2000 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
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The 2000 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival was the 2nd of what became an annual series of film festivals in downtown Birmingham. The event moved from spring to fall, and was held over the course of three days, October 6–8, on the 1800 block of 3rd Avenue North. Weekend passes were sold in advance for $15, and day passes were offered at the gate for $10.
In conjunction with the festival, the McWane Center's IMAX Dome theater screened "The Old Man and the Sea" ("Старик и море"), an Oscar-winning large-format animated short directed by Aleksandr Petrov.
Jurors for the 2000 festival included Steve Montal, Jean Bodon, David Cole, Skizz Cyzyk, Norton Dill, Borivoj Dovniković, Vesna Dovniković, Bruce Kuerten, John DiJulio, and Gabe Wardell.
Awards
- Best Narrative Feature: "Dropping Out" (Mark Osborne, director)
- Best Short Film: "Crosswalk" (Lance Larson, director)
- Best Student Film: "The Buse" (Kelsey Scott, director)
- Best Documentary Feature: "Good Kurds, Bad Kurds" (Kevin McKiernan, director)
- Best Screenplay: "The Unwind" (Conor Buescher & William Bradford, directors)
- Alabama Young Filmmakers Award: "Fifteen Minutes" (Jason Welch, director)
- Special Achievement in Animation: "Rejected" (Don Hertzfeldt, director)
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Borivoj Dovniković
- Audience Award: "Scottsboro: An American Tragedy" (Barak Goodman & Daniel Anker, directors)
References
- Carlton, Bob (October 7, 2000) "Sidewalk film festival strolls to impressive start." Birmingham Post-Herald, p. 1A
- Phillips, Jeb (October 9, 2000) "Film festival gets a thumbs-up." Birmingham Post-Herald, p. C3
External links
- Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival website