'Trouble the Water' wins festival honors Apr 7, 2008
"Trouble the Water," a film that chronicles the struggle of some New Orleans residents to survive during the first hours of Hurricane Katrina, took home three awards Sunday -- including the coveted Grand Jury Award -- during the awards ceremony and barbecue at the 11th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. . (Herald Sun)
Film buffs flock to Full Frame Apr 6, 2008
Advertisements Craig D. Lindsey, Staff Writer DURHAM - Filmmakers and spectators flocked Saturday to the third day of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, held at the Carolina Theatre and other venues, taking in (or trying to take in) many of the 92 films on display. Although cold, rainy weather put a damper on audience attendance for the first two days, the filmmakers themselves came ready to roll. (News & Observer)
Army, LTTE trade charges on church Apr 5, 2008
Separately, the Sri Lankan embassy in Washington has urged the authorities of the State Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to take steps to prevent the screening of My daughter the terrorist, a movie on LTTE suicide bombers scheduled to be shown at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham, North Carolina, on April 4, a Foreign Ministry official said. Printer friendly Send this article to Friends by. (Hindu)
'Blindsight' transfixes students Apr 4, 2008
Everyone downtown headed in one direction Thursday morning, making a beeline to the first-day offerings of the 11th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. . (Herald Sun)
Czech film asks viewers to absorb a slice of reality Apr 4, 2008
The slogan of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival used to be "How Much Reality Can You Handle?" Helena Trestikova's "Marcela," screened Thursday during the opening day of the 11th Full Frame festival, asks the viewer to absorb a huge slice of reality. . (Herald Sun)
Siamese twins start Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Apr 3, 2008
Durham filmmaker Josh Gibson had to go halfway around the world to find the North Carolina subjects of his most recent documentary, "Siamese Connection," being shown at 5 p.m. today at the Civic Center on the first of the four-day Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. . (Herald Sun)
75 films part of upcoming Full Frame film festival Mar 28, 2008
This is the question that folks going to the 11th Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival face. The answer could be any of the 61 films in competition, as well as nine films in the Migrations series, and another five films by this year's Career Award winner William Greaves -- all of this packed into just four days. (Herald Sun)
Theme for film series released Mar 16, 2008
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has announced that the curated series for the 2008 festival will focus on the theme of migration. . (Herald Sun)
Maxell Honors Independent Filmmaker Jeremiah Zagar at SXSW Film Festival Mar 15, 2008
In addition to its world premiere at the SXSW festival, the movie will also be screening at the Philadelphia Film Festival and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in April. "Maxell is proud to provide a platform at SXSW for independent filmmakers to be recognized for their artistic talent and contribution to the industry," said Pat Byrne, Senior Marketing Manager for Maxell. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Full Frame releases film list Mar 7, 2008
Films about conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker, a blues guitar-playing political organizer and a Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights activist will be among 61 new documentaries to be screened at the 11th Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, to be held April 3-6 in Durham. Altogether, 10 world premieres, five North American premieres and two United States premieres are among the new documentaries that will compete for awards, to be given out the last day of the festival. (Herald Sun)
More places for leisurely stays are opening in Durham Jan 10, 2008
Local events such as the American Dance Festival, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the Bull Durham Blues Festival and others help draw visitors. But to hear hotel companies tell it, certain business-related factors are still key to when it comes to deciding where to locate a new property. (Herald Sun)
Buirski says 'The End' to film festival post Dec 19, 2007
Nancy Buirski, the founder and artistic director of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, is stepping down after 10 years of leading the annual Durham-based event. Buirski will continue as an adviser and ambassador for the festival and will curate a special sidebar at the 2008 festival, to be held April 3-6. (Herald Sun)
McKinney's Snowglobe Boy Creates World Record and Spreads Holiday Cheer Dec 16, 2007
Founded in 1969, the Durham-based agency has created some of the most innovatively integrated marketing communications programs, including Audi of America s Art of the Heist, Travelocity s Roaming Gnome, the Polaris CEO Duel and the launch of the Sony BRAVIA LCD TV. McKinney s clients include Audi of America, Brown-Forman Corporations Southern Comfort, Coldwell Banker, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Major League Gaming, The NASDAQ Stock Market, Qwest Communications, Select Comfort,... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Southern Comforts May 2, 2007
