Another successful Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival concluded on September 24 in Birmingham, Alabama with a ceremony presenting awards to the following films:
FEATURE FILMS
Best Feature ($1,000 cash award) ^ LOL – directed by Joseph Swanberg
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
Best Documentary ($1,000 cash award) ^ THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT – directed by Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg
Best Short Documentary ^ GEOCACHING – directed by Jeff Orlowski & Tessa Banks
Best Student Documentary ^ YARD SALE – directed by Brad Barber
Best Alabama Documentary ^ SHE’S A LADY – directed by Alan Franks
Special Jury Awards ^ TIME & TIDE – directed by Julie Bayer & Josh Salzman ^ DANIELSON – directed by JL Aronson
Special Jury Award for Documentary Cinematography ^ LIVE BURN – directed by Christopher Hilleke
SHORT FILMS
Best Short ($1,000 cash award) ^ VACATIONLAND – directed by by Lance Edmands
Best Animated Film ($500 cash award) ^ COPENHAGEN CYCLES – directed by Eric Dyer
Best Student Film ^ OUR MAN IN NIRVANA – directed by Jan Koester
Best Alabama Film ^ GOUASH – directed by Michael Gordon
Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award ^ BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA – directed by Javier Fesser
Film That Matters ^ THE COUNTER – directed by Lauren Wagner
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
Feature ^ HEAVENS FALL – directed by Terry Green
Documentary ^ THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT – directed by by Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg
Short ^ THORNTON DIAL – directed by Celia Carey
Alabama Short ^ PIECE OF CAKE – directed by Jennifer West
SIDEWRITE 2006
Grand Prize ^ WHEN STANDISH MET STANDOFFISH – by Daniel Ryan O’Donnell
Production Prize ^ PINEVILLE – by David A. Smith
CRAZY 8 FILMMAKING CHALLENGE
Winner ^ UNION JOB – by Sam Frazier, Jr.
TEEN FILMMAKING CHALLENGE
Winner ^ TUBED – by Spencer Lenzie & Ben Westhoven
Stay tuned for festival coverage!
For more info, visit the Sidewalk website.
