Crestone, Colorado, to grow weed, spit bars, and fill their bellies with bologna.	3:45pm The Faculties Film 85 min 3:45 - 5:10pm NRT The Faculties A film student forgets the plot to Battleship Potemkin and a botany student mistakes ovules and ovaries in this intense and brilliantly structured study of young scholars undertaking oral examinations at the University of Buenos Aires.								3:00pm Field Session: Dimensions Synapses 60 min 3 - 4pm Field Session: Dimensions Directors Steve James (City So Real) and Meredith Zielke (A Machine to Live In) situate their films in eclectic cities real and imagined. Join them as they consider things they have in common, challenges and rewards in navigating complex cityscapes, and their holistic approaches.		3:30pm The Ramble Other 30 min 3:30 - 4pm The Ramble A mind-expanding poetic improvisation masquerading as a conventional downtown walking tour. Free and open to the public.
4pm	4:00pm Time Film 93 min 4 - 5:33pm Time Director Garrett Bradley delicately captures one family’s milestones and everyday joys amidst their monumental fight to free their father from a 60-year prison sentence.													4:00pm Filmmaker Fête Reception 120 min 4 - 6pm Filmmaker Fête The Fête is our banquet to honor visiting Fimmakers. Hosted by our friends at Orr Street Studios and featuring choice culinary creations. Open to Super/Silver Circle passholders; ticket included in packet. Presented by HBO Documentary Films
5pm			5:45pm Aswang Film 85 min 5:45 - 7:10pm NRT Aswang A fog of state-sanctioned violence hovers over the Philippines where fear and death haunt the lives of a journalist, a coroner, and a motherless child.			5:00pm N/N: Films of Mike Henderson Film 75 min 5 - 6:15pm NRT N/N: Films of Mike Henderson Marshall, Missouri's Mike Henderson creates abstractions out of household appliances and finds radical ways to explore history in his mesmerizing short films.	5:15pm The Viewing Booth Film 70 min 5:15 - 6:25pm NRT The Viewing Booth An experiment that tests the limits of nonfiction images’ ability to function as evidence.	5:30pm małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore Film 91 min 5:30 - 7:01pm NRT małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore Sky Hopinka’s debut feature is a meditative journey through the lush Pacific Northwest, guided by the Chinookan origin-of-death myth.	5:00pm Tchoupitoulas Film 82 min 5 - 6:22pm NRT Tchoupitoulas Our True Vision honorees take us on an intoxicating nighttime journey through the Big Easy as experienced by three bright-eyed brothers.
6pm											6:00pm Eastside Saturday Happy Hour Concert 120 min 6 - 8pm Eastside Saturday Happy Hour Fest favorites Tonina (St. Louis) and Mesonjixx (Lincoln) bring their splendid soulful stylings to an evening showcase perfectly suited to start your Saturday night. Free & open to the public; donations encouraged.
7pm	7:00pm Dick Johnson is Dead Film 89 min 7 - 8:29pm NRT Dick Johnson is Dead Kirsten Johnson kills her father over and over again in this black comedy that asks, What if you never had to lose the people you love? Presented by Burrell Behavioral Health	7:15pm Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Film 98 min 7:15 - 8:53pm NRT Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets An eclectic cast of barflys convenes in its favorite dive for one final night of cheap beer, well whiskey, and mischief.		7:00pm Pier Kids Film 98 min 7 - 8:38pm NRT Pier Kids An unfiltered look at life and the families that form along the piers at the end of Christopher Street, told by three homeless queer and trans youths of color.	7:00pm Shorts: Rye Short 73 min 7 - 8:13pm NRT Shorts: Rye A wry, wily trip across America on the cross-talk express.	7:15pm Unskinned Film 76 min 7:15 - 8:31pm NRT Unskinned A Portuguese tannery employee mysteriously abandons her post, leaving co-workers to process her departure in this transfixing study of labor and beauty.	