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2026
At the True/False Film Fest, a Midwestern Mecca for Documentaries, Zachary Barnes, The Wall Street Journal
Highlights of the 2026 True/False Film Festival Include “Tropical Park,” “Bucks Harbor,” “Landscapes of Memory,” Monica Castillo, RogerEbert.com
This Year’s Ebert Fellows Reflect on the 2026 True/False Film Festival, The Editors, RogerEbert.com
Farihah Zaman Appointed Artistic Director Of Prestigious True/False Documentary Film Fest, Matthew Carey, Deadline Hollywood
Film Festival Watch: See These 18 Sundance Institute–Supported Docs at the 2026 True/False Film Fest, Jessica Herndon, Sundance Institute
ESG, Ross McElwee, and Other Exciting Artists Take Over True/False 2026, Natalia Keogan, Filmmaker Magazine
“A Trippy, Psychedelic Musical Odyssey”: Josef Gatti on Phenomena, Natalia Keogan, Filmmaker Magazine
2026 True/False Film Fest Dispatch #1: ‘The Oldest Person in the World,’ ‘Broken English,’ Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch
True/False Film Fest Dispatch #2: ‘Phenomena,’ ‘Who Moves America,’ ‘Landscapes of Memory,’ Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch
True/False Film Fest Dispatch #3: ‘Barbara Forever,’ ‘Time and Water,’ ‘American Doctor,’ Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch
‘Phenomena’ Review: An Iridescent Ode to Ordinary Wonders, Guy Lodge, Variety
‘Bucks Harbor’ Review: A Wistful, Humane Portrait of Hardy Souls, Young and Old, in Coastal Maine, Guy Lodge, Variety
5 Great Documentaries from the True/False Film Fest 2026, Samuel Murrian, Collider
‘Phenomena’ Clip: In Dazzling World Premiere Documentary, Filmmaker Takes Viewers On “Hypnotic Adventure” Blurring Art & Science, Matthew Carey, Deadline Hollywood
In Opioid Crisis Film ‘The Hotline,’ A Phone Connection Serves As “Fragile Tether Between Life And Death” – True/False Film Fest, Matthew Carey, Deadline Hollywood
‘The Great Experiment,’ Premiering At True/False Film Fest, Explores America At Moment Of Intense Division, Matthew Carey, Deadline Hollywood
Would You Like To Live To 116? Producer Of ‘The Oldest In the World’ Says No Thanks – True/False Film Fest, Matthew Carey, Deadline Hollywood
In ‘Pinball,’ A Young Man Displaced By War Searches For A Place To Call Home – True/False Film Festival, Matthew Carey, Deadline Hollywood
Visiting Artistic Director Yance Ford On 2026 True/False Festival, Trump’s “Presidential Police Force” And How Anti-Trans Bills Recall Fugitive Slave Act, Matthew Carey, Deadline Hollywood
Class Size 20; Student Body – Young Escapees From North Korea. True/False Film Festival Opens Doors To ‘School For Defectors’, Matthew Carey, Deadline Hollywood
Doc Talk Podcast Debates Oscar Results, Heads To True/False For Conversations With Phenomenal Makers Of ‘Phenomena’ And ‘Pinball’, Matthew Carey, Deadline Hollywood
True/False 2026, David Hudson, The Criterion Collection
A Guide to the 2026 True/False Film Festival, Max Havey, St. Louis Magazine
Feeling seen onscreen at True/False 2026, Max Havey, St. Louis Magazine
‘I really do think this is a festival that rewards curiosity’: True/False Residency Critics on how to watch a documentary, Kiana Fernandes, KBIA
True/False Film Festival 2026: Time Travel, Bright Wall/Dark Room
The True/False Film Festival Best Kept Secret: Camp True False, Alexandria Stith, Missouri Film Office
Column | I spent a weekend at Missouri’s True/False Documentary Film Festival, Charlie Hickman, The Daily Iowan
True/False Film Fest returns to Columbia with new venues, films, Roger McKinney, Columbia Daily Tribune
True/False Film Festival 2026: Time Travel, Sarah Welch-Larson, Bright Wall/Dark Room
From Mizzou to the big screen: Alumnus debuts film at True/False Film Fest, Cary Littlejohn, University of Missouri
True/False Film Fest announces passes for low-income households, Chloe Ireland-Killday, KOMU
True/False Film Festival: Broken English gives Marianne Faithfull her flowers, Abby Olcese, The Kansas City Pitch
