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.
Lucky Directed by John Carroll Lynch USA, Narrative, 88 minutes
Acting legend Harry Dean Stanton stars as the cantankerous Lucky, an elderly atheist faced with his imminent mortality after a momentary health scare. As he interacts with the other residents of his small desert community, Lucky moves slowly but surely toward enlightenment. The directing debut of character actor John Carroll Lynch, Lucky gives Stanton the role of a lifetime. Co-starring Tom Skerritt, Ron Livingston and director David Lynch as Lucky’s tortoise-obsessed best friend. - Corey Craft