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.
Spettacolo Directed by Jeff Malmberg & Chris Shellen USA, Documentary, 90 minutes
Each year for half a century, the citizens of the small Italian village of Monticchiello have performed a summer play based on their lives, through which residents of this farming town can examine issues of the day. But as the population grows older and their way of life fades in modern Italy’s trying economic times, this annual tradition may be coming to an end. This sun-drenched documentary takes a beautiful look at Teatro Povero’s difficulties and triumphs. - Corey Craft
