Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
The 2009 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will be held April 2 – 5, in Durham, N.C., with Duke University and The New York Times as presenting sponsors. The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is an annual international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of non-fiction cinema. Each spring Full Frame welcomes filmmakers and film lovers from around the world to historic downtown Durham, N.C., for a four-day, morning to midnight array of over 100 films as well as discussions, panels, and southern hospitality. Set within a single city block, the intimate festival landscape fosters community and conversation between filmmakers, film professionals and the general public.
This year’s Festival will honor eminent documentary filmmaker St. Clair Bourne with the 2009 Career Award. Filmmaker Steve James, director of the critically acclaimed “Hoop Dreams,” will curate a series of sports films for the festival’s 2009 thematic program, "This Sporting Life."