Durham Spring/Summer 2015 Official Visitor & Relocation Guide
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photo: Full Frame Documentary Film Festival - Full Frame/DCVB<br />
Film Festivals in Focus<br />
Not only was <strong>Durham</strong> the location for famous<br />
movies like Bull <strong>Durham</strong> and Kiss the Girls,<br />
but it also hosts several film festivals each<br />
year. Filmmakers and film lovers travel from<br />
across the country to share, enjoy, and<br />
discuss this beloved art form.<br />
The biggest and most well-known of <strong>Durham</strong>’s<br />
festivals is the annual Full Frame Documentary<br />
Film Festival, which occurs each April in Downtown<br />
<strong>Durham</strong>. Internationally known, with thousands of<br />
attendees, the festival screens more than 100 films<br />
over four days and offers opportunities to interact<br />
with directors, subjects, and producers (919-687-4100;<br />
www.fullframefest.org).<br />
<strong>Durham</strong> is also home to the 10-day NC Gay and<br />
Lesbian Film Festival, the second-largest gay and<br />
lesbian film festival in the Southeast. This event occurs<br />
in late August and early September each year (919-560-<br />
3030; www.festivals.carolinatheatre.org/ncglff).<br />
Below is a list of <strong>Durham</strong>’s annual film events:<br />
• BrickFlix LEGO Shorts Film Festival<br />
• ComiQuest Film Festival<br />
• International Screendance Festival<br />
• Escapism Film Festival<br />
• Full Frame Documentary Film Festival<br />
• Hayti Heritage Film Festival<br />
• NC Gay & Lesbian Film Festival<br />
• NC Latin American Film Festival<br />
• Nevermore Film Festival<br />
• Retrofantasma Film Series<br />
• Strange Beauty Film Festival<br />
<strong>Durham</strong> Fresh Daily: Carolina<br />
Theatre will recognize the Civil<br />
War sesquicentennial with a film<br />
series, from January through March.<br />
Acclaimed films like The Outlaw<br />
Josey Wales, Glory, and The Red<br />
Badge of Courage will return to the big screen for limited<br />
viewings (919-560-3040; www.carolinatheatre.org).<br />
Documentary Arts<br />
Given <strong>Durham</strong>’s own fascinating story,<br />
it’s not surprising that it is a city with<br />
great support for the documentary arts,<br />
empowering artists and citizens to tell<br />
their own stories.<br />
Duke University’s Center for<br />
Documentary Studies (CDS) offers<br />
classes and resources for individuals<br />
interested film, photography, and essays,<br />
and puts on more than 50 events a year at<br />
the Full Frame Theatre and four galleries.<br />
Programming also includes the Full Frame<br />
Documentary Film Festival (919-660-3663;<br />
documentarystudies.duke.edu).<br />
In addition, the Southern<br />
Documentary Fund (SDF) supports<br />
and cultivates documentary films made<br />
in and about the American South,<br />
hosting many events and screenings<br />
each year (919-308-3714; www.<br />
southerndocumentaryfund.org).<br />
MORE ONLINE: Head to the CDS and<br />
SDF websites (listed above) to learn<br />
more about their current offerings.<br />
www.durham-nc.com
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