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.
From architecture to music to film, these films explore how the arts permeate and drive daily lives in both light-hearted and serious ways.
Sing for Your Supper Director: Mu Sun Run Time: 16 USA In a totalitarian world where one only eats as well as they can sing, a man must overcome his bout of laryngitis if he ever wants to eat again.
Just a Song Director: Gina Hirsch Run Time: 6 USA A songwriter shares his new song with his girlfriend and things get a little weird.
Bliss Blue Director: Elle Schneider Run Time: 11 USA A woman in crisis searches for just the right shade at her hometown paint store. Her reacquaintance with two women from her past does not help.
a film by Vera Vaughn Director: Sorrel Brae Run Time: 11 USA In this supernatural digital-age thriller, a filmmaker falls through the looking glass when she must face her own terrifying creation.
The Love Song of M. Anderson Vincent Director: Chen Gu Rn Time: 19 USA Two strangers meet in the dreamy haze of a smoke-filled bar, and one of them wakes up too soon.
The Lot Director: Russell Blanchard Run Time: 16 USA When a lonely cafe owner struggles to help an outcast boy build a fort on a blighted lot, their project and budding friendship is threatened by a city ordinance.
Off Track Betty Directors: Clayton Dean Smith Run Time: 19 USA In an ever-changing corner of New York City, a longtime resident realizes she no longer recognizes the neighborhood that she calls home. Unsure about her future, she is confronted by a young man with a direct link to her past.
