Founded in 1998 by Nancy Buirski, and now recognized as the premier documentary film festival in the United States by both The New York Times and indieWIRE, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival celebrates the power and artistry of documentary film. The festival is an important arena for documentary filmmakers — a place where they can showcase their work theatrically in an environment that stimulates conversation and community between other filmmakers, industry executives and the general public.
The mission of the Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute is to provide unique educational and cultural opportunities, to advance the documentary genre as a meaningful art form, and to establish the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival as the premier documentary film festival in the world.
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute has created a Documentary Film Lending Library and we are expanding our schedule of statewide and regional educational outreach screenings and programs throughout the year.
SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival is a six-day international festival held each June just outside Washington, DC. Created through a unique alliance between the American Film Institute and the Discovery Channel, SILVERDOCS seeks to expand the audience for and broaden the impact of documentary film. It celebrates the diversity of the form and its power to engage audiences with compelling stories of real life, inviting them to explore the significant issues of our time.
