Music is the life blood of our festival, providing the vital energy that keeps the whole organism in motion. We’re excited to announce three more of the musical acts who will be performing at T/F 2015. Making their first ever appearance at T/F is Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers, a Brooklyn-based band fusing blues … Continued
2015 has arrived and with the new year T/F is ready to begin exploring a new idea, “The Long Now”! This Thursday, January 8 is the opening reception for the new “The Long Now” art exhibit, featuring 14 works exploring our relationship with time selected through a jury process in partnership with Imago Gallery and … Continued
Note: the Gimme Truth submission deadline has now been extended to Friday, February 27! We are now accepting submissions for Gimme Truth! In our annual game show contestants present their 2-minute films to a panel of celebrity judges who’ll have to determine if they are 100% True or 100% False. And new for 2015, we’ve … Continued
Neither/Nor is an open-ended project exploring and discovering the history of “chimeric” cinema, our term for films which defy categorization as either nonfiction or fiction. For the past two years we’ve collaborated with a visiting film critic who selects and introduces a series of screenings covering a particular important time and place in cinematic history. … Continued
Music plays an essential role at T/F. Our buskers perform before each and every screening, at 15 music showcases and throughout the streets and sidewalks of downtown Como, cordoning off the experiential space in which the Fest exists. We’re excited to make out first announcement of just a handful of the acts that will be … Continued
Learn all about the many ways you can help create True/False 2015 at the first ever How to True/False: Volunteer Edition. This event will be held on this Tuesday, December 9 at 7 PM in Leadership Auditorium at the MU Student Center. You can come early for treats and music by Dubb Nubb. Will also … Continued
Know a Columbia high school student interested in independent film, documentary, innovative storytelling, journalism, art, music or community-building? Tell them to apply to the True/False Boot Camp! The Boot Camp will introduce a select group of students to the world of True/False and provides a crash course in independent contemporary culture during the weekend of … Continued
As we round the bend into 2015, we’re still looking for proposals exploring our new theme, “The Long Now”. First, True/False is partnering with Imago Gallery & Cultural Center for a “The Long Now” juried exhibit to run January 6 – 30. We are looking for both 2D and 3D work, but you’ll need to act soon; … Continued
Documenting something as nebulous as a revolution is a difficult challenge for a filmmaker. In Cairo Drive (T/F 2014) Sherief Elkatsha takes an unusual and startlingly effective approach. Riding shotgun and talking traffic with motorists on Cairo’s congested streets, he captures a fascinating mosaic of the frustrations and ambitions of a city on the edge. The film … Continued
Jessica Oreck’s sublime, incisive cinema observes the tangled relationship between man and the rest of nature. Her latest work, The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga (T/F 2014), transports us to contemporary Eastern Europe, where, among other ideas, we reflect on our perceptions of the forest. Oreck nimbly weaves breathtaking, Super 16mm images of everyday … Continued
