This is a partial list of films that won awards at the Sidewalk Film Festival. __NOTOC__ Contents1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2022 -
2007 9th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: September 22 - September 24
Narrative Features Best narrative Feature - Low and Behold Best Director - Low and Behold Best First Feature - August the First Original Vision - Last Stop for Paul Filmmaker to Watch - Murder Party
Documentaries Best Documentary Feature - Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life Best Short Documentary - Salim Baba Best Student Documentary - A Street Divided Special Jury Award - Join Us
Short Films Best Short Film - Pop Foul Best Animated Film - Everything Will be OK Best Student Film, 1st Place - Caress of the Creature; 2nd Place - Heartburn Best Alabama Short Film - I'm Nostalgic Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award - A Death in the Woods Special Jury Award for Direction - Archer House Special Jury Award for Brilliance in Imagery - Help is Coming Special Jury Award for Brilliance in Animation - Their Circumstances Alabama Citations of Excellence (ACE) Awards Excellence in Storytelling - Asclepius Fandango Excellence in Imagery - Modern Plays: The Music Video Excellence in Directing - Cup of Joe Excellence in Originality - Lunch with Lincoln Excellence in Comedy - Lunch Excellence in Comedy Writing - The Little Things Excellence in Acting - Tallie Medel, in I'm Nostalgic Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking: Dick-George, Tenn-Tom and Speaking Without Speaking Audience Choice Best Narrative Feature - American Fork Best Documentary Feature - Darius Goes West: The Roll of his Life Best Short Film - Deface Best Alabama Film - Overflow
Other awards SideWrite, Grand Prize - "Self-Addressed" by James Pihakis SideWrite, Second Prize - "Stuck" by Susan C. McCain SideWrite, Production Prize - "Face Value" by Julie Pritt
2008 10th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: September 26 - September 28
Narrative Features Best Narrative Feature - Cook County Best Director – Barry Jenkins, for Medicine for Melancholy
Documentaries Best Documentary Feature - Intimidad Best Short Documentary - Young Arabs Special Jury Award, Feature Documentary - We are Wizards Special Jury Award, Short Documentary - Silly & Serious: William Robinson and Self Portraits Reel Green Award - Flow: For the Love of Water Special Reel Green Jury Award - eDump
Short Films Best Short Film - The Adventure Best Animated Film - Starsearchers Best Student Film - Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant Best Alabama Short Film - Trust Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award - Hirsute Special Jury Award for Outstanding Film making - Glory at Sea Alabama Citation of Excellence Awards (ACE Awards) Special Jury Award - 20th Century Reliance Excellence in Documenting Educational Disparity - Fine Lines and Foundation of Success For Silently Celebrating the Spirit of the South - Donkey Fountain For Courage in Exploration of Unconventional Love - Palster Best Catchphrase - One Bad Bastard Audience Choice Best Narrative Feature - Coyote Best Documentary Feature - Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father Best Short Film - Sebastian's Voodoo Best Alabama Film - Skiptracers
Other awards SideWrite, Grand Prize - "A Good Man" by Stacey Davis SideWrite, Production Prize - "Love in the Grocery Store" by Tam Le Sidewalk Chalk: Curing Childhood Cancer, Winner - Out-Touching Cancer by Margaret Broach & Kristen Ryan
2009 11th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: September 25 - September 27
Narrative Features Best Narrative Feature Film - The House of the Devil by Ti West Grand Prix Award - Modern Love is Automatic by Zach Clark Best Director - Scott Teems, for That Evening Sun Best Performance - Adam Scott, in The Vicious Kind Mise en Scene Award - David Lowery, St. Nick Clint Howard Character Actor Award - Clint Howard, in Alabama Moon