True/False Film Festival: Seized does the Marion County Record (and small town papers everywhere) proud, Abby Olcese, The Kansas City Pitch
True/False Film Festival: Nuisance Bear raises interesting ideas, but lacks a compelling argument, Abby Olcese, The Kansas City Pitch
Recent MU graduate and filmmaker debuts at True/False Film Fest with capstone project, Andrew Kula, KOMU
Moviegoers find old friends and new favorites at True/False, Allie Tribe and Julia Garrison, Columbia Missourian
True/False Film Fest brings film and art enthusiasts to Columbia, Brooke Gariss and Allison Boedges, Columbia Missourian
True/False Film Fest brings a variety of live music to Columbia, Zol Raney, Columbia Missourian
Traditions of True/False Film Fest unite film lovers and makers, Cindy Wilson, Columbia MIssourian
Attendees embrace True/False theme, showing up rain or shine, Columbia Missourian
Jubilee party ushers in 23rd annual True/False Film Fest, Thomas Raymond, Columbia Missourian
2026 True/False Film Fest passes free for eligible Columbia residents, Janis Reeser, Columbia Daily Tribune
True/False Conversations: The band Dubb Nubb makes music using blood harmony, Robin Crouch, KBIA
True/False Conversations: Sraiyanti Haricharan makes her directorial debut with ‘Auto Queens,’ Najifa Farhat, KBIA
Music group that laid groundwork for hip-hop genre performing at True/False Film Fest, Charles Dunlop, The Columbia Daily Tribune
True/False Reveals Latin American and U.S. Latinx Lineup for 2026, Cinema Tropical
Alfonso Cuarón, ‘Roma’ impact partner Ai-jen Poo join True/False hybrid doc as executive producers, Jeremy Kay, Screen Daily
‘How to Clean a House in 10 Easy Steps’ to Premiere at True/False Film Festival 2026, Chloe Rabinowitz, Broadway World
Which documentaries from bygone True/False fests are still in your mind’s eye?, Addison Gertz, Vox Magazine
Filmmakers change their fates in the documentary industry, Jake Louraine, Vox Magazine
Your True/False horoscope: The best fest for every sign, Maya Dawson, Vox Magazine
For more than 20 years, True/False has spun the reel of fortune, Alex Goldstein, Vox Magazine
True/False will reincarnate art installations into the present, Elizabeth Dorman, Vox Magazine
Film Matrix: Your True/False film list is written in the stars, Emily Early, Vox Magazine
New True/False leaders see a prosperous future for the fest, Alex Goldstein and Macy Craig, Vox Magazine
Birdie is the wordie: Columbia’s newest corner deli, Grace Romine, Vox Magazine
‘To Hold a Mountain’ holds camera on the work, love and bravery of women, Boo May, Vox Magazine
‘Nuisance Bear’ review: Documentary explores the impact of climate change on polar bears, Anna Sikes, Vox Magazine
Moving Pictures Club brings repertory film programming to Columbia, Augustus Henderson, Vox Magazine
‘Barbara Forever’ review: Documentary celebrates the life and work of Barbara Hammer, Topher Kundith, Vox Magazine
‘Aanikoobijigan’ confronts the museums that still hold the dead hostage, Anna Sikes, Vox Magazine
The reel life of Columbia movie theaters, Addison Gertz, Vox Magazine
Vox Insider Podcast Episode 9: True/False Film Fest, Vox Magazine
Ride the musical waves at True/False with ESG, Bridget St. John and more, Tyler White, Vox Magazine
How to manifest your True/False weekend on a budget, C.J. Hanauer, Vox Magazine
‘Remake’ explores grief through the lenses of both father and son, Faith Jacoby, Vox Magazine
The quiet desperation of the search for a missing son are the heartbeat of ‘Closure,’ Sophia Thiel, Vox Magazine
Local journalism can be messy — ‘Seized’ takes it to a whole new level, Amelia Schaefer, Vox Magazine
Bonding and brotherhood amid adversity are the focus in ‘Soul Patrol,’ Miles Staten, Vox Magazine
Friendship in the face of fascism is the antidote in ‘First They Came for My College,’ Boo May, Vox Magazine
‘Time and Water’ highlights sorrow for a disappearing homeland and way of life, Abby Cornell, Vox Magazine
