Press Release - February 6th, 2009

Full Frame To Showcase Two Award-Winning Documentaries

Durham, N.C., - February 6, 2009 – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will present two award-winning documentaries at the American Tobacco Campus, Bay 7 on Feb. 12 and Feb. 19, 2009, at 7 p.m. The films will be shown in anticipation of the film festival this spring. Admission is free for Full Frame members and $5 cash only at the door for non-members.

About the Films

Crazy Love, directed by Dan Klores and produced by Fisher Stevens, follows a fifty-year love affair between a self-important lawyer and a beautiful young woman, which ultimately leads to scandals, deception, cruelty, and questions of forgiveness. In advance of Valentines Day, the film will screen on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. Running time is 92 minutes.





Man on Wire, a 2009 Oscar Nominee for Best Documentary Feature, was directed by James Marsh and produced by Simon Chinn. The film tells the story of Frenchman Phillippe Petit, who in 1974 held New York City in thrall when he balanced for nearly an hour on a wire suspended 1,350 feet above the ground between the recently erected Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. He crossed the wire eight times before being hauled off by the police. While Petit had already scaled Notre Dame and the Sydney Harbor Bridge to accomplish similar feats, the Twin Towers were his ultimate obsession and no obstacle would stand in his way. The film will screen on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. Running time is 90 minutes.

About Full Frame The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is an annual international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of non-fiction cinema. Each spring Full Frame welcomes filmmakers and film lovers from around the world to historic downtown Durham, N.C., for a four-day, morning to midnight array of over 100 films as well as discussions, panels, and southern hospitality. Set within a single city block, the intimate festival landscape fosters community and conversation between filmmakers, film professionals and the general public.

The festival is produced by Doc Arts, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and receives support from corporate sponsors, private foundations and individual donors whose generosity provides the foundation that makes the event possible. To learn more on the mission of Full Frame or for information on membership or sponsorship opportunities, scheduled films or festival passes visit www.fullframefest.org.

Contact Information: Lauren Whaley, Jennings, 919-929-0225, lwhaley@jenningsco.com
Nancy Novell, Full Frame, 919 433 9803, nancy.novell@fullframefest.org