Family Shorts: Something for Everyone

Schedule

Sun Aug 24 2025 at 12:30 pm to 02:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

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- As a part of the 27th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival presented by Regions Bank -
Sunday, August 24th | 12:30pm-2:05pm
Animated, live action, and documentaries appropriate for the whole family.

Oaklyn’s Friends
Directed by Kelcie Russell
2:59 • United States
Oaklyn is a little girl whose drawings come to life with superpowers. Written and animated by 9-year-old Kelcie Russell, this film illustrates how we're better when we work together.

Hadu
Directed by Damilola Solesi
7:25 • Nigeria
An eager young girl embarks on a culinary journey to recreate her grandma’s special recipe.

Operation Talus
Directed by Sean Cygan
3:00 • United States
When their heist to steal a power core from an evil corporation is compromised, the Echo and Cyrus must fight their way free.

What If?
Directed by Emma Bradley Bothwell
1:59 • United States
Cassidy learns that nervousness is a two-way street as she tries to speak to her crush.

Get ‘Em Ava!!
Directed by Kailey Gianni
2:09 • United States
When alien waitress Ava dozes off watching her favorite superhero on the restaurant tv, reality and fantasy collide when said superhero crashes through the restaurant!

Catching Light
Directed by Vlada Evtushenko
4:50 • United States
Believing herself to be a failure as a painter, Renee works at a pigment shop instead. She must find faith in her own abilities to recapture her art.

The Stars, and All the Planets and the Moon
Directed by Shayna Strype
1:09 • United States
A stop-motion film in memory of a beloved pet dog written and narrated by Mark Roberts.

Stealing Ash
Directed by Frances Capel
12:49 • United States
After their best friend dies, four best friends plan a heist to steal their ashes and take them on a final joyride for the send off they deserve.

Croak Show
Directed Suresh Eriyat
4:12 • India
A delightful music evening in the deep woods turns into chaos when an overly enthusiastic fan accidentally wreaks havoc in a burst of excitement.

Ride On
Directed by Lauren Kim
6:20 • United States
A look at the history of motorcycle culture and how one school program is teaching kids how to ride bikes to keep motorcycle culture alive.

The Crepe Creep
Directed by Jason Affolder
9:00 • United States
While helping her father run his French creperie, 10 year old Shelly encounters a unexpected stranger in this surreal fish out of water tale.

The Little Ancestor
Directed by Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur
11:12 • Canada
On a windswept hill, in a place still young and devoid of all life, an ancestral house builds and then rebuilds itself over time. Based upon the Bossé House in Chicoutimi.

The Constructor
Directed by Scott Morris
9:47 • Canada
Elizabeth, an impossibly precocious seven year old Lego constructor, struggles with “imagination blur” as her three year old sister attempts to free her from her rigid thinking.
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Alabama School of Fine Arts, 820 19th St N, Birmingham, AL 35203-1001, United States

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