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 27, 2025

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

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

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February 28, 2025

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

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March 1, 2025

JESSE
2:30-4:06pm: 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: Seeking Mavis Beacon
7-8:47pm: Look Into My Eyes
10-11:51pm: Daughters

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March 2, 2025

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

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Date: February 27-March 2, 2025

Location: Various Venues in Columbia, MO 65201

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