Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Funding and Support Provided through Durham Next’s Multi-year, Capacity-building Initiative Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has been selected to participate in Durham Next’s new Community Investment Program initiative, Accelerate: A Durham Festival Collective (Accelerate). The first-ever Accelerate application period generated 30 total submiss

Awards recognize excellence, innovation and boldness in the artistry of nonfiction filmmaking The post 2026 Cinema Eye Honors Recognize Numerous Full Frame Alumni appeared first on Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

Tuesday, November 18, 7:00 p.m. Free | Tickets available November 3 Cinema One, Carolina Theatre of Durham Full Frame is proud to host a special early screening of THE NEW YORKER AT 100 ahead of the film’s release on Netflix later this year.

The newest alumni releases available in September 2025 include THE BITTER PILL, THE DEVIL IS BUSY, FOLKTALES, PREDATORS, and PRIME MINISTER. The post Festival Alums Now Streaming and In Theaters appeared first on Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

Full Frame is an Academy Award-qualifying event known in the documentary community as a “filmmaker’s film festival." The post 2026 Call for Entries is Now Open appeared first on Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

Full Frame partners with the Durham County Library for a free screening of STORY & PICTURES BY, directed by Joanna Rudnick. The post Full Frame Summer Road Show: STORY & PICTURES BY appeared first on Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

See these Full Frame alumni in theaters and on streaming services as early as June. The post Full Frame 2025 Alums Coming Soon appeared first on Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

The Peabody Awards honor stories that “powerfully reflect the pressing social issues and the vibrant emerging voices of our day." The post 2024 Full Frame Alumni DAUGHTERS Wins Peabody Award appeared first on Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

Full Frame, a qualifying event for nominations for the Academy Award® Documentary Short Film category and the Producers Guild of America Awards, proudly presents its 2025 award winners. These nine awards total $45,000 in cash prizes.

Sunday Encore 1, Cinema 3, 2:00 pm PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS THE SPECTACLE MAMA MICRA THE DEVIL IS BUSY Sunday Encore 2, Fletcher Hall, 2:30 pm COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT Sunday Encore 3, Cinema 1, 4:30 pm SEEDS Sunday Encore 4, Cinema 3, 5:00 pm SPEAK. The post Full Frame Announces Sunday Encores appeared first on Full Frame Documentary Film Fest