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.
Creepy and uncanny, you may want to sleep with the lights on after watching these shorts. *Not all material is appropriate for children.
Quiz Director: A.D. Schmidt Run Time: 6 USA A text late at night. A terrifying question. Take the quiz.
Claude Director: Alan Mykitta Run Time: 17 USA A wise-cracking private eye gets caught between the cops and a killer with a dark secret.
Empty Bed Director: Brandt Shandera Run Time: 7 USA In the dark of night, a mother searches for her son after finding his bed empty.
Altschmerz Director: Somica Spratley Run Time: 8 USA Faced with rejection and deceit, a woman struggles to understand her own identity and relationships with others.
Nosferratin Director: Ann Kathleen Williams Run Time: 11 USA Bela is struggling for money, so when she sees a flyer for a clinical drug test that pays cash, it seems like the answer to her prayers. But soon the drugs start to make her hallucinate terrible things -- or so she thinks.
Slow Creep Director: Jim Hickcox Run Time: 12 USA Fifteen-year-old Otter is excited that she's finally found the horror film she's been seeking for weeks. She doesn't realize the horror she brings home with it.
