20th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival presented by Regions: Full Schedule

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.

This schedule is subject to change.

6:00pm CDT

Encore: Comedy Shorts

Venues

The Multiplex at the Alabama School of Fine Arts

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Sponsors

Alabama School of Fine Arts

Birmingham Business Journal

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Saturday August 25, 2018 6:00pm - 7:40pm CDT
ASFA: Black Box

Encore

8:45pm CDT

Encore: Black Lens Shorts

A Conversation with the Devil
dir. Jonathan Jackson
7.5 min
In his first televised interview, Satan tries to set the record straight on his life and his view of death, clocks, the bible, Jesus, and humanity.

It's Just a Gun
dir. Brian Robau
14 min
When a young boy named Gabe finds a .38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver, it will set in motion a series of events that will change him forever.

Limits
dir. Kevon Pryce
18 min
While trying to figure out what he wants out of life, Marcus notices his relationship is falling apart, but this soon opens the door to a bigger truth.

Mid-City Blues
dir. Kris Wilson
16 min
A hopeful police academy graduate races to get to his badge-pinning ceremony in his civilian clothes, but after he is delayed by on-duty officers during a routine traffic stop, he gains a newfound perspective on his career of choice.

PAWG - Day 12
dir. John Eddins
19.5 min
Lovers reunite 12 days after one of them gets a whole new lease on love.

Straight Line
dir. Carl Harrison, Jr.
15 min
Inspired by the true story of legendary musician Sam Cooke and the incident that birthed "A Change Is Gonna Come," Straight Line follows a band of young black musicians known as "Lost Identity.”

The Future is Bright
dir. Courtney Faye Powell
10 min
In 1979, a local newscaster prepares to cover an anti-KKK protest in Greensboro, NC, and realizes that she may never be ready for the events to come.

Venues

The Multiplex at the Alabama School of Fine Arts

Sponsors

Alabama School of Fine Arts

Birmingham Business Journal

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Saturday August 25, 2018 8:45pm - 10:15pm CDT
ASFA: Black Box

Encore, Shorts Block

Sidebar Black Lens

2:20pm CDT

Encore: Wild Nights With Emily

Directed by Madeleine Olnek
USA | 84 Minutes
Saturday | 8:40 PM
Museum of Art

Madeleine Olnek’s portrait of Emily Dickinson (Molly Shannon) casts light on the poet’s intense romance with women and words, and in doing so subverts the notions of biography and history entire. The result is a sexy, breathless, absurdist, and very cinematic literary romp. Interpretation alters our perception, turning seemingly dusty poetry into unspeakable sexual innuendo. “I taste a liquor never brewed—”, Dickinson whispers to her lover Susan—affirming that her lines are truly about that.

- Sophie Gertrude Strohmeier

Venues