Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

NAME OF FESTIVAL: Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

SINCE: 1997

WHERE: Durham, North Carolina

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is an annual international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of nonfiction cinema. Each spring, Full Frame welcomes filmmakers and film lovers from around the world to historic downtown Durham, North Carolina, for a four-day, morning-to-midnight array of nearly 100 films, as well as discussions, panels, and Southern hospitality. Set within a few city blocks, the intimate festival landscape fosters community and conversation among filmmakers, film professionals, and the public.

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Documentary Films Screening in Competition at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and Silverdocs Documentary Festival now qualify for The Producers Guild of America Awards

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival have been chosen by The Producers Guild of America as qualifying events for the annual awards. To determine award nomination eligibility for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture, a documentary is eligible for awards consideration if it satisfies one of the exhibition methods stated by the PGA. Starting this year, a theatrically released documentary that was “in competition” can now be nominated […]

Special Flight Tops 2012 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Awards

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival announced the 2012 Festival award recipients with “Special Flight” receiving two awards, the Full Frame Grand Jury Award and the Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award.. The 57 documentaries screened in the NEW DOCS Program were eligible. Twelve awards were presented, including a Special Jury Award and two Honorable Mentions, to eleven different titles. 2012 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Award Winners The Anne Dellinger Grand Jury Award was […]

More Film Program Updates For 2012 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival announced additional programming news for the 2012 festival: The Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant, the Southern Documentary Fund: In-the-Works program, and a celebration of 40 years of New Day Films. The festival will also feature a retrospective of short films in honor of its fifteenth anniversary, featuring one title from each previous year of the festival. The 2012 Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant has been awarded to Jason Osder […]

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces 16 Film in 2012 Invited Program

Full Frame announced the 16 titles that will screen as part of its 2012 Invited Program. This section features films screening out of competition. The Invited Program also includes the festival’s Center Frame screenings, which are premium events that feature moderated panel discussions following the films and take place in Fletcher Hall of the Carolina Theatre. The US Premiere of Ross McElwee’s “Photographic Memory” will screen as a Center Frame on Friday, April 13. Fredrik […]

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Picks 57 films for 2012 NEW DOCS program

57 films have been selected for the 2012 NEW DOCS program at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. The 2012 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will be held April 12-15, in Durham, N.C.. 2012 NEW DOCS * Indicates short film, 40 minutes or under in lengthAi Weiwei: Never Sorry (Director: Alison Klayman)This portrait of the intrepid artist and his work is also a reflection on modern-day China and the struggle for freedom of expression. An […]

World Premiere of Jesse Owens to Open 2012 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival announced the World Premiere of Laurens Grant’s “Jesse Owens” as its 2012 Opening Night Film on Thursday, April 12. Produced and written by 2012 Full Frame Tribute honoree Stanley Nelson, the film centers on the African American track and field star, who triumphed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin amidst the rise of Nazi propaganda. Full Frame also announced its lineup of films around its 2012 Tribute honoring […]

2012 Full Frame Announces Films in ‘Family Affair’ Thematic Program

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, held April 12-15, in Durham, N.C., announced the lineup for its 2012 Thematic Program, entitled “Family Affairs”. The program curated by filmmaker Ross McElwee features 10 selections that explore the delicate terrain along the fault line of family. The program features the work of 9 directors: Steven Ascher, Alan Berliner, Doug Block, Morgan Dews, Alfred Guzzetti, Jeanne Jordan, Ed Pincus, Lucia Small, and Marco Williams, who will attend the […]

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces its 2012 Thematic Program and Tribute

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has announced its 2012 Thematic Program and Tribute. The annual Full Frame Tribute will be presented to Stanley Nelson for his significant contribution to the documentary form. The 2012 Thematic Program will focus on family, with a series of films curated by Ross McElwee. McElwee will also present his most recent film “Photographic Memory” at the April event. “Exploring one’s family seems deeply entwined with the desire to document […]

Academy Awards $455,000 to US Film Festivals in 2012

The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded $455,000 to 25 U.S. film festivals for the 2012 calendar year.

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Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces 15 films for 2011 Invited Program

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival continues to add films to what is already an outstanding lineup of films. The full schedule of films will be announced later this week. World Premieres of “The Loving Story” and “A Good Man,” as well as the US Premiere of “Guilty Pleasures,” will join 15 other titles as part of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival’s 2011 Invited Program, Festival officials announced. The 18 films will screen outside […]

2011 Full Frame Festival to Feature 66 NEW DOCS

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has just announced the 66 selections for the NEW DOCS program. The program consists of 43 feature films and 23 shorts from all over the world. The 2011 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will be held April 14-17, in Durham, North Carolina. NEW DOCS Angst (Director: Graça Castanheira) Portuguese filmmaker Graça Castanheira considers our relationship to Earth and our place in the universe in a stunning visual essay. US […]

10 Films for 2011 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival “One Foot in the Archives” Program

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival scheduled for April 14-17, 2011, in Durham, North Carolina has announced the 10 selections for the 2011 Thematic Program, “One Foot in the Archives.” Archivist and filmmaker Rick Prelinger has curated a series of programs that showcase the role of archival material in the construction of documentaries. The series includes six feature films, excerpts from the newsreels “March of Time” and “News of the Day,” and two interactive programs […]

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