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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">January 16, 2025</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Tammy Miller
<br />Communications Coordinator
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<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.874.7465
<br />Tammy.Miller@CoMo.gov
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<br />Grace Piontek
<br />Ragtag Film Society Operations Director
<br />gracep@truefalse.org
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<br />Emily Edwards
<br />Ragtag Film Society Communications Director
<br />emily@truefalse.org</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Complimentary passes to True/False Film Fest available for low-income households</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - Ragtag Film Society, in coordination with Columbia Parks and Recreation, are offering a limited number of pairs of <a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://truefalse.org/attend/passes/">Classic passes</a> to the 2025 True/False Film Fest to residents of Columbia with a family household income of less than 185% of the poverty level.<br /><br />As the operators of True/False, Ragtag is making the passes available. Parks and Recreation is accepting entry forms through its administrative office. <br /><br />Register for vouchers: <br /><br />
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<li>Online at <a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LQFc7sBLVXuYUfXbUMewCwef-JdfBRsUZGi_EaYY7N8/viewform?edit_requested=true">2025 True/False Film Fest Community Pass Entry Form</a></li>
<li>Via telephone by calling Columbia Parks and Recreation at 573.874.7460 during regular business hours (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.)</li>
<li>In person by visiting the Columbia Parks and Recreation office at 1 S. Seventh St. during regular business hours (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.)</li>
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<br />Registrations will be accepted Friday, Jan. 17 through Friday, Jan. 31. Pass recipients can expect to be notified by Wednesday, Feb. 5.<br /><br />Registration does not guarantee admission. Recipients will be selected in a random drawing by Columbia Parks and Recreation. It is ideal for winners to have access to the internet for communication about the pass and Fest, and to make ticket reservations (reservations open at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16).<br /><br />There is a limit of one complimentary pass request per two people. A pair of passes includes two passes for two individuals. A pair gives the passholder the ability to link reservations. Passes are non-transferable. Registrants must be at least 18 to apply.<br /><br />Winners must pick up their passes from the True/False Film Fest Box Office at Sager Reeves Gallery, 1025 E. Walnut. Box office hours are as follows: Wednesday, Feb. 26, 12-8 p.m.; Thursday, Feb. 27, 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 28, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Satur
day, March 1, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; and Sunday, March 2, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.<br /><br />True/False Film Fest, a project of Ragtag Film Society, will take place Feb. 27-March 2 in downtown Columbia. For more information, please visit <a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://truefalse.org/">truefalse.org</a>.</div>
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