2017 Schedule

Mar 04 Saturday

	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	Little Chapel @ The Picturehouse	Other
9am	9:30am Dina Film 102 min 9:30 - 11:12am Dina Dina may have a "smorgasbord of issues," but she’s resilient and in love.	9:45am Manifesto Film 90 min 9:45 - 11:15am NRT Manifesto Cate Blanchett shapeshifts from hobo to rocker to anchorwoman and beyond, audaciously proclaiming 50 versions of The Future.	9:30am Brimstone & Glory Film 64 min 9:30 - 10:34am NRT Brimstone & Glory A heart-stopping, visually acrobatic pilgrimage to Mexico’s National Pyrotechnic Festival. Presented by Spirit of '76 Fireworks	9:30am The Road Movie Film 67 min 9:30 - 10:37am NRT The Road Movie A raucous tour of a Russia whose dash-cam footage supplies both morbid marvels and insight into an off-the-rails culture.	9:30am HyperNormalisation Film 187 min 9:30 - 12:37pm NRT HyperNormalisation Adam Curtis (2015 True Vision recipient) unearths improbable connections between Jane Fonda workout tapes, Tech Bro utopianists, and the new regime’s fake news. The runtime includes a 20-minute intermission.	9:30am Strong Island Film 107 min 9:30 - 11:17am NRT Strong Island With catharsis if not closure, director Ford investigates his brother’s murder and the repercussions that shook the family.	9:30am Casting JonBenet Film 80 min 9:30 - 10:50am NRT Casting JonBenet The murder of JonBenet Ramsey is only the beginning in this mind-blowing cinematic puzzle box.		9:30am Shorts: Edith + Eddie + Antonio Short 72 min 9:30 - 10:42am NRT Shorts: Edith + Eddie + Antonio Can’t they get some peace? We track down an exile in Brazil, then interrupt the oldest interracial newlyweds in the U.S.
10am								10:00am The Challenge Film 70 min 10 - 11:10am NRT The Challenge The 4,000-year-old tradition of falconry tethers this spellbinding trek through gold-plated excess in the Arabian Peninsula.			10:30am Field Session: Eye to Eye Synapses 75 min 10:30 - 11:45am Field Session: Eye to Eye With Shevaun Mizrahi and Jeff Unay
11am									11:45am Railway Sleepers Film 102 min 11:45 - 1:27pm NRT Railway Sleepers Filmed on every active line of the Thai railway system, this humanistic gem flits between passengers, eavesdropping on their conversations.
12pm	12:30pm Quest Film 105 min 12:30 - 2:15pm NRT Quest This epic labor of love vividly spotlights one Philadelphia family’s highs and lows over the course of a decade. True Life Fund Film (Presented by The Crossing)	12:30pm LoveTrue Film 82 min 12:30 - 1:52pm NRT LoveTrue Elation and disappointment swell and break in three ethereal portraits of young love from Hawaii, Alaska, and New York City.	12:00pm The Grown-Ups Film 83 min 12 - 1:23pm NRT The Grown-Ups A candy-colored romance featuring Anita and Andres – two adults navigating the intricacies of life with Down syndrome. Sponsored by Fresh Ideas, Presented with the Miami Film Festival	12:00pm The War Show Film 101 min 12 - 1:41pm NRT The War Show A bohemian group of friends get caught up in the intoxicating energy of the Arab Spring, risking everything for a new Syria.		12:30pm Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Film 88 min 12:30 - 1:58pm NRT Abacus: Small Enough to Jail The Sungs were an all-American immigrant success story – until they were targeted in the 2008 financial meltdown. From the director of The Interrupters.	12:00pm Rat Film Film 82 min 12 - 1:22pm NRT Rat Film An eccentric, era-hopping essay about a Baltimore that is born and reborn daily, presided over by some four-footed denizens.	12:30pm Stranger in Paradise Film 72 min 12:30 - 1:42pm NRT Stranger in Paradise Smug, conventional wisdom falls by the wayside as this masterful provocation implicates us all in the refugee crisis. Presented with CPH:DOX			12:00pm Field Session: Blood is Thicker Than Water Synapses 75 min 12 - 1:15pm Field Session: Blood is Thicker Than Water with Yance Ford and Travis Wilkerson	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											1:30pm Field Session: Casting Light Synapses 75 min 1:30 - 2:45pm Field Session: Casting Light With Mette Carla Albrechtsen
