2021 Volunteer of the Year: Amanda Veach-Cook
Recipient of the Black Lens Filmmaker Grant sponsored by the Law Firm of Stacey A. Davis: Somica Spratley
Sidewrite Awards:
Best Alabama Screenplay: “Perfect By Christmas” by Kimberly Soliman
Best Short Screenplay: “El Vals” by Alycya Magaña
Best Feature Screenplay: “Boundaries” by Asad Farooqui and “Our Brilliant Leaders by Brandon Garner
ReelSouth Short Film Award:
“Florida Woman” dir. Catie Skipp
Best Family Film
The Shocklosers Survive Camp Analog dir. Lee Fanning
Best Student Film
“In the Weeds” dir. Nick Milczarczyk
Best SHOUT Feature
LFG dir. Sean Fine & Andrea Nix
Best SHOUT Short
“No Man’s Land” dir. Anna Andersen & Gabriella Canal
Best Black Lens Feature
The Passing On dir. Nathan Clarke
Best Black Lens Short
“Graffica!” dir. Yogi Dada
Best Life + Liberty Film
North By Current dir. Angelo Madsen Minax
Alan Hunter Best Alabama Film
Socks on Fire dir. Bo McGuire
Best Documentary Short
“Golden Age Karate” dir. Sindha Agha
Best Narrative Short
“Burros” dir. Jefferson Stein
Best Animated Short
“Clarence of Tomorrow” dir. Shawn Spear
Kathryn Tucker Windham Storyteller Award
“Leylak” dir. Scott Aharoni & Dennis Latos
Best Documentary Feature
The Kids dir. Eddie Martin
Jambor-Franklin Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature
The Novice dir. Lauren Hadaway
Spirit of Sidewalk Award
Dorothy Oliver, “The Panola Project”
Audience Choice Awards
Best SHOUT Film: Building a Bridge dir. Evan Mascagni & Shannon Post
Best Black Lens Film: Accepted dir. Dan Chen
Best Alabama Film: “The Panola Project” dir. Rachael DeCruz & Jeremy S. Levine
Best Documentary Short: “Not Worth Killing” dir. Eric M. Ivey
Best Narrative Short: “Forgive Us” dir. D.W. Hodges
Best Documentary Feature: The Neutral Ground dir. CJ Hunt
Best Narrative Feature: Catch the Fair One dir. Josef Kubota Wladyka
Sidewalk Programmers Short Film Award
“Taffy” dir. Jon Crawford
Sidewalk Programmers’ Feature Film Award
Television Event dir. Jeff Daniels