From Jason Osder for Filmmaker Magazine: In 1998, documentary filmmaker Garrett Scott died unexpectedly, shocking the film community. His film, Occupation: Dreamland, co-directed with Ian Olds, won the Independent Spirit Truer than Fiction Award two days after his death. In the aftermath of this tragedy, his friends and collaborators founded the Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant. The idea of the grant is to support first-time feature documentary makers by emulating a formative experience Garrett and…
Check out coverage by Lauren Wissot in Filmmaker Magazine about the latest installment of the ongoing #DocsSoWhite discussion at Full Frame: Recently, I’d been pondering why the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival always tops my must-attend U.S. doc fest list. Like few fests in the U.S. or Europe, Full Frame truly walks the walk — it’s a top tier, mainstream nonfiction festival in which the people in power are almost exclusively women. Indeed, one look…
Full Frame is thrilled to announce that the Academy will fund our School of Doc program once again. For a full list of grant recipients, read the press release.
Check out the 2018 photos on our Flickr page!
We are thrilled for director Frank Stiefel on winning an Academy Award® for his film Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405! The film won the 2017 Full Frame Audience Award: Short and Jury Award for Best Short. Congratulations to all of the nominees, and a special shout out to all of the Full Frame Alum who were nominated: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, Strong Island, and Last Men in Aleppo.
In celebration of their towering contributions to the documentary community, filmmakers, and the festival, Full Frame is proud to honor filmmaking legends Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker with its 2018 Advocate Award. The Advocate Award will be presented during the 21st annual festival, April 5 – 8, 2018, in Durham, North Carolina. Festival passes and ticket packages are now available. Ms. Hegedus and Mr. Pennebaker form one of the most respected and unique teams…
Passes and Ticket Packages for the 21st Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will be on sale to the public beginning at 11 am on February 14, 2018. See our Passes and Tickets page for more information.
Congratulations to all of the nominees, especially the Full Frame Alum and award winners! We are thrilled for “Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405,” “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” “Last Men in Aleppo,” and “Strong Island.” We’ll be watching on March 4 when they announce the winners!
Full Frame will bring back two outstanding Full Frame Alum from the 2017 festival – Opening Night Film Abacus: Small Enough to Jail and two-time award-winner Strong Island – along with one of the year’s most talked about films, JANE. All screenings are free at the Carolina Theatre in downtown Durham. Selected from the Academy’s shortlist for Documentary Feature, the Full Frame Winter Series is not to be missed. See the individual event pages for more information, including instructions for how…
Start the New Year with the Sung family. 2017 Full Frame Alum and Opening Night Film Abacus: Small Enough to Jail airs on Frontline. Abacus, which is also on the shortlist for the Academy Awards, is also available to stream on the Frontline website.
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