Alabama Spotlight: Shorts Showcase sponsored by SouthState Bank

Name: Alabama Spotlight: Shorts Showcase sponsored by SouthState Bank
Start: 2025-04-05T15:45:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-05T17:45:00-05:00
Location: 1821 2nd Ave. N. , Birmingham, AL, United States, Alabama 35203

Schedule

Sat Apr 05 2025 at 03:45 pm to 05:45 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1821 2nd Ave. N. , Birmingham, AL, United States, Alabama 35203 | Birmingham, AL

This April, Sidewalk shines a spotlight on Alabama filmmaking and our creative community. Join us for this Alabama Shorts Showcase, featuring the works of local and student filmmakers. Following the screening, join your fellow filmmakers in the lobby for social hour.
*This is a free event. Reservations are strongly recommended but not required. Seating is first come, first served*
Film Selection (listed in alphabetical order):
After Hours (2024) – Dir. Kyle Roberts (1:50 min)
Synopsis: Nostalgia is a hell of a thing. (from Birmingham, AL)
Aliens at 8 AM (2025) – Dir. Tynan Gibson (12:37 min)
Synopsis: Aliens descend at dawn, and for three unlikely allies, their biggest challenge isn’t surviving—it’s getting to their 9am class on time. (from TBA, AL)
Down in the Dumps (2019) – Dir. Evan Elise Owens (5:33 min)
Synopsis: Inspired by true events, a woman is kidnapped and held in a shed for 3 days by a strange man. She’s assaulted, beaten, & left for dead in a dumpster. She fights to keep her life as he continues his in small-town Alabama. This is a story about a fighter & a reminder that we can overcome any obstacle life throws us. (from Prattville, AL)
The First Man (2022) – Dir. Nicholas Coker (6:49 min)
Synopsis: It’s a simple day in the life of the first man…until he meets the first woman! (from Hoover, AL)
Grieve Different (2024) – Dir. Justus Anderson (11:27 min)
Synopsis: The film focuses on two young men dealing with the death of a loved one on their own, after isolating themselves for so long the two finally get to have a conversation about how they’ve been feeling, as one of them is about to make a decision he is sure to regret. (from Birmingham, AL)
Hipposterous (2019) – Dir. John T. Hill (3:22 min)
Synopsis: Jack and Lovey go on a wild adventure after a flying pygmy hippo steals their pacifier and leads them on a zoo-spanning chase! (from Nashville, TN & Houston, TX)
Last Request (2022) – Dir. Daniel Thomas King (14:44 min)
Synopsis: Greg, a man on his deathbed, confronts his high school bully and presents him with a strange last request. (from Birmingham, AL)
The Most Peculiar Creature (2025) – Dir. Trevor Peck (5:29 min)
Synopsis: A shady business offers its customers the chance to see ‘the most peculiar creature’. (from TBA, AL)
Next Show in 90 Minutes (2024) – Dir. John T. Hill (7:20 min)
Synopsis: (Content Warning: This film contains mild body horror and brief violence.) A routine both natural and unnatural unfolds in the heart of one of America’s most cherished landscapes. (from Mobile, AL)
Phobophobia (2024) – Dir. University of South Alabama Animation Association (2:19 min)
Synopsis: A student experiences a series of increasingly disturbing encounters while hearing a lecture on phobias. Award Winning Sidewalk Spooky Scramble 48hr Film entry. (from Mobile, AL)
The Seal of Death 死 (2022) – Dir. Harris Josey (11:10 min)
Synopsis: A 1980s Crime/Thriller set in San Francisco, California. Watch Tony Han and Marcus Ford as they try to uncover the truth and solve the mystery behind the sudden murder of Tina Lin. (from Birmingham, AL)
The Sundrop (2023) – Dir. Anna Sirk Morato (5:16 min)
Synopsis: After the Sun disappears, an android named Sam attempts to help a world plunged into darkness by using one last bit of light. (from TBA, AL)
Supercrush (2024) – Dir. USA Animation Team 1 (2:20 min)
Synopsis: After a bad day, a super hero takes up an office job and finds romance. Award Winning YellowHammer 48Hr Film Race (Troy University) entry.
Thank You Kindly (2024) – Dir. Evan Elise Owens (15:05 min)
Synopsis: It’s 1970-something and the glamourous, mysterious, perfectly mannered Gloria Darling is on her 6th marriage. Leo has done her wrong and she will stop at nothing until he’s paid. With help from her mother, disguises, a motel rendezvous, and a bank robbery Gloria pulls off yet another perfect con. (from Alexander City & Birmingham, AL)
The Uninvited (2024) – Dir. Marcus January (12:30 min)
Synopsis: A couple decides to go to a secluded Airbnb to get away from their home for a few days. This trip turns out to be far from a piece of mind. (from TBA, AL)