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The Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival is an annual film festival scheduled over one weekend in late September in Birmingham, Alabama, since 1999. The festival takes place at seven venues located within Birmingham's historic Theatre District (featuring the newly-restored Alabama Theatre, a 2,200 seat movie palace built by Paramount in 1927, and the Carver Theatre).

In 2006, the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival recognized writer/director John Sayles and producer Maggie Renzi for their more than two decades of collaboration in independent film, which includes such acclaimed indie classics as The Brother From Another Planet, Passion Fish, Lone Star, and the Sidewalk 2004 Opening Night Film, Silver City.

In 2005, Sidewalk honored acclaimed film actor John C. Reilly with the inaugural Spirit of Sidewalk award.

[edit] AWARDS

SHORTS

2009 - Special Jury Prize: Feeder by Joseph Ernst

2009 - Best Student Film: Token Hunchback by Tim Reckart

2009 - Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award: Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival by Jason LaRay Keener and Jeremiah Ledbetter

2009 - Best Alabama Short: Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival by Jason LaRay Keener and Jeremiah Ledbetter

2009 - Best Animated Film: Dahlia by Michael Langan

2009 - Best Short Film - I am so proud of you by Don Hertzfeld

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

2009 - Special Jury Award for Artistic Vision: 45365 by Bill Ross & Turner Ross

2009 - Special Jury Award for Artistic Portrait: Luckey by Laura Longsworth

2009 - Best Documentary Feature Film: Best Worst Movie by Michael Paul Stephenson

NARRATIVE FEATURES

2009 - Grand Prix: Modern Love is Automatic by Zach Clark

2009 - Best Director: Scott Teems, That Evening Sun

2009 - Mise en Scene Award: David Lowery, St. Nick

2009 - Best Performance: Adam Scott, The Vicious Kind

2009 - The Clint Howard Character Actor Award: Clint Howard, Alabama Moon

2009 - Best Narrative Feature Film: The House of the Devil by Ti West

AUDIENCE CHOICE

2009 - Best Alabama Film: Interplanetary by Chance Shirley

2009 - Best Short Film: Some of What I Know About Tommy by Chris Hilleke

2009 - Best Documentary Feature: Best Worst Movie by Michael Paul Stephenson

2009 - Best Narrative Feature: Alabama Moon by Tim McCanlies

ALABAMA AWARDS

2009 - A.C.E. Award (Alabama Citation of Excellence): Cerebella by Adam Wingard and Alex Justinger

2009 - Scramble Best in Show: Natural Selection by Team Blue Mug

2009 - SideWrite Production Prize Winner: "The Burden" by Bill Barnett

2009 - SideWrite Grand Prize: "Lost in Transmission" by Carl Edward Orr

[edit] External links

• Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival website
• Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival at the Fargo Filmmaking Wiki Project