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.
Set amongst alligator filled ponds, palm trees, and flocks of tropical birds is the small retirement community of Lakeshore Villas. The numerous and well-manicured trailers are home to individuals whose lives, anxieties, and failures are examined through personal stories and beautifully crafted observational footage. With a nostalgic score and motifs evocative of a 1950’s Florida postcard, what could easily be a melancholic film becomes a, sometimes, whimsical reflection on life’s final stage and the joys and failures that led the characters to their long-term residence at Lakeshore Villas. - Candice Murdock
