True/False excites community
Published March 2, 2009
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Retired roller derby athlete Renee Maxwell waits for her fellow Derby Dames before the start of the True/False Film Fest March March parade Friday. The parade began at The Blue Note and ended at the Macklanburg Playhouse at Stephens College.
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True/False Film Fest volunteers John Roberts and Sarah Bantz hold a large bird during the parade. Jazzy horns, marching bands and quirky art projects filled the streets.
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'Afghan Star' Director Havana Marking talks with 'Rise Up' Director Luciano Blotta during the Filmmaker Fete on Saturday at Sycamore. The event gave ticket holders a chance to talk with filmmakers while sampling food and drinks from the restaurant.
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Host Jonathan Gotsick introduces himself and judges Havana Marking, Kimberly Reed and Yael Nahlieli during Gimme Truth! on Saturday at The Blue Note. Gimme Truth! is a game show in which contestants guess whether documentaries made by Missouri filmmakers are true or false.
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Gimme Truth! host Jonathan Gotsick adresses the crowd after local filmmaker Chip Gubera anounces his film, 'Jeremy Higgins: Animator,' was actually fictitious.
This year‚ the True/False Film Fest brought palpable excitement and energy to what was a decidedly dreary last weekend in February.
The festival provided top documentaries as well as workshops, field trips, secret screenings and question-and-answer sessions with directors and subjects. Director Ondi Timoner and film subject Josh Harris of "We Live in Public" discussed Internet doomsday scenarios with audience members Saturday night at the Missouri Theatre. Other attendees included Dan Stone, director of whaling documentary "At the Edge of the World‚" and Robert Kenner, director of "Food, Inc.," a film that took viewers behind-the-scenes of farms and food processing plants.
The weekend also included the event Gimme Truth!, a contest where local filmmakers submitted film profiles of Missouri residents that were either completely false or completely true. They then picked their favorites -- depending on how well they were fooled -- and the winners were awarded prizes.