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Now Screening and Streaming
Full Frame’s 2026 alumni continue to announce screenings at select theaters across the U.S. Plus, check out an award winner that’s now available to stream.
Collaboration Forever
The archives of filmmaker Barbara Hammer continue to inspire, as illuminated in the Full Frame award-winning documentary BARBARA FOREVER
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Selected to Receive $100,000 Investment from Durham Next
Funding and Support Provided through Durham Next’s Multi-year, Capacity-building Initiative
May 2026 Alumni Updates
Where our 2026 alumni are screening now, plus news of recent acquisitions
Full Frame Alumni Honored with 2026 Peabody Awards
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is proud to celebrate three recent Full Frame selections recognized as winners at the 86th annual Peabody Awards, one of the most respected honors in media and storytelling.
Sunday Encores: One More Chance to See the Award Winners
From Grand Jury winners to audience favorites and emerging voices, these films represent the breadth and depth of this year’s festival. Join us for one last gathering in the theater and an opportunity to close out the weekend with the artists and stories that defined Full Frame 2026.
Full Frame Presents 2026 Award Winners
Full Frame Awards Grand Jury Award to A Fox Under a Pink Moon, Introduces New Nancy Buirski Award
Welcome to the 28th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival!
We are enormously proud of this year’s event and are so pleased to share it with you. We are always awed by how much attention and energy goes into a celebration so fleeting— the four days pass by far too quickly—but our hope is that the experience of discovering these documentaries will be as revelatory and rewarding for you as it is for us.
Full Frame Picks By…
Can’t decide which films to see in 2026? Consider these picks from Mac McCaughan, Chris Vitiello, and Tom Rankin.
See These Animated Films at Full Frame
Four documentary films employ animation in striking and varied ways, expanding the language of nonfiction and inviting audiences to experience these stories from new vantage points.