How did you take advantage of your extra-ordinary, extra day of February? Did you celebrate by having a leap year party? Or going to Columbia, Missouri? Or better yet, having a leap year party in Columbia, Missouri?

If you answered no to all-of-the-above...really? No? to all three? You only missed out on a) a great excuse to throw a party, b) the chance to say you hung out in the FIFTH-largest city in Missouri, and most importantly, c) the TRUE/FALSE FILM FESTIVAL!

The 5th annual TRUE/FALSE Film Festival took place February 28 - March 2 and featured a wide array of documentaries, many of which also showed at Sundance or Toronto. The best thing about this festival is that no awards are given. Instead, the festival lends itself to people who truly care about viewing and supporting documentaries and its filmmakers.

Highlights from the festival include two documentaries by Alex Gibney, "Taxi to the Dark Side," the film he won his recent Oscar for, and "Gonzo," Gibney's new documentary about the brilliant and tortured life of writer, Hunter S. Thompson. Gibney was in attendance at the festival to introduce both his films. "Joy Division" also had a sneak preview at TRUE/FALSE. The documentary chronicles the extraordinary cultural impact of the short-lived post-punk band from Manchester with bandmate interviews as well as recently discovered audiotape of frontman Ian Curtis' haunting voice. The release of "Joy Division" follows the 2007 released and critically acclaimed "Control," a black-and-white biopic about the band by Antony Corbijn.

To see a list of all of the films that played at TRUE/FALSE, along with descriptions of the films go to:

http://www.truefalse.org/program/index.htm

Catch you later!

P.S. for all you slackers who missed out this year, I hope 4 years is enough time to come up with the grandest, most fabulous, most talked about 2012 Leap Party of the year!