This year, True/False is proud to announce the inaugural Hi-Def Academy, a program that gives Columbia public high-school students a chance to get a closer look at the makings of a film festival. Students screen films and speak with directors from the fest lineup. I sat down with True/False education and outreach coordinator Polina Malikin to … Continued
For each day of True/False, we’ll be uploading short films featuring highlights from the fest’s sights and sounds. It’ll all be collected on the T/F Video Page, and on Vimeo. Without further ado, we proudly present DAY ONE, featuring Les Trois Coups: Also: check out the T/F Photos page for more highlights!
We’ve been lucky enough to receive several anonymous (and straight ‘nymous) tips to the [email protected] account. T/F art (and education and outreach) coordinator Polina M. dropped a line late on Wednesday: Tonight, at the MU Museum, in a room crowded with as many ancient Greek replicas as there were people, amidst pickled hors d’oeuvres, and … Continued
Welcome to the running digest of everything that happens at True/False 2012, from biological events happening at a deep molecular level, through social/cultural interactions, on up to macrocosmic, cataclysmic, geophysical events. Just kidding, but isn’t it crazy how mediated every cubic inch of this weekend is? Every local media outlet is on the case, generating … Continued
Directors, producers, and thousands of other T/F attendees are rolling into town by the minute. Fresh-faced camera crews line the avenues, interviewing anyone with that certain cinematic glint in their eye. Impromptu busker jam sessions have broken out on multiple street corners. Stressed-out dudes in skinny jeans are frantically pawing the screens of their iPads. … Continued
Yesterday I ran into Milwaukee-based artist Paul Kjelland, who was installing a piece in the window of the Ragtag Theater. Listen below to find out who Paul is and what he’s doing for the Fest. —Kristin Torres
After making their debut at last year’s fest, Columbia’s own Believers return to True/False to headline the Mojo’s-a-Go-Go on Saturday Night, in addition to busking at films and leading the way at the March March. Fresh on the heels of a successful Kickstarter campaign to release their first EP, True/False sat down with the band’s guitarist and … Continued
Somewhere on Business Loop 70, in the bowels of an autoparts outlet, creative minds and clever hands have been hard at work, building the elements that make True/False more than a collection of world-class nonfiction film. The True/False production team HQ is a bunker; its aesthetic is an amalgam of Santa’s Workshop, Mad Max’s Thunderdome, … Continued
The persuasive, political, polemical documentary film is by now a familiar genre. It has become an essential part of our discourse, and it frequently produces boring, heavy handed, and cliched results. The 2012Â True/False Film Fest features Detropia, the work of two filmmakers who have succeeded in breathing new life into an often stale form. Over … Continued
Now ready for download: the 2012 True/False App for Android. Browse the schedule, read film descriptions, late-breaking updates, and explore an interactive map of film, panel, and party venues. (iPhone users: download your T/F app in the iTunes store.)
