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Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Presents 2025 Lineup

  Still image from the film MISTRESS DISPELLER   DURHAM, N.C. – Forty-nine films from 30 countries comprise the 27th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival lineup. The festival runs April 3-6, 2025, in downtown Durham, North Carolina. In the NEW DOCS category, 20 features and 15 short films will compete for nine juried awards totaling $45,000 in cash prizes. Full Frame is an Academy Award®–qualifying festival for Documentary Film Short Subject. Festival award winners…

2025 Full Frame Tribute Honors Jean Tsien

  DURHAM, N.C. – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is proud to honor award-winning editor and producer Jean Tsien with the 2025 Full Frame Tribute. A curated selection from her significant body of work will screen at the 27th annual festival, taking place April 3-6, in Durham. “We are thrilled to recognize Jean Tsien with this year’s Full Frame Tribute,” said Full Frame Festival Co-Director and Artistic Director Sadie Tillery. “We have been honored…

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces 2024 Award Winners

Durham, N.C. – April 7, 2024 – Ten awards for a combined value of $45,000 in cash prizes are announced for the 2024 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Full Frame is a qualifying event for nominations for the Academy Award® Documentary Short Film category and the Producers Guild of America Awards. “We are proud to celebrate the 2024 award-winning films,” said Sadie Tillery, Full Frame Festival Co-Director and Artistic Director. “We are grateful to the…

Full Frame Recognizes 43 Regional and National Sponsors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Emily Foster, Co-Festival Director emily.foster@fullframefest.org 919–433–9802 Durham, NC ­­– Thursday, March 28, 2024 – Full Frame recognizes the generous contributions of the 43 regional and national sponsors of the 26th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, which takes place April 4–7, 2024. “I am humbled by the tremendous amount of support from so many incredible sponsors and partners. Their generosity enables us to produce a world class event that gathers together thousands of…

Full Frame Announces the 2024 Film Lineup

“Girls State” to screen as Opening Night Film “Luther: Never Too Much” to screen as Free Closing Night Film World Premiere of Julia Reichert’s final film “Julia’s Stepping Stones” World Premieres of North Carolina stories “Family Tree” and “Red Whiteville and Blue” Durham, N.C. – Thursday, March 14, 2024 – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is pleased to announce the complete lineup for the 26th annual festival, April 4–7, 2024. Full Frame will exhibit documentary features and…

Full Frame Celebrates Filmmakers Nancy Buirski and D. A. Pennebaker with the 2024 Tribute

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Emily Foster, Co-Festival Director  emily.foster@fullframefest.org 919-433-9802   Full Frame Celebrates Filmmakers Nancy Buirski and D. A. Pennebaker with the 2024 Tribute   Durham, N.C. – Wednesday, March 13, 2024 – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will celebrate filmmakers Nancy Buirski and D. A. Pennebaker with the 2024 Full Frame Tribute.  Full Frame will screen a selection of Buirski’s and Pennebaker’s films at the four-day festival. An event where…

Filmmakers Jessica Edwards and Gary Hustwit Curate Full Frame’s 2024 Thematic Program: “In Process: Documenting Creativity”

  Durham, N.C. ­­– Tuesday, March 12, 2024 ­­– Full Frame has announced the 2024 Thematic Program curated by award-winning filmmakers Jessica Edwards and Gary Hustwit. The 2024 Thematic Program, titled “In Process: Documenting Creativity,” examines the creative process through films that illuminate how artists—on both sides of the lens and across a variety of mediums—make their work. The series features six selections, four features and two shorts, and considers both the triumphs and the…