List of Sidewalk Film Festival Award Winners
This is a partial list of films that won awards at the Sidewalk Film Festival.
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2007
9th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: September 22 - September 24
Narrative Features
- Best narrative Feature - Low and Behold
- Best Director - Low and Behold
- Best First Feature - August the First
- Original Vision - Last Stop for Paul
- Filmmaker to Watch - Murder Party
Documentaries
- Best Documentary Feature - Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life
- Best Short Documentary - Salim Baba
- Best Student Documentary - A Street Divided
- Special Jury Award - Join Us
Short Films
- Best Short Film - Pop Foul
- Best Animated Film - Everything Will be OK
- Best Student Film, 1st Place - Caress of the Creature; 2nd Place - Heartburn
- Best Alabama Short Film - I'm Nostalgic
- Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award - A Death in the Woods
- Special Jury Award for Direction - Archer House
- Special Jury Award for Brilliance in Imagery - Help is Coming
- Special Jury Award for Brilliance in Animation - Their Circumstances
- Alabama Citations of Excellence (ACE) Awards
- Excellence in Storytelling - Asclepius Fandango
- Excellence in Imagery - Modern Plays: The Music Video
- Excellence in Directing - Cup of Joe
- Excellence in Originality - Lunch with Lincoln
- Excellence in Comedy - Lunch
- Excellence in Comedy Writing - The Little Things
- Excellence in Acting - Tallie Medel, in I'm Nostalgic
- Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking: Dick-George, Tenn-Tom and Speaking Without Speaking
Audience Choice
- Best Narrative Feature - American Fork
- Best Documentary Feature - Darius Goes West: The Roll of his Life
- Best Short Film - Deface
- Best Alabama Film - Overflow
Other Awards
- SideWrite, Grand Prize - "Self-Addressed" by James Pihakis
- SideWrite, Second Prize - "Stuck" by Susan C. McCain
- SideWrite, Production Prize - "Face Value" by Julie Pritt
2008
10th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: September 26 - September 28
Narrative Features
- Best Narrative Feature - Cook County
- Best Director – Barry Jenkins, for Medicine for Melancholy
Documentaries
- Best Documentary Feature - Intimidad
- Best Short Documentary - Young Arabs
- Special Jury Award, Feature Documentary - We are Wizards
- Special Jury Award, Short Documentary - Silly & Serious: William Robinson and Self Portraits
- Reel Green Award - Flow: For the Love of Water
- Special Reel Green Jury Award - eDump
Short Films
- Best Short Film - The Adventure
- Best Animated Film - Starsearchers
- Best Student Film - Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant
- Best Alabama Short Film - Trust
- Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award - Hirsute
- Special Jury Award for Outstanding Film making - Glory at Sea
- Alabama Citation of Excellence Awards (ACE Awards)
- Special Jury Award - 20th Century Reliance
- Excellence in Documenting Educational Disparity - Fine Lines and Foundation of Success
- For Silently Celebrating the Spirit of the South - Donkey Fountain
- For Courage in Exploration of Unconventional Love - Palster
- Best Catchphrase - One Bad Bastard
Audience Choice
- Best Narrative Feature - Coyote
- Best Documentary Feature - Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
- Best Short Film - Sebastian's Voodoo
- Best Alabama Film - Skiptracers
Other Awards
- SideWrite, Grand Prize - "A Good Man" by Stacey Davis
- SideWrite, Production Prize - "Love in the Grocery Store" by Tam Le
- Sidewalk Chalk: Curing Childhood Cancer, Winner - Out-Touching Cancer by Margaret Broach & Kristen Ryan
2009
11th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: September 25 - September 27[1]
Narrative Features
- Best Narrative Feature Film - The House of the Devil by Ti West
- Grand Prix Award - Modern Love is Automatic by Zach Clark
- Best Director - Scott Teems, for That Evening Sun
- Best Performance - Adam Scott, in The Vicious Kind
- Mise en Scene Award - David Lowery, St. Nick
- Clint Howard Character Actor Award - Clint Howard, in Alabama Moon
Documentary Features
- Best Documentary Feature Film - Best Worst Movie by Michael Paul Stephenson
- Special Jury Award for Artistic Portrait - Luckey by Laura Longsworth
- Special Jury Award for Artistic Vision - 45265 by Bill Ross & Turner Ross
Shorts
- Best Short Film - I Am So Proud of You by Don Hertzfeld
- Best Animated Film - Dahlia by Michael Langan
- Best Alabama Short - Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival, by Jason LaRay & Jeremiah Ledbetter
- Special Jury Prize - Feeder, by Joseph Ernst
- Best Student Film - Token Hunchback, by Tim Reckart
- Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award - Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival, by Jason LaRay & Jeremiah Ledbetter
Audience Choice Awards
- Best Narrative Feature - Alabama Moon by Tim McCanlies
- Best Documentary Feature - Best Worst Movie by Michael Paul Stephenson
- Best Short Film - Some of What I Know About Tommy By Chris Hilleke
- Best Alabama Film - Interplanetary by Chance Shirley
Alabama Awards
- Alabama Citation of Excellence Award (ACE Award) - Cerebella by Adam Windgard & Alex Justinger
- Scramble, Best in Show - Natural Selection by Team Blue Mug
- SideWrite, Production Prize Winner - "The Burden", by Bill Barnett
- SideWrite, "Lost in Transmission", by Carl Edward Orr
2010
12th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: September 24 - September 26[2]
Jury Awards
- Best Feature: Narrative - Audrey the Trainwreck
- Best Feature: Documentary - Beijing Taxi
- Best Short: Narrative - Conlang
- Best Short: Documentary - Seltzer Works
- Best Animated Film - The Bellows March
- Best Alabama Film - Perry County
- Clint Howard Character Actor Award - Wendell Pearce, in Night Catches Us
- Kathryn Tucker Windham Award for Storytelling - Daud
- Special Prize for Direction - Will Canon, for Brotherhood
- Special Jury Prize - The Thing About Being an Assassin
Audience Choice Awards
- Best Feature: Narrative - Brotherhood
- Best Feature: Documentary - Ready, Set, Bag!
- Best Short: Narrative - Lucy in LaLa
- Best Short: Documentary - Torch
- Best Alabama Film - Lifted
Other Awards
- Sidewalk Programmers Award - Barbershop Punk and Gabi on the Roof in July (tie)
- Best Teen Film - Planting Season
2011
13th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: August 26 - August 28 [2]
Jury Awards
- Best Feature: Narrative - Without, Dir: Mark Jackson
- Best Feature: Documentary - Guilty Pleasures, Dir: Julie Moggan
- Best Short: Narrative - Terrebonne, Dir: Jeremy Craig
- Best Short: Documentary - Mr. Happy Man, Dir: Matt Morris
- Best Animated Film - Bike Race, Dir: Tom Schroeder
- Best Alabama Film - The Chief, Dir: Christopher Scott and Mary Baschab
- Clint Howard Character Actor Award - Sean Nelson, in Treatment
- Special Breakout Performance Award - Nate Rubin, in Wuss
- Kathryn Tucker Windham Award for Storytelling - Two-Legged Rat Bastards, Dir: Scott Weintrob
- Best Student Film - An Inconvenient Youth, Dir: Slater Jewell-Kemker
Audience Choice Awards
- Best Feature: Narrative - A Bag of Hammers, Dir: Brian Crano
- Best Feature: Documentary - Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story, Dir: Patrick Sheehan
- Best Short: Narrative - Annie and Her Anger, Dir: Tam Le
- Best Short: Documentary - The Dancer, Dir: Seth Stark
- Best Alabama Film - The Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story, Dir Patrick Sheehan
Other Awards
- Sidewalk Programmers Award - Small Pond, Dir: Josh Slates
2012
14th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: August 26 - August 28 [3]
Jury Awards
- Best Feature: Narrative - Kid Thing", Dir: David Zellner
- Best Feature: Documentary - American Man, Dir: Jon Frankel
- Best Short: Narrative - DeafBlind, Dir: Ewan Bailey
- Best Short: Documentary - Brute Force, Dir: Ben Steinbauer
- Best Alabama Film - Eating Alabama, Dir: Andrew Beck Grace
- Best Alabama Short - "Grand Fugue on the Art of Gumbo", Dir: Gideon Kennedy and Isabel Machado
- Kathryn Tucker Windham Award for Storytelling - 'Julie On Her Way, Dir: Tam Le
- Best Student Film - "Undocumented", Dir: Carlos Estrada
Audience Choice Awards
- Best Feature: Narrative - Wolf, Dir: Ya'Kee Smith
- Best Feature: Documentary - G.L.O.W", Dir: Brett Whitcomb
- Best Short: Narrative - The Wheel, Dir: John Roberts
- Best Short: Documentary - Cardboard Titantics: Smart People Being Stupid, Dir: Sam Frazier
- Best Alabama Film - American Man, Dir: John Frankel
2013
15th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: August 23–25, 2013
Documentary:
Best Documentary Feature: HIT & STAY
- Special Mention by Doc Jury:
- REMOTE AREA MEDICAL
- TEENAGE for Creative Editing Process!
