Join TVs Of Terror at the Sidewalk Film Festival for the perfect late summer horror classic Sleepaway Camp (1983) Angela Baker, a shy, traumatized young girl, is sent to summer camp with her cousin. Shortly after her arrival, anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions toward her gets their comeuppance. Directed By Robert Hiltzik
We are partnering with TechBirmingham to have a special session of their monthly TechTuesday event to offer a lunch and learn program focused on NFTs, film, and the intersection of tech and film. Lunch is included. This event is free but registration is required at https://bit.ly/ttsidewalk. Doors at 11:30, Panel at noon.
Join us for a panel regarding the future of film distribution, the importance of retaining ownership, and simplifying the industry overall featuring Experia View NFT distribution platform. Filmmakers looking for new methods of fundraising, distributing, and building their community should plan to attend!
For the 10th year in a row Sidewalk programmers have compiled an awesome selection of 1980's and 90's cartoons and vintage commercials for the start of your Sidewalk weekend. To accompany the fun-packed screening there will be a free cereal bar. So launch into your 2021 Festival weekend the right way, by loading up on carbs, crazy cartoon antics and good company. Fun for all ages!
Join us for a special live recording of SideTalks, the official podcast of the Sidewalk Film Festival featuring Sidewalk creative director Rachel Morgan and lead programmer Corey Craft. They fight, a lot. Free!
A woman wins an all-expenses trip to a company's gorgeous "institute" outside of Florence, and also the chance to meet the restaurant chain's wealthy and charismatic owner. She finds a different adventure than the one she imagined. Starring Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Molly Shannon and Tim Heidecker.
F*ckup Nights Sidewalk Edition F*ckup Nights Birmingham is a local chapter of the global movement and event series that shares stories of professional failure. Each month, in events across the globe, we get three to four people to get up in front of a room full of strangers to share their own professional f*ckup. The stories of the business that crashes and burns, the partnership deal that goes sour, the project that has to be shelved, we tell them all. This exclusive event will feature speakers from the film industry during the Sidewalk Film Festival.
A nostalgic and colorful peek behind the pages and personalities of International Male, one of the most ubiquitous and sought-after mail-order catalogs of the '80s and '90s.
future boys Directed by Julian Clark 12 minutes • USA Genre, Narrative, Alabama Film In a future housing project, a permanent tenant of virtual reality receives a rogue transmission.
In The Flesh Directed by Daphne Gardner 13 minutes • USA Genre, Narrative Tracey is addicted to jerking off with her bathtub faucet. When the pipes start shooting out dirty water and she starts leaking black goo, she descends into the basement to find the cause of her suffering and confront it, so she can jerk off in peace.
Shitshow Directed by Ryan Lilienfield 4 minutes • USA Genre, Narrative A first date between a fidgety young man and a sophisticated young woman goes horribly wrong when something unexpected happens. Can he play it off?
Bite Me Directed by Mike Cunliffe 5 minutes • USA Genre, Narrative, Alabama Film A married couple is forced to stay in their house during to a zombie outbreak, causing havoc in their relationship.
A Fistful of Lead Directed by Dempsey Lee Birmingham III 12 minutes • USA Genre, Narrative, Alabama Film 20 years after a ruthless bandit murders his parents in cold blood, Jesse Morgan, an orphan turned bounty hunter, seeks vengeance on the one behind it all.
Bygone Directed by Mickey Tetrov 8 minutes • Spain Genre, Narrative A young woman wakes up in the middle of an apocalyptic, deserted world. As she meanders through the abandoned remains, she encounters a looming presence.
Phantom Tension Directed by Dennis Calvert 7 minutes • USA Genre, Narrative, Alabama Film (TBD)
Free Noir Papillon Directed by Lev Omelchenko 11 minutes • USA Genre, Narrative A short dance film about a mother’s relationship to her pregnancy, as she deals with fear and hope about bringing a black baby boy into the world in 2020. The choreography stems from a place of creating sanctuary and learning to accept and find joy in bringing new life in a year full of uncertainty, conflict and strife. Memory of her first pregnancy and labor also influence movement motifs.
The Cahaba River Killer Directed by Rico Shay 5 minutes • USA Genre, Narrative, Black Lens Created in 48 hours as part of the 2021 Creature Feature Scramble for Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema.
Cruise Directed by Sam Rudykoff 7 minutes • Canada Genre, Narrative We’ve all received scam phone calls, but what about the person making the calls? Cruise is a dark workplace satire about a hapless telemarketer trying mightily to give away a free cruise. And if he fails, there will be dire consequences.
BRICK BY BRICK Directed by Tyler Downey 3.5 minutes • USA Genre, Narrative, Alabama Film An anxious introvert braves a halloween party in search of a missing lego piece, only to find it in the hands of his dream girl. Made in participation with the Spring 2022 48 Hour Filmmaking competition, the Sidewalk Scramble. Run time: 3:32
FACE TO FACE Directed by Sarah Coffee 5 minutes • USA Genre, Narrative, Alabama Film Sparks fly between two rival influencers while competing for the same job. Made in participation with the Spring 2022 48 Hour Filmmaking competition, the Sidewalk Scramble.
When filmmaker Oscar Harding's grandfather passed away in the rural English county of Somerset, his family inherited an extraordinary video tape - a feature-length home movie from neighbour Charles Carson, which can best be described as "Monty Python meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". A LIFE ON THE FARM is an exploration and celebration of Charles Carson and his movies, rescued from obscurity, which present a moving and laugh-out-loud document of a time and place in danger of being lost to history.
BODY PARTS traces the evolution of "sex" on-screen from a woman’s perspective, uncovering the uncomfortable realities behind some of the most iconic scenes in cinema history and celebrating the bold creators leading the way for change.
From A24. In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community in this tense, sweepingly emotional epic. Starring Emily Watson, Paul Mescal and Aisling Franciosi.
Just like it's the 80s' we'll screen a binge-worthy block of old school music videos along with vintage commercials and MTV bumpers. Part time machine, part recreation - spend an evening in front of the TV... specifically the MTV (before it was M-realityT-V). Fun & Free!
When a grieving college professor confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she's drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences.
