15th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival

Call for Entries Open December 1, 2012- April 30, 2013

The 15th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival, will take place August 23-25, 2013 in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, welcoming some 10,000 filmgoers to the city’s coolest venues for more than 200 films in just three short days. Submit your film today and be a part of one of Time magazine’s “Top Ten Film Festivals for the Rest of Us”. The 2013 Festival will feature an expanded Life and Liberty Civil and Human Rights Sidebar to recognize and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing and Birmingham’s place in the American civil rights story. If your film deals with a civil or human rights issue we encourage you to submit in our “Civil and Human Rights” category.

How to Submit:

We prefer that entries be submitted via Withoutabox.com. All deadlines, entry fees, rules and regulations are included on our withoutabox.com profile so you can

right now to get going quickly or you can download our FAQ and specific category entry deadlines and fees below to learn more before visiting withoutabox.com

View the Sidewalk Call for Entries FAQ

View the Sidewalk Animated Short Entry Deadlines and Fees

View the Sidewalk Civil and Human Rights Short Entry Deadlines and Fees

View the Sidewalk Civil and Human Rights Feature Entry Deadlines and Fees

View the Sidewalk Documentary Short Entry Deadlines and Fees

View the Sidewalk Documentary Feature Entry Deadlines and Fees

View the Sidewalk Family Fest Entry Deadlines and Fees

View the Sidewalk Narrative Short Entry Deadlines and Fees

View the Sidewalk Narrative Feature Entry Deadlines and Fees

View the Sidewalk Teen Filmmaker Entry Fees and Deadlines

If you have additional questions regarding our call for entries process please email Matt St. John, our film traffic manager at filmtraffic@sidewalkfest.com