7:30pm City So Real Film 120 min 7:30 - 9:30pm NRT City So Real From the Back of the Yards to the booths of Daley’s diner, legendary Chicago filmmaker Steve James (The Interrupters, Hoop Dreams) delivers a lively, multilayered chronicle of the city during the pivotal mayoral race of 2019. City So Real is an episodic piece and will be presented in multiple ways. The A screening is the complete work: episodes 1-4. The B and C screenings are the first half of the series: episodes 1 & 2. The D screening is the second half of the series: episodes 3 & 4. Q&As will follow screenings A and D only.		7:30pm Dope is Death Film 78 min 7:30 - 8:48pm NRT Dope is Death In 1973, the government turns to methadone and mass incarceration to combat soaring drug addiction in American cities. The Black Panther Party and the Young Lords join forces to promote an alternative, the radical use of acupuncture. With support from the Consulate General of Canada					7:00pm Sanctuary Showcase Concert 90 min 7 - 8:30pm Sanctuary Showcase Two giants in the world of contemporary guitar face off in downtown’s historic Calvary Episcopal, as East Coast representative Yasmin Williams and Chicago’s Andreas Kapsalis regale the crowd with extraordinary technique and songwriting. Free & open to the public.
8pm								8:00pm So Late So Soon Film 70 min 8 - 9:10pm NRT So Late So Soon A half-century into their marriage, two Chicago artists look back at their lives together and contend with a never-ending series of house repairs.		8:00pm Berlin Saturday Night Showcase Concert 210 min 8 - 11:30pm Berlin Saturday Night Showcase A bill filled with head-nodding hip hop and swagged-out soul, featuring Virginia-based Mckinley Dixon, Columbia’s own Loose Loose, Chicago-bred Jay Wood, and Nigeria-via-New York DJ/saxophonist Eli Fola. Free for Super/Silver, Lux, & Stay Up Late passholders, general admission is $8 in advance, $10 day-of show.				8:15pm Q(uench) & A(nswers) Reception 45 min 8:15 - 9pm 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. After the shorts program in Gannett, head over to the Palmer Room in the adjoining building. Open to ticketholders of the preceeding screening, as well as Super/Silver Circle passholders.
9pm	9:45pm Mucho Mucho Amor Film 96 min 9:45 - 11:21pm Mucho Mucho Amor Larger-than-life Puerto Rican TV astrologer Walter Mercado captivated millions with his theatrical horoscope readings, magnificent capes, and uplifting message—until he mysteriously vanished.			9:45pm Seven Years in May Film 63 min 9:45 - 10:48pm Seven Years in May On the run and away from home for more than seven years, Rafael's life-changing experience with police is restaged as he faces down his demons.	9:30pm Aswang Film 85 min 9:30 - 10:55pm NRT Aswang A fog of state-sanctioned violence hovers over the Philippines where fear and death haunt the lives of a journalist, a coroner, and a motherless child.				9:45pm The Metamorphosis of Birds Film 101 min 9:45 - 11:26pm NRT The Metamorphosis of Birds An epistolary love story spanning decades of marriage, six children, and an ocean.					9:30pm True/False After-party at Rose Saturday Night Concert 180 min 9:30 - 12:30am True/False After-party at Rose Saturday Night This annual showcase features the congregation of Toronto dance cavaliers Doomsquad, LA indie luminary Chris Cohen, and sonic tinkerers Square Peg Round Hole for Saturday’s climactic close. Free for Super/Silver, Lux, & Stay Up Late passholders, general admission is $10 in advance, $12 day-of show.
10pm		10:00pm A Machine to Live In Film 87 min 10 - 11:27pm A Machine to Live In In Brasília, utopian geometry, monumental myth-making, and alien-centered architecture present concrete plans for their country’s crumbling foundation	10:15pm Gimme Truth! Other 90 min 10:15 - 11:45pm NRT Gimme Truth! America's favorite documentary game show challenges the audience plus a panel of esteemed contestants to determine whether these two-minute docs made by local non-professional filmmakers are totally true or totally false. Reserved ticket required; general admission via the Q. Presented by Showtime Documentary Films				10:15pm The Giverny Document (Single Channel) Film 69 min 10:15 - 11:24pm NRT The Giverny Document (Single Channel) “Do you feel safe in your body?” Ja’Tovia Gary asks black women on a sunny day in Harlem as she reflects on her own image and self worth in Claude Monet’s garden. (Plays with Reckless Eyeballing, and A Song About Love)	10:15pm Faith Film 93 min 10:15 - 11:48pm NRT Faith The Warriors of Light live in total isolation. Acolytes partake in rigorous daily exercises and prayer under the tutelage and control of their Master ... until one person tries to escape.
11pm
12am

