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