‘School for Defectors’ looks forward with hope for Korean people, Ava McCleur, Vox Magazine
‘The Great Experiment’ is a kaleidoscopic view of contemporary America, Alex Goldstein, Vox Magazine
‘American Doctor’ is an unfiltered account of working in healthcare in Gaza, Aciya El Tajoury, Vox Magazine
REVIEW | ‘How To Clean a House in 10 Easy Steps’ blends fantasy and reality to explore immigration and labor, Hannah Halterman, The Maneater
REVIEW | Harrowingly relevant ‘First They Came For My College’ waves a flag against fascism, Ainsley Bryson, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘What Comes From Sitting in Silence?’ lets women’s voices be heard, Sabrina Pan, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Sherman’s March’ portrays the ups and downs of finding love, Layla Cox, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Time and Water’ parallels human life with Iceland’s melting glaciers, Callie Kemp, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Seized’ confronts modern journalism’s role on a local scale, Makenzie Bounds, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Shorts: U-Turn’ showcases the good that can rise from adversity, Hannah VanLandingham, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘American Doctor’ confronts the silence surrounding Gaza, Mikalah Owens, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing’ shows a legacy of education and art, Drew Johnson, The Maneater
REVIEW | Short films want to ‘Proceed with Caution’ on an evolving society, James Beers, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘The Eyes of Ghana’ proves that cinema belongs to everyone, Kelechi Ohale, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Shorts: Work Area Ahead’ shines a light on unseen communities, Isa Kennedy, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘The Great Experiment’ lives in the gray area of American political life, Jae Jepsen, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Diaries’ is an overblown and self-indulgent personal documentary, Emma Harper, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Landscapes of Memory’ examines the power and the responsibility of remembering, Kriti Dhaduvai, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Hair, Paper, Water’ shows how wisdom transcends generations and cultural erasure, Jamie Lu, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Barbara Forever’ honors the historic lesbian filmmaker, Julia Ebelhar, The Maneater
REVIEW | Complex and desperate, ‘A Place of Absence’ highlights the Caravan of Mothers of Disappeared Migrants, Hannah McDonough, The Maneater
REVIEW | The battle for Indigenous repatriation in ‘Aanikoobijigan’, James Kilcoyne, The Maneater
‘To Hold a Mountain’ is a gentle profile of a land and its people, Bela Parett, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Bucks Harbor’ explores intrapersonal definitions of manhood, Killian Wright, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Powwow People’ is an immersive exploration of Indigenous culture, Makenzie Bounds, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Tropical Park’ shows transgender struggles in a unique film style, Drew Johnson, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Always’ encompasses childlike curiosity through poetry, Darby Schwerman, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘True North’ highlights ever-present systemic issues, Oona Pogue, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Who Moves America’ reveals the forces that keeps UPS alive, Erin Hynes, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Pinball’ and the quiet work of finding where you belong, Maya Bensaoud, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Broken English’ confronts how the media portrays successful women, Ava Gordon, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘The Oldest Person in the World’ inspires a reflection of life, Summer Suarez, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Cuidadoras’ paints a tender portrait of friendship, vulnerability and privilege through aging, Lauren Replogle, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Closure’ engulfs viewers in a story of desperate hope, McKenzie Schweitzer, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Sons of Detroit’ redirects an imperfect conversation about White flight, Alex Gribb, The Maneater
