Somehow the Maine contingent, led by the Space Gallery’s Jon Courtney, gets bigger and bigger with each year. Little known fact: I only wore Space Gallery T-shirts on T/F weekend, a silent homage to our Maine friends, who quite simply “get” the festival as much as anyone. Check out this lovely link: http://www.bavc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2098&Itemid=1094

This was an admirable collaboration between Arable Entertainment and director Nathan Truesdell, inspired by this year’s poster. It played something like 100 times at the fest, so it’s singed in many of our brains. In a good way. Check it out: http://ow.ly/1dWhI

Some highlights from Dylan Conn, a high school student from Chicago who volunteered at the Missouri Theatre: 1. Returning to Columbia and spending nearly the entire time downtown with my favorite friends. 2. Walking into “The British in Bed” at The Forrest Theatre – behind the directors who were speaking, knowing nothing about a marriage … Continued

So many images to process, so many good feelings to fuel the next many weeks…We all have our own — if you would, please email yours to [email protected]. For me, a list would start like this: 1. Troubador Robert Sarazin Blake singing an off-the-cuff epic ballad off-mic in front of a sell-out closing night film, … Continued

Can you believe that Brock Williams and Jonny Pez and the rest of Boxcar Films could do an instant summary of the festival ready in time by the closing night film? I don’t get how they did this. Boxcar is another good reason to love Columbia. See: http://www.boxcarfilms.com/archives/395

Only a few hours remain of the festival, and the afterglow is positively radioactive. Columbia, you are such a surprising host — how do you do it? More than 25,500 tickets sold, but numbers can’t really describe the pride we feel about our town and about a team that really knows how to festival. Can … Continued

True/False’s annual kick off parade, the MARCH MARCH, will depart at 5:00 pm from the big field next to the Macklanburg Playhouse, at 100 Willis Ave, on the north side of Broadway, just east of College Ave. Despite what the program says, the parade starts at 5:00 pm today, NOT 5:30 pm. Costumed or not, … Continued

Now appearing in the T/F box office window: diorama globes….depicting scenes from T/F films. Uh, I’m speechless. Sabrina Braden, the inspirational leader of Maude Vintage downtown, never ceases to amaze me with her endless creativity and high-powered goodness. But these dioramas are breathtaking. She and Alisha Waller, Gabrielle Parish, Greg Tissi, Erika Adair, Sam Pounders, … Continued