Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

The Carolina Theatre in Durham, NC is the main venue for the festival.

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is an annual international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of non-fiction cinema. Each spring Full Frame welcomes filmmakers and film lovers from around the world to historic downtown Durham, North Carolina for a four-day, morning to midnight array of over 100 films as well as discussions, panels, and southern hospitality. Set within a few city blocks, the intimate festival landscape fosters community and conversation between filmmakers, film professionals, and the public.

The festival is a program of the Center for Documentary Studies, a non-profit, 501(c)(3), and receives support from corporate sponsors, private foundations, and individual donors whose generosity provides the foundation that makes the event possible. The Presenting Sponsor of the Festival is Duke University. Additional sponsors include: A&E IndieFilms, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, National Endowment for the Arts, Merge Records, Whole Foods, ilili Hospitality Group(parent company for Saladelia Cafe and Madhatter Bakeshop and cafe),and the City of Durham.

The festival began in 1998 with no more than a few hundred patrons and has grown tremendously since then. Full Frame is now considered to be one of the premier documentary film festivals in the United States.[1] The Festival was founded by Nancy Buirski, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo editor of The New York Times and documentary filmmaker.[2]

Full Frame's mission is to serve the documentary form and its community by showcasing the contemporary work of established and emerging filmmakers. The festival provides a space that nurtures conversation between artists, students, and the Full Frame audience. Full Frame is committed to enhancing public understanding and appreciation of the art form and its significance, while making films more accessible to a wider audience.

Full Frame became a qualifying festival for the Producers Guild of America (PGA) Award for Best Documentary in 2012,[3] and a qualifying festival for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 2013.[4]

Full Frame also promotes the festival’s mission throughout the year by presenting documentary work in other venues both locally and nationally, partnering with organizations like the American Tobacco Historic District/Capitol Broadcasting Company, Des Moines Art Center, Duke University, the IFC Center, the International Affairs Council of North Carolina, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, PNC Financial Services, Rooftop Films, and the University of North Carolina (UNC) School System.

Full Frame has reached national recognition not just from its impressive programming but also the presence of numerous filmmaking celebrities. Over the years, those attending have included Michael Moore, DA Pennebaker, Martin Scorsese, Danny DeVito, Ken Burns, Joan Allen, Al Franken, and Steve James.[5]

The 20th annual festival takes place April 6–9, 2017. The 2017 Call for Entries opens September 1, 2016 and closes December 15, 2016.[6]

Curated series

Each year the festival invites a member of the documentary filmmaking community to curate a series of films on a specific topic. The curated series have included:

Tribute award

From 1998 to 2011, the festival presented a filmmaker with the Full Frame Career Award. In 2012, this award was changed to the Full Frame Tribute. Past recipients include:

Industry award

Occasionally, the festival honors an industry member who has made important contributions to the field with the Full Frame Industry Award. Past recipients include:

Awards

The festival offers a number of prizes at each festival.

The prizes awarded at the 2016 festival were:

Past Grand Jury Award winners are:

References

  1. ↑ Beth Hanna, "Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Chosen as Oscar-Qualifying in Documentary Short Category", IndieWire, February 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ Lisa Sorg, "The Loving Story is Full Frame founder Nancy Buirski's documentary about a landmark in marriage equality and civil rights", IndyWeek, April 13, 2011.
  3. ↑ Tambay A. Obenson, "Producers Guild of America Expands Fest List to Include Full Frame, Silverdocs, SXSW Film Fests", IndyWire, August 21, 2012.
  4. ↑ Adam Benzine, "IDFA, SXSW, Tribeca, Silverdocs to qualify Oscar shorts", Realscreen, March 28, 2013.
  5. ↑ Morris, Neil (April 1, 2009). "A smaller, more compact festival yields documentary riches". Independent Weekly. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Submit", Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
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