Filmmakers onstage at audience Q&A

Full Frame Unveils NEW DOCS, Invited Programs 

“The Oldest Person in the World” and “I Was Born This Way” open and close the 28th annual festival

Robert Greene Curates “Extremely Rich Theater” for Full Frame

The program of films will address a central question: How can staged scenes and performance lead a viewer to recognize more deeply what is real and/or true?

2026 Oscar Nominees Announced

Five films screened at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in 2025 have received 2026 Oscar® nominations in the Best Documentary Feature Film and Best Documentary Short Film categories.

2026 Festival Sponsors

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is a program of Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies