When we began considering key art for this year, we envisioned a card not found in the traditional tarot deck: Foresight. To pull this off, we turned to our past, collaborating anew with designer and art director Erik Buckham and illustrator Akiko Stehrenberger, whom we last worked with back in 2015. Diving deep into divination, … Continued
Each year, True/False brings a multitude of talented visual artists from near and far to reinvent venues and transform downtown during the four-day Fest. This year’s theme, FORESIGHT, speaks to our age-old desire for precognition, to see what’s just around the corner. We’ve asked visual artists to show the future that resides within us all, … Continued
Columbia, Missouri – The True/False Film Fest acknowledges the risks, sacrifices, and contributions of documentary subjects through its True Life Fund, a philanthropic effort where its audiences raise money for the subjects of one True/False selection. The 2020 True Life Fund film is Welcome to Chechnya. This vital and harrowing film confronts an ongoing genocide … Continued
We are deeply sorry for the pain caused by our sponsorship relationship with The Crossing. For over 17 years, the Ragtag Film Society (Ragtag Cinema and the True/False Film Fest) has thrived because the Columbia community has supported our cinema and Fest. We are thankful for the hours of labor, donations, tickets and passes purchased, … Continued
For Immediate Release In 2009, David Wilson, one of the founders of the True/False Film Fest, and Dave Cover, one of the senior pastors of the Crossing, embarked on the least likely sponsorship in history: a conservative evangelical Christian church agreed to sponsor an irreligious documentary film festival. This unique project sought to find common … Continued
Over the last few days, we have received messages of concern from members of our community about our sponsorship arrangement with The Crossing, a local church. This feedback adds to ongoing internal conversations about our organizational values and how they connect with those of our sponsors and partners. For over a decade, the Ragtag Film … Continued
True/False Film Fest welcomes Jeanelle Augustin as its new festival programmer. Augustin joins returning programmer Amir George and newly appointed Director of Programming Chris Boeckmann as the team assembling the film lineup for the festival’s 17th edition, which will be held March 5-8, 2020, in downtown Columbia, Missouri, USA. Augustin is a Haitian-American arts critic … Continued
Paul Sturtz, artistic director and co-founder of True/False Film Fest and co-founder of Ragtag Cinema, is stepping away from Ragtag Film Society to pursue new opportunities. “Over 22 years, I have worked with inspiring, curious people, many of whom have become dear friends and accomplices,” Sturtz says. “I feel confident that the festival and cinema … Continued
Jeremy is an experienced nonprofit leader who has worked for Ragtag Film Society for almost a decade, most recently as the Executive Director of the True/False Film Fest. He guided True/False through many stages of organizational growth since he joined the staff in2009. During his tenure, the True/False staff increased from 3.5 full-time staff members … Continued
We are excited to say that our Boone Dawdle 2018 concert features a pretty phenomenal lineup. This year, the future-soul stylings of SIFA and the genre-defying tunes of the transcendent Tonina, and her euphonic quartet, will grace the stage at Les Bourgeois Vineyards. Here’s a taste: Plus! We have an extra special guest joining the merriment: Danny Paul Grody of San Francisco … Continued
