press release

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces Opening Day Festivities

Full Frame Kicks Off 11th Annual Festival

What

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org) will kick off with the following notable events:

Opening Day Press Conference
1:30 p.m., Carolina Theatre, Cinema 2

Full Frame will announce notable points in the four-day Festival and offer an opportunity for questions.

Panel members will include Peg Palmer, executive director of Full Frame; Robyn Yigit Smith, managing director of Full Frame; Phoebe Brush, director of programming at Full Frame; and Israel Ehrisman, director of logistics at Full Frame.

Opening Night Press Conference
6:30-6:50 p.m., Durham Arts Council, PSI Theatre

At Full Frame for the U.S. premiere of “Trumbo,” director Peter Askin, actor Joan Allen, and playwright, Christopher Trumbo, will offer an opportunity for questions.

All attending media are asked to enter through the Theatre Entrance of the Durham Arts Council, located on Morris Street.

OPENING NIGHT FILM: “Trumbo”
8 p.m., Carolina Theatre, Fletcher Hall

Elizabeth Edwards, author and wife of former Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards, will welcome the Opening Night audience to the U.S. premiere of Samuel Goldwyn Films and Red Envelope Entertainment's “Trumbo.”  The film profiles legendary screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, best known for “Spartacus” and “Roman Holiday.”  Based on the play by his son Christopher Trumbo, this film brings together some of Hollywood’s leading actors, including Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Nathan Lane, Josh Lucas, Liam Neeson, David Strathairn and Donald Sutherland, to paint a portrait of the writer in his own pungent words. 

An extended Q&A with Joan Allen, Director Peter Askin and Christopher Trumbo will follow the screening. 

Opening Night Party
10 p.m.-midnight, American Tobacco Campus, Bay 7

Sponsored by American Tobacco Campus and hosted by Giorgios Hospitality Group, this party is open to the public.  Tickets are available at the Main Box Office in the Durham Armory.

For a complete schedule of events, please visit www.fullframefest.org.

When:

Thursday, April 3

Where:

Carolina Theatre
309 West Morgan Street, Durham

The Durham Arts Council
120 Morris Street, Durham

Durham Armory
220 Foster St., Durham

The Press Lounge
 Magnolia Room, Durham Civic Center, 201 Foster St., Durham

Why:

Recognized as the premier documentary film festival in the United States by both The New York Times and indieWIRE, Full Frame is an arena for documentary filmmakers to showcase their work theatrically in an environment that stimulates conversation and community between filmmakers, industry executives and the general public. 

Misc.:

About Full Frame:

Founded in 1998, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival celebrates the power and artistry of documentary film.  Its mission is to provide documentary filmmakers with opportunities to showcase their work theatrically, stimulating conversation and community between filmmakers, industry executives and the general public.  Full Frame is recognized as the premier documentary film festival in the United States by both The New York Times and indieWIRE and is well-known for its southern hospitality, relaxed atmosphere and walkable venue layout.  During the past decade Full Frame has welcomed both first time and celebrated filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, Abbas Kiarostami, Michael Moore, Syndey Pollack, Errol Morris, Barbara Kopple, Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Charles Burnett, Mira Nair and Jonathan Demme.

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is produced by Doc Arts, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.  Its presenting sponsors are The New York Times and Duke University.  For more information and up-to-date Festival announcements, please visit www.fullframefest.org.

For more information please call Samantha Coles at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival at (919) 227-6895, Kate Catlin at MMI Associates, Inc., at (919) 227-6828 or Jennifer Fair at MMI Associates, Inc. at (919) 227-6890.