REVIEW | Ross McElwee confronts his guilt and grief in ‘Remake,’ Jack Wiselogel, The Maneater
REVIEW | Siblings grapple with growing up in heartwarming short ‘Gatorville,’ Hannah Halterman, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘School for Defectors’ is a raw coming-of-age focused on hope and identity, Jack Andersen, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Phenomena’ examines the smallest patterns in the universe in its world premiere, Colin Simmons, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Jaripeo’ examines queer masculinity in ‘macho’ spaces, Akhil Raj, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Nuisance Bear’ encapsulates the erasure of cultural identity, Christopher Smith, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World’ brings new light to the poet’s private life, Mary Corkery, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘The Queen and the Smokehouse’ paints the passionate story of life as a Polish fish smoker, Abigail Anderson, The Maneater
REVIEW | ‘The Bend in the River’ concludes Robb Moss’ decades-long portrait of friendship, Violet Newton, The Maneater
2025
“Heading to True/False? Don’t skip out on these musical showcases” Aarik Danielsen, Columbia Daily Tribune
“True/False 2025: The Track, Writing Hawa, Make It Look Real” Robert Daniels, RogerEbert
“True/False 2025: Seeds, River of Grass, How Deep Is Your Love” Robert Daniels, RogerEbert
“True/False 2025: WTO/99, Family Album, Land With No Rider” Robert Daniels, RogerEbert
“Of Predators and Progress at True/False 2025” Scott Tobias, The Reveal
“Presentation Is as Important as the Story Being Told at True/False Film Fest 2025” Carlos Aguilar, IndieWire
“Eric Hynes on True False 2025: WTO/99, A Body to Live In, Resurrection, Kouté Vwa, The Undergrowth” Nic Rapold, The Last Thing I Saw
“True/False 2025″ Nic Rapold and Saffron Maeve, Screen Slate
“True/False Conversations” KBIA Staff, KBIA
“True/False Wraps a Banner 2025 Edition” Matt Carey, Deadline
“True/False Film Fest 2025: Excavation, Therapy, Protest” Vadim Rizov, Filmmaker Magazine
“Award-Winning ‘Seeds’ To Sprout At True/False Film Fest, Plus Dozens More Innovative Docs: ‘We’re Really Invested In Supporting Creative Nonfiction'” Matt Carey, Deadline
“We’re All We’ve Got: A Dispatch from the 2025 True/False Film Fest” Sarah Welch-Larson, Bright Wall/Dark Room
“The Best Burger in the World: True/False 2025” Michael Blair, Film Comment
“In ‘The Track’ Young Lugers Pursue Olympic Dreams On A Course Pocked With Scars Of War – True/False Film Fest” Matt Carey, Deadline
True/False Film Fest 2024 turns its focus to the human paradox,” Max Havey, St. Louis Magazine
“Doc Talk Podcast Debates Oscar Results And Travels To The True/False Film Fest” John Ridley and Matt Carey, Doc Talk
“The Dating Game’ Rolls To Thessaloniki After Raucous Screenings At True/False: “People Were Laughing From Beginning To End” John Ridley and Matt Carey, Doc Talk
“Everything you need to know about the 2025 True/False Film Festival” Max Havey, St. Louis Magazine
“Dreams, Memory, Resistance: True/False 2025” Patricia Aufderheide, Filmmaker Mag
“True/False 2025” Maneater Staff, The Maneater
“‘Maybe an Individual is Only as Interesting as the Energy Surrounding Them’: Angelo Madsen on His True/False-debuting A Body to Live In” Lauren Wissot, Filmmaker Mag
“This True/False film plumbs ocean depths of wonder” Aarik Danielsen, Columbia Daily Tribune
