BUMPERS

For a year in which everything felt new and worthy of re-imagining, it seemed appropriate to take a different tack with our pre-film bumpers.

Reaching out to our now-vast cohort of True/False directors, we asked them to send us short reflections on the idea of uncertainty. Not only did they respond, but, befitting the creative breadth of T/F films, they approached the concept from as wide a variety of perspectives as one could imagine.

All the bumpers we received will live on our website, but five will screen live each night of the Fest in the Park and at The Executive Drive-in throughout the Fest. They are:

Charlie Shackleton (“Paint Drying,” Provocations 2017) revisits the British Board of Film Censors as it questions the appropriateness of an intimate meditation.

Jack Dunphy, director of “Brontosaurus” (T/F 2021), reflects on his relationship with his grandfather.

Yance Ford, director of Strong Island (T/F 2017), recounts an unforgettably uncertain downtown Columbia sidewalk moment.

Catherine Bray (producer of “Fish Story,” T/F 2017) makes clever use of her phone’s search feature.

Kim Hopkins (Voices of the Sea, T/F 2018) shares the indomitable spirit behind the oldest amateur filmmaking club in the U.K.

And a huge thanks to our longtime friends at Chimaeric for helping to make this crop of bumpers Fest-ready.