Something that T/F tries to do is challenge your notions of just what a documentary is. One of the stranger events this year is pushing that definition right off the screen: the Third Coast International Audio Festival is bringing seven audio documentaries to Columbia and “screening” them in a darkened theater. It’s called the Third … Continued
Mainstream news can only do so much to record history in the making. News crews are large and obtrusive; news stories report the overarching facts. As participants reporting on hand-held cameras and cell-phones, award-winning filmmakers Omar Shargawi and Karim El Hakim picked up what the camera crews missed of the Tahrir Square demonstrations in Cairo … Continued
Although pass sales have ended for True/False 2012, there are still 10,000 tickets available to screenings during the Fest. Those tickets will go on sale at NOON on Thursday, March 1 at the T/F Box Office, located at the southwest corner of Hitt and Broadway in downtown Columbia (in the old Pasta Factory). Line numbers … Continued
If anyone attending True/False ever stopped to consider where the Fest’s tickets were printed (and, let’s be honest, this elite group of daydreaming nerds and visionaries is surely very, very small), they probably imagine some sort of corporate-industrial fortress, belching smoke into the sky above Earth City, MO, a sad robot toiling away day and … Continued
There are still a handful of Gateway Packets left! But they’ll only be available until 6 p.m. tonight (2/24/12)! So now is the time, my friend! (By the way, what the heck is a Gateway Packet?)
There’s still time to enter this year’s True Life Run, a 5-K footrace through Downtown Columbia that differs from your average running event: it’s interlarded with unusual levels of fun. Throughout the course, participants encounter zany—and quite possibly wacky—tasks, obstacles, and challenges, the successful completion of which combines with your race time to determine your … Continued
Get ’em while they’re hot: the 2012 Gateway Packets are now on sale! Gateway Packets allow attendees to reserve three tickets online (they can be used for one, two, or three films), selected from a list specially chosen by the T/F programmers. Visit Visit the online T/F Box Office to purchase! Gateway sales end at 6:00 pm on Friday, 2/24.
The music for this year’s festival has been announced, and things are looking rich, heavy, and good over on the True/False Music Page. More than thirty artists are coming to town (if they aren’t already here), and thanks to a very cool music player on the site, you can listen to what amounts to a … Continued
Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, buzz is building for Gypsy Davy, which has three screenings at this year’s True/False Film fest. As the T/F program guide tells us, David Serva Jones was a damned good flamenco guitarist, especially for an American. He was also a serial heartbreaker who … Continued
The following fifteen films are this year’s Gateway Selections. The thirty-dollar Gateway Packet allows its holders to reserve three film tickets from the Festival online in advance. As the T/F Box Office Page explains: You can reserve tickets for three different screenings or multiple tickets for the same one; it’s up to you. You’ll get to select your films from a … Continued