Documentary Features Best Documentary Feature Film - Best Worst Movie by Michael Paul Stephenson Special Jury Award for Artistic Portrait - Luckey by Laura Longsworth Special Jury Award for Artistic Vision - 45265 by Bill Ross & Turner Ross
Shorts Best Short Film - I Am So Proud of You by Don Hertzfeld Best Animated Film - Dahlia by Michael Langan Best Alabama Short - Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival, by Jason LaRay & Jeremiah Ledbetter Special Jury Prize - Feeder, by Joseph Ernst Best Student Film - Token Hunchback, by Tim Reckart Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award - Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival, by Jason LaRay & Jeremiah Ledbetter
Audience Choice Awards Best Narrative Feature - Alabama Moon by Tim McCanlies Best Documentary Feature - Best Worst Movie by Michael Paul Stephenson Best Short Film - Some of What I Know About Tommy By Chris Hilleke Best Alabama Film - Interplanetary by Chance Shirley
Alabama Awards Alabama Citation of Excellence Award (ACE Award) - Cerebella by Adam Windgard & Alex Justinger Scramble, Best in Show - Natural Selection by Team Blue Mug SideWrite, Production Prize Winner - "The Burden", by Bill Barnett SideWrite, "Lost in Transmission", by Carl Edward Orr
2010 12th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: September 24 - September 26
Jury Awards Best Feature: Narrative - Audrey the Trainwreck Best Feature: Documentary - Beijing Taxi Best Short: Narrative - Conlang Best Short: Documentary - Seltzer Works Best Animated Film - The Bellows March Best Alabama Film - Perry County Clint Howard Character Actor Award - Wendell Pearce, in Night Catches Us Kathryn Tucker Windham Award for Storytelling - Daud Special Prize for Direction - Will Canon, for Brotherhood Special Jury Prize - The Thing About Being an Assassin
Audience Choice Awards Best Feature: Narrative - Brotherhood Best Feature: Documentary - Ready, Set, Bag! Best Short: Narrative - Lucy in LaLa Best Short: Documentary - Torch Best Alabama Film - Lifted
Other awards Sidewalk Programmers Award - Barbershop Punk and Gabi on the Roof in July (tie) Best Teen Film - Planting Season
2011 13th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: August 26 - August 28
Jury Awards Best Feature: Narrative - Without, Dir: Mark Jackson Best Feature: Documentary - Guilty Pleasures, Dir: Julie Moggan Best Short: Narrative - Terrebonne, Dir: Jeremy Craig Best Short: Documentary - Mr. Happy Man, Dir: Matt Morris Best Animated Film - Bike Race, Dir: Tom Schroeder Best Alabama Film - The Chief, Dir: Christopher Scott and Mary Baschab Clint Howard Character Actor Award - Sean Nelson, in Treatment Special Breakout Performance Award - Nate Rubin, in Wuss Kathryn Tucker Windham Award for Storytelling - Two-Legged Rat Bastards, Dir: Scott Weintrob Best Student Film - An Inconvenient Youth, Dir: Slater Jewell-Kemker
Audience Choice Awards Best Feature: Narrative - A Bag of Hammers, Dir: Brian Crano Best Feature: Documentary - Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story, Dir: Patrick Sheehan Best Short: Narrative - Annie and Her Anger, Dir: Tam Le Best Short: Documentary - The Dancer, Dir: Seth Stark Best Alabama Film - The Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story, Dir Patrick Sheehan
Other awards Sidewalk Programmers Award - Small Pond, Dir: Josh Slates
2012 14th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: August 26 - August 28
Jury Awards Best Feature: Narrative - Kid Thing, Dir: David Zellner Best Feature: Documentary - American Man, Dir: Jon Frankel Best Short: Narrative - DeafBlind, Dir: Ewan Bailey Best Short: Documentary - Brute Force, Dir: Ben Steinbauer Best Alabama Film - Eating Alabama, Dir: Andrew Beck Grace Best Alabama Short - "Grand Fugue on the Art of Gumbo", Dir: Gideon Kennedy and Isabel Machado Kathryn Tucker Windham Award for Storytelling - Julie On Her Way, Dir: Tam Le Best Student Film - "Undocumented", Dir: Carlos Estrada
