Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
A celebration of new independent cinema in downtown Birmingham. Since its debut in 1999, filmmakers from across the country and around the world have come to Birmingham to screen their work at Sidewalk and have been thrilled to discover fresh, enthusiastic crowds eager to devour new independent cinema.
8th edition
2006 | 22 - 24 September
Best Student Film
Germany | 2005 | 11:00
Director: Jan Koester
8
Storytelling Award
Binta and the Great Idea
Spain | 2004 | 34:58
Director: Javier Fesser
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Binta and the Great Idea
Spain | 2004 | 34:58
Director: Javier Fesser
Binta's father has an idea, but he doesn't know if it is a good idea or not.
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Germany | 2005 | 11:00
Director: Jan Koester
A famous rock guitarist named John dies on stage and wakes up in Nirvana. Finding himself in a limbo populated by strange creatures and occurrences, h...
8
Lucky Man
Hungary | 2005 | 14:00
Director: Tamás Keményffy
On the steppe nothing has changed for centuries. The sun is shining with the same ruthless. The sheep are grazing with the same ease. The dogs are bar...
3
Short film types screened

Fiction / Live action

Animation

Documentary

Experimental

Music video
Competition and rewards

International competition

No cash awards

No screening fees