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Full Frame Documentary Fest

by Allan Maurer & Renee Wright

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Celebrities walked the halls of that wonderful historic landmark, The Carolina Theatre in Durham, as the festival screened more than 100 selections from the more than 700 entries it received.

And the Winners Are...

[For a full listing of 2004's winners at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (plus information on submitting your film next year), click here...]

Born Into Brothels is Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski's moving portrait of the young children of Calcutta prostitutes who learn new ways of looking at the world through a camera's lens. It tied with Word Wars for the Audience Award.

Word Wars, a film about the driven people who compete in Scrabble tournaments, tied for the top Audience Award.

In A Thousand Words, filmmaker Melba Williams connects with her father through film in a way she never did before he had a stroke. Her film received the CameraPlanet/Full Frame Jury Award for Best Short.

Super Size Me, the hottest doc in the country since winning Best Director at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, took the MTV>News:Docs:Prize. In it, director Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a full month of dining under the Golden Arches.

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The Control Room, documenting the behind-the-scenes story of Al Jezeera during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, took top honors with 3 awards: the Grand Jury Award, Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award, and the new Seeds of War Award, selected by writer Walter Mosley.

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, detailing a coup attempt against Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, received the top Seeds of War Award. This new award funded by Walter Mosley honors filmmakers who lay bare the seeds and mechanisms that create war.

The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan shows Afghanistan refugees living in the ruins of the Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban. The film received an Honorable Mention in The Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award category.

The Great Cheesesteak Debate, a short exploring the many incarnations of Philly's favorite sandwich, provided a perfect lead-in to Super Size Me. The double bill attracted one of the festival's most enthusiastic crowds and was one of the hardest tickets to come by. Above Cheesesteak filmmakers Deseon Eggleston and Scott Vosbury. Photo by Renee Wright.