“‘I Put 30 Years of My Life Into 80 Minutes’: Myrid Carten on Her True/False Documentary, A Want in Her” Natalia Keogan, Filmmaker Mag
“‘The Link Between Exploration and Exploitation’: Eleanor Mortimer on How Deep Is Your Love” Natalia Keogan, Filmmaker Mag
“‘A cool thing that Columbia has’: Festgoers, volunteers reflect on True/False”
“True/False 2025: Charlie Shackleton’s cheeky meta-documentary Zodiac Killer Project wants true crime to do better” Abby Olcese, The Pitch
“The 2025 True/False Film Fest looks to the past to make sense of the present” Max Havey, St. Louis Magazine
“True/False 2025: Middletown is the latest story of youthful empowerment from the filmmakers behind Boys State and Girls State” Abby Olcese, The Pitch
2024
“The 2024 True/False Film Festival Brought a Parade, Sperm Donors, and a Weekend of Documentaries to Missouri” Carlos Aguilar, IndieWire
“Off The Map: Highlights From True/False 2024” Scott Tobias, The Reveal
“Note to Documentary Distributors: These 5 True/False Film Festival Titles Deserve a Home Now” Susannah Gruder, IndieWire
“The Last Thing I Saw: Eric Hynes on First Look and True/False 2024” Nic Rapold, The Last Thing I Saw
“True/False Conversations” KBIA Staff, KBIA
“A True Accounting Of The True/False Festival” John Ridley, Deadline’s Doc Talk
“Feats of Defiance: True/False 2024” Dessane Lopez Cassell, Film Comment
“True/False Film Fest 2024: Creative Subjects” Vadim Rizov, Filmmaker Magazine
“True/False 2024: Seeking Mavis Beacon looks for the woman who taught us how to type” Abby Olcese, The Pitch
“True/False Film Festival 2024: Constructing a Collective Reality” Sarah Welch-Larson, Bright Wall/Dark Room
True/False Film Fest 2024 turns its focus to the human paradox,” Max Havey, St. Louis Magazine
“True/False 2024” Saffron Maeve, Screen Slate
“True/False 2024: Coming Home Again” Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com
“True/False 2024: A Photographic Memory, There Was There Was Not, Three Promises” Robert Daniels, Rogerebert.com
“True/False 2024: Ibelin, Alien Island, Yintah” Robert Daniels, Rogerebert.com
“Mitch McCabe on Their True/False Premiere 23 Mile” Lauren Wissot, Filmmaker Mag
“Elizabeth Nichols on Her True/False-Debuting Flying Lessons” Lauren Wissot, Filmmaker Mag
“’A War Without Rules’: Shoghakat Vardanyan on IDFA Best Film Winner ‘1489’” Lauren Wissot, Documentary Magazine
“There Was, There Was Not Film Interview” Saelyx Finna, Redefine Mag
“True/False Film Fest 2024 Music Picks” Saelyx Finna, Redefine Mag
“True/False 2024” Maneater Staff, The Maneater
2023
“The best of this year’s True/False documentary festival”, Kari Paul, The Guardian
“The True/False Film Festival: A Paradise For Fans Of Documentary Films”, Scott Phillips, Forbes
“True/False 2023: Personal stories, wide range of heroes grace festival screens”, Aarik Danielsen, Columbia Daily Tribune
“TRUE/FALSE 2023: Critic’s Notebook”, Steve Dollar, Fandor Keyframe
“True/False Film Fest 2023: Constructed Communities”, Vadim Rizov, Filmmaker Magazine
“Precarity, Therapy Films and Ethics: True/False Film Fest 2023”, Patricia Aufderheide, Filmmaker Magazine
“The Film Comment Podcast: The Politics of the Personal”, Film Comment
“True/False 2023”, Nicolas Rapold, Screen Slate
“The best festival films we saw at True/False 2023 in Columbia”, Abby Olcese, The Pitch
“True/False 2023 gets personal”, Max Havey, St. Louis Magazine
2022
“True/False Festival Returns In-Person With Annual Parade and Spirited Response to Docus About Russia”, Addie Morfoot, Variety
“Column: At True/False, Russian filmmakers speak out for art and against their country’s attack on Ukraine”, Mary McNamara, LA Times
The Film Comment Podcast: Points of View at True/False, Devika Girish, Film Comment
“True/False Festival 2022 was a joyful (if cautious) return to form”, Abby Olcese, The Pitch
“True Blood”, Nicolas Rapold, ArtForum
“Love in a Liminal Place: Paste at the 2022 True/False Film Fest”, Tim Grierson and Dom Sinacola, Paste Magazine
“True/False 2022: Welcome Home”, Zoé Samudzi, Film Comment