Shout:
- The Most Fun I’ve Had With My Pants On (Special Cinematography Award)
- Straight and Narrow (Short)
- Remote Area (Life & Liberty)
- Ink Deep (Best Short)
- Continental (Best Feature)
Narrative:
- Clint Howard Character Actor Award: Louisa Krause, BLUEBIRD
- Special Jury Prize for Best Director: Destin Daniel Cretton, SHORT TERM 12
- Jambor-Franklin Founder's Award for Best Narrative: SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY
Shorts:
- Best Narrative Short: S/ASH
- Best Short Doc: World Fair
- Best Student Film: Unsettlement
- Alan Hunter Best Alabama Film :Tasia and the Cheese Revolution
- Kathryn Tucker Windham Award: The Casaba River
Special Awards:
- Visionary Award: Showstopper
- Lil’ Bub award for cuteness: B-Boy
Schaeffer Eye Center Audience Choice Awards:
- Narrative Feature: Short Term 12
- Doc Feature: Good Old Freda
- Best Narrative Short: Stakes
- Best Doc Short: How to Sharpen Pencils
- Best Alabama Film: Eye on the Sixties
Shout Audience Choice:
- Narrative feature: Southern Baptist Sissies
- Doc Feature: Continental
- Short: Ink Deep
2014
16th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: August 22–24, 2014
Sidewalk Jury Awards
- Jambor-Franklin Founder's Award for Best Narrative Feature: L for Leisure
- Best Narrative Short: The Chaperone
- Best Documentary Feature: The Hand That Feeds
- Best Documentary Short: Cherry Pop: The Story of the World's Fanciest Cat
- Alan Hunter Best Alabama Film: Limo Ride
- Best Student Film: Skunk
- Best SHOUT Film: An Honest Liar Honorable mentions: Dyke Central: Taboo and The Night is Ours
- Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award: Yearbook
- Clint Howard Character Actor Award: Cindy Silver, Uncertain Terms
- Special Jury Award for Visionary Storytelling: Bob Birdnow's Remarkable Tale of Human Survival and the Transcendence of Self
- Special Jury Award for Creative Spirit in Documentary Filmmaking: Living Stars
- SIDEWRITE Best Alabama Screenplay: Alan Moore, The Fishing Trip
Sidewalk Audience Choice Awards
- Best Narrative Feature: It Is What It Is
- Best Documentary Feature: No No: A Dockumentary
- Best Narrative Short: The Gunfighter
- Best Documentary Short: The Next Part
- Best Alabama Film: Skanks
- Best SHOUT Film: South Beach on Heels
2015
Feature Films:
Jambor-Franklin Founder's Award for Best Narrative: Trey Edward Shults, KRISHA
Special Jury Prize: Alexandria Bombach & Mo Scarpelli, FRAME BY FRAME
Special Jury Prize for Audacious Vision: Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia, H.
