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ATTENTION ALABAMA WRITERS
Submit your short screenplay (15 pages or less) to us to be considered for two fabulous ways to win!
Stay tuned for this year's info.
Grand Prize: A handcrafted cast-iron award sculpture designed by resident artists of Birmingham's historic Sloss Furnaces, plus other awesome PRIZES to be announced.
Production Prize: Get your movie made! One screenplay will also be selected to be produced and shown at the 2009 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival. Just initial the Production Prize box on your entry form to be eligible. (Remember, for the Production Prize, the fewer the locations and number of explosions the better!)
Winners will be announced at the 2008 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival.
Questions? Email Natalie or call (205) 324-0888.
Congratulations to our winners!
Grand Prize: ''Self-Addressed'' by James Pihakis
Production Prize: ''Face Value'' by Julie Pritt
2nd place: ''Stuck'' by Susan C. McCain
About Wannabe Films:
Nine years ago, as Sidewalk co-founders Wayne & Kelli Franklin were planting
the seeds for Alabama's premiere independent film festival, they were also cultivating
a new business: Birmingham-based production and post boutique Wannabe Films. Long
a fixture in Birmingham's commercial and corporate video market, Wannabe is completing
a transition into content creation. They are now in post-production on "All
Around," a documentary series that goes inside the world of big-time college
gymnastics, set to air this fall on Fox Sports Net.
In addition to "All-Around," Wannabe is currently in post-production
on the feature documentary, Bayou Country. A co-production with Liquid Coast films,
the documentary tells the 40-year journey of an obscure song that has fundamentally
affected the lives of many people and redeemed the life of its author.
In 2004, Wannabe produced a series of 170 short films for the University of
Alabama, highlighting team and individual champions from the entire history of
its football program. In 2005, Alabama came calling again, this time for sport-specific
videos highlighting the dedication to developing the student side of the student
athlete and promoting each sport to potential recruits. Since 2003, Wannabe Films
has produced annual national television commercials for Alabama’s cross-state
rival, Auburn University.
In their efforts to establish themselves in the world of independent filmmaking,
they have produced, written and directed several short films. These include "The
Stanton Killer," a seven-minute, 16mm film made for a budget of under $500
and distributed by Hypnotic, the award-winning short comedy “Bad Dates,” and the
upcoming "jesusjobinterview," a Gilliam-esque telling of the temptation
of Jesus.
They are developing "Pluck & Grit," a dramatic feature about
the 1926 Rose Bowl. The project was one of less than 40 chosen for the 2003 Sundance
Producers Conference, where it garnered significant industry buzz. Wayne and Kelli,
co-writers of the film, are working with financiers to secure funding.
SideWrite 2007 Finalists
318 by Nadria Tucker
Dear Suzie by Terron P. Parsons
Face Value by Julie Pritt
Foliage by Billy Ray Brewton
The Matron by Ellen Morgan
The Reunion by David Kilgo
The Ride of Your Life by Jane Snow
Self-Addressed by James Pihakis
Stuck by Susan C. McCain
Til Death by Thomas Smith
SideWrite 2006 Winners
Grand Prize
WHEN STANDISH MET STANDOFFISH - by Daniel Ryan O'Donnell
Production Prize
PINEVILLE - by David A. Smith
*Premieres at this year's Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
Saturday, Sept. 29 @11:15am - Carver Theatre
SIDEWALK
ANNUAL EVENTS
AMIA FESTIVALS
The Judges:
Daniel Wallace is the author of three novels, Big Fish (1998), Ray in Reverse (2000) and The Watermelon King (2003). His stories have been published far and wide in many magazines and anthologies, including The Yale Review, The Massachusetts Review , Shenandoah and Glimmer Train , and his illustrated work has appeared in the L.A. Times and Italian Vanity Fair .
Alison Bagnall co-wrote BUFFALO 66 with Vincent Gallo. She has also written and directed numerous short films, including ONE NIGHT STAND and LOVE PERFECT. She also directed an episode of FEMMES for French television channel M6. Alison is a graduate of Yale University, and was a directing fellow at the American Film Institute. Her feature directorial debut, PIGGIE, won a special Feature Film Jury Award at Sidewalk 2004.
Kent Osborne wrote and starred in DROPPING OUT which won Best Feature Film at Sidewalk 2000. Kent hosted TBS's "The Movie Lounge," has written and storyboard directed for 'Spongebob Squarepants', THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE, and 'Camp Lazlo,' and has been nominated for three Emmys. He also starred in the short films DAY 37, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS and Sidewalk 1999 Best Short Film winner, HERD. He has been on the Sidewalk jury more times than he can remember.