Festival Schedule: Friday, Feb. 27
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Missouri Theatre
Blue Note
Forrest Theater
Big Ragtag
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Windsor Cinema
Macklanburg Cinema
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Pictures of the Year 2009
Columbia is home to one of the most prestigious photography competitions in the world, the Pictures of the Year honors. Join POYi director Rick Shaw and award-winning photographers for a look at this year's stunning winners.
Columbia is home to one of the most prestigious photography competitions in the world, the Pictures of the Year honors. Join POYi director Rick Shaw and award-winning photographers for a look at this year's stunning winners.
Instant Soundtrack 2.0: A Showdown
Join film composers T. Griffin (A Walk Into the Sea: The Danny Williams Story) and Ionic Furjanic (Manda Bala) as they duel over the process of scoring a film.
Join film composers T. Griffin (A Walk Into the Sea: The Danny Williams Story) and Ionic Furjanic (Manda Bala) as they duel over the process of scoring a film.
The Frontline Club: Lessons On Shooting and Being Shot At
These brave, possibly foolhardy filmmakers go to battle zones, putting themselves in harm's way to come back with the story. Ian Olds (Occupation: Dreamland), Richard Parry and Robert King (Blood Trail) share their war stories, and Vaughan Smith, founder of the Frontline Club in London, tries to keep them on track.
These brave, possibly foolhardy filmmakers go to battle zones, putting themselves in harm's way to come back with the story. Ian Olds (Occupation: Dreamland), Richard Parry and Robert King (Blood Trail) share their war stories, and Vaughan Smith, founder of the Frontline Club in London, tries to keep them on track.
The Kim & Ollie Show: The Push/Pull Relationship Between Director and Editor
Kim Longinotto and her longtime editor Ollie Huddleston have collaborated on a trio of remarkable films, and in this intimate session we get a sense for how they make it all flow.
Kim Longinotto and her longtime editor Ollie Huddleston have collaborated on a trio of remarkable films, and in this intimate session we get a sense for how they make it all flow.
Sounds and Visions of a New World: Junior Eurovision as Microcosm of a Changing Europe
Ostensibly about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Sounds Like Teen Spirit is also an irresistible portrait of a fast-changing Europe from Cyprus to the former Soviet republics — where songs seem to be a good replacement for guns. English director Jamie Jay Johnson will show clips and kick off a lively discussion about the future of Europe. Sponsored by MU's Transatlantic Center.
Ostensibly about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Sounds Like Teen Spirit is also an irresistible portrait of a fast-changing Europe from Cyprus to the former Soviet republics — where songs seem to be a good replacement for guns. English director Jamie Jay Johnson will show clips and kick off a lively discussion about the future of Europe. Sponsored by MU's Transatlantic Center.
Gaea Girls
A training camp for young Japanese women who want to be pro wrestlers is the setting for this hyper-intense film.
A training camp for young Japanese women who want to be pro wrestlers is the setting for this hyper-intense film.
Extremities (shorts)
A sensational tour of the world, stopping to hang out with gangsters in Poland, shoppers in a vast Chinese mall, blind people in Brazil and coca farmers in Colombia.
A sensational tour of the world, stopping to hang out with gangsters in Poland, shoppers in a vast Chinese mall, blind people in Brazil and coca farmers in Colombia.
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!
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!
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.
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.
Earth Days
The director of Guerilla uses stunning archival footage and vivid testimonies by Stewart Brand and others to capture the lead-up to the first Earth Day in 1970.
The director of Guerilla uses stunning archival footage and vivid testimonies by Stewart Brand and others to capture the lead-up to the first Earth Day in 1970.
Reporter
Longtime T/F favorite Eric Daniel Metzgar accompanies the crusading N.Y. Times super-journalist Nicholas Kristoff to the Congo, where Kristoff negotiates warlords and treacherous zones to locate the story that will change hearts and minds in the West.
Longtime T/F favorite Eric Daniel Metzgar accompanies the crusading N.Y. Times super-journalist Nicholas Kristoff to the Congo, where Kristoff negotiates warlords and treacherous zones to locate the story that will change hearts and minds in the West.
Waltz With Bashir
This animated, mind-blowing doc — one of the year's most celebrated films — is a former Israeli soldier's attempt to make sense of a massacre of Palestinian civilians, 25 years later.
This animated, mind-blowing doc — one of the year's most celebrated films — is a former Israeli soldier's attempt to make sense of a massacre of Palestinian civilians, 25 years later.
We Live in Public
Ondi Timoner's splashy portrait of Josh Harris, an artist with a flair for social engineering experiments. In 1999, he spearheaded an Orwellian commune in which 100 specimens lived in a New York City basement where their lives were surveilled 24-7.
Ondi Timoner's splashy portrait of Josh Harris, an artist with a flair for social engineering experiments. In 1999, he spearheaded an Orwellian commune in which 100 specimens lived in a New York City basement where their lives were surveilled 24-7.
Necrobusiness
This richly entertaining true-crime story reveals something's rotten in Lodz, Poland, as a ghoulish conspiracy is uncovered involving funeral directors and ambulance drivers. Sneak preview.
This richly entertaining true-crime story reveals something's rotten in Lodz, Poland, as a ghoulish conspiracy is uncovered involving funeral directors and ambulance drivers. Sneak preview.
Carmen Meets Borat
When the Borat crew came to Glod, Romania, they used people there to stand in for the fictional Kazakhstan. In this rollicking slice-of-life, we meet the real-life residents of Glod, including the forever-dreaming teenager Carmen. Sneak preview.
When the Borat crew came to Glod, Romania, they used people there to stand in for the fictional Kazakhstan. In this rollicking slice-of-life, we meet the real-life residents of Glod, including the forever-dreaming teenager Carmen. Sneak preview.
I Will Survive (shorts)
From displacement to language barriers, these five films illustrate the ways people strive for self-preservation.
From displacement to language barriers, these five films illustrate the ways people strive for self-preservation.
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.
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.
Secret Screening Blue
At an Oklahoma prison, inmates put pride on the line as they compete in the nation's most famous prison rodeo.
At an Oklahoma prison, inmates put pride on the line as they compete in the nation's most famous prison rodeo.
glastonburykids
Post-Jackass offspring run amok in a privileged Connecticut suburb.
Post-Jackass offspring run amok in a privileged Connecticut suburb.
Sounds Like Teen Spirit
Fifty years after Europe warred on the battlefield, its competitive spirit is now satisfied by singing contests. With a knack for funny and moving in equal measure, the film tells the story of the 2007 Junior Eurovision competition in which pint-sized talents from Cyprus to the Ukraine sing their hearts out. Sneak preview.
Fifty years after Europe warred on the battlefield, its competitive spirit is now satisfied by singing contests. With a knack for funny and moving in equal measure, the film tells the story of the 2007 Junior Eurovision competition in which pint-sized talents from Cyprus to the Ukraine sing their hearts out. Sneak preview.
@ction Party
Explore life and love via the back alleys of downtown as @ction transports you to another epoch in your True/False experience.
Explore life and love via the back alleys of downtown as @ction transports you to another epoch in your True/False experience.
Forgetting Dad
Rick Minnich (Homemade Hillbilly Jam) returns to T/F with a deeply personal doc about his father, who after a car accident became "the new Richard," a man with no memory of his previous life. Sneak preview.
Rick Minnich (Homemade Hillbilly Jam) returns to T/F with a deeply personal doc about his father, who after a car accident became "the new Richard," a man with no memory of his previous life. Sneak preview.