2pm			2:45pm The Graduation Film 120 min 2:45 - 4:45pm NRT The Graduation Applicants to a prestigious French film school must run a gauntlet of judges. Filmed by True Vision recipient Claire Simon. Presented by Restoration Eye Care		2:30pm Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? Film 70 min 2:30 - 3:40pm NRT Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? This emotionally intense live performance uses the framework of a murder mystery to reckon with one family’s racist legacy.		2:30pm Shorts: Making Good Neighbors Short 72 min 2:30 - 3:42pm NRT Shorts: Making Good Neighbors Fences and walls can’t contain these five investigations of The Other.		2:30pm Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2 Film 84 min 2:30 - 3:54pm NRT Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2 Lindy Lou sets out on an unconventional road trip across the South, tracking down her fellow jurors who sentenced a man to die.			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 The Cage Fighter (formerly Secret Screening Krypton) Film 84 min 3:45 - 5:09pm The Cage Fighter (formerly Secret Screening Krypton) Even though Joe Carman endangers his marriage, custody of his kids and his mental and physical health, the 40-year-old pipefitter can’t pull himself away from the ring. Co-presented with the San Francisco International Film Festival	3:15pm Strong Island Film 107 min 3:15 - 5:02pm NRT Strong Island With catharsis if not closure, director Ford investigates his brother’s murder and the repercussions that shook the family.		3:00pm Step Film 83 min 3 - 4:23pm NRT Step Senior year at a Baltimore charter school, and the irrepressible step dance team balances prepping for college with gunning for the all-city championship.		3:15pm Distant Constellation (work-in-progress) Film 80 min 3:15 - 4:35pm NRT Distant Constellation (work-in-progress) Full of Tarkovskian atmospherics and featuring the inhabitants of a Turkish retirement home – pranksters, historians, artists and would-be Casanovas. A T/F Work-In-Progress Screening.		3:00pm Venus Film 80 min 3 - 4:20pm NRT Venus Intimate interviews with young women in Copenhagen, who bravely share their fantasies, fears, and more.			3:00pm Field Session: A Labor of Love Synapses 75 min 3 - 4:15pm Field Session: A Labor of Love with Alma Har'el, Dan Sickles, and Antonio Santini
4pm												4:00pm Filmmaker Fête Reception 120 min 4 - 6pm Filmmaker Fête The Fête is our banquet to honor visiting filmmakers. Hosted by our friends at Orr Street Studios and featuring artful culinary creations from Sycamore chef Mike Odette, a James Beard Award finalist. Enjoy delicious treats, hard cider, wine, and bubbly courtesy of St. James Winery; beer from Logboat, Public House, and Rock Bridge breweries; and hand-brewed coffee from Kaldi’s all while gazing upon work by the artists of Orr Street Studios. Ticket required; open to Super Circle and Silver Circle passholders. Presented By HBO Documentary Films 4:30pm Landmark Fired Up! Saturday! Concert 240 min 4:30 - 8:30pm Landmark Fired Up! Saturday! Another evening of warm and friendly sounds from chamber chorale (Vox Nova), to lo-fi indie (Dubb Nubb), to folk punk duo (The Big Sky), to honky tonk stomp (The Kay Brothers). Free & open to the public.
5pm					5:00pm Still Tomorrow Film 88 min 5 - 6:28pm NRT Still Tomorrow When a feminist Chinese poet’s work goes viral, her new celebrity doesn’t sit well with her husband of twenty years.	5:45pm Communion Film 72 min 5:45 - 6:57pm NRT Communion Fourteen-year-old Ola becomes the default caretaker for her irreverent brother, Nikodem, in this exquisite film.	5:30pm Shorts: Young Money Short 68 min 5:30 - 6:38pm NRT Shorts: Young Money Youth is not wasted on the young in these four tactile portraits.	5:30pm Mimi Film 105 min 5:30 - 7:15pm NRT Mimi Mimi Chiola has been waiting her whole life for an audience to dazzle with her star power. True Vision recipient Claire Simon’s camera captures a day in her life.	5:00pm Miss Kiet's Children Film 114 min 5 - 6:54pm NRT Miss Kiet's Children A beguiling, kid’s-eye view of a Dutch classroom run by an everyday hero.
