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The '''2016 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival''', held on [[August 25]]-[[August 27|27]], [[2017]] was the 19th in the [[Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival|annual series]]. In all, more than 250 films were screened during the festival, including full-length narrative and documentary features and numerous short films. Screening venues used during the festival included the [[Birmingham Museum of Art]], the [[Alabama School of Fine Arts]], [[First United Methodist Church]], [[Lyric Theatre]], [[Alabama Theatre]], [[McWane Science Center]], and [[Red Mountain Theatre Company]]'s cabaret theater.
The '''2017 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival''', held on [[August 25]]-[[August 27|27]], [[2017]] was the 19th in the [[Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival|annual series]]. In all, more than 250 films were screened during the festival, including full-length narrative and documentary features and numerous short films. Screening venues used during the festival included the [[Birmingham Museum of Art]], the [[Alabama School of Fine Arts]], [[First United Methodist Church]], [[Lyric Theatre]], [[Alabama Theatre]], [[McWane Science Center]], and [[Red Mountain Theatre Company]]'s cabaret theater.


The opening night feature, ''Step'', was screened at the [[Alabama Theatre]]. Award-winners included ''[[Alabama Bound (film)|Alabama Bound]]'', a documentary by [[Lara Embry]] and [[Carolyn Shere]] about lesbian couples living in Alabama.
The concurrent [[SHOUT]] LGBTQ film festival screened ''Whitney: Can I Be Me'', a documentary about Whitney Houston on opening night and ''Beach Rats'' as its closing feature.


<!--==Awards==
The opening night feature, ''Step'', was screened at the [[Alabama Theatre]]. Award-winners with local ties included ''[[Alabama Bound (film)|Alabama Bound]]'', a documentary by [[Lara Embry]] and [[Carolyn Shere]] about lesbian couples living in Alabama.
 
==Awards==
* Jury awards:
* Jury awards:
** Jambor-Franklin Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature ($1000): ''Donald Cried''
** Jambor-Franklin Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature ($1000): ''Are We Not Cats''
** Kathryn Tucker Windham Storyteller Award ($1000): ''Pickle''
** Kathryn Tucker Windham Storyteller Award ($1000): ''Mutt''
** Best Documentary Feature ($1000): ''Syl Johnson: Any Way the Wind Blows'' (Honorable mention to ''Jackson'')
** Best Documentary Feature ($1000): ''The New Radical'' (Special jury prize to ''All the Rage'')
** Best Narrative Short ($500): ''A Film by Vera Vaughn''
** Best Narrative Short ($500): ''August''
** Honorable Mention: ''[[First Lady of the Revolution]]''
** Best Documentary Short ($500): ''All the Leaves Are Brown'' (Special jury mention for ''Okra Fest'')
** Honorable Mention for Narrative Filmmaking: ''Red Folder''
** Best Animated Short: ''Second to None''
** Honorable Mention for Comedy: ''Nigel & Oscar vs. Sasquatch''
** Sidewalk Features Programmers Award ($500): ''Blame''
** Honorable Mention for Imagination: ''Monty and the Runaway Furnace''
** Sidewalk Shorts Programmers Award ($250): ''Shilo''
** Best Documentary Short ($500): ''Frame 394''
** Alan Hunter Best Alabama Film ($500): ''[[Gardens of Red Dust]]'' (Special jury prize to ''The Nobodies'')
** Best Family/Kids Film: ''Kedi''
** Best Student Film ($250): ''Fry Day'' (Special jury award for ''Gardeners of the Forest'')
** Special Jury Award Short: ''The Champion'' and ''A House Without Snakes''
** Clint Howard Character Actor Award: John Merriman for ''Mustang Island''
** Sidewalk Programmers Award ($500): ''The Master Cleanse'' (Honorable mention to ''Cheerleader'')
** Best Life & Liberty Film: ''Most Beautiful Island''
** Alan Hunter Best Alabama Film ($500): ''[[Gip (film)|Gip]]''
** Family Film Award: ''Into the Who Knows'' (Special jury award for ''Last of the Longnecks'')
** Best Student Film ($500): ''The Mink Catcher''
** Best Crowdfunded Film ($250): ''Olde E''
** Clint Howard Character Actor Award: Celia Rowlson-Hall, for ''Ma''
** Spirit of Sidewalk Award: The General and [[Dan Koch]] of [[Splash Adventure]]
** Seed & Spark Award for Best Crowdfunded Short ($250):
** Best SHOUT LGBTQ Film ($500): ''Alabama Bound''
** Best SHOUT Narrative Feature ($500):  ''Teenage Cocktail''
* Audience Choice awards
** Best SHOUT Documentary Feature ($500): ''Kiki''
** Audience Choice for Best Narrative Feature ($250): ''Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks''
** Best SHOUT Short ($500): ''Sign''
** Audience Choice for Best Documentary Feature ($250): ''Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story''
** SHOUT Programmers Award ($250): ''Slash'' (Honorable mention to ''Ma'')
** Audience Choice for Best Alabama Film ($250): ''Alabama Bound''
** SHOUT Special Mention: Clare Cooney in ''Bird of Prey''
** Audience Choice for Best Shout LGBTQ Film ($250): ''Princess Cyd''
** SHOUT Special Mention (Best Alabama LGBTQ Film): ''[Ending the Silence]]''
** Audience Choice for Best Narrative Short ($150): ''Just Go!''
* Audience awards
** Audience Choice for Best Documentary Short ($150): ''A Good Blinder'' / ''First to Go: Story of the Katakoa Family'' (tie)
** Best Narrative Feature ($250): ''Service to Man''
** Best Documentary Feature ($250): ''[[Gip (film)|Gip]]''
** Best Alabama Film ($250): ''[[First Lady of the Revolution]]''
** Best Narrative Short ($150): ''Madame Black''
** Best Documentary Short ($150) ''Pickle''
** Best SHOUT Narrative Feature ($250): ''Miles''
** Best SHOUT Documentary Feature ($250): ''Suited''
** Best SHOUT Short ($250): ''The Escape Hatch''-->