Best Documentary Feature: Zackary Canepari & Drea Cooper, T-REX
Honorable Mention: Steve Hoover, CROCODILE GENNADIY
Programmers’ Award: David Burkman, HAZE
Clint Howard Character Actor Award: Eleanore Pienta, 7 CHINESE BROTHERS
Alan Hunter Best Alabama Award: Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb, COUNTY FAIR, TEXAS
Short Films:
Best Narrative Short: Minji Kang, “The Loyalist”
Best Short Documentary: Nicolas Coles, “The House Is Innocent”
Best Student Film: Kelsey Harrison, “Coming and Going”
Kathryn Tucker Windham Award: Paul D. Hart, “Three Fingers”
SHOUT:
Best SHOUT Feature: Stephen Cone, HENRY GAMBLE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY
SHOUT Programmers’ Award: Marq Evans, THE GLAMOUR & THE SQUALOR
Best SHOUT Short: Jeremy Asher Lynch, Tomgirl
Schaeffer Eye Center Audience Choice Awards:
Narrative Feature: For a Few Zombies More
Documentary Feature: Revival: The Sam Bush Story
Best Narrative Short: One Night in Aberdeen
Best Documentary Short: Stumped
Best Alabama Film: Revival: The Sam Bush Story
SHOUT Audience Choice:
Narrative Feature: Henry Gamble's Birthday Party
Documentary Feature: The State of Being Human
Short: “Elder”[4]
2016
Jury Awards
Jambor-Franklin Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature: "Donald Cried"
Best Documentary Feature: ''Syl Johnson: Any Way the Wind Blows." Honorable Mention: "Jackson."
Alan Hunter Best Alabama Film: ''Gip''
Best Narrative Short: "A Film by Vera Vaughn''
Best Documentary Short: ''Frame 394"
Best Student Film: ''The Mink Catcher"
Special Jury Award, Short: "The Champion" and "A House Without Snakes"
Sidewalk Programmers Award: "The Master Cleanse" Honorable mention: "Cheerleader"
Sidewalk Programmers Shorts Award: "The Quantified Self"
Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award: ''Pickle''
Clint Howard Character Actor Award: Celia Rowlson-Hall, "MA"
Jury Award Honorable Mention for Narrative Filmmaking: "Red Folder"
Jury Award Honorable Mention: "First Lady of the Revolution"
Best Family/Kids Film: "Kedi"
Honorable Mention for Comedy: "Nigel & Oscar vs. Sasquatch"
Honorable Mention for Imagination: "Monty and the Runaway Furnace"
Best SHOUT Feature: ''Teenage Cocktail"
Best SHOUT Documentary: ''Kiki"
Best SHOUT Short: ''Sign"
SHOUT Programmers Award: "Slash." Honorable mention: "MA."
SHOUT Special Mention: Clare Cooney in "Bird of Prey"
SHOUT Special Mention: "Ending the Silence," Best LGBTQ Alabama Film
Audience Choice
Best Narrative Feature: "Service to Man''
Best Documentary Feature: "Gip"
Best Narrative Short: "Madame Black"
Best Documentary Short: "Pickle"
Best Alabama Film: "First Lady of the Revolution"
Best SHOUT Narrative Feature: "Miles"
Best SHOUT Documentary Feature: "Suited"
Best SHOUT Short: "The Escape Hatch''
2017
Jury Awards
The following awards are presented by the competition juries of Sidewalk & SHOUT.
Jambor-Franklin Founders Award For Best Narrative Feature ($1000) — Are We Not Cats directed by Xander Robin
Best Narrative Short ($500) — “August” directed by Caitlyn Greene
Best Documentary Feature ($1000) — The New Radical directed by Adam Bhala Lough
Best Documentary Short sponsored By Baker Donelson ($500) — “All the Leaves Are Brown” directed by Daniel Robin
Best Animated Short Film ($250) — “Second to None” directed by Vincent Gallagher
Alan Hunter Award For Best Alabama Film ($500) — “Gardens of Red Dust” directed by Corey Carpenter and Maggie Patterson
Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award sponsored By The Family Of Kathryn Tucker Windham ($1000) — “Mutt” directed by Erin Sanger
Best Student Film sponsored By Media And Film Studies At Birmingham-Southern College ($250) — “Fry Day” directed by Laura Moss
Family Film Award — Into the Who Knows directed by Micah Barber
Best Life & Liberty Film sponsored By Jones & Hawley Law ($250) — Most Beautiful Island directed by Ana Asensio
Best SHOUT LGBTQ Film sponsored By The LGBTQ Fund ($500) — Alabama Bound directed by Lara Embry and Carolyn Sherer
Spirit Of Sidewalk Award — The General and Dan Koch of Splash Adventure
Features Programmers Award ($500) — Blame directed by Quinn Shephard
Shorts Programmers Award ($250) — “Shilo” directed by Tyler Russell
Best Crowdfunded Film Award sponsored By Seed&Spark — “Olde E” directed by Xavier Neal-Burgin
Audience Awards
The following awards are audience choice. Sponsored by Educ.
