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PrintMore passes have been sold so far for this year’s True/False Film Festival than were sold last year overall.
Between Jan. 8 and Monday, 512 passes were sold, said festival box office manager Beth Kopine. That’s 370 full passes, 96 gold passes and 46 silver circle passes. Last year, about 450 were sold, according to festival organizer David Wilson.
On Monday, pass holders were able to start reserving tickets to the 70 documentaries in the March 1-4 festival. People without passes, which cost from $65 to $200, must wait until March 1.
“We want people to buy into the festival as a whole,” Wilson said, noting passes are meant to reward people who buy them. For example, the silver circle pass, the most expensive of the three, allows patrons to mingle with filmmakers during the “Filmmaker Fete” on March 3.
The festival, which will show 40 feature-length and 30 short documentaries, has done business this way since it began four years ago. Wilson looked at other festivals, in particular the Telluride and Sundance film festivals, to see how they operated.
Organizers found that pass holders were given preference and decided to follow suit.
Kopine said more than 400 ticket reservations were made Monday. “The tickets went live at 9 a.m., and the traffic between 9 and 11 (a.m.) was amazing,” Kopine said. “It seems like people have really picked up on how to do the festival best — with the passes.”
Ten of the 18 films showing at the Ragtag Cinemacafe have reached a standing called “No Reserve Tickets.” In that case, people who want to see these films must arrive 30 minutes before the showing and take a number. Of those, a few people will get in, Wilson said.
The films that reached “No Reserve” status on Monday are: “Welcome Europa,” “Running Stumbled,” “Nimrod Nation,” “Row Hard, No Excuses,” “I am a Map” (shorts program), “Manufactured Landscapes,” “Kamp Katrina,” the Sunday screening of “Zoo,” “Secret Screening (Red)” and “Secret Screening (Blue).”
People who want to buy passes can do so online at truefalse.org and at the Missouri Theatre, 203 S. Ninth St., until Feb. 23. After that, ticket sales will cease until the day the festival begins, when both passes and single tickets will be available at the True/False box office in the Cherry Street Artisan, 111 S. Ninth St., and the Missouri Theatre.
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