Hollywoodgate by Egyptian filmmaker Ibrahim Nash’at took the Grand Jury Award at the 2024 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. With an interpreter by his side Nash’at documents a Taliban group taking control of a former CIA base nicknamed “Hollywoodgate” just days after the U.S. Army’s controversial withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
Angela Patton and Natalie Rae’s Daughters following four young girls preparing for a Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers in Washington, DC, won the Audience Award—Feature.
Other awards including Full Frame President’s Award went to Je m’appelle Mariia directed by Juho Reinikainen; Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award went to Sugarcane directed by Julian Brave Noisecat and Emily Kassie; and the Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award went to On the Way Home directed by Giorgi Kvelidze.
2024 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Award Winners
FULL FRAME GRAND JURY AWARD
Hollywoodgate (dir. Ibrahim Nash’at)
FULL FRAME GRAND JURY SPECIAL JURY AWARD
1489 (dir. Shoghakat Vardanyan)
FULL FRAME JURY AWARD FOR BEST SHORT
Presented by Drs. Barbra and Andrew Rothschild
Stud Country (dirs. Lina Abascal, Alexandra Kern)
SALLY ROBINSON AUDIENCE AWARD—SHORT
Presented by Peter Lange in honor of Sally Robinson
American Seams (dir. Carly Jakins)
SALLY ROBINSON AUDIENCE AWARD—FEATURE
Presented by Peter Lange in honor of Sally Robinson
Daughters (dirs. Angela Patton, Natalie Rae)
CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES FILMMAKER AWARD
Presented by Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies
Sugarcane (dirs. Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie)
CHARLES E. GUGGENHEIM EMERGING ARTIST AWARD
Presented by the Charles E. Guggenheim Family
On the Way Home (dir. Giorgi Kvelidze)
JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN HUMANITIES INSTITUTE AWARD
Presented by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University
Ever Since, I Have Been Flying (dir. Aylin Gökmen)
FULL FRAME PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Presented by Duke University
Je m’appelle Mariia (dir. Juho Reinikainen)
KATHLEEN BRYAN EDWARDS AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Presented by the Julian Price Family Foundation in memory of Melanie Taylor
All We Carry (dir. Cady Voge)