If you have already been streaming films at the 2022 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, then you are familiar with this year’s playful festival trailer. Each year, the little 60 second or so video that plays ahead of each film at the festival not only puts a spotlight some of the event’s top supporters, but also gives audiences their cue that the movie is about to begin. Inspired by themes of connectivity, particularly during another…
Looking to find a way to shake up your movie nights during the festival this weekend? Then try one of the custom craft cocktails created just for the 2022 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival! Thank you to Guglhupf Bakery, Café & Biergarten, Parizade, and West End Wine Bar for creating the recipes for audiences to enjoy! The Bitter End Created by Guglhupf Bakery, Café & Biergarten 1.75oz Lunazul Reposado Tequila 1.25oz grapefruit juice .75oz…
Celebrate emerging artists and the new voices of documentary film by exploring this list of first time feature filmmakers and their work at the 2022 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Passes and tickets are on sale now at store.fullframefest.org. After Sherman After Sherman / United States (Director: Jon-Sesrie Goff; Producers: blair dorosh-walther, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich) After Sherman is a story about inheritance and the tensions that define our collective American history. The director’s exploration of coastal…
As a North Carolina-based festival, Full Frame celebrates the films with ties to our home state. Whether they feature stories and people from the region, or if they were created by those who call this beautiful state home, we recognize the enormous talent and generous storytelling from North Carolina at the 25th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Passes and tickets are on sale now at store.fullframefest.org. Explore all the films in the 2022 festival…
Be among the first audiences to watch these films at the 25th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival! Join us in celebrating the six films with premieres at this year’s online event. Passes and tickets are on sale now at store.fullframefest.org. Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes U.S. Premiere Director: James Jones; Producers: Serhiy Solodko, Sasha Odynova The story of Chernobyl, told entirely through a newly discovered hoard of dramatic footage filmed at the nuclear plant during the disaster and new,…
Supporting emerging filmmakers and new voices in the documentary field is essential to Full Frame’s mission. Through programs like the Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant, the festival has been able to support emerging artists and has recognized a prestigious collection of first-time filmmakers over the past 15 years, including: Isabel Bethencourt, Parker Hill (Cusp), Bing Liu (Minding the Gap), Jonathan Olshefski (Quest), Matt Yoka (Whirlybird), RaMell Ross (Hale County This Morning, This Evening). The 2022 line-up…
The official selections for the 25th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival are here! “It is an honor to present these 37 films at our 25th annual festival,” said interim festival director and artistic director Sadie Tillery. “I am humbled by the range of experiences revealed on screen—the palpable tenderness, violence, pain, strength, vulnerability, and resolve witnessed in these works. And I am equally moved by the commitment and artistry displayed by the filmmakers, who…
Announced earlier this week, Three Songs for Benazir (Full Frame 2021) took home the prize for Outstanding Nonfiction Short and City So Real (Full Frame 2020) took home the prize for Outstanding Nonfiction Series at the 15thannual Cinema Eye Honors. The Cinema Eye Honors is an annual event that recognizes outstanding artistry and craft in nonfiction filmmaking. Full Frame congratulates all of the nominees, including the seven additional festival alums recognized with nominations at this…
Long time festival fan Diana Newton shares one of her most memorable Full Frame moments: “I’ve been attending Full Frame since it was the Double Take Film Festival and have programs and T-shirts from every single year to prove it! In 2009, my now-husband had snuck a ring sizer into our festival backpack as part of preparing to propose to me. I went rummaging through the pack looking for my program while he panicked and…
Join us in celebrating Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei’s short film Three Songs for Benazir (Full Frame 2021) on being nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Subject category! The held its world premiere at the 2021 festival last June, where it received Oscar-qualifying status after winning the Jury Award for Documentary Short. Full Frame is one of a handful of Academy Award-qualifying festivals in the world. Elizabeth and Gulistan Mirzaei’s moving short…
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