True/False is an annual festival in Columbia, Missouri, USA, which strives to celebrate the best of international nonfiction. T/F brings together filmmakers, artists, and musicians to create an immersive and communal experience focused on cinema constructed from reality.

Taking place over a long weekend, the mid-sized college town of Columbia is remade into a one-of-a-kind utopia with screenings, live music and art installations. The transformative, rambunctious, ecstatic experience of T/F creates a cathartic journey that invites participants to do nothing less than to re-imagine reality.

Creative placemaking means the festival develops the talents and focuses the energy of the region. We seek out the most creative, energetic people and then give them the tools to transform the downtown core of Columbia, both indoors and out. When the festival remakes ordinary spaces into magical, temporary spots, it inspires attendees from both near and far. T/F showcases downtown Columbia and its potential by welcoming in the wider international community.

This is an extraordinarily vital time for nonfiction filmmaking as an artistic form. Our goal is to forge a supportive, celebratory refuge for filmmakers and amplify the possibilities of creative nonfiction. True/False exists in a permeable, in-between land – bounded by fiction and nonfiction, but also bridging cultures and disciplines. Within that space, we encourage an atmosphere of innovation and excitement, free of the heat and stress of the market. Herein are the ingredients for a revolutionary new alloy, the future of an urgent art.

Schedule of Events

February 29, 2024

JESSE
4:15-5:51pm: Girls State
7:15-8:39pm: Spermworld
(10-11:37pm: Seeking Mavis Beacon

MISSOURI THEATRE
5:15-6:30 pm: The Jubilee
7-8:34pm: Agent of Happiness
9:45-11:29pm: Ibelin

THE BLUE NOTE
4:30-5:44pm: Magic Mountain
7-8:40pm: This Is Going to Be Big
10-11:40pm: Union

BIG RAGTAG
5-6:22pm: The Other Profile
7:30-9pm: There Was, There Was Not
10-11:20 pm: A Band of Dreamers and a Judge

WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG
4:30-5:54pm: Shorts: Static Plow
7-8:13pm: Obsolete
9:30-10:42pm: Boyz

ADDITIONAL MUSIC
7-10:30pm: Thursday Night Rose Showcase

Events
10pm-1am: @CTION Party

March 1, 2024

JESSE
3:45-5:36pm: Daughters
7-8:44pm: Ibelin
10-11:47pm: Look Into My Eyes

MISSOURI THEATRE
11am-12:40pm: This Is Going to Be Big
2-3:24pm: Spermworld
5-6:30pm: Reality Bites
7-9:05pm: Yintah
10:15-11:44pm: As the Tide Comes In

THE BLUE NOTE
10:30-11:37am: Shorts: Impossible Solution
1:15-2:55pm: Union
4:15-5:16pm: Three Promises
6:45-8:12pm: A Photographic Memory
10:30pm-1am: The Blue Note Dance Party w/ Materia

THE GLOBE
10:45am-12:15pm: There Was, There Was Not
1:45-3:11pm: Shorts: Absent Presence
4:45-6:13pm: I Like it Here
7:30-8:53pm: Background
10:15-11:42pm: Alien Island

BIG RAGTAG
11am-12:13pm: Obsolete
1:30-3:13pm: sr
4:15-5:33pm: 23 Mile
6:45-8:09pm: Flying Lessons
9:30-10:48pm: Gwetto

WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG
7:15-8:31pm: 1489
10-11:21pm: Behind Closed Doors

CAFE BERLIN
8-11pm: Friday Night Berlin Showcase

ADDITIONAL MUSIC
6-8pm: Friday Eastside Happy Hour

Events
4:45-5:15pm: March March
9-10:30pm: Campfire Stories
10:30pm-lam: Short Circuit

March 2, 2024

JESSE
2:30-4:00pm: Girls State
5:45-7:12pm: A Photographic Memory
8:30-10:10pm: Union

MISSOURI THEATRE
9:30-11:14am: Ibelin
12:30-1:31pm: Three Promises
3-4:37pm: Socking Mavis Beacon
7-8:47pm: Look Into My Eyes
10-11:51pm: Daughters

THE BLUE NOTE
9:45-11:19am: Agent of Happiness
12:30-1:54pm: Flying Lessons
3:15-4:33pm: Gwetto
6-7:12pm: Boyz

THE GLOBE
9:30-11:35am: Yintah
12:45-2:12pm: Alien Island
3:30-4:46pm: 1489
6-7:26pm: K-Family Affairs
8:45-10:14pm: As the Tide Comes In

BIG RAGTAG
12:30-1:44pm: Magic Mountain
3-4:18pm: 23 Mile
5:45-7:06pm: Behind Closed Doors
8:15-9:42pm: Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
10:45-11:58pm: Nofinofy

WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG
9:15-10:58am: sr
7:45-8:52pm: Shorts: Impossible Solution
10-11:23pm: Background

CAFE BERLIN
8-11pm: Saturday Night Berlin Showcase

ADDITIONAL MUSIC
2-4pm: Sentinel Park Showcase
7-9pm: Sanctuary Showcase
9pm-12:45am: Saturday Night Rose Showcase

EVENTS
10:30-11:30am: Art Walk
4-6pm: Filmmaker Fête

March 3, 2024

JESSE
12-2:05pm: Yintah
3:30-4:59pm: As the Tide Comes In
6:15-7:55pm: This Is Going to Be Big

MISSOURI THEATRE
9:30-11:07am: Seeking Mavis Beacon
12:30-2:06pm: Girls State
3:20-5:11pm: Daughters
5:30-7pm: Closing Night Reception
7:30-8:57pm: A Photographic Memory

THE BLUE NOTE
9:45-11:09am: Shorts: Static Flow
12:20-2:04pm: Agent of Happiness
3:15-4:39pm: Flying Lessons
6-7:20pm: Shorts: Random Order
8:30-9:52pm: The Other Profile

THE GLOBE
2:30-3:48pm: Alio La France
5-6:01pm: Three Promises
7:15-9:02pm: Look Into My Eye

BIG RAGTAG
9:30-11:46am: Tokyo Story
1-2:26pm: K-Family Affairs
3:30-4:42pm: Boyz
6-7:14pm: Magic Mountain
8:45-10:11pm: Shorts: Absent Presence

WILLY WILSON @ RAGTAG
3-4:30pm: There Was, There Was Not
5:30-7:13pm: sr
8:15-9:28pm: Obsolete

CAFE BERLIN
12-2:30am: Toasted

ADDITIONAL MUSIC
6-8pm: Hitt Records Sessions
9:30-10:30pm: Buskers Last Stand

Events
10:30-11:30am: Art Walk

Date: February 29-March 3, 2024

Location: Various Venues in Columbia, MO 65201

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