6pm	6:45pm I Am Not Your Negro Film 93 min 6:45 - 8:18pm NRT I Am Not Your Negro Writer and activist James Baldwin died 30 years ago, but this revelatory, prophetic film shows his words are still incendiary.	6:30pm Casting JonBenet Film 80 min 6:30 - 7:50pm NRT Casting JonBenet The murder of JonBenet Ramsey is only the beginning in this mind-blowing cinematic puzzle box.	6:00pm Secret Screening Argon Film 86 min 6 - 7:26pm NRT Secret Screening Argon The mythic outlaw looms large in the American consciousness, but this story is more complex than mere heroes and villains.	6:00pm Donkeyote Film 86 min 6 - 7:26pm NRT Donkeyote Manolo’s dream is to walk the Trail of Tears with his trusted four-legged companion, Gorrión, but is he tilting at windmills?
7pm					7:30pm Long Strange Trip Film 259 min 7:30 - 11:49pm NRT Long Strange Trip Counterculture icons the Grateful Dead were an unlikely utopian experiment illuminated by five decades of recordings and photos. The runtime includes a 20-minute intermission.							7:00pm Sanctuary Showcase Concert 90 min 7 - 8:30pm Sanctuary Showcase Indie darling Mirah will perform her own compositions alongside a Chamber Ensemble of budding string players from The Missouri Symphony Society’s Conservatory. Free & open to the public.
8pm				8:30pm Dina Film 102 min 8:30 - 10:12pm NRT Dina Dina may have a "smorgasbord of issues," but she’s resilient and in love.		8:00pm Manifesto Film 90 min 8 - 9:30pm NRT Manifesto Cate Blanchett shapeshifts from hobo to rocker to anchorwoman and beyond, audaciously proclaiming 50 versions of The Future.	8:00pm The Grown-Ups Film 83 min 8 - 9:23pm NRT The Grown-Ups A candy-colored romance featuring Anita and Andres – two adults navigating the intricacies of life with Down syndrome. Sponsored by Fresh Ideas, Presented with the Miami Film Festival	8:30pm Safari Film 90 min 8:30 - 10pm NRT Safari A hunting we will go, as master Ulrich Seidl escorts us to Namibia, accompanied by a retro, Austrian family.	8:00pm Shorts: The New Family Short 69 min 8 - 9:09pm NRT Shorts: The New Family Family is constantly being redefined: these three inspired works go nuclear in a most unconventional way.	8:00pm Berlin Saturday Night Showcase Concert 270 min 8 - 12:30am Berlin Saturday Night Showcase Anni Rossi, Thanya Iyer, and Mobley gift us with R&B, jazz, and harmonic bliss. Nevada Greene will be on hand to provide the evening’s soundscape, seeping into the silences with wavy loops. Free for Super/Silver, Lux, Busker Band, Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
9pm	9:30pm Whose Streets? Film 104 min 9:30 - 11:14pm NRT Whose Streets? This is what heroism looks like: a grassroots film about the citizens of Ferguson, Missouri, fighting for equal access to the American Dream.	9:30pm The Road Movie Film 67 min 9:30 - 10:37pm NRT The Road Movie A raucous tour of a Russia whose dash-cam footage supplies both morbid marvels and insight into an off-the-rails culture.										9:30pm Rose Saturday Night After Party Concert 210 min 9:30 - 1am Rose Saturday Night After Party The Big Sky will greet you at the door as you prepare to dance, drink & be merry with the rockabilly grooves of Max & the Martians, the South American street stylings of Very Be Careful and the soon-to-be country legend Jack Grelle. Free for Super/Silver, Lux, Busker Band, Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
10pm			10:00pm Gimme Truth! Other 90 min 10 - 11:30pm NRT Gimme Truth! America's favorite documentary game show challenges the audience plus a panel of esteemed contestants to determine truthiness. Local non-professional filmmakers attempt to fool seasoned directors by presenting their totally true or totally false two-minute docs. Emceed by new host Brian Babylon, who takes the baton from fallen legend Johnny St. John. Babylon is a Chicago-born comic and a frequent guest on NPR weekly news quiz show Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. The 2017 contestants/judges are Khalik Allah (dir. Field Niggas, T/F 2015), Steve James (dir. Abacus: Small Enough to Jail), and Amanda Lipitz (dir. Step). Tech support provided by CAT. Ticket required. Presented by Showtime Documentary Films				10:30pm Shorts: The World Laughs With You Short 76 min 10:30 - 11:46pm NRT Shorts: The World Laughs With You Even in dark times, it pays to look on the bright side of life, as evinced in these seven works.		10:15pm The Force Film 93 min 10:15 - 11:48pm NRT The Force Break through the blue wall of the Oakland Police Department as it struggles to recapture the trust of the community.
11pm
12am
1am

