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February 3, 2023
From: Sidewalk Film Center and CinemaSidewrite Screenplay Competetion Seeks Readers!
We are seeking readers for the Sidewrite Review Committee! The Sidewrite Review Committee is the first step in our Sidewrite Screenwriting Competition evaluation. Sidewrite Readers provide feedback and score scripts to determine which move will forward to the next round of judging. Fill out the brief for below if you are interested in becoming a reader!
Note: If you are submitting a script to Sidewrite 2023 you are not eligible to be on the review committee.
Click Here for the Sidewrite Reader Interest Form
Home From School Screening + Post-Film Discussion
with co-producer Sophie Barksdale and Moundville Archaeological Park
February 15 | $15 | 7PM
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema is proud to be a screening venue for the 2022 Southern Circuit. Since Southern Circuit’s inception in 1975, hundreds of filmmakers have toured, sharing their work and perspective with over one hundred Screening Partner communities throughout South Arts’ nine-state region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee). Southern Circuit is made possible through a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.
Home From School: The Children of Carlisle: “Kill the Indian in him, and save the man” was the guiding principle of the U.S. government-run Indian boarding school system starting in the late 19th-Century. The program removed tens of thousands of Native American children from their tribal homelands, and through brutal assimilation tactics, stripped them of their languages, traditions, and culture. The students were forced through a military-style, remedial education. Most children returned emotionally scarred, culturally unrooted with trauma that has echoed down the generations. Many students never returned home, having died at the schools. Home From School: The Children of Carlisle dives into history of the flagship federal boarding school, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and follows the modern-day journey of the Northern Arapaho Tribe as they seek to bring home the remains of three children who died at Carlisle over 100 years ago. To move forward they need to heal from the past, and in doing so they forge the way for other tribes to follow. Released in 2021, Home From School is a co-production of Caldera Productions and Vision Maker Media and nationally broadcasts on the PBS series Independent Lens. It was nominated for a 2022 Heartland EMMY award for Best Documentary in Cultural Programs and was awarded the 2022 Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Documentary. Home From School has been an Official Selection at 18 film festivals and has won top juried prizes at six festivals.
We are excited to welcome the film's co-producer Sophie Barksdale and Marsha M. Holley, Education Outreach Coordinator at Moundville Archaeological Park to our post film discussion!
Insights on Documentary Filmmaking Ethics and Impact with Sophie Barksdale
February 15 | FREE | 4:30 PM
Join us before the screening of Home From School for an in depth conversation on ethical filmmaking and telling other people's stories, working with traumatic themes, and impact campaigns. Come prepared to ask your questions about the documentary filmmaking process with Sophie Barksdale, co- producer of Home from School.
TV Writing Fellowship Workshop
February 9 | $10 | Zoom | 7PM
Troy will be leading a second course on Writing Fellowships on February 9th via Zoom. This workshop will be tailored to what *you* want to know about the writing fellowship application, work sample, and experience so be sure to come equipped with questions! Participating in January's Salon is not required to attend this workshop.
February Book + Film Club is on the History of Black Film
Book: Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World by Wil Haygood
“At once a film book, a history book, and a civil rights book, Haygood’s tome is a stunning achievement in every possible way: extensively researched, intricately detailed, beautifully written, and massively entertaining. Colorization is, without a doubt, not only the very best film book of 2021, but it is also one of the best books of the year in any genre. An absolutely essential read.” --Scott Neumyer
Film: In the Heat of the Night (1967, dir. Norman Jewison)
"It's a pleasure, all too rare, to watch two splendid actors pitted against each other with equal force such as Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger in the exceptional murder mystery, "In the Heat of the Night." - New York Daily News
February MAILING Registration Deadline: Friday February 3.
February PICK UP Registration Deadline: Monday February 13.
Private screening and discussion will take place at Sidewalk Cinema February 22th at 7 PM.
We are excited to announce that if you register for 3 or more sessions in one transaction a 10% discount will be automatically applied to your registration fee! This is replacing the multi-month membership we had in years past. Use code '3ormore' at checkout.
Find all of 2023's Book + Film Club Titles Here
College students! Bring your student IDs and join us for discounted screenings and concessions specials on the first Thursday of every month. Popcorn club members get in free!
ALL DAY - FEBRUARY 2
Networking Night - February 16
Filmmaker Happy Hour is now Networking Night! Your favorite opportunity to network for Birmingham area creatives, has a new name at the Sidewalk Cinema! Join us the 3rd Thursday of each month to meet other filmmakers and discuss your newest projects!
No registration is necessary and it's free!
The Del Shores Foundation is seeking LGBTQ+ playwrights and screenwriters who currently live in the South for their second Writers Search. Cash Awards given to winners in Best Play, Best Screenplay and Best Short/Web Series script. Cash Awards are also given to finalists and semifinalists in all three categories. For free submission use code "DSFSIDEWALK". Accompanying Production Grants are helping the 2022 Best Play receive its World Premiere production this summer and the 2022 Best Screenplay winners met with executives from Ryan Murphy Productions, Shondaland Productions, Greg Berlanti Productions, A24, Universal Pictures and more. Complete rules & submission information at www.delshoresfoundation.org
Opportunities
New Voices Filmmaker Grant- Deadline February 28
A new initiative in partnership with Netflix to support emerging LGBTQ+ directors with $25,000 in funding to create new work – in addition to mentorship, networking and professional development opportunities!
Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellowship - Deadline February 14
18-25 year old filmmakers looking to take your craft to the next level: there’s still time to submit a short to the Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellowship Application. Selected artists will receive mentorship, unique resources, and the opportunity to attend the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Entry is free.
National Endowment for the Arts Grants for Media Arts Projects - Deadline February 9th
The NEA is offering arts organizations and designated local arts agencies a wide range of funding. Between $10,000 and $100,000 is available to organizations and between $30,000 and $150,000 is available to agencies for subgranting programs.
Reel-Scout
Join Reel-Scout to be listed in the Film Birmingham Crew Database. This allows you to be featured across the City of Birmingham and State of Alabama for film production opportunities.
What's Going On In Film
Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a film festival programmer| Los Angeles Times
‘Infinity Pool’ Filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg Didn’t Worry About Rating While Making Shocking Horror Film | The Hollywood Reporter
2023 Oscars Nominations Spotlight Stories About Aging, Reinvention and Career Comebacks | Everything Zoomer
Here Are the Sundance 2023 Films You’re Going to Want to See | IndeWire
Rian Johnson and the Daniels on the Film Rules They Love to Follow—And Break | Vanity Fair
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