Special Events
- @ction Party
- Explore life and love via the back alleys of downtown as @ction transports you to another epoch in your True/False experience.
- Art Installations
- T/F isn't just about movies, it's an explosion of local designer energy, all unleashed for one weekend.
- Box Office Bash
- Fest favorites, The Can Kickers and The Toughcats, mix it up with fest newcomer Bill Haite, as well as local heroes, Rutherford. Doors at 8pm. Sliding scale donation.
- Busker's Last Stand
- Raise a glass of Schlafly as the accordion player squeezes the last breath out of the festival and the fiddler sheds a single tear. The movies are done, but leave it to the assembled musical horde to sing us one last lullabye
- Closing Night Reception
- Prior to the closing night film at the Missouri Theatre, join us in the lobbies for our closing night reception. We'll have food by Addison's, flowers by My Secret Garden, beer from Schlafly and wine from Domaine Chandon. Free for Closing Night Film ticket holders.
- Eastside Show
- At the middle point of the festival route, Eastside Tavern will present a showcase of the best of the Chicago underground. With avant garde performance and video work, and featuring Dewayne Slighweight's multi-media event, The Kinship Structure of Ferns. Doors at 9pm. $6 cover.
- Filmmaker Fete
- Columbia's chance to rub elbows with our visiting directors, producers and stars. Sycamore restaurant and PS Gallery host this foray into fine food as Chef Mike Odette serves up tasty tapas complemented by Moet champagne and Schlafly beer. Bask in the flowers by My Secret Garden and the Burn This Boat #4 video installation by Andrea Maio.
- Gimme Truth
- True/False's signature game show makes a triumphant return to the Blue Note, as Missouri filmmakers battle for bragging rights and big prizes. As short films unspool onscreen, the audience and the judges must try to decide if they're for real or fabricated. Hilarity ensues.
- March March
- Not a spectator sport! Take to the streets Friday night, and march with us from the Blue Note to Macklenburg for our annual kick off March March!
- Mojo's Show
- This year Mojo's hosts a squad of party beasts that will compel you to cower in the face of their party beats. Javelin (New York), Killer Whales (Chicago), and Steddy P (homegrown hero) will bring the wild rumpus well into the night.
- Reality Bites
- Silver Circle and Lux passholders are invited to indulge after the parade at a showcase of downtown Columbia restaurants. Guests will sample flavors from across the globe including Thai, Italian and Jamaican cuisine.
- Reel Gone Roundup (Secret Screening Blue)
- Gather round outside The Blue Note, 17 N. Ninth St.,at 9am Sunday to join the Sour Mash Hug Band and the Can Kickers on our musical buses as they whisk you away to the Bull Pen livestock barn. After a locally produced brunch and a short hoedown with the bands, we play a secret (but thematically linked) film.
- Saturday Showcase
- The Cherry Street Artisan hosts our Saturday Night Music showcase starting at 8pm as we present the sunshine psych and folk sounds of The Spiral Joy Band, The Sour Mash Hug Band, Witch Pu55y, and Karinne Keithley.
- Vidas and Razos
- Traveling songwriters gather together from points unknown at our Friday Night Music Showcase at the Cherry Street Artisan. Join us for the songs and stories of Robert Blake, Steve Carell, Brody Hunt, Run on Sentence and Malone. Doors at 8pm. Sliding scale donation.