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COLUMBIA - This year s True/False Film Fest won t be centered around downtown Columbia, but downtown businesses say they are still expecting plenty of revenue.
The fest will take place almost entirely outside at Stephens Lake Park, about a mile from downtown Columbia. The only non-park venues are Ragtag Cinema and a drive-in theater venue at the Holiday Inn Executive Center.
Business owners and managers said this weekend represents an intersection of events they expect will bring in business: True/False, the first weekend of 2021 University of Missouri graduations and Mother s Day.
For many businesses, this represents a much-needed weekend of revenue lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COLUMBIA - The True/False Film Fest usually attracts large crowds to Columbia. Executive directors of the fest say they faced a challenge on how to social distance large crowds.
The True/False Film Fest usually attracts large crowds to Columbia. Executive directors of the fest say they faced a challenge on how to social distance large crowds.
âFor what seems like a year now we have been working closely with the health department to come up with a plan that allows for outdoor screenings, physically distanced,â Barbie Banks, co-executive director of True/False Film Fest, said.
And for the COVID compliance director for True/False, Cory Kaufman, the event gives people a chance to come together. True/False, traditionally has been a place and a time for gathering. And this has been a really weird year. So I think that this is something that s going to bring the people together in a beautiful setting stated Kaufman.Â
True False banners have begun to spread around parts of downtown Columbia. Jacob Murphy, KOMU 8 News
COLUMBIA- After a 14 month wait, the True/False Film Fest will be held at Stephens Lake Park this week, allowing for guests to attend in-person.
Filmmakers from all around the country will be in town to view their films alongside a live crowd.
âSo many filmmakers last year didnât get that (experience) and might not for a little while elsewhere as well,â True/False programmer Angela Catalano said.
Aurora Brachman, a documentary film student at Stanford University, will travel to Columbia to watch her featured short film âClub Quarantine.â
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The annual True/False Film Festival in Columbia starts Wednesday, and the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau expects it to be the economic boost Columbia needs as the pandemic winds on.
Bureau spokeswoman Megan McConachie said festival capacity is not as large as it was before the pandemic. However, she still expects a good amount of people to come use hotels, shop in stores and eat at local restaurants. It s still going to definitely give our town an economic boost as we continue to recover from the pandemic, McConachie said.
Matt McGee, owner of On the Rocks in downtown Columbia, said he s not sure what impact this years festival will have on businesses downtown.