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.
Using Sched.org as our primary scheduling tool, we are happy to offer four different ways to view this year’s lineup. By hovering your cursor over the "Schedule" tab below, you can take your pick of a Simple, Expanded, Grid, or By Venue view.
Pull up in your car or grab a folding chair and join us for a pop up drive-in screening of At The Drive-In. This is a free event.
Directed by Alexander Monelli USA | 80 Minutes Saturday | Lot Opens at 7:30 | Film at 8:00 PM The al.com Parking Lot [Corner of 1st Ave. N & 18th St N]
A love letter to the dying art of the drive-in movie theater, this documentary depicts the lengths to which a band of ragtag film aficionados will go to save the Mahoning Drive-In Theater in the Pennsylvania countryside. When economics and changing technology prevent the theater from showing first-run movies in 2014, the days of this drive-in seem numbered — but a staff of fanatical volunteers takes charge, determined to keep it afloat with an exciting new business model.
