The 16th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival August 22-24
7-24-2014: We will continue to add details to this schedule as the Festival approaches. Please bookmark the page so that you can find the schedule easily.
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.
American Frenzy Director: Brandon Langley / NAR / USA / 6min A hyperbolic anti-parable of the exploitation of our fears, the piggish plundering of the media news outlets, and the birth of the ghost collective.
Globe Trot Director: Mitchell Rose / NAR / USA / 5min An international, crowd-sourced, dance-film project, with 54 filmmakers on all seven continents.
Alien Brides Director: Sadie Rogers / NAR / USA / 6min Thirty-something sisters Zora and Rosalind hole up during an alien invasion and get high.
SKUNK Director: Annie Silverstein / NAR / USA / 16min When her pit bull is stolen by an amateur dog fighter, 14-year old Leila is forced to stand up for herself—at the cost of her own innocence.
Google Ambien Director: Sara Salovaara / NAR / USA / 9min Getting rid of an ambien-fueled guest is harder than expected.
Baby Mary Director: Kris Swanberg / NAR / USA / 8min An eight-year-old girl decides to rescue a neglected child.
The Discontentment of Ed Telfair Director: Daniel Campbell / NAR / USA / 18min Ed Telfair is a mundane, middle-aged man with a steady job, a beautiful wife, a best friend named Doug, and a normal life—until he takes matters into his own hands.
Jonathan’s Chest Director: Christopher Radcliff / NAR / USA / 15min A young man claims to be the long-missing brother of a teenager.
The Gentleman Darks Director: Brandon Vedder / NAR / USA / 14min When a fabled man in their rough backwoods named Gentleman calls on them, Abel & Sam nervously head out to the darks to investigate.
Picture Show Directors: Jonathan Hicks & Robyn Young / NAR / USA / 15min An elderly couple, confined to their home for years, ventures out for one last date at the soon-to-close movie theater—only to return and face a stark reality.
Beneath Existence Director: Edward Mensore / NAR / USA / 9min Half a mile underground, nine Appalachian miners struggle to survive after a methane explosion leaves them with one hour of oxygen to go.
Saturday August 23, 2014 4:20pm - 6:20pm CDT
Recital Hall (ASFA)1800 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd (8th Ave. N.)