12:00pm

12:30pm

1:30pm

Little Chapel @ The Picturehouse

Field Session: Casting Light

Synapses

75 min

1:30 - 2:45pm

Field Session: Casting Light
With Mette Carla Albrechtsen

2:30pm

2:45pm

Showtime Theater at The Blue Note

The Graduation

Film

120 min

2:45 - 4:45pm
NRT

The Graduation
Applicants to a prestigious French film school must run a gauntlet of judges. Filmed by True Vision recipient Claire Simon. Presented by Restoration Eye Care

3:00pm

3:15pm

3:45pm

Jesse Auditorium

The Cage Fighter (formerly Secret Screening Krypton)

Film

84 min

3:45 - 5:09pm

The Cage Fighter (formerly Secret Screening Krypton)
Even though Joe Carman endangers his marriage, custody of his kids and his mental and physical health, the 40-year-old pipefitter can’t pull himself away from the ring. Co-presented with the San Francisco International Film Festival

4:00pm

Filmmaker Fête

Reception

120 min

4 - 6pm

Filmmaker Fête
The Fête is our banquet to honor visiting filmmakers. Hosted by our friends at Orr Street Studios and featuring artful culinary creations from Sycamore chef Mike Odette, a James Beard Award finalist. Enjoy delicious treats, hard cider, wine, and bubbly courtesy of St. James Winery; beer from Logboat, Public House, and Rock Bridge breweries; and hand-brewed coffee from Kaldi’s all while gazing upon work by the artists of Orr Street Studios. Ticket required; open to Super Circle and Silver Circle passholders. Presented By HBO Documentary Films

4:30pm

Landmark Fired Up! Saturday!

Concert

240 min

4:30 - 8:30pm

Landmark Fired Up! Saturday!
Another evening of warm and friendly sounds from chamber chorale (Vox Nova), to lo-fi indie (Dubb Nubb), to folk punk duo (The Big Sky), to honky tonk stomp (The Kay Brothers). Free & open to the public.

5:00pm

5:30pm

5:45pm

The Globe

Communion

Film

72 min

5:45 - 6:57pm
NRT

Communion
Fourteen-year-old Ola becomes the default caretaker for her irreverent brother, Nikodem, in this exquisite film.

6:00pm

6:30pm

Missouri Theatre

Casting JonBenet

Film

80 min

6:30 - 7:50pm
NRT

Casting JonBenet
The murder of JonBenet Ramsey is only the beginning in this mind-blowing cinematic puzzle box.

