2020 Awards
Awards from Juries of Sidewalk & SHOUT
The following awards are presented by the competition juries of Sidewalk & SHOUT.
“Slave 2” Directed By Rico Shay
Best Student Film ($250)
“Lunar Powers” Directed By Christien Washington
Student Film Honorable Mention for Creativity in Editing
“Tobi and the Turbobus” Directed By Verena Fels
Best Family Film ($250)
“The Treasures of Mrs. Grady's Library” Directed By Richard O'Connor
Family Film Honorable Mention
“Adullam” Directed By Regina Hoyles
Best Black Lens Film ($250)
“After Selma” Directed By Loki Mulholland
Honorable Mention for Black Lens as a Must-See Film
“Jasper Mall” Directed By Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb
Alan Hunter Best Alabama Feature ($500) – Jasper Mall ($500)
“Doodle” Directed By A.F. Madison
Honorable Mention for Outstanding Performance (Virginia Newcomb) & for Strength in Short-Form Storytelling
“Transhood” Directed By Sharon Liese
Best SHOUT Feature ($500)
“Vote Neil” Directed By Honora Talbott
Best SHOUT Short ($250)
“We” Directed By Brandon Winters
Special SHOUT Jury Mention
“Feels Good Man” Directed By Arthur Jones
Best Documentary Feature ($1000)
“Coming Clean” Directed By Ondi Timoner
Best Life & Liberty Film ($250)
“Coming Clean” Directed By Ondi Timoner
Special Jury Prize for Editing
“The Immortal Jellyfish” Directed By Dusty Bias
Jambor-Franklin Founders’ Award for Best Narrative Feature ($500)
“Freeland - Krisha Fairchild” Directed By Mario Furloni & Kate McLean
Honorable Mention for Outstanding Performance
“Public Lot” Directed By Chris Beier
Best Narrative Short ($500)
“Conviction” Directed By Kristy Choi
Best Documentary Short ($500)
“If Anything Happens I Love You” Directed By Will McCormack & Michael Govier
Best Animated Short ($250)
“Coup d’Etat Math” Directed By Sai Selvarajan
Reel South Short Award ($1000)
“Tantalization” Directed By Matthew Brdlik
Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award ($250)
“Dafa Metti” Directed By Tal Amiran
Shorts Jury Honorable Mention
“Mizuko” Directed By Kira Dane
Shorts Jury Honorable Mention
Audience Awards
The following awards are Audience Awards.
“The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain” Directed By David Midell
Best Narrative Feature ($250)
“Transhood” Directed By Sharon Liese
Best Documentary Feature ($250)
“Lunar Powers” Directed By Christien Washington
Best Narrative Short ($150)
“Invasion: the Unis’tot’en’s fight for Sovereignty” Directed By Michael Toledano & Sam Vina
Best Documentary Short ($150)
“Jasper Mall” Directed By Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb
Best Alabama Film ($150)
“After Selma” Directed By Loki Mulholland
Best Black Lens Film ($250)
“A Short Story About the Life of Elise” Directed By Annie Funderburk
Best SHOUT Film ($250)
Progammer Awards
“Giants Being Lonely” Directed By Grear Patterson
Feature Programmers' Award ($500)
“Good Guy With a Gun” Directed By Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr.
Shorts Programmers' Award ($250)
“Suzi Q” Directed By Liam Firmager
Spirit of Sidewalk Award