True/False Festival Returns In-Person With Annual Parade and Spirited Response to Docus About Russia
variety.comAddie Morfoot ContributorTrue/False, the preeminent non-fiction festival, returned as an in-person event Thursday, drawing documentary notables and fans of their work to a Missouri college town for the first lineup under the artistic direction of Chloe Trayner.There were 31 features and 19 short non-fiction films at the fest, which had more of an international tilt than usual and concludes March 6.
Eight features, including “Fire of Love,” “I Didn’t See You There” and “The Territory,” had previously debuted virtually at Sundance in January, but screened for the first time for public audiences at True/False.Their respective directors — Sara Dosa (“Fire of Love”), Reid Davenport (“I Didn’t See You There”) Alex Pritz (“The Territory”) – were among the filmmakers making the trek to Columbia for the 19th edition of True/False.
Fellow Sundance 2022 doc directors including Isabel Castro (“Mija”) and Joe Hunting (“We Met in Virtual Reality”) also attended. “Sundance was amazing, but True/False feels like our grand opening in many ways,” said Pritz, whose film “The Territory” focuses on an indigenous-led land defense in the Amazon rainforest.
Beyond live audience reactions, the screening gave the entire filmmaking team the first time “to watch the film on a big screen with proper speakers.
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