Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
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The Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival is an annual film festival scheduled over one weekend in late September in Birmingham, Alabama, since 1999. The festival takes place at seven venues located within Birmingham's historic Theatre District (featuring the newly-restored Alabama Theatre, a 2,200 seat movie palace built by Paramount in 1927, and the Carver Theatre).
In 2006, the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival recognized writer/director John Sayles and producer Maggie Renzi for their more than two decades of collaboration in independent film, which includes such acclaimed indie classics as The Brother From Another Planet, Passion Fish, Lone Star, and the Sidewalk 2004 Opening Night Film, Silver City.
In 2005, Sidewalk honored acclaimed film actor John C. Reilly with the inaugural Spirit of Sidewalk award.
[edit] AWARDS
SHORTS
2009 - Special Jury Prize: Feeder by Joseph Ernst
2009 - Best Student Film: Token Hunchback by Tim Reckart
2009 - Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award: Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival by Jason LaRay Keener and Jeremiah Ledbetter
2009 - Best Alabama Short: Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival by Jason LaRay Keener and Jeremiah Ledbetter
2009 - Best Animated Film: Dahlia by Michael Langan
2009 - Best Short Film - I am so proud of you by Don Hertzfeld
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
2009 - Special Jury Award for Artistic Vision: 45365 by Bill Ross & Turner Ross
2009 - Special Jury Award for Artistic Portrait: Luckey by Laura Longsworth
2009 - Best Documentary Feature Film: Best Worst Movie by Michael Paul Stephenson
NARRATIVE FEATURES
2009 - Grand Prix: Modern Love is Automatic by Zach Clark
2009 - Best Director: Scott Teems, That Evening Sun
2009 - Mise en Scene Award: David Lowery, St. Nick
2009 - Best Performance: Adam Scott, The Vicious Kind
2009 - The Clint Howard Character Actor Award: Clint Howard, Alabama Moon
2009 - Best Narrative Feature Film: The House of the Devil by Ti West
AUDIENCE CHOICE
2009 - Best Alabama Film: Interplanetary by Chance Shirley
2009 - Best Short Film: Some of What I Know About Tommy by Chris Hilleke
2009 - Best Documentary Feature: Best Worst Movie by Michael Paul Stephenson
2009 - Best Narrative Feature: Alabama Moon by Tim McCanlies
ALABAMA AWARDS
2009 - A.C.E. Award (Alabama Citation of Excellence): Cerebella by Adam Wingard and Alex Justinger
2009 - Scramble Best in Show: Natural Selection by Team Blue Mug
2009 - SideWrite Production Prize Winner: "The Burden" by Bill Barnett
2009 - SideWrite Grand Prize: "Lost in Transmission" by Carl Edward Orr
[edit] External links
- Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival website
- Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival at the Fargo Filmmaking Wiki Project
