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August 23, 2026 at 4:37 AM
#truefalsefilmfest starts tomorrow! We'll be spending most of the day on the road tomorrow but we'll start watching movies in the evening. Seems like a good time to share some photos from last year's fest.

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February 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
14. Middletown
This inspiring doc highlights a small, high school journalism program in the 90s that uncovered a conspiracy to cover up the dumping of illegal toxic waste involving the entire local government and eventually even the mob.

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March 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Along with the #truefalsefilmfest, Columbia, MO has a #parade the first weekend of March dubbed the "March March". My favorite shot from the parade was actually before the event began - a lone participant racing across town to make it there on time.

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March 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
1. River of Grass
This documentary covers nearly a century of conservation efforts in The Everglades using gorgeous footage, current and archival, and poetic narration that verged on ASMR.

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February 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
In Columbia, MO, the first Saturday in March is always celebrated with the March March where locals and visitors dress up and parade through the middle of downtown.

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January 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
8. A Want in Her
This doc is about the filmaker's mother's alcoholism and features relevant footage she'd been shooting since childhood. Maybe it was the avant garde approach or my own connection to the subject matter but this one hit me hard.

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March 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
10. John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
For a documentary about the man that is responsible the ideas of dolphin intelligence, deprivation tanks, and LSD and Ketamine as therapeutics, the presentation was oddly straight-laced.

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March 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
12. Writing Hawa
This doc starts with an Afghani mother breaking traditional roles to learn to read, write and start her own business but the growth is halted when the US leaves the country in the hands of the Taliban who begin oppressing women again

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March 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
13. Make It Look Real
Evidently, in Pakistan, it's fairly novel to have your photo aggressively photoshopped to add guns, cars, helicopters and women. This charming doc centered around an eccentric shop owner providing the service.

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March 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
7. Shorts: Autumn
A block of short docs. My favorite of the bunch was Hope Chest where the filmmaker examined gender norms using stop motion animation on the contents of her own mother's hope chests.

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March 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Continuing my series from the March March in Columbia, MO. The queue queens for the #truefalsefilmfest dress up in colorful costumes to make them easy to find if you need help so they always make a great addition to the #parade

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March 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
9. The Silence of My Hands
This doc was about a woman struggling to become the first deaf lawyer in Guadalajara, or a deaf person transitioning to a man, or their long distance relationship, or what it sounds like to be deaf. It was all over the place.

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March 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
5. The Wolves Always Come at Night
#truefalse always sneaks in a few fiction pieces that play with the truth and this year we have a drama co-written by a family of Mongolians who were forced to move to the city after losing half their herd.

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March 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
2. The Undergrowth
This quiet film follows 3 sisters harvesting almonds and squabbling over a land inherritence none of them really seem to want while a volcano ominously erupts in the near distance making their grievances seem even smaller.

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February 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
4. WTO/99
This film uses exclusively archival footage to cover the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization summit in Seattle. If you don't already have enough motivation to get out and protest, this will fill your tank.

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March 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
3. Resurrection
This film documents the mass relocation of graves to make way for a new highway in China. I think it followed a formula too rigidly: a family digs up the remains, argues over which bone is which and then a bullet point list of factoids.

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February 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
6. How Deep is Your Love
This film joins a team of deep-sea researchers on a robot-enabled expedition. The nature-film inspired voice-over and dreamy visuals eventually bleed over to the government body deciding if deep-sea mining will be allowed.

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March 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My documentary feature RIVER OF GRASS is world premiering at the @truefalsefilmfest this month!! After many years crafting the film with a beautiful team of artists and participants, I’m thrilled to be sharing this deeply personal love letter to the Florida Everglades and those who call them home.
February 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
#truefalsefilmfest is today! Looking forward to an onslaught of great #documentary films and some great opportunities for #streetphotography. The plan is to marry the two together and accompany each of my micro reviews with an interesting shot. 🤞

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February 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
11. Sally
A biographical doc about Sally Ride, the first U.S. woman in space. Focus is split between her struggles as a woman in a male-dominated field but also her closeted life as a lesbian. Expertly crafted but ironically not breaking boundaries.

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March 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Cafe Poland is now serving Prima Finezja Polish coffee - smooth, rich, and just right before a True/False screening. Stop by, sip slowly, and soak in the festival spirit. ☕️🎬 #TrueFalse26 #TrueFalse #ColumbiaMO

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March 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
True/False Film Festival Parade in downtown Columbia, Missouri. Photography by Notley Hawkins. #missouri #filmfestival #como #columbiamissouri #thedistrict #people #parade #marchmarch #truefalsefilmfest #notleyhawkins
March 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If you’re around for @truefalsefilmfest I’ll be there too - watching great docs, of course, but also for something more personal. Side note: this definitely is not the one with Jason Statham, god bless’em.
February 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Este documental está xenialísimo 💛

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I have some special news to share, and I’d love your kindness and support:For the last eight years, I’ve been working on a film about three young men chasing their dreams while coming of age in Sarajevo. I stumbled upon their story by chance, and it never left me.I’m proud to say that The Track will have its world premiere at @truefalsefilmfest in late February. What makes this even more meaningful is that the festival has chosen to honor the boys in the documentary with the True Life Fund Award. Every year, the festival selects one film to help raise funds for the people featured on screen—whether to support their education, Olympic training, or simply to help them navigate a world that doesn’t always make space for them.As a filmmaker, seeing @mirzanikolajev @hamza_pleho and @golden.strongy and their Coach Senad receive this honor is one of the proudest moments of my career. If you’d like to contribute, you can find the donation link in my bio. Your support—whether through a donation or simply sharing this news—would mean the world.- thank you,@ryansidhoo (Director / Producer) - - -I am proud this film remained fully independent, made possible by the selfless and talented people who poured their hearts into it:Editor / Writer:@gdubya3Cinematographer:@jessemccrackenCoordinator / Co-EP:@jasminadjikoliSound Recordists:@johndiemerSamir HrkovicMusic:@edovanbjohanneswinkler_composerAdditional Music by:@rusandapanfili@jeffrey.innesColorists:@awayteamfilmsPost Sound:@ouvi@troysoundsgoodAdditional Cinematography:@alenct2712ervin.golubovic@leighunderwood.dopAlmir Djikoli@roaming304 Additional Creative:@nidalsaljic@_fran_ki_@minor_leagues@yugo.logo / @oran.design Key Art:@alan.gillett.designSupported By:@telefilm_canada@canada.council@sffilm@mountainfilm@ontarioartscouncilView all comments
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