Catapult Film Fund and True/False are teaming up for a second year of Rough Cut Retreat, a four-day workshop that unites filmmakers and mentors in a creative and engaged atmosphere. Rough Cut Retreat provides filmmakers with dedicated time to focus on post-production and receive invaluable feedback from other filmmakers. Each year, five filmmakers with … Continued

Need a Spring True/False fix? Our very first escape room ELEMENTAL, based on the 2017 True/False theme “OUT OF THE ETHER” and created in partnership with Breakout CoMo, is ready to be solved. Although an escape room at heart, ELEMENTAL expands the breakout form with art installations and esoteric puzzles that take participants into a … Continued

True/False, Ragtag Cinema, and Columbia Public Schools are teaming up again for year two of our Media Literacy Initiative, a program that supports teachers in incorporating more film and multimedia into their classrooms. The goal is to enhance the work of teachers by providing them with the support and resources they need to incorporate more media … Continued

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has awarded True/False $10,000 for the continuation of its Neither/Nor Series. Neither/Nor is repertory film series in which True/False turns over the programming reins to a visiting critic. Now entering its fifth year, Neither/Nor spotlights film movements that challenge traditional documentary form. In keeping with its name, … Continued

We’re hard at work planning the second annual Rough Cut Retreat, a one-of-a-kind mentorship, summer-camp experience launched in 2016 in partnership with Catapult Film Fund. RCR unites filmmakers and mentors in a creative, supportive, and engaged atmosphere. The goal is to move projects from a rough cut to fine cut with an eye toward fall festival deadlines. … Continued

True/False presents an off-season, one-night-only screening of Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Trials of the Free Press. This screening is presented in collaboration with The Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism at Mizzou, and with much thanks to Netflix. April 20th, 2017 at 7PM Missouri Theatre, doors at 6:30PM Pre-film music by … Continued

With a Green Team made of 30 volunteers and one fearless Sustainability Coordinator, Patricia Hayles, True/False hit a new enviro-friendly high: Through food compost and recycling, True/False 2017 had an 84 percent diversion rate (the amount of waste kept out of landfills) at the Jubilee, Reality Bites, Filmmaker Fête and Closing Night Reception. That’s right … Continued

The 2017 festival coverage will be compiled as it is released and added to our PRESS page!  Continue to relive the 2017 fest via our daily videos and photo albums too.  see you next year…March 1 – 4, 2018!

Illustration by Jacky Adelstein Magic Little Secrets Jonathan Casey The Art Ramble headed by Gabe Williams is maybe something that shouldn’t be written about. It felt special like that. We were offered colored toothpicks at the beginning, take only one please, because Mr. Williams was wondering if he might outlive color toothpicks. Hugging, touching, and … Continued

Illustration by Jacky Adelstein A Parade of Quality Jonathan Casey I tend to be a little snobby about parades. It isn’t anything to brag about, but you sorta have to get a little snobby if you’re going to survive any given Mardi Gras. Well, everyone, not that you asked, but the True/False March March is … Continued