2018 Official Sidewalk Selections
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- DirectorDouglas TirolaThe story of craft beer as told through a young New York lawyer who dreams of opening his own brewery and a Milwaukee based beer educator trying to pass the Master Cicerone exam.Screened at Cahaba Brewing Co.
- DirectorMatt TyrnauerStarsIan SchragerSteve RubellDonald RubellThe story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub.SHOUT Opening Night
- DirectorTheo LoveStarsBo ButterworthBri BryantEdward CraigA desperate man goes on a buried treasure hunt for $2 million worth of cocaine.Sidewalk Opening Night
- DirectorRasmus DinesenAt a moment in time, when humanity is obsessed with food - photographing every dish, worshipping cooks and flaunting trophy meals on social media, this documentary goes under the surface and offers an in-depth, honest and relevant view into the world and every day of Michelin chefs and restaurants. Telling tales from a grand menu of culinary temples as well as digging into the greatness and flaws of Guide Michelin in this golden age of gastronomy. Because we share a great love for the industry that also includes a realistic understanding of things behind the picturesque scenes of the - perhaps - greatest, most creative and dynamic industry in the world.
- DirectorBrett HaleyStarsNick OffermanKiersey ClemonsBlythe DannerA father and daughter form an unlikely songwriting duo in the summer before she leaves for college.Sidewalk Closing Night
- DirectorLisa D'ApolitoStarsAndrew AlexanderAnne BeattsChevy ChaseIn her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career. Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries read by modern day comediennes (including Amy Poehler), LOVE Gilda offers a unique window into the honest and whimsical world of a beloved performer whose greatest role was sharing her story.
- DirectorLenny FeinbergThis is the story of Father Divine and the Peace Mission Movement
- DirectorKendall GoldbergStarsJon HederBrendan MeyerAnna KonkleWhen the manager of an old-school bowling alley discovers the owner's plans to sell, saving Winky's World means pulling himself out of the gutter, too.
- DirectorNatalie MetzgerMichael RohrbaughStarsKevin ArnovitzTrevor BettsJason CollinsFrom Creator and Executive Producer, David McFarland comes 'Alone In The Game' a feature-length documentary that follows a group of elite athletes and iconic figures from the biggest stages in sport, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, and NCAA, among others, to explore the ongoing struggles LGBT athletes are facing at the professional, collegiate and Olympic levels. An exploