Til Íslands Opening Reception
Join us Friday, June 12, 4–6 p.m. at CDS to celebrate Til Íslands, a new exhibition by artist and Duke MFA alum Emma Geiger. Meet the artist, enjoy light refreshments, and earn CDS Continuing Education credit.
The exhibition documents Geiger’s return to the Icelandic landscape her great-great-grandmother left in 1888, bringing together film, photography, and plant-based materials to explore ancestry, place, and environmental change. As she reflects, “It made me think about my own place in the timeline of life on Earth differently.”
Read our Q&A with Emma Geiger to learn more about the project.
Continuing Education Spotlight
One of our upcoming summer courses:
From Idea to Release: Navigating the Contemporary Film Ecosystem
Bring your film from early concept through funding, festivals and distribution in this six-week online course led by award-winning filmmaker Rajee Samarasinghe. You’ll learn the real mechanics behind getting work seen, including building a strong pitch package, refining key materials, and aligning your creative vision with a strategic rollout.
Wednesdays, July 1–August 5, 7–9 p.m. ET
2026 Full Frame Awards
At the conclusion of this year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, CDS’s flagship program presented 10 awards totaling $50,000 to support filmmakers.
Full Frame is a qualifying event for nominations for the Academy Award® Documentary Short Film category and the Producers Guild of America Awards.
The Full Frame Grand Jury Award and the CDS Filmmaker Award were both presented to A Fox Under a Pink Moon by Mehrdad Oskouei and Soraya Akhlaghi. The film follows 16-year-old Akhlaghi, an Afghan woman living in Iran, and her repeated attempts to escape the country.
Program Spotlights
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
A premier showcase for nonfiction cinema, the 28th annual event runs April 16–19 and will screen dozens of groundbreaking documentaries.
Doc+ Summer Program
The newest summer “plus” program at Duke offers undergraduate students hands-on experience working on real-world documentary projects.
Literacy Through Photography
LTP continues its decades-long work with Durham Public Schools, connecting picture-making with writing and critical thinking.
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