FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Emily Foster, Marketing Director emily.foster@fullframefest.org Durham, N.C. – July 14, 2020 – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, a program of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, has been selected by the National Endowment for the Arts to receive $50,000 through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Of the 3,100 applicants from across the country, only 846 organizations received awards. Full Frame would like to…
Full Frame is the only North Carolina–based grant recipient this year Durham, N.C. – May 18, 2020 – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, a program of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, has received grant support from the Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Notably, Full Frame is the Academy’s only North Carolina–based grant recipient this year. The Academy announced 96 recipients of its 2020 FilmCraft and FilmWatch grants, which includes recipients of the emergency grant funds announced…
Media Contact: Emily Foster, Marketing Director | emily.foster@fullframefest.org Durham, N.C. – April 22, 2020 – Seven awards for a combined value of $47,500 in cash prizes are announced for the 2020 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. The four-day event, originally scheduled to run April 2–5, was canceled amid COVID-19 concerns. “We’re incredibly…
MEDIA CONTACT: Emily Foster, Marketing Director emily.foster@fullframefest.org | 513-503-3200 23rd Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces Official Selections With continued sponsor support, the festival moves forward with cash juried awards, despite the four-day event’s cancellation Durham, NC – Tuesday, March 31, 2020 – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival announces the official feature and short film selections for the festival’s 23rd edition. The NEW DOCS program and Invited Program includes 44 features and 12…
Durham, N.C. – January 28, 2020 – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, a program of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, has been approved for a $30,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support filmmaker travel and venue costs. “Full Frames strives to produce a world-class festival experience that ignites important conversations among audiences and filmmakers,” states Full Frame director…
The screening will be held on October 24, 2019 at 7 pm at The Don Gibson Theatre in Shelby, NC. Free RSVPs are now available on Eventbrite.
June 13, 2019 at 7 pm at the Power House at Rocky Mount Mills. RSVP via Eventbrite. Press Contact: Chris Everett Rocky Mount, NC – As part of its Common Ground series, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will partner with Rocky Mount Mills to present the internationally acclaimed documentary Inventing Tomorrow. The film follows six young scientists from around the world as they tackle some of the most complex environmental issues facing humanity today.…
Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s American Factory selected as Opening Night Film Bognar and Reichert—2019 Tribute Recipients Amazing Grace selected as Closing Night Film 2019 Thematic Program, Some Other Lives of Time, curated by filmmaker RaMell Ross Press Contact: Sylvia Savadjian | pr@fullframefest.org Durham, N.C. – March 11, 2019 – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is pleased to announce the complete lineup for the 22nd annual festival, April 4–7, 2019. Full Frame will screen documentary features…
Durham, N.C. – February 26, 2019 – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is proud to announce that it will honor longtime festival supporter Dr. Benjamin D. Reese Jr. with its 2019 Advocate Award. The prestigious Advocate Award is given annually in recognition of individuals who exemplify the heart, soul, and spirit of Full Frame through their leadership and support of the festival and the documentary community. The award will be presented to Dr.…
Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker to attend 22nd annual festival, April 4– 7 photo by Maya Krinsky Durham, N.C. – February 19, 2019 – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is pleased to announce that filmmaker, photographer, and writer RaMell Ross will curate its 2019 Thematic Program. Ross’s first film, Hale County This Morning, This Evening, has been described as the birth of “a new cinematic language” (Village Voice) and is nominated for the 2019 Academy Award® for…