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.sidewalkfest.com/ Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival] website


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Latest revision as of 10:07, 25 July 2019

The 2017 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, held on August 25-27, 2017 was the 19th in the annual series. In all, more than 250 films were screened during the festival, including full-length narrative and documentary features and numerous short films. Screening venues used during the festival included the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Alabama School of Fine Arts, First United Methodist Church, Lyric Theatre, Alabama Theatre, McWane Science Center, and Red Mountain Theatre Company's cabaret theater.

The concurrent SHOUT LGBTQ film festival screened Whitney: Can I Be Me, a documentary about Whitney Houston on opening night and Beach Rats as its closing feature.

The opening night feature, Step, was screened at the Alabama Theatre. Award-winners with local ties included Alabama Bound, a documentary by Lara Embry and Carolyn Shere about lesbian couples living in Alabama.

Awards

  • Jury awards:
    • Jambor-Franklin Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature ($1000): Are We Not Cats
    • Kathryn Tucker Windham Storyteller Award ($1000): Mutt
    • Best Documentary Feature ($1000): The New Radical (Special jury prize to All the Rage)
    • Best Narrative Short ($500): August
    • Best Documentary Short ($500): All the Leaves Are Brown (Special jury mention for Okra Fest)
    • Best Animated Short: Second to None
    • Sidewalk Features Programmers Award ($500): Blame
    • Sidewalk Shorts Programmers Award ($250): Shilo
    • Alan Hunter Best Alabama Film ($500): Gardens of Red Dust (Special jury prize to The Nobodies)
    • Best Student Film ($250): Fry Day (Special jury award for Gardeners of the Forest)
    • Clint Howard Character Actor Award: John Merriman for Mustang Island
    • Best Life & Liberty Film: Most Beautiful Island
    • Family Film Award: Into the Who Knows (Special jury award for Last of the Longnecks)
    • Best Crowdfunded Film ($250): Olde E
    • Spirit of Sidewalk Award: The General and Dan Koch of Splash Adventure
    • Best SHOUT LGBTQ Film ($500): Alabama Bound
  • Audience Choice awards
    • Audience Choice for Best Narrative Feature ($250): Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks
    • Audience Choice for Best Documentary Feature ($250): Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story
    • Audience Choice for Best Alabama Film ($250): Alabama Bound
    • Audience Choice for Best Shout LGBTQ Film ($250): Princess Cyd
    • Audience Choice for Best Narrative Short ($150): Just Go!
    • Audience Choice for Best Documentary Short ($150): A Good Blinder / First to Go: Story of the Katakoa Family (tie)

References

  • Carlton, Bob (August 28, 2017) "Sidewalk Film Festival announces 2017 winners; here's the list." The Birmingham News

External links

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