“‘After Sherman’: Film Review | True/False 2022”, Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter
“Column: ‘Let the Little Light Shine,’ the Chicago documentary about race, education, politics and dissent, electrifies True/False Film Fest”, Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
“‘These Were People Who Were Searching for a Place to Dream’: Nollywood Director Ike Nnaebue on his True/False-debuting No U-Turn“, Lauren Wissot, Filmmaker Magazine
“True/False’s return marked by in-person celebration and thoughtful programming”, Max Havey, St. Louis Magazine
2021
“This year, True/False Film Fest transforms with cinema under the stars in Columbia, Mo.”, Steve Leftridge, St. Louis Post Dispatch
“Kansas City’s Shy Boys eager for True/False return to form”, Aarik Danielsen, Columbia Daily Tribune
“True/False Festival 2021: Highlights of a Virtual Event”, Vikram Murthi, RogerEbert.com
“Columbia’s True/False Film Fest measures 2021 support in ticket sales, encouragement from community”, Aarik Danielsen, Columbia Daily Tribune
“True/False: Two for One, or Two Halves Make a Whole?”, Coley Gray and Patricia Aufderheide, Documentary Magazine
“True/False Festival 2021: Virtual preview”, Piers Marchant, Arkansas Democrat Gazette
“Reality TV used to be about getting famous. 90 Day Fiancé is about the American dream.” Alissa Wilkinson, Vox
“The Alpha and the Omega of Film Fests: Paste at Teleported True/False 2021″, Dom Sinacola, Paste Magazine
“True/False 2021: The First Film Festival — URL vs. IRL”, Cosmo Bjorkenheim & Nicolas Rapold, Screen Slate
2020
“True, False, and Everything in Between at America’s Most Adventurous Film Festival”, Dan Schindel, Hyperallergic
“True/False Film Fest: When a Festival Means Something”, Daniel Kasman, MUBI
“Not at All without Hope: Steve James on City So Real”, Daniel Christian, Paste Magazine
“Well-Received True/False Doc ‘Mayor’ Picked Up By Dogwoof & Cinetic”, Tom Grater, Deadline
“The Best Last Festival Ever: Paste at the 2020 True/False Film Fest”, Daniel Christian and Dom Sinacola, Paste Magazine
“In Praise of Collective Viewing: True/False 2020”, Jordan Smith, Senses of Cinema
“Film Festivals Like True/False Show Why Pushes For Diversity Need to Look Beyond Numbers”, Monica Castillo, Remezcla
“Column: The creator of ‘The Real World’ is a big fan and patron of the True/False Fest“, Mary McNamara, LA Times
“18 provocative documentaries to look for this year”, Alissa Wilkinson, Vox
“Viral fears, politics, and Hannibal Buress dominated a long weekend at the True/False Film Festival”, A.A. Dowd, AV Club
“‘Feels Good Man’ Review: An Infamous Meme and the Guy Behind It Get the Documentary Treatment [True/False 2020]”, Abby Olcese, SlashFilm
2019
“AOC, Nathan Fielder, and Neil Armstrong were the stars of a typically eclectic True/False Film Festival”, A.A. Down, AV Club
“The Film Comment Podcast: True/False 2019”, Nicolas Rapold, Film Comment
“True/False Film Fest Announces 2019 Lineup”, Chris O’Falt, Indiewire
“At True/False Film Festival, documentaries play to a real audience in a real town”, Mary McNamara, LA Times
“Finding Reason at True/False Film Fest”, Danny Kasman, MUBI
“Black Mother Review”, Tayler Montague, Reverse Shot
“True/False 2019: Over the Rainbow, Midnight Traveler, Treasure Island, Let It Burn, A Wild Stream”, Vikram Murthi, RogerEbert.com
“The Hottest August Is a Climate Change Documentary With No Easy Answers”, Sam Adams, Slate
“Film Review: ‘One Child Nation’”, Peter Debruge, Variety
“True/False 2019: Knock Down the House”, Kelli Weston, The Skinny
2018
“True/False Film Festival – Review”, Simran Hans, The Guardian
“True/False Film Festival 2018 Khalik Allah’s Black Mother“, Christopher Grey, Slant Magazine
“True/False Strikes Right Balance Between Local, Global”, Aarik Danielsen, Columbia Daily Tribune
“Festivals: True/False 2018”, Nicolas Rapold, Film Comment
“At True/False Film Fest, Organizers Bring on the Documentaries and Let the Definitions Be Damned”, Chris O’Falt, indieWire