9:30am

Jesse Auditorium

The Mole Agent

Film

90 min

9:30 - 11am
NRT

The Mole Agent
A kindhearted widower infiltrates a Chilean retirement home to investigate rumors of neglect in this compassionate and clever detective story.
Missouri Theatre

Mayor

Film

87 min

9:30 - 10:57am

Mayor
Meet the mayor of Ramallah, Palestine, as he contends with provincial predicaments: potholes, holiday parties, and the occupation of his city’s land by another government’s military.
Gannett Hall

małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

Film

91 min

9:30 - 11:01am
NRT

małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
Sky Hopinka’s debut feature is a meditative journey through the lush Pacific Northwest, guided by the Chinookan origin-of-death myth.
The Globe

The Viewing Booth

Film

70 min

9:30 - 10:40am
NRT

The Viewing Booth
An experiment that tests the limits of nonfiction images’ ability to function as evidence.
Willy Wilson @ Ragtag

Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another

Film

72 min

9:30 - 10:42am
NRT

Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another
A perfect, gleaming ivory tusk is fabricated by a team of expert hands in this dazzling voyage into the world of preservation.

9:45am

Showtime Theater @ The Blue Note

Boys State

Film

109 min

9:45 - 11:34am
NRT

Boys State
The Lone Star State’s best and brightest teenage boys assemble for a week of civics and shenanigans as they compete for the title of Texas Boys State governor. Presented by Veterans United Home Loans

10:00am

11:45am

12:00pm

The Ramble

Other

30 min

12 - 12:30pm

The Ramble
A mind-expanding poetic improvisation masquerading as a conventional downtown walking tour. Free and open to the public.

12:15pm

2:00pm

2:15pm

Gannett Hall

IWOW: I Walk On Water

Film

200 min

2:15 - 5:35pm
NRT

IWOW: I Walk On Water
Returning to the nocturnal streets of East Harlem, a groundbreaking portrait artist evolves his practice in this work of beauty, invention, and vulnerability.

2:45pm

3:00pm

Little Chapel @ The Picturehouse

Field Session: Dimensions

Synapses

60 min

3 - 4pm

Field Session: Dimensions
Directors Steve James (City So Real) and Meredith Zielke (A Machine to Live In) situate their films in eclectic cities real and imagined. Join them as they consider things they have in common, challenges and rewards in navigating complex cityscapes, and their holistic approaches.

3:30pm

3:45pm

The Picturehouse

The Faculties

Film

85 min

3:45 - 5:10pm
NRT

The Faculties
A film student forgets the plot to Battleship Potemkin and a botany student mistakes ovules and ovaries in this intense and brilliantly structured study of young scholars undertaking oral examinations at the University of Buenos Aires.

4:00pm

5:00pm

5:15pm

Forrest Theater

The Viewing Booth

Film

70 min

5:15 - 6:25pm
NRT

The Viewing Booth
An experiment that tests the limits of nonfiction images’ ability to function as evidence.

5:30pm

Big Ragtag

małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

Film

91 min

5:30 - 7:01pm
NRT

małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
Sky Hopinka’s debut feature is a meditative journey through the lush Pacific Northwest, guided by the Chinookan origin-of-death myth.

5:45pm

Showtime Theater @ The Blue Note

Aswang

Film

85 min

5:45 - 7:10pm
NRT

Aswang
A fog of state-sanctioned violence hovers over the Philippines where fear and death haunt the lives of a journalist, a coroner, and a motherless child.

6:00pm

Eastside Tavern

Eastside Saturday Happy Hour

Concert

120 min

6 - 8pm

Eastside Saturday Happy Hour
Fest favorites Tonina (St. Louis) and Mesonjixx (Lincoln) bring their splendid soulful stylings to an evening showcase perfectly suited to start your Saturday night. Free & open to the public; donations encouraged.

7:00pm

7:15pm

7:30pm

8:00pm

8:15pm

Q(uench) & A(nswers)

Reception

45 min

8:15 - 9pm

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. After the shorts program in Gannett, head over to the Palmer Room in the adjoining building. Open to ticketholders of the preceeding screening, as well as Super/Silver Circle passholders.

9:30pm

9:45pm

10:00pm

Missouri Theatre

A Machine to Live In

Film

87 min

10 - 11:27pm

A Machine to Live In
In Brasília, utopian geometry, monumental myth-making, and alien-centered architecture present concrete plans for their country’s crumbling foundation

The Mole Agent

The Mole Agent

Mayor

Mayor

Boys State

Boys State

małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

The Viewing Booth

The Viewing Booth

Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another

Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another

City So Real

City So Real

Down a Dark Stairwell

Down a Dark Stairwell

Sunless Shadows

Sunless Shadows

Crip Camp

Crip Camp

Hyperallergic

Hyperallergic

Feels Good Man

Feels Good Man

Welcome to Chechnya

Welcome to Chechnya

Dope is Death

Dope is Death

Shorts: Blanc

Shorts: Blanc

Time

Time

Catskin

Catskin

The Ramble

The Ramble

Field Session: Interrogation

Field Session: Interrogation

Q(uench) & A(nswers)

Q(uench) & A(nswers)

IWOW: I Walk On Water

IWOW: I Walk On Water

That Cloud Never Left

That Cloud Never Left

Some Kind of Heaven

Some Kind of Heaven

Nofinofy

Nofinofy

Lovemobil

Lovemobil

Upstream Showcase at Logboat Brewery

Upstream Showcase at Logboat Brewery

Tavia Sanza Artist Talk

Tavia Sanza Artist Talk

Collective

Collective

Crestone

Crestone

The Faculties

The Faculties

Field Session: Dimensions

Field Session: Dimensions

The Ramble

The Ramble

Time

Time

Filmmaker Fête

Filmmaker Fête

Aswang

Aswang

N/N: Films of Mike Henderson

N/N: Films of Mike Henderson

The Viewing Booth

The Viewing Booth

małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

Tchoupitoulas

Tchoupitoulas

Eastside Saturday Happy Hour

Eastside Saturday Happy Hour