Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is held each year in Durham, North Carolina. The festival began in 1998 and initially was attended by only a few hundred patrons. The festival has since grown, and now features over 100 documentaries from around the world. This four day festival in the spring is held within a single block in historic Durham, North Carolina creating an intimate background for the celebration of this Non-fiction Theater. The festival also features numerous question and answer sessions, seminars, and discussion panels with expert film makers, giving both experienced and new film makers a unique educational experience.

2010 Festival

The 13th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will be held April 8 – 11, 2010 in Durham, North Carolina. Entries should be submitted for consideration by October 15, 2009, with late entry by November 30, 2009. Any short or feature documentary completed after January 1, 2008 is eligible for entry.

Community Support

The Festival has received support from industry as well as within the film making community. The festival is produced by the non profit organization, Doc Arts, Inc. and receives numerous corporate sponsorships, such as the New York Times and HBO. The festival has been well represented by the film making community over the years with numerous celebrities in attendance. In years past such names as Martin Scorsese, Danny DeVito, Sydney Pollack, and Morgan Spurlock have attended the festival.

Promoting Film Making

The mission of the Full Frame Film Festival is to support documentary film making and the film making community. This is achieved by not only showcasing the work of prominent and emerging film makers at the festival each year, but also by working to preserve this art form through archival and other preservation methods. The festival continues to reach out to the international documentary film making community, trying to build a wider audience both nationally and internationally to raise the awareness of this art form.

Year-Round Programming

Programs are held throughout the year by the Full Frame Festival at venues around Durham and elsewhere, to help promote documentary films and film making. These programs include showings of classic documentaries as well as educational programs for experienced and new documentary film makers alike.