“Courting the impossible: The Task and Bisbee ’17 at True/False 2018“, Irina Trocan, Sight & Sound
“The Unexpected: A Report from True/False Film Fest 2018“, Tayler Montague, Reverse Shot
“True/False 2018 Part 1: Bucking the Trend”, Vikram Muthi, RogerEbert.com
“When It Comes to Telling True Stories, Women Filmmakers Reign Supreme”, Kristen Yoonsoo Kim, Broadly
“Adventures in Nonfiction Filmmaking at True/False 2018“, Daniel Kasman, MUBI
“True/False 2018: What Can the Documentarian Do?”, Vadim Rizov, Filmmaker Magazine
“How the Black Audio Film Collective Remixed Fact and Fiction”, Dan Schindel, Hyperallergic
“The Vivienne Westwood Documentary Vivienne Westwood Doesn’t Want You to See”, Hilary Weaver, Vanity Fair
“Interview: Khalik Allah“, Rooney Elmi, Film Comment
“‘You Must Be Reactive in the Face of Danger’: Dieudo Hamadi on Kinshasa Makambo“, Steve Macfarlane, Filmmaker Magazine
2017
“Three Genre-Expanding Documentaries about Racist Crimes of the Past“, Richard Brody, The New Yorker
“True/False 2017 Critic’s Notebook 1: Resistance and Futility“, Vadim Rizov, Filmmaker Magazine
“Take Care of Each Other: Paste at the 2017 True/False Film Fest“, Tim Grierson, Paste Magazine
“How reality TV is getting even more unreal“, Noel Murray, The Week
“True/False Film Festival 2017“, Vikram Murthi, RogerEbert.com
“True/False Film Fest: Ferguson film ‘Whose Streets?,’ from the people who filled them“, Steven Zeitchik, LA Times
“Amid the Good Vibes, True/False Serves Up a Slate of Bleak Fare“, Akiva Gottleib, International Documentary Association
“Heart and Form in the Midwest: The Best of the 2017 True/False Film Festival”, Jordan M. Smith, Nonfics
“In the age of alternative facts, decoding truth in documentary”, Steven Zeitchik, LA Times
“Make It Real: See Through Me”, Eric Hynes, Film Comment
“7 documentaries from the True/False Film Festival that challenge how we perceive reality”, Alissa Wilkinson, Vox
“True/False ’17 Dispatch #1: ‘Cage Fighter,’ ‘Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?’ and ‘All Good Things’”, Stephen Saito, Moveable Fest
“Notes from the 2017 True/False Film Festival”, Jason Fox, The Brooklyn Rail
“The True/False Film Festival Takes on Alternative Facts,” Katie Walsh, Playboy
“The No-Label Festival: True/False 2017 and the Politics of Programming,” Charlie Lyne, Sight & Sound
“Polarities and Pyrotechnics: True/False Festival 2017,” Lauren Du Graf, Film Quarterly
2016
“True/False, An Antidote to the Common Film Festival“, Steven Zeitchik, LA Times
“At True/False 2016, Filmmakers Inside the Frame“, Sam Adams, Criticwire
“Entering the Narrative: Highlights from True/False 2016“, Alissa Wilkinson, RogerEbert.com
“Make it Real: Look Ma, We’re All Hands“, Eric Hynes, Film Comment
“What Are You Looking At? A Report from the 2016 True/False Film Fest“, Tim Grierson, Paste Magazine
“Documentary Film Fest True/False 2016 Featured Memorable Characters Galore“, Noel Murray, The AV Club
“True/False Puts the ‘Festive’ in Film Festival“, Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
“True/False Film Festival Celebrates Story, Teaches Justice“, Abby Olcese, Sojourners
“True/False Journal: A View from a Newbie“, Ken Jacobson, International Documentary Association
2015
“How to Change the World (Maybe)”, Tim Grierson, Paste Magazine
“Indirect Cinema: A Report from True/False Film Fest 2015“, Eric Hynes, Reverse Shot
“The Naked Festival: True/False 2015 versus the rules“, Charlie Lyne, Sight and Sound
“The True/False Film Festival Feeds the Hunger for Great Documentaries, and People to Watch Them With“, Sam Adams, Criticwire
“How True/False Challenges the Way We See Documentary Films“, Ashley Clark, Indiewire
“Crossing Borders at True/False 2015“, Scott Tobias, The Dissolve
“Joshua Oppenheimer’s Manifesto“, Sam Adams, Indiewire
“True/False 2015 Shorts: Former Models, The Woolworths Choir of 1979, My Gal, Rosemarie, and Abandoned Goods“, Vadim Rizov, Filmmaker Magazine
