Durham, N.C. USA, - April 17, 2011 -– The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
has announced the 2011 Festival award recipients. 66 documentaries screened in the NEW DOCS Program were eligible. Juries and Full Frame audiences selected 9 titles as winners for 11 awards, including a special jury award and an honorable mention.
Pit No. 8 (Auk nr 8)
, directed by Marianna Kaat,
was given two awards:
Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award.
and The Nicholas School Environmental Award.
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 four-block radius, the intimate festival landscape fosters community and conversation between filmmakers, film professionals and the general public.