The 24th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival presented by Regions Bank has finally wrapped! A huge thank you to everyone involved from our wonderful staff, volunteers, sponsors, and attendees. 

 

For the moment you’ve all been waiting for, the 2022 Sidewalk Film Festival Award Winners!

 

2022 Volunteer of the Year: 

Lindsey Christina, Jaysen Michael, and David A. Smith

 

Recipient of the Black Lens Filmmaker Grant sponsored by the Law Firm of Stacey A. Davis:

Aija Penix

 

SideWrite Awards:

 

Best Alabama Screenplay: 

“Redwood Summer” by Rangeley Wallace

 

Best Short Screenplay:

“Dave’s Lucky Day” by Kevin R. Fintland

 

Best Feature Screenplay:

“Redwood Summer” by Rangeley Wallace

 

ReelSouth Short Film Award:

The Space Between You and Me, dir. Lily Ahree Siegel

 

Best Family Film: 

She Dreams at Sunrise, dir. Camrus Johnson

 

Family Honorable Mention

Space Race, dir. Shane Dioneda

 

Family Special Mention

Ruby Monroe, Shipwreck

 

Best Student Film:

Surviving Clotilda, dir. Olivia Grillo & Kathryn Jamieson

 

Best SHOUT Feature:

Petit Mal, dir. Ruth Caudeli

 

Best SHOUT Short:

North Star, dir. P.J. Palmer

 

SHOUT Special Mention:

Keep the Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way, dir. William T. Horner & Stacey Woelfel

 

Best Black Lens Feature:

Our Father, the Devil (Mon Père, le Diabe), dir. Ellie Foumbi

 

Best Black Lens Short:

The Devil Will Run, dir. Noah Glenn

 

Black Lens Special Mention for Performance: 

Babetida Sadjo, Our Father, the Devil (Mon Père, le Diabe)

 

Alan Hunter Best Alabama Film:

Butterfly in the Sky, dir. Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb

 

Alabama Special Mention:

The Third Saturday in October Double Feature, dir. Jay Burleson

 

Best Documentary Short:

The Originals, dir. Cristina Maria Constantini & Alfie Kim Koetter

 

Documentary Short Special Mention:

More Than I Remember, dir. Amy Bench

 

Best Narrative Short:

North Star, dir. P.J. Palmer

 

Best Animated Film:

The Park Bench, dir. Rob Edwards

 

Best Documentary Feature:

Descendant, dir. Margaret Brown

 

Doc Feature Special Mention

Mija, dir. Isabel Castro

 

Doc Feature Special Mention

Nothing Lasts Forever, dir. Jason Kohn

 

Best Narrative Feature:

Our Father the Devil (Mon Père, le Diabe), dir. Ellie Foumbi

 

Aaron Hillis Clint Howard Character Actor Award:

Molly Reisman, Retrograde

 

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS:

Best SHOUT Film: 

More Than I Remember, dir. Amy Bench

 

Best Black Lens Film:

Black Mothers Love and Resist, dir. Débora Souza Silva

 

Best Alabama Film:

Butterfly in the Sky, dir. Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb

 

Best Documentary Feature:

A Life on the Farm, dir. Oscar Harding

 

Best Narrative Feature:

Jasmine Is A Star, dir. Jo Rochelle

 

Best Documentary Short:

Favorite Daughter, dir. Dana Reilly

 

Best Narrative Short:

The Devil Will Run, dir. Noah Glenn

 

Programmers Award

Nothing Lasts Forever, dir. Jason Kohn

 

Life + Liberty Award

The Smell of Money, dir. Shawn Bannon

August 19-25, 2024

Sidewalk Film Festival

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