The 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival August 26-28
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.
The Lyric Theatre is sponsored by the City of Birmimgham.
This screening is sponsored by Central Alabama Pride.
Neil is a shy, lonely high school student. His creative outlet is writing erotic fan fiction. After Neil’s writing is ridiculed in school, a fellow student and fanfic writer, Julia, comes to his rescue. The pair form a friendship as Julia persuades Neil to submit his writing to an online forum. Things get complicated as Neil’s feelings for Julia and the forum’s moderator, Denis, grow. Slash is a funny, relatable coming of age film that is as charming as it is entertaining. - Lisa Cordes