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.
Join us Friday and Saturday at The Durham Hotel during the 27th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, taking place April 3–6, 2025, for intimate panel conversations with filmmakers and guests diving into timely industry topics.
Free public screenings make Full Frame accessible to the Durham community. These special events invite the community to come together to experience the power of documentary storytelling.
With so many captivating documentaries in the 2025 lineup, how does one choose their must-sees? Kate Bowler, Donovan Livingstone, Saleem Reshamwala, and Linda Shropshire share the films they’re most excited to see at the 27th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
Forty-nine films from 30 countries comprise the 27th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival lineup. The festival runs April 3-6, 2025, in downtown Durham, North Carolina.
Jean Tsien’s career spans four decades dedicated to elevating underrepresented voices through documentary filmmaking
“The Weight of a Question: Documentary and the Art of Inquiry” invites viewers to grapple with complex questions
The 2024 festival favorite won the CDS Filmmaker Award; Full Frame National Advisory Board Member RaMell Ross receives two nominations, including Best Picture, for NICKEL BOYS
Screenings of DAUGHTERS, UNION, and HOLLYWOODGATE will be free and open to the public.
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