Southern hospitality can't fully account for the warm vibe at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, a down-home reality check whose 10th annual edition recently culminated in an awards ceremony that included a smokin' barbecue buffet and a bluegrass band. (The musicians genially offered soundtrack services to the filmmakers in trade for whiskey and a hot meal. (City Pages)
Read More... Apr 20, 2007
I had a chance to speak with Steve Connors and Molly Bingham after the film's world premier at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival last weekend. (CounterPunch ). (Disinformation)
'Fighter' trying to catch a break Apr 18, 2007
Harvard professor Ross McElwee was given the 2007 Career Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in his native North Carolina. McElwee, a Brown alum, began making his own films in 1976. (Boston Globe)
Larry Flynt a no-show, but film screening must go on Apr 14, 2007
Larry Flynt, the controversial publisher of Hustler and other sex-oriented magazines, canceled his visit to Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Friday for medical reasons, according to a publicist. "Unfortunately, Mr. Flynt has taken ill and is under doctor's orders not to fly," read a statement from the public relations firm handling publicity for the documentary "Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone.". (Herald Sun)
HBO Documentary Films in Partnership with Clifford Chance Law Firm and the Apr 14, 2007
An official selection of the 2006 Sundance film Festival, THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT won the Documentary Jury Prize and Audience Award at the Newport International Film Festival, the Audience Award and Director's Choice Best Documentary at the Sedona International film Festival, the Audience Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the Golden Space Needle Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, Best Feature at the Nantucket Film Festival, Best Documentary at the Galway Film... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Emotions high at screening Apr 13, 2007
DURHAM -- "Wow!" Diane Robertson summed up her response to "War/Dance" as the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival's 10th anniversary, four-day event opened Thursday ... WHAT: 10th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. (Herald Sun)
Films at Full Frame festival investigate legacy of injustices Apr 11, 2007
"It's also the theme of the films that make up the "Southern Sidebar" at this year's Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, which in its 10th year continues to be one of the nation's leading events for documentary films. The festival begins Thursday and continues through Sunday."I think the one thing you have to recognize is that even with the most heartfelt and good intentions, (reconciliation is) not always successful," said Nancy Buirski, the festival's founder and artistic director.... (Foster's Daily Democrat)
List of films in Full Frame's 10th anniversary special collection Apr 11, 2007
"- St. Clair Bourne, his own "Making 'Do the Right Thing. " Spike Lee's film also will be screened that night.- Walter Mosley, Lian Lunson's "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man. (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Growing Full Frame stays intimate in its 10th year Apr 6, 2007
DURHAM -- Full Frame Documentary Film Festival's artistic director and founder Nancy Buirski sounded downright breathless earlier this week as she fielded media calls and solved a last-minute glitch that required a long- distance call from England ... WHAT: The 10th Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. (Herald Sun)
LOCAL BRIEFS Mar 31, 2007
The 9 p.m. screening will be preceded by the showing of a panel discussion about Sanford, which was taped at last year's Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and moderated by former PBS and CNN anchor Judy Woodruff. Atkinson speaks at DCABP event. (Herald Sun)
Full Frame to honor first-time filmmakers Mar 27, 2007
DURHAM -- Two filmmakers have been selected to receive the Garret Scott Documentary Development Grant at this year's Full Frame Documentary Film Festival ... The grant pays first-time documentary filmmakers for travel and accommodations to the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival here ... The 10th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will be held April 12-15 in downtown Durham. (Herald Sun)
Religious scholar stresses importance of teaching truth Mar 22, 2007
Also, "Greensboro: Closer to the Truth," a documentary featuring the Greensboro commission members, will be shown during the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival April 12-15 in downtown Durham. (Herald Sun)
Full Frame will include Web-based documentaries for first time Mar 5, 2007
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival went surfing and caught a new wave of videos to show during its 10th anniversary event next month. For the first time the festival, which takes place April 12-15 in downtown Durham, will include Web-based documentaries. (Herald Sun)
Black film fest calls it a wrap Feb 19, 2007
He meets young filmmakers every year at the American Black Film Festival in Miami, and he regularly attends local filmmaking showcases, such as the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. "I want to promote local filmmakers and independent films from around the country and around the world," he said. (Herald Sun)
Emerging Pictures and The New York Times Present the indieWIRE 'Undiscovered Gems' Series Feb 17, 2007
These festivals are curated by some of the most prestigious film organizations in the country including the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the Latinbeat Film Festival with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and the indieWIRE Undiscovered Gems festival. About Sundance Channel. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