6:45pm

Jesse Auditorium

I Am Not Your Negro

Film

93 min

6:45 - 8:18pm
NRT

I Am Not Your Negro
Writer and activist James Baldwin died 30 years ago, but this revelatory, prophetic film shows his words are still incendiary.

7:00pm

Sanctuary Showcase

Concert

90 min

7 - 8:30pm

Sanctuary Showcase
Indie darling Mirah will perform her own compositions alongside a Chamber Ensemble of budding string players from The Missouri Symphony Society’s Conservatory. Free & open to the public.

7:30pm

Rhynsburger Theatre

Long Strange Trip

Film

259 min

7:30 - 11:49pm
NRT

Long Strange Trip
Counterculture icons the Grateful Dead were an unlikely utopian experiment illuminated by five decades of recordings and photos. The runtime includes a 20-minute intermission.

8:00pm

8:30pm

9:30pm

10:00pm

Showtime Theater at The Blue Note

Gimme Truth!

Other

90 min

10 - 11:30pm
NRT

Gimme Truth!
America's favorite documentary game show challenges the audience plus a panel of esteemed contestants to determine truthiness. Local non-professional filmmakers attempt to fool seasoned directors by presenting their totally true or totally false two-minute docs. Emceed by new host Brian Babylon, who takes the baton from fallen legend Johnny St. John. Babylon is a Chicago-born comic and a frequent guest on NPR weekly news quiz show Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. The 2017 contestants/judges are Khalik Allah (dir. Field Niggas, T/F 2015), Steve James (dir. Abacus: Small Enough to Jail), and Amanda Lipitz (dir. Step). Tech support provided by CAT. Ticket required. Presented by Showtime Documentary Films

10:15pm

Willy Wilson @ Ragtag

The Force

Film

93 min

10:15 - 11:48pm
NRT

The Force
Break through the blue wall of the Oakland Police Department as it struggles to recapture the trust of the community.

10:30pm

Forrest Theater

Shorts: The World Laughs With You

Short

76 min

10:30 - 11:46pm
NRT

Shorts: The World Laughs With You
Even in dark times, it pays to look on the bright side of life, as evinced in these seven works.

Dina

Dina

Manifesto

Manifesto

Brimstone & Glory

Brimstone & Glory

The Road Movie

The Road Movie

HyperNormalisation

HyperNormalisation

Strong Island

Strong Island

Casting JonBenet

Casting JonBenet

Shorts: Edith + Eddie + Antonio

Shorts: Edith + Eddie + Antonio

The Challenge

The Challenge

Field Session: Eye to Eye

Field Session: Eye to Eye

Railway Sleepers

Railway Sleepers

Quest

Quest

LoveTrue

LoveTrue

The Grown-Ups

The Grown-Ups

The War Show

The War Show

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Rat Film

Rat Film

Stranger in Paradise

Stranger in Paradise

Field Session: Blood is Thicker Than Water

Field Session: Blood is Thicker Than Water

The Art Ramble

The Art Ramble

Field Session: Casting Light

Field Session: Casting Light

The Graduation

The Graduation

Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?

Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?

Shorts: Making Good Neighbors

Shorts: Making Good Neighbors

Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2

Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2

The Art Ramble

The Art Ramble

The Cage Fighter (formerly Secret Screening Krypton)

The Cage Fighter (formerly Secret Screening Krypton)

Strong Island

Strong Island

Step

Step

Distant Constellation (work-in-progress)

Distant Constellation (work-in-progress)

Venus

Venus

Field Session: A Labor of Love

Field Session: A Labor of Love

Filmmaker Fête

Filmmaker Fête

Landmark Fired Up! Saturday!

Landmark Fired Up! Saturday!

Still Tomorrow

Still Tomorrow

Communion

Communion

Shorts: Young Money

Shorts: Young Money

Mimi

Mimi

Miss Kiet's Children

Miss Kiet's Children

I Am Not Your Negro

I Am Not Your Negro