True/False Film Fest

This year, we paired four artists with musicians to create experimental one-minute bumpers shown before every film screening. Our final bumper feature! Sunday #2, T/F 25 by Cauleen Smith & Jayve Montgomery. 🌋 vimeo.com/1077638548

The results are in! Thanks to all of your support and generosity, the 2025 True Life Fund raised a grand total of $33,915.82 in support of The Track💛⁠

River of Grass was one of our 2025 world premieres! Here's a look back on one of the post-screening Q&A sessions with director Sasha Wortzel🐚

This year we paired four artists with musicians to create experimental one-minute bumpers shown before every screening. Each is a bold burst of innovation and collaboration. Saturday, T/F 25. A few more yet to come!⁠ ⁠ 🐲 vimeo.com/1077637066

Embracing collaboration, we invited four artists to pair up with musicians to create this year's bumpers. Marjorie Matamoros is a Honduran multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker & Semiratruth is a genre bending musician and sound design artist.

Now YOU can be the Gimme Truth judge.. Full coverage of one of our favorite nights of the fest is online to stream. ‼️ vimeo.com/1077432382?sha…

🎒 "Camp T/F is a curated track through the fest for local high school and college students. This year they watched 6 films, participated in 5 workshops, and enjoyed the coveted Filmmaker Dinner where they get to sit down with some of the minds behind fest films." - Gabby Galarza

We had so many incredible music showcases this year! Looking back on a few of our faves, like Finom bringin' the disco to Rose Hall🕺🏼

T/F bandanas were a hit this year!! Did you snag one? It's not too late, head on over to our online store to browse all available T/F merch. Shipping or local pickup available! 🛒 true-false-film-fest.myshopify.com

See our exclusive poster premiere for Ryan Sidhoo's @truefalse selection #TheTrack, playing at @SFFILM and @HotDocs this month. Designed by Alan Gillett. The contemporary coming-of-age story follows three teenagers chasing their Olympic dreams in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Big news! Ragtag Film Society is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrea Luque Káram as its new executive director! Get to know Andrea and read more about @RagtagCinema & True/False here: truefalse.org/andrea-luque-k…

ICYMI: Read Michael Blair’s dispatch from this year’s True/False (@truefalse), which situates the annual nonfiction film festival’s place within a Missouri whose political landscape has transformed in the last few decades. filmcomment.com/blog/the-best-…

Call us crazy, but we've already started thinking about T/F 2026.. We want your feedback! Fill out our attendee survey for a chance to win two spring passes, AND help us better the fest📢 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

◀️ Could YOU say True/False backwards? Our hard-working friends gave it their best shot. Thank you to our volunteers! Full video at the link below. ▶️ vimeo.com/1061532273

On the new episode of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast, hosts John Ridley and @MattCarey react to the #Oscars Sunday night. ‘No Other Land,’ set in the occupied West Bank, brought the first ever Oscar win to Palestinian filmmakers – Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal – who made the documentary in tandem with Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. Doc Talk also turns our attention to one of the most highly-acclaimed documentary festivals in the U.S. – True/False (@truefalse), headquartered in Columbia, MO. The festival’s artistic director, Chloé Trayner, tells Ridley and Carey how “joy and playfulness” have become integral to the True/False identity, and why the cinematic showcase favors “authored” work over less distinctive approaches to the documentary form. Listen to a clip below, and the full episode here: deadline.com/doc-talk Doc Talk is in partnership with @nostudiosmke

Angelo Madsen’s (North By Current) newest film, A BODY TO LIVE IN, is an ode to body piercer, performance artist, and photographer Fakir Musafar (1930–2018). Read Edward Frumkin's @the_frump_ interview with Madsen on #DocumentaryMag. documentary.org/online-feature…

SUNDAY PHOTO RECAP👏🏽 Weekend wrap-up traditions included Hitt Records sessions, Core staff bow, Camp T/F closing circle, and Toasted! Another amazing True/False is in the books and we're already looking forward to next year.

SATURDAY PHOTO RECAP⏪️ Reminiscing on a day full of incredible films like How to Build a Library, musical talent at our Sanctuary, Berlin, and Rose showcases, and camp True/False activities. What was your favorite part of the weekend?

❓️ Thank you to all our filmmakers with tall tales and true stories alike that participated in last night's Gimme Truth! We hope you've started thinking of your idea for next year...

A special shoutout is in order for our venue sponsor Simmons Bank! Simmons Bank makes film showings, parties, music, art installations, and more possible in the beautiful Missouri Theatre. ⁠ ⁠ We're so grateful to Simmons Bank for keeping us in one of our favorite venues!