10 guest curators pick films for festival Feb 7, 2007
Duke University professor and internationally known writer Ariel Dorfman is one of 10 people invited by the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival to select a film for screening at the 10th anniversary of the Durham-based event, April 12-15. Each of the guest curators was asked to choose a film that reflects on or informs of the power of the past decade. (Herald Sun)
Full Frame double takes 9 years of winning docs Jan 21, 2007
The Durham-based Full Frame Documentary Film Festival begins its 10th anniversary with a new series of sceenings that look back at past Grand Jury Award-winners at the April festival over the past nine years. The series, "Countdown to Ten," starts Feb. 7 at the Carolina Theatre in Durham. (Herald Sun)
Business Buzz: Rumors have Trader Joe's moving into Eastgate Jan 10, 2007
Moving where it's AT: Two high-profile nonprofits, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and Triangle Community Foundation, will become neighbors at American Tobacco when the foundation moves into a 6,600-square-foot space in March. Full Frame has been in the historic redevelopment in downtown Durham for about six months. (Herald Sun)
Local news briefs: Marines, theater to collect toys Nov 14, 2006
Durham's Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary April 12-15 by inviting 10 filmmakers, writers, and producers to reflect on the past decade. Each has been asked to select a documentary that has said something important during that time about our culture and the art of documentary filmmaking. (Herald Sun)
Local news briefs: Healthy living for seniors fest Oct 11, 2006
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will take its 2006 Tribute to Richard Leacock to "Stranger Than Fiction," a New York-based series of programs celebrating the documentary ... The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival's Annual Career Award was presented to Leacock at its festival in Durham last April. (Herald Sun)
$10K donated for film project Sep 3, 2006
The filmmakers hope to complete the project in time to submit the film to the Durham-based Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in April 2007, they said. (Herald Sun)
Katrina DVDs will be marketed to libraries Aug 27, 2006
DURHAM -- Seven documentaries on Katrina that premiered during the Durham-based Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in April will reach a wider audience. This week, Full Frame and Indiepix. (Herald Sun)
Indiepix.net and Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Present ``The Katrina Experience'' Aug 23, 2006
net and Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Present ``The Katrina Experience'': Financial News - Yahoo ... net and Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Present ``The Katrina Experience''Tuesday August 22, 4:32 pm ET ... net and The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival today announced a partnership to market "The Katrina Experience," a boxed-set of 4 DVDs presenting seven documentary films by noted filmmakers focusing on the social impact of last year's Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Property tax rate steady in county budget plan May 23, 2006
" The proposal includes 33.5 new county positions, the biggest chunk of which -- just over 11 -- would go to the library, which is on the verge of three branch openings. Some of the new county positions are funded in part through state and federal funds, such as two state-funded positions out of four recommended for the Sheriff's Office. There's also around $3 million included for salary increases. Debt service for the year is up 8.5 percent to $40.5 million. The county's share of Medicaid... (Herald Sun)
Nonprofits pitch funding requests to officials May 2, 2006
AIDS charities, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the Food Bank and the Triangle Jazz Society were all presented as causes worthy of support during three hours of presentations Monday. In the current budget, the county split about $1. (Herald Sun)
I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and, Doggonnit, People Like Me! Apr 19, 2006
The sold-out screening of Al Franken: God Spoke at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has drawn a thousand moviegoers to Durham's Fletcher Hall on a warm Friday night. That's presumably because the Air America host, Saturday Night Live veteran, and author of Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them has pledged to appear in person for a Q what follows the movie feels a lot more like a rock concert or maybe a campaign rally. (City Pages)
SUZANNE FIELDS: Black and white at Duke Apr 13, 2006
Duke was host last week to the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, sponsored jointly with the New York Times, and the major prize voted on by the audience went to "The Trials of Darryl Hunt," a documentary about a black man convicted of raping and murdering a 19-year-old white woman. Darryl Hunt was tried before an all-white jury in 1984, convicted largely on the testimony of a onetime Ku Klux Klansman. (Washington Times)
DeVito Announces Movie Download Partnership Apr 11, 2006
The 61-year-old actor-director made the announcement Sunday at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. ClickStar, founded in part by Morgan Freeman, plans to start offering movies this fall to help combat movie piracy, DeVito said. (Fox News -- Life)
