The Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) will pause its annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival for the 2023 season as the organization continues a strategic planning process around the Center’s next chapter led by Executive Director Opeyemi Olukemi with unanimous support from the CDS Board of Directors. Full Frame was held entirely online for the 2020–22 festivals due to COVID-19. Plans are to return to an in-person event in 2024. “We recognize that this may…
Full Frame is excited to welcome audiences back in-person at the Summer Road Show in Durham Central Park, presented by American Tobacco Campus and Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc! The Summer Road Show is scheduled to take place every other Monday in August and will present three outdoor documentary film screenings to the Triangle community (and visitors!). All events are free and open to the public. All films will start at 8:30 PM. FILM LINE-UP & SCHEDULE…
Plan your weekend watch party with this eclectic mix of 2022 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival alums that have been released on streaming platforms since the end of the event. From political thrillers to artist spotlights, the breadth of programming from the 25th annual event proves to be even more compelling on a second watch. Be sure to let us know which films you are most looking forward to rewatching by tagging Full Frame on…
The longest running series for independent documentary, PBS’s acclaimed POV program, announced its 35th season. In total, four festival alums will take part in the series this season, including the two most recent Full Frame Grand Jury Award winners: Faya Dayi (Full Frame 2021) and I Didn’t See You There (Full Frame 2022). More than half of the films this season were directed by women, and two thirds by filmmakers of color. Read more about all…
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is once again named to MovieMaker Magazine’s 50 Festival’s Worth the Entry Fee! MovieMaker, a film magazine and website based in Los Angeles, compiles its annual list based on surveys, filmmaker testimonials, and visits to festivals, among other key factors. Key considerations include him much assistance a festival provides to traveling filmmakers; recent premieres at the festival; opportunities to meet distributors, fans, fellow filmmakers and press; and whether the…
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors today announced the 60 nominees selected to represent the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2021. Of the nominees, six are recent festival alums, including 2020 Full Frame Grand Jury award winner, Mayor. The 30 winners of the 82nd annual Peabody Awards will be named during a multi-day virtual celebration from June 6th through June 9th. The Full Frame alums recognized with nominations…
Full Frame is honored to present the 2022 festival award winners! Six awards for a combined value of $35,000 in cash prizes are announced for the 2022 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Full Frame is a qualifying event for nominations for the Academy Award Documentary Short Subject category and the Producers Guild of America Awards. Tickets are on sale now at store.fullframefest.org and films are streaming through this Sunday, April 10, 2022. Read…
If you have already been streaming films at the 2022 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, then you are familiar with this year’s playful festival trailer. Each year, the little 60 second or so video that plays ahead of each film at the festival not only puts a spotlight some of the event’s top supporters, but also gives audiences their cue that the movie is about to begin. Inspired by themes of connectivity, particularly during another…
Looking to find a way to shake up your movie nights during the festival this weekend? Then try one of the custom craft cocktails created just for the 2022 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival! Thank you to Guglhupf Bakery, Café & Biergarten, Parizade, and West End Wine Bar for creating the recipes for audiences to enjoy! The Bitter End Created by Guglhupf Bakery, Café & Biergarten 1.75oz Lunazul Reposado Tequila 1.25oz grapefruit juice .75oz…
Celebrate emerging artists and the new voices of documentary film by exploring this list of first time feature filmmakers and their work at the 2022 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Passes and tickets are on sale now at store.fullframefest.org. After Sherman After Sherman / United States (Director: Jon-Sesrie Goff; Producers: blair dorosh-walther, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich) After Sherman is a story about inheritance and the tensions that define our collective American history. The director’s exploration of coastal…
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