Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
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Features
- March 2 | The reshuffling of Sidewalk
Exclusive: Birmingham Shout gay/lesbian film festival moves to fall; new hires in the works.
2009 Coverage
Alabama Moon, starring John Goodman,
will close the 2009 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival.
The 11th annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival takes place Sept. 25-27 in downtown Birmingham.
Check out Wade on Birmingham for full indie coverage of the film festival.
Features
- Aug. 27 | Local flavor
A first look at the schedule, focusing on films with Alabama connections - Aug. 28 | ‘Best Worst Movie’ to open festival
Documentary on making of “Troll 2″ kicks off 2009 edition - Sept. 21 | Get your ass to Mars
10 reasons to the see the North American premiere of sci-fi/horror/comedy film “Interplanetary” - Sept. 25 | The everything-must-go end-of-September blowout
A guide to the festival, plus additional coverage - Nov. 6 | September success brings $20,000 surplus
The exclusive story of how the festival overcame debt and broke in a new executive director
Reviews
- Sept. 18 | “Forgetting Dad”
A father suffers severe amnesia and reboots his life with a new family in this documentary on the mind and memory. - Sept. 19 | “Courting Condi”
A lovestruck suitor chases the woman of his dreams, Birmingham native and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice! - Sept. 20 | “The Dungeon Masters”
A straight-up documentary about the lives of three participants in role-playing games and an up-close look at their hobby. - Sept. 21 | “The Vicious Kind”
Two brothers, one girl. A familiar tale wrapped in indie style. - Sept. 22 | “They Came to Play”
A film about Van Cliburn competitors (including Birmingham’s Drew Mays), and one of the best, most inspiring and uplifting documentaries in Sidewalk history. - Sept. 22 | “45365″
A documentary shows small town Ohio life, warts and all, in entertaining and provocative fashion. - Sept. 23 | “Official Rejection”
A documentary about the funny meta-tale of getting a movie into a festival. - Sept. 23 | “Dead Snow” (“Død snø”)
A Nazi zombie flick from Norway that delivers on the right mix of laughs and scares in a frozen horror show. - Sept. 24 | “You Might as Well Live”
The quirky comedy about a suicidal nobody out to prove he’s somebody is one of the best in Sidewalk’s lineup this year. - Sept. 24 | “That Evening Sun”
A slow-paced but remarkable film that portrays a love story in the guise of an old farmer’s battle for his house. - Sept. 25 | “Best Worst Movie”
A documentary that provides a good look at how an unintentionally bad movie gets made.
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2008 Coverage
Sidewalk 2008 opened with the
rock comedy, ‘Adventures of Power.’
Features
- Sept. 9 | ‘Adventures of Power’ to open Sidewalk 2008
Exclusive: Film fest kickoff stars Adrian Grenier, Michael McKean
Reviews
- Sept. 18 | “Goliath”
An unnamed man deals with personal setbacks and a missing cat. - Sept. 22 | “‘Bama Girl”
A documentary on a black finalist for Homecoming Queen at the University of Alabama. - Sept. 24 | “Crawford”
A documentary on President Bush’s adopted hometown in Texas. - Sept. 25 | “The Dhamma Brothers”
A documentary on a west Jefferson County prison taking on Buddhist meditation. - Sept. 26 | “Adventures of Power”
Mine worker, air drummer, dreamer. Can Power fulfill his musical destiny and save his town?
Aftermath
- EXCLUSIVE: Sidewalk loses second director in two years
Catherine Pfitzer fired after board goes in new direction (Feb. 14, 2009)
- EXCLUSIVE: Sidewalk starts again
Film festival pursues new executive director, hires development director (March 3, 2009) - EXCLUSIVE: Sidewalk hires Chloe Collins as Executive Director
Third director in film festival’s 10-year history (April 22, 2009) - Teaser: A vision for the Sidewalk film festival
Chloe Collins shares her goal for the festival’s future in a video preview (April 23, 2009) - EXCLUSIVE: Executive director Chloe Collins discusses Sidewalk films, finances
In this exclusive interview, the new head of Sidewalk lays out her ideas for improving the festival (April 27, 2009) - Sidewalk, post-Shout, pre-festival
Updates on the July Scramble, and venues and sponsors for the annual September festival (June 2, 2009) - Sidewalk: Shout figures, fund-raisers, schedule update
Updates on Birmingham Shout, November Scramble and fund-raisers and schedule for the annual September festival (Aug. 20, 2009)
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2007 Coverage
Reviews
- Sept. 20 | “The Ten”
The Commandments get a comedic take from The State; holy hilarity ensues. - Sept. 24 | Alabama Shorts Block No. 4
Homegrown short films with a darker side. - Sept. 25 | “Overflow”
Birmingham filmmaker focuses on teenage misfits in detention. - Sept. 27 | “Row Hard No Excuses”
A look at rowers who race across the ocean in this gripping doc.
Extras
- Sept. 10 | Look ahead
A sneak peek at this year’s lineup - Sept. 28 | The last roundup
Prizes! “Lunch” first look! Bitter media rivalries! And more! - Oct. 1 | End scene
Recaps of hits and misses from the weekend
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2006 Coverage
Reviews
- Sept. 17 | “Puzzlehead”
Love triangle with scientist, robot and (gasp!) woman lacks humanity - Sept. 18 | Shorts Block No. 3
Quirky appealing block features international flavor around a theme of responsibility - Sept. 19 | “Darkon”
Documentary takes all-too-serious look at role-playing knights - Sept. 21 | “LOL”
Lackluster comedy follows wired slackers nowhere
Extras
- Sept. 19 | “Muckfuppet”
A Birmingham filmmaker’s script comes full circle - Sept. 22 | Off and running
10 reasons to hit this year’s festival - Sept. 27 | fin
A recap of more films at the festival
Aftermath
- Nov. 30 | Sidewalk shuffle
Festival director Erik Jambor resigns - Dec. 5 | Sidewalk shuffle 2
Board president Alan Hunter discusses changes behind the scenes - Feb. 9, 2007 | Sidewalk shuffle 3
Staff changes at Sidewalk; Jambor heads to Oregon
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