True/False Film Festival Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/truefalse-film-festival/ What to Watch Wed, 29 Oct 2025 22:00:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png True/False Film Festival Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/truefalse-film-festival/ 32 32 A Conversation with Emily Mkrtichian (THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/emily-mkrtichian/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:10:16 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54284

It may be incongruous to characterize a film about war and destruction as “gentle,” or a film of loss and ethnic cleaning as “tender,” but Emily Mkrtichian’s debut feature There Was, There Was Not is a film that continuously breaks […]

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]]> THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT Trailer: Four Women Survive War in a Lost Country in Moving Debut Documentary https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/there-was-there-was-not-emily-mkrtichian/ Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:30:25 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=52050 THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT

Life in a lost country comes into focus in one of DOC NYC’s most acclaimed selections, There Was, There Was Not. Emily Mkrtichian makes her directorial debut with this documentary that follows the lives of four women in Artsakh, a […]

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]]> Jim Brunzell’s 2017 True/False Film Fest Wrap https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/documentary/2017-truefalse-wrap/ Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:13:02 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27654 The timing of the 14th annual True/False Film Festival could not have happened at a more “long, strange, trip” two months into 2017. It is a question many Americans have faced and/or perhaps are struggling with, myself included, but knowing […]

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]]> A Conversation With Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet (ONLY THE YOUNG) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-elizabeth-mims-and-jason-tippet-only-the-young/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-elizabeth-mims-and-jason-tippet-only-the-young/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:16:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=19129 When I first discovered Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet’s feature debut at the 2012 True/False Film Festival, I made this rather bold declaration: “After only one viewing, I’m ready to file Only The Young in the all-time coming-of-age canon.” After […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-elizabeth-mims-and-jason-tippet-only-the-young/feed/ 1 A Conversation With Bill Ross (TCHOUPITOULAS) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-bill-ross-tchoupitoulas/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-bill-ross-tchoupitoulas/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:24:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=19105 Bill and Turner Ross made quite a splash when they world premiered their film 45365 at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. A tender portrait of the Ross Bros.’ hometown, Sidney, Ohio, 45365 plays like a greatest hits of a small […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-bill-ross-tchoupitoulas/feed/ 1 A Conversation With Jarred Alterman (CONVENTO) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jarred-alterman-convento/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jarred-alterman-convento/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:52:01 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=15560 In my Pick of the Week review at the Filmmaker blog for Jarred Alterman’s Convento—in conjunction with its screening at Rooftop Films last summer—I had this to say about it: Jarred Alterman’s Convento is a multi-fold achievement. It’s an inspiring […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-jarred-alterman-convento/feed/ 1 BAMcinemaFEST 2010 – An Overview (Updated Daily!!!) https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/bamcinemafest-2010-htn-overview/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/bamcinemafest-2010-htn-overview/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:18:37 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=4963

After a resoundingly successful first year, BAMcinemaFEST is back to reaffirm its status as one of the premiere showcases in New York City for the freshest and brightest cinema of the current calendar year. While the BAMcinemaFEST program is most […]

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/bamcinemafest-2010-htn-overview/feed/ 1 TRUE/FALSE 2010 PART TWO – A Festival Apart https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/truefalse-2010-part-two-a-festival-apart/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:31:37 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1840 (If you haven’t already, read Part One of Pamela Cohn’s wrap-up right here.) This year, the T/F team watched about 700 films sent to them for consideration for their carefully curated festival of just 40 selections. The programming ethos is […]

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]]> TRUE/FALSE 2010 PART ONE – A Festival Apart https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/truefalse-2010-part-one-a-festival-apart/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:51:59 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=184 In a free local Missouri paper called VOX Magazine, reporter Aaron Channon writes, “The winter air in Columbia is not charged with the taste of salt water off the Mediterranean, and George Clooney will not be spotted sauntering along the […]

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]]> A Report From the 2009 Cinema Eye Honors https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/a-report-from-the-2009-cinema-eye-honors/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/a-report-from-the-2009-cinema-eye-honors/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:41:39 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=320 (The following report was submitted by Steve Holmgren and Liz Byer. As we were unable to attend this year’s festivities, we were happy to receive it, and now, to post it.) Independent filmmaking is a notoriously thankless proposition, and this […]

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