Best Narrative Feature ($250) — Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks directed by Josh Crockett
Best Documentary Feature sponsored By Urban Cookhouse ($250) — Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story directed by Phillip Baribeau
Best Narrative Short sponsored By Alabama Professional Services ($150) — “Just, Go” directed by Pavel Gumennikov
Best Documentary Short ($150) — TIE: “First to Go: Story of the Katakoa Family” directed by Myles Matsuno and “A Good Blinder” by Mike Grundmann and Shaun Wright
Best Alabama Film sponsored By Forge ($250) — Alabama Bound directed by Lara Embry and Carolyn Sherer
Best SHOUT LGBTQ Film ($250) — Princess Cyd directed by Stephen Cone
2018
Jury Awards
Awards presented by the competition juries of Sidewalk & Shout[7]
Jambor-Franklin Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature ($1000) --"Thunder Road" directed by Jim Cummings
Best Documentary Feature ($1000) --"America" directed by Erick Stoll
Best Narrative Short ($500) --"Debris" directed by Julio Ramos
Best Documentary Short ($500) --"The Driver is Red" directed by Randall Christopher
Best Animated Short ($250) --"Funeral" directed by Leah Shore
Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award ($1000) --"Bad Things" directed by Mira K Lippold-Johnson
Alan Hunter Best Alabama Film ($500) --"Wrestle" directed by Suzannah Herbert and Lauren Belfer
Best SHOUT Feature Film ($500) --"Call Her Ganda" directed by PJ Raval
Best SHOUT Short Film ($250) --"Poison" directed by Erica Eng
Best Family Film --"Science Fair" directed by Christina Constantini and Darren Foster
Best Student Film ($250) --"Native" directed by Isaiah Woods
Reel South Short Film Award ($500) --"Second Assault" directed by Jullian Corsie and Amy Rosner
Sidewrite Best Feature Length Script ($500) --"Indian Country" written by Troy Kelly
Sidewrite Best Short Script ($250) --"Cherry Glazed" written by Christine Sherwood
Sidewrite Best Alabama Script ($250) --"June Block Hero" written by Seth Kozak
Audience Awards
Best Narrative Feature ($250) --"Mapplethorpe" directed by Ondi Timoner
Best Documentary Feature ($250) --Bathtubs over Broadway" directed by Dava Whisenat
Best Narrative Short ($150) --"Undiscovered" directed by Sara Litzenberger
Best Documentary Short ($150) --"Come and Take It" directed by Ellen Spiro and PJ Raval
Best Alabama Film ($250) --"Icepick to the Moon" directed by Skizz Cyzyk
Best SHOUT Film ($250) --"Wild Nights with Emily" directed by Madeleine Olnek
Programmer Awards
Features Programmer's Award ($500) --"Man on Fire" directed by Joel Fendelman
Shorts Programmer's Award ($250) --"Woke" directed by Kimberly Aleah
SHOUT Programmer's Award --"Matter and Manner" directed by Nigel Defriez
Best Life & Liberty Film ($250) --"Youth Unstappable" directed by Slater Jewell-Kemker
Spirit of Sidewalk Award --Jailen Young of Wrestle
Screenplay Awards[8] -Sidewrite Screenplay Competition
Best Alabama Screenplay: “June Block Hero” written by Seth Kozak
Best Short Screenplay: “Cherry Glazed” written by Christine Sherwood
Best Feature Screenplay: “Indian Country” written by Troy Kelly
2019
Screenplay Awards[8] -Sidewrite Screenplay Competition
Best Alabama Screenplay: “The Last American Lynching” written by T Gordon Stanley & Jeremy J Ford
Best Short Screenplay: “Found Objects” written by Amy Bond
Best Feature Screenplay: “Daughters Lost in the Desert” written by A.M. Sanchez
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