GIMME TRUTH!
About
Gimme Truth! is our very own documentary game show, hosted by Brian Babylon and featuring an array of doc-world celebrity judges! Local filmmakers attempt to stump the judges/contestants with their short doc style videos that are entirely TRUE or entirely FALSE. All films need to be 2 minutes and made by people who live in Missouri. And of course, prizes will be awarded to the top three films! Please note that contestants should be at least 16 years old.
Applications for 2025 closed on February 10.
Email [email protected] with any questions
Gimme Truth! is presented with support from Missouri Film Office
History
The 2025 Edition
Host: Brian Babylon
Judges – Aurora Brachman (dir. “Hold Me Close”), Violet Du Feng (dir. The Dating Game), Angelo Madsen (dir. A Body to Live In)
The 2024 Edition
Host: Brian Babylon
Judges – Armel Hostiou (dir. The Other Profile), Jazmin Jones (dir. Seeking Mavis Beacon), Arun Bhattarai (dir. Agent of Happiness)
Host: Brian Babylon
Judges – Victoria Linares Villegas (dir. Ramona), Swetha Regunathan (dir. “Before it Breaks”), Kit Vincent (dir. Red Herring)
Host: Brian Babylon
Judges – Rita Baghdadi (dir. Sirens), Suneil Sanzgiri (dir. “Golden Jubilee”), Isabel Castro (dir. Mija)
Host: Brian Babylon
Judges – Jack Dunphy, (dir. “Brontosaurus”), Ashley Ray Harris (Neither/Nor Critic), Benh Zeitlin, (prod. No Kings)
Host: Brian Babylon
Judges – Kirsten Johnson (dir. Dick Johnson is Dead), Ursula Liang (dir. Down A Dark Stairwell), Jim LeBrecht (co-dir. Crip Camp)
Host: Brian Babylon
Judges – Lindsay Utz (editor. American Factory), Anand Patwardhan (dir. Reason), Miko Revereza (dir. No data plan)
Host: Brian Babylon
Judges – Chase Whiteside (dir. América), Sierra Pettengill (dir. “Graven Image”), Sandi Tan (dir. Shirkers)
Host – Brian Babylon
Judges – Khalik Allah (dir. Field Niggas), Steve James (dir. Abacus: Small Enough to Jail), Amanda Lipitz (dir. Step)
Host – Johnny St. John
Judges – Morgan Neville (dir. The Music of Strangers), Kirsten Johnson (dir. Cameraperson), Roger Ross Williams (dir. Life, Animated)
Host – Johnny St. John
Judges – Ioanis Nugent (dir. Spartacus & Cassandra), Lyric R. Cabral (dir. (T)ERROR), & Nick Broomfield (dir. Tales of the Grim Sleeper)
Host – Johnny St. John
Judges – Brandy Burre (star, Actress), Inna Shevchenko (star, Ukraine is Not a Brothel) & David Kaplan (star, Particle Fever)
The 2013 Edition
Host – Johnny St. John
Judges – Reigning champion Heidi Ewing (Detropia, Jesus Camp), Bill Ross (Tchoupitoulas, 45365) & Sergio Oksman (A Story for the Modlins)
The 2012 Edition
Host – Johnny St. John
Judges – Heidi Ewing (Detropia, Jesus Camp), Malik Bendjelloul (Searching for Sugar Man) & Derek Waters (Drunk History, Hall Pass)
The 2011 Edition
Host – Johnny St. John
Judges – Al Morrow (Secret Screening), Ameena Matthews (star, The Interrupters), Dennis Ho (Subway Preacher).
Application
Submissions for Gimme Truth! at True/False 2026 will open February 2026… stay tuned!
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