Films appropriate and fun for all ages.
Doggozord
Directed by Kelsey Norden
4:46 • United States • Southern US Premiere
WOMEN IN FILM
The Moon has risen early to threaten dog utopia, and Major Walnut has called his team of guard dogs to pilot Doggozord, a giant canine mecha, to fight it off.
Chasing Dreams
Directed by Gerald Crummie
7:46 • United States • Alabama Premiere
ALABAMA
Raeann "Rooster" Gibbs is a rising racecar driver from Weaver, Alabama with big dreams. At the age of 12, she is currently competing against adults in 602 and 604 late models.
Sunspark
Directed by Danny Bourque
11:00 • United States • Southern US Premiere
While scavenging for spare parts, a lonely robot discovers someone who desperately needs his help.
Symphony in the Skies
Directed by Nathan Winston Burrell
7:13 • United States
ALABAMA, BLACK LENS, TEEN
Amid the urban landscape of Birmingham, a 12-year-old filmmaker and birder discovers a different kind of world through his binoculars.
Jamie’s Cosmic Chase
Directed by Gabrielle Foret
5:39 • United States • World Premiere
ALABAMA, STUDENT, WOMEN IN FILM
Shortly after a rookie zookeeper's shift begins, a baby creature escapes its enclosure and begins to wander around an intergalactic zoo resulting in chaos and comedy.
Creep
Directed by Daniela Abarca
2:16 • United States
STUDENT, WOMEN IN FILM
In a library where nothing happens, a kid gets a creepy feeling he's being hunted by a creature of the night.
The Epic of Enkidu
Directed by Mike A Smith
9:26 • United States • Southern US Premiere
When the catastrophic king Gilgamesh meets the grass-fed Enkidu, things don't go according to the clay tablets. A fractured take on the cuneiform tale, featuring doom, despair, deception, and sheep.
Flick: A Fingerboarding Story
Directed by Graham Abney
11:08 • United States • Southern US Premiere
BLACK LENS
An ambitious entrepreneur reflects on how the fingerboarding community has changed his life and given a space for passionate creatives to express themselves.
The Ottoman
Directed by Mike Stamm
12:00 • United States • Southern US Premiere
The Ottoman, a hotshot mechanic and amateur robot gladiator, is looking forward to proving himself in the arena. But when his obsession with winning endangers the lives of his family, the Ottoman must face harsh lessons about what victory truly requires.
We produce the nationally recognized Sidewalk Film Festival; organize a wide variety of educational programs for filmmakers and hold other events that create interest in and enthusiasm for independent film. To expand on this work and better serve our mission we have opened the Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, a two-screen independent movie theater in the heart of Birmingham’s historic theatre district.