Durham’s Full Frame doc fest canceled because of coronavirus
The Full Frame documentary festival will be postponed for 2020 because of concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, organizers said Wednesday.
The festival was to be held April 2-5 throughout venues in downtown Durham. Each year, the Full Frame is a major showcase for short and feature-length documentary films.
Festival organizers said the decision was made Tuesday when Duke University moved to remote classes and canceled all events sponsored by the school through April 20.
“At this time, we are in the process of notifying filmmakers, sponsors, donors, ticket buyers, and all of our stakeholders,” the festival said in an email. “We humbly ask for patience as our team works through the many details involved with canceling an event of Full Frame’s scale.
“Updates will be posted on our website at fullframefest.org/covid19 as more information becomes available. We are deeply grateful for the understanding of our incredible Full Frame community, along with the continued support from Duke University. Know that we remain committed to our mission of celebrating and enhancing the documentary art form and now look ahead to next year’s festival, running April 8-11, 2021.”
This story was originally published March 11, 2020 at 2:42 PM.
