The 17th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival August 28-30
Sidewalk Film Festival is produced by the Alabama Moving Image Association, a federally recognized 501c3 non-profit organization with a mission to inspire, encourage and support filmgoers, the city of Birmingham and the filmmaking community. In addition to hosting the annual film festival, we host monthly networking and educational events, a monthly documentary series, short film and screenwriting competitions, manage a youth board and a variety of other year-round programs.
Tickets sales to our events cover approximately 1/3 of our annual operating cash budget, so we depend on corporate sponsors, grant-making organizations and individuals like you to survive. if you’d like to know more about supporting Sidewalk, please contact us at sidewalk@sidewalkfest.com.
Deadly Dir: Aidan McAteer RT 9 min. Ireland Deadly tells the story of Boney, a working stiff in a dead-end job. That is, until he has a run-in with a spirited old lady named Bridie ...
I Was a Teenage Girl, Apparently Dir: Lyn Elliot, Nina Frenkel RT 6 min. USA A woman finds the diary she kept as a teenager and goes back in time to try to talk some sense into her teenage self.
In It to Win It Dir: Marc Havener RT 1 min. USA An overzealous soccer dad attends his daughter's ballet recital.
Simorgh Dir: Meghdad Asadi Lari RT 5 min. USA Persian calligraphic art, music, and ornament designs get together and bring an old mythical Persian story to life.
Sugarless Tea Dir: Sai Selvarajan RT 5 min. USA Fifty-four years of separation tethered together by a red string of fate and ten years of humble restraint represent one man's quest to reunite with his brother.
Sumer Dir: Alvaro Garcia RT 10 min. Spain In a world where all animal and plant species perished decades past, a young boy lives alone in the last remaining human settlement. While observing the desert from the roof of a building, Hermes suddenly sees the possibility of life re-emerging.
T.P. Dir: Bob Blevins, Bradley Werley RT 10 min. USA A naive roll of toilet paper awakens in a disgusting gas station bathroom and is horrified to discover what fate has in store for his kind. Inspired by his traumatized but well intentioned companion, he resolves to escape captivity and determine for himself.
Moons Dir: Liesje Kraai RT 1 min. USA A short music video that pays homage to Laika, the Russian space dog, set to Josh Ritter's song 'Moons.'
Think Ink Dir: Wally Chung RT 7 min. USA Wally Chung An animated film about outcasts and acceptance, a la psychology inkblots.
The Ballad of Holland Island House Dir: Lynn Tomlinson RT 4 min. USA Animated clay paintings tell the true story of the last house on a sinking island in the Chesapeake Bay. In an old-time music ballad, the house sings of its life and the creatures it has sheltered as it contemplates time, environmental change, and the rise of the seas.
The Looking Planet Dir: Eric Law Anderson 17 min. USA During the construction of the universe, a young member of the Cosmos Corps of Engineers decides to break some fundamental laws in the name of self-expression.
Tick Tock Dir: Zeynep Kocak RT 9 min. Turkey With a desire to fill his home with people, an elderly man attempts to rent one of his rooms. In his effort to beautify his home, he finds new purpose and joy in his own life.