DeVito, Freeman team for Net documentary channel Apr 11, 2006
He and ClickStar CEO James Ackerman unveiled Jersey Docs, a showcase for documentary programming from around the world, at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, N.C., on Sunday. by Revelations Entertainment, the nine-year partnership between and producer Lori McCreary, with investment from Intel. (ZDNet)
DeVito appears at Full Frame, announces new channel for downloading films Apr 10, 2006
DURHAM -- Actor and moviemaker Danny DeVito appeared at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival downtown Sunday morning to announce his partnership with an entertainment company planning to offer movies for legal download while still in theaters. New company ClickStar, founded in part by actor Morgan Freeman, plans to start offering movies for download this fall as a way of combating movie piracy, which is reportedly costing the industry millions through illegal copying and distribution of new... (Herald Sun)
Terry Sanford subject of Film Festival panel Apr 10, 2006
DURHAM -- Besides the world premiere of "Terry Sanford and the New South," the Carolina Theatre's Fletcher Hall crowd at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival was treated to a heavyweight panel discussion of the former governor and Duke University president's impact on the state and the nation Sunday afternoon. The film played to a packed house and was followed by insight from former Gov. Jim Hunt, former N.C. House Speaker Dan Blue, Bloomberg News Executive Editor Al Hunt, UNC professor and... (Herald Sun)
Full Frame's focus is art, not glamour Apr 10, 2006
DURHAM -- The awards banquet for the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival was an understated event -- southern-style barbecue and music by the Southern String Band -- but the turnout was anything but. Around 300 people packed into the Armory building in downtown Durham Sunday afternoon to find out which of the 73 films in competition would take home top honors in each of the 11 awards categories. (Herald Sun)
DeVito, Freeman ink deal for broadband docu channel Apr 10, 2006
He and ClickStar CEO James Ackerman unveiled Jersey Docs, a showcase for documentary programing from around the world, at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, N.C., on Sunday. ClickStar Inc. was founded in 2005 by Revelations Entertainment, the nine-year partnership between Morgan Freeman and producer Lori McCreary, with investment from Intel Corp.. (Reuters)
ClickStar(R) and Danny DeVito Launch Jersey Docs(tm) Apr 10, 2006
DeVito joined ClickStar CEO James Ackerman in announcing the alliance at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina, where the company is acquiring additional documentaries for the channel. Artist-created channels are an exciting new platform for artists and consumers to come closer together for a dynamic and immersive entertainment experience. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Franken brings political humor to city for film festival Apr 8, 2006
DURHAM -- Liberal humorist Al Franken brought his brand of political wit and wisdom to Durham on Friday as the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival screened a film about his life. About 1,000 Franken fans lined up hours before the screening of "Al Franken: God Spoke," the centerpiece of this weekend's festival. (Herald Sun)
Bureau head to uphold city's image Apr 8, 2006
BY JEFF ZIMMER : The Herald-Sun. Apr 7, 2006 : 8:32 pm ET. (Herald Sun)
Nature designs on fabric one of many art offerings Apr 7, 2006
Traditionally, the event has been held annually in the fall but planners decided to also stage an April event this year to coincide with the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival that draws 18,000 people to downtown, Downtown Durham Inc. marketing director Matthew Coppedge said. More people downtown will hopefully result in an increase in exposure and sales for the artists, showcase the rich, diverse art environment there and also offer filmgoers something else to do downtown, Coppedge added. (Herald Sun)
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival schedule Apr 7, 2006
com: Full Frame Documentary Film Festiva. Apr 6, 2006 : 3:16 pm ET. (Herald Sun)
Full slate of films screening on first day of festival Apr 6, 2006
DURHAM -- Some of today's highlights at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. -- "The Heart of the Game," the story about a girls' basketball team in Seattle; 11 a.m.; admission free to high school and middle school students. (Herald Sun)
Full Frame's theme to study 'Class in America' Mar 31, 2006
DURHAM -- Full Frame Documentary Film Festival always brings a whirlwind of cinematography to town ... WHAT: Ninth annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival ... Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Schedule. (Herald Sun)
Murderball's box-office battle Feb 11, 2006
It went on to nab the audience and special jury prize at Sundance, followed by a best-documentary prize at the Seattle International Film Festival, and another audience award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Critics couldn't say enough good things about the sports drama, prompting the film website RottenTomatoes. (Globe and Mail)
Time for nonprofits to line up for funds Jan 25, 2006
Less than 2 percent of the money spent went to cultural or recreational projects -- The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and Eno River Association received a combined $17,350. A third cultural applicant, the Historic Preservation Society of Durham, which asked for $10,000, went unfunded. (Herald Sun)