“Time Was the Essence of This Year’s True/False Film Festival“, Ben Godar, Nonfics
“Best in Show: These films, ideas were at the head of True/False 2015 class“, Asher Gelzer-Govatos, Columbia Daily Tribune
“True/False 2015 Wrap Up“, Pete Timmermann, PLAYBACK:stl
2014
“Why True/False Is One of the Most Vital Festivals in America,” Paul Dallas, Indiewire
“Crossing a Divide, Seeking Good,” Lauren Sandler, The New York Times
“Blurred Lines“, Eric Hynes, Moving Image Source
“True/False: A Place for World Premieres?” Robert Greene, Filmmaker Magazine
“Five Women Who Inspired Me at True/False,” Paige Pritchard, The Riveter
“Ugly Ducklings? Fluxus Docs at True/False,” Nick Pinterton, Sight and Sound
“The Freeing Power of True/False’s Free Ride,” Sam Adams, Criticwire
“Documentary and Fiction Cozy up at the True/False Film Festival” Noel Murray, the Dissolve
“The Whole Town’s Talking: Impressions of the 2014 True/False Film Fest,” Ben Sachs, MUBI Notebook
“True/False Diary 1 & True/False Diary 2,” Vadim Rizov, Filmmaker Magazine
2013
“True/False 2013: Two Freewheeling Takes on the Doc Fest,” Nick Pinkerton & Nicolas Rapold, SundanceNOW
“Some Kind of Monster: True/False 2013,” Eric Hynes, Cinema Scope
“True/False Film Fest,” Ben Kenigsberg, Time Out Chicago
“True/False 2013 Dispatch #1: These Birds Walk, The Garden of Eden, The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear,” Vadim Rizov, Filmmaker Magazine
“True/False 2013 Dispatch #2: Sleepless Nights and Computer Chess,” Vadim Rizov, Filmmaker Magazine
“True, False, and Everything in Between,” Brian Brooks, The Film Society of Lincoln Center
“Why True/False 2013 Rocked (And Why True/False Always Rocks),” Tom Roston, POV’s Doc Soup
“True/False ticket sales top 43,000,” Andrew Denney, The Columbia Tribune
“8 Ways True/False Put Its Charming, Small Host City on the Film Festival Map,” Bryce Renninger, Indiewire
“True/False Festival Report,” Tim Grierson, Paste Magazine
2012
“Forever Young: Dispatching the 2012 True/False Film Fest,” Eric Hynes, Cinema Scope
“One of the world’s great film festivals takes place in Columbia, Missouri. True or False?” Sean Farnel, Ripping Reality
“A Carnival of Documentaries,” Kevin Lee, RogerEbert.com
“True/False Dispatch, Part 2,” Vadim Rizov, Filmmaker Magazine
“True/False 2012: Film Festival as Pure Bliss,” Michael Tully, Hammer to Nail
“Truth Talking,” Eric Hynes and Farihah Zaman, Sundance Now
“True/False 2012,” Farihah Zaman, Huffington Post
“5 Reasons Why True/False Sets the Standard for Small Film Festivals,” Peter Knegt, Indiewire
“True/False Film Fest Works Its Magic Again,” Cathy Salter, Columbia Tribune
“My Five Favorite Documentaries from True/False 2012,” Tom Roston, Doc Soup
“True/False Ticket Sales Top 37,000,” Columbia Tribune
“Analog Senses in a Digital World: Between Futile Nostalgia and Weary Optimism at True/False 2012,” Gerald Sim, Framework
2011
“South by Midwest,” Eric Hynes, Cinema Scope
“Truth and Dare,” Dennis Lim, Artforum
“True/False 2011: Festival Report,” Charlotte Cook, The Documentary Blog
“True/False 2011: The Eight Documentaries You Must See,” Basil Tsiokos, Indiewire
“True/False: Documentary Film Festival Round Up,” David Moats, The Quietus
“Environmentalism, In Other Words, and Other Reflections from True/False 2011,” Gerald Sim, Framework
PREVIOUS YEARS
“Curating a Gem of a Fest: True/False Reflects on First Six Years,” Brian Brooks, Indiewire
“True/False 2010: A Festival Apart,” Pamela Cohn, Hammer to Nail
“True/False Film Festival: Dispatch One,” Vadim Rizov, House Next Door
“Festival Focus: True/False Film Festival,” Doug Whyte, Documentary Magazine
“True/False: Looking Back, Looking Ahead,” Hank Waters, Columbia Tribune
“Filmmakers’ Party a Time of Gratitude,” Janese Silvey, Columbia Tribune
“At a Young Missouri Doc Fest, Exploring the Balance Between True and False,” Eugene Hernandez, Indiewire
“True/False Film Festival 2010,” Gerald Sim, Framework