Audience Choice Awards Best Feature: Narrative - Wolf, Dir: Ya'Kee Smith Best Feature: Documentary - G.L.O.W, Dir: Brett Whitcomb Best Short: Narrative - The Wheel, Dir: John Roberts Best Short: Documentary - Cardboard Titantics: Smart People Being Stupid, Dir: Sam Frazier Best Alabama Film - American Man, Dir: John Frankel
2013 15th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: August 23–25, 2013
Documentary:
Best Documentary Feature: HIT & STAY Special Mention by Doc Jury: REMOTE AREA MEDICAL TEENAGE for Creative Editing Process! Shout: The Most Fun I’ve Had With My Pants On (Special Cinematography Award) Straight and Narrow (Short) Remote Area (Life & Liberty) Ink Deep (Best Short) Continental (Best Feature) Narrative: Clint Howard Character Actor Award: Louisa Krause, BLUEBIRD Special Jury Prize for Best Director: Destin Daniel Cretton, SHORT TERM 12 Jambor-Franklin Founder's Award for Best Narrative: SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY Shorts: Best Narrative Short: S/ASH Best Short Doc: World Fair Best Student Film: Unsettlement Alan Hunter Best Alabama Film :Tasia and the Cheese Revolution Kathryn Tucker Windham Award: The Casaba River Special Awards: Visionary Award: Showstopper Lil’ Bub award for cuteness: B-Boy Schaeffer Eye Center Audience Choice Awards: Narrative Feature: Short Term 12 Doc Feature: Good Old Freda Best Narrative Short: Stakes Best Doc Short: How to Sharpen Pencils Best Alabama Film: Eye on the Sixties Shout Audience Choice: Narrative feature: Southern Baptist Sissies Doc Feature: Continental Short: Ink Deep
2014 16th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival: August 22–24, 2014
Sidewalk Jury Awards Jambor-Franklin Founder's Award for Best Narrative Feature: L for Leisure Best Narrative Short: The Chaperone Best Documentary Feature: The Hand That Feeds Best Documentary Short: Cherry Pop: The Story of the World's Fanciest Cat Alan Hunter Best Alabama Film: Limo Ride Best Student Film: Skunk Best SHOUT Film: An Honest Liar Honorable mentions: Dyke Central: Taboo and The Night is Ours Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award: Yearbook Clint Howard Character Actor Award: Cindy Silver, Uncertain Terms Special Jury Award for Visionary Storytelling: Bob Birdnow's Remarkable Tale of Human Survival and the Transcendence of Self Special Jury Award for Creative Spirit in Documentary Filmmaking: Living Stars SIDEWRITE Best Alabama Screenplay: Alan Moore, The Fishing Trip Sidewalk Audience Choice Awards Best Narrative Feature: It Is What It Is Best Documentary Feature: No No: A Dockumentary Best Narrative Short: The Gunfighter Best Documentary Short: The Next Part Best Alabama Film: Skanks Best SHOUT Film: South Beach on Heels
2015 Feature Films:
Jambor-Franklin Founder's Award for Best Narrative: Trey Edward Shults, KRISHA
Special Jury Prize: Alexandria Bombach & Mo Scarpelli, FRAME BY FRAME
Special Jury Prize for Audacious Vision: Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia, H.
Best Documentary Feature: Zackary Canepari & Drea Cooper, T-REX
Honorable Mention: Steve Hoover, CROCODILE GENNADIY
Programmers’ Award: David Burkman, HAZE
Clint Howard Character Actor Award: Eleanore Pienta, 7 CHINESE BROTHERS
Alan Hunter Best Alabama Award: Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb, COUNTY FAIR, TEXAS
Short Films:
Best Narrative Short: Minji Kang, “The Loyalist”
Best Short Documentary: Nicolas Coles, “The House Is Innocent”
Best Student Film: Kelsey Harrison, “Coming and Going”
Kathryn Tucker Windham Award: Paul D. Hart, “Three Fingers”
SHOUT:
Best SHOUT Feature: Stephen Cone, HENRY GAMBLE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY
SHOUT Programmers’ Award: Marq Evans, THE GLAMOUR & THE SQUALOR
Best SHOUT Short: Jeremy Asher Lynch, Tomgirl
Schaeffer Eye Center Audience Choice Awards:
Narrative Feature: For a Few Zombies More
Documentary Feature: Revival: The Sam Bush Story
Best Narrative Short: One Night in Aberdeen
Best Documentary Short: Stumped
Best Alabama Film: Revival: The Sam Bush Story
SHOUT Audience Choice:
Narrative Feature: Henry Gamble's Birthday Party
Documentary Feature: The State of Being Human