SHOUT Shorts Narratives: Slice of Life

A collection of eclectic shorts that may make you cry, laugh or frustrate you. What can we say? That's life.

  • 90 minutes
  • The Chimney

    Directed by Michael McFarland and AP Boland

    04:32 • United States

    NARRATIVE, SHOUT, ALABAMA

    Part of a 48 hour Sidewalk Scramble competition, "The Chimney" asks what lengths one might go to if you want to meet Santa again.


    Sofia

    Directed by Camila de Ilhéus

    09:44 • United States Alabama Premiere

    NARRATIVE, SHOUT, WOMEN IN FILM, FESTIVAL DE CINE

    A quick waxing session turns into a nightmare when a Brazilian accidentally gets a brazilian.


    The Burial of the Black Cat

    Directed by Maryam Esmaeli

    14:58 • Iran World Premiere

    NARRATIVE, SHOUT

    An 11-year-old girl meets her sister, who has transitioned and is now her brother. Struggling to accept this, she makes him reenact scenes from their childhood to mend their bond.


    I Am The Prize

    Directed by Sai Karan Talwar

    18:10 • United Kingdom Southern U.S. Premiere

    NARRATIVE, SHOUT

    A polarizing self-help figure (Russell Tovey – Plainclothes, The War Between the Land and the Sea), with a carefully constructed identity begins to unravel during the height of a lecture tour.


    Cottonmouth

    Directed by Ama Anane

    14:51 • United States Alabama Premiere

    NARRATIVE, SHOUT, BLACK LENS

    Cottonmouth is a romantic dramedy about a Black woman named Ayo, who's writing her graduate thesis about her namesake, Nana Ayo Forbes, who died on Cottonmouth Plantation. While on a trip to the plantation, she wrestles with the legacy of slavery and her romantic future of falling in love with her White girlfriend.


    Tomorrow

    Directed by Christian Meola

    27:16 • United States Southern U.S. Premiere

    NARRATIVE, SHOUT, STUDENT

    Eric and Oliver develop an unexpected bond after a hug that lasts longer than usual.



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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.