James Miska Music Video ‘The Coldest Summer’

We are excited to premiere James Miska’s new music video for “The Coldest Summer”, directed Chelsea Myers of True/False and Tiny Attic Productions. James has played T/F several times as a member of Bramble and has now relocated to Columbia. You can see James Miska & Lake Mary perform tomorrow night at 7 at The … Continued

POY Crowd-sourced Photo Gallery

Pictures of the Year International and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute are creating a crowd-sourced photo gallery of True/False 2013. This collection of images will be posted on the web and shown on monitors around town. If you want to contribute you can tweet photos to @POYi_TFproject or #poytf. They’ll also be pulling photos from … Continued

Art and Design Preview

This year we are celebrating ten years of True/False with “The Collective Architecture of the Impossible”. Artist Erik Buckham’s fanciful favela is the perfect visual representation of our shared achievement, the result of the hard work and joyful energy thousands of volunteers, musicians, staff members, artists, filmmakers, sponsors and attendees have contributed to the festival … Continued

How to ‘Q’

It is only days away from the tenth anniversary of the True/False Film Fest and downtown Columbia is abuzz with excitement, anticipation, and, quite possibly, a bit of anxiety and confusion. With many films being labeled as no reserve tickets, or NRT, fest-goers may still be wondering if it’s possible to see these highly anticipated … Continued

DocuMemories Finale: Only the Young

At 7:30PM tonight, 2/25, Only the Young (T/F 2012) returns to Ragtag nearly a year after its first screening at True/False. Fresh off an appearance at the Independent Spirit Awards, where the film was nominated for the Truer Than Fiction award, co-director Jason Tippet will be on hand to answer questions. To buy advance tickets, … Continued

A Conversation with Filmmaker Kirby Dick

Kirby Dick was the recipient of True/False’s True Vision Award in 2006, and for good reason: His interests in subjectivity and institutional corruption have rendered him one of the most prominent auteurs of the contemporary American doc scene. Dick began his career by chronicling “the pained, the freakish and the inexplicable that exists on the margins of everyday … Continued

Free Crash Reel Screening for All High School Students

All Rock Bridge, Hickman or Douglass High School Students will be able to see Crash Reel for free this Friday, March 1st at The Missouri Theater! In 2009, Kevin Pearce was arguably the best snowboarder in the world, winning competition after competition, making lots of money and, with a core group of fellow riders (dubbed the … Continued

Films of the Gateway Package

If you are looking for an affordable way to see a few films and find out what True/False is all about, consider picking up our Gateway package. This offer allows you to reserve tickets to three films off of a select list of nine, which we’ll introduce below. You can then pick up your tickets at … Continued

Change to the Music Lineup

We are really sad to announce that due to some unfortunate and frustrating circumstances, both Les Trois Coups and Yva Las Vegass will be unable to attend this year’s fest. It’s a bummer, we know. The good news is that Busman’s Holiday, the two-brother folk pop band from Bloomington, Indiana, will be returning for their second True/False. … Continued

Inside the Lab Photo Essay by Rebecca Allen Part One

Hidden away deep in the recesses of their secret lab, the True/False production team toils tirelessly, crafting the framework of the festival. Recently, photographer Rebecca Allen was granted access to their hidden workshop. Below you’ll find a few of the striking images she captured, images of the dedicated members of this team and the mysterious … Continued