Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces Festival Award Winners

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org) has announced the 2008 Festival award recipients. Winners are determined by juries consisting of members of the national filmmaking community. The 2008 awards were presented to the following films:

• Anne Dellinger Grand Jury Award – "Trouble the Water"
o Special Jury Award – "Man on Wire"
• Full Frame Jury Award for Best Short – "City of Cranes"
• Full Frame Audience Award – "Man on Wire"
• Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award – "Lioness"
o Honorable Mention – Up the Yangtze
• The Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award – "In A Dream"
• Full Frame Inspiration Award – "At the Death House Door"
• Full Frame President’s Award – "Summerchild"
• Full Frame Spectrum Award – "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)"
o Honorable Mention – Up the Yangtze"
• Full Frame Women In Leadership Award – "Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai"
• Full Frame/Working Films Award – "Please Vote for Me" and "Trouble the Water"
• The Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights – "Trouble the Water"

Using larger venues, as well as new ticketing and logistics systems, the 11th annual Festival generated more attendees per screening on average than last year. Final ticketing numbers will not be available until next week, but Full Frame projects that 29,000 tickets were distributed, an increase from 2007, when the Festival issued 26,895 tickets.

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival was held April 3-6 in downtown Durham. Recognized as the premier documentary film festival in the United States by both The New York Times and indieWIRE, Full Frame is an arena for documentary filmmakers to showcase their work theatrically in an environment that stimulates conversation and community between filmmakers, industry executives and the general public. For more information on the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, visit www.fullframefest.org.

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News Facts:

• The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (www.fullframefest.org), has announced the Festival award winners.
• Award recipients are determined by prestigious juries consisting of members of the national filmmaking community.
• The 2008 awards were presented to the following films: Anne Dellinger Grand Jury Award – "Trouble the Water, Special Jury Award – "Man on Wire"; Full Frame Jury Award for Best Short – "City of Cranes"; Full Frame Audience Award – "Man on Wire"; Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award – "Lioness", Honorable Mention – "Up the Yangtze"; The Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award – "In A Dream"; Full Frame Inspiration Award – "At the Death House Door"; Full Frame President’s Award – "Summerchild"; Full Frame Spectrum Award – "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), Honorable Mention – Up the Yangtze"; Full Frame Women In Leadership Award – "Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai"; Full Frame/Working Films Award – "Please Vote for Me" and "Trouble the Water"; The Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights – "Trouble the Water"
• Using larger venues, as well as new ticketing and logistics systems, the 11th annual Festival generated more attendees per screening on average than last year.
• Final ticketing numbers will not be available until next week, but Full Frame projects that 29,000 tickets were distributed, an increase from 2007, when the Festival issued 26,895 tickets.
• The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival was held April 3-6 in downtown Durham.
• Recognized as the premier documentary film festival in the United States by both The New York Times and indieWIRE, Full Frame is an arena for documentary filmmakers to showcase their work theatrically in an environment that stimulates conversation and community between filmmakers, industry executives and the general public.
• For more information on the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, visit www.fullframefest.org.

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"Full Frame 2008 was a huge success and we look forward to releasing the official numbers next week," said Peg Palmer, executive director of Full Frame. "The Festival hosted an eclectic audience of filmmakers and film lovers from all over the world who were completely engaged with our program. I am especially proud of the continuous effort of our staff, the dedication of our volunteers and the commitment of our audience."

"In 2008 Full Frame set a goal to allow more people access to the films," said Israel Ehrisman, director of logistics for Full Frame. "The larger venues and improvements to the ticketing and logistics process really made that happen."

About Full Frame:
Founded in 1998, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival celebrates the power and artistry of documentary film. Its mission is to provide documentary filmmakers with opportunities to showcase their work theatrically, stimulating conversation and community between filmmakers, industry executives and the general public. Full Frame is recognized as the premier documentary film festival in the United States by both The New York Times and indieWIRE and is well-known for its southern hospitality, relaxed atmosphere and walkable venue layout. During the past decade Full Frame has welcomed both first time and celebrated filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, Abbas Kiarostami, Michael Moore, Syndey Pollack, Errol Morris, Barbara Kopple, Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Charles Burnett, Mira Nair and Jonathan Demme.

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is produced by Doc Arts, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Its presenting sponsors are The New York Times and Duke University. For more information and up-to-date Festival announcements, please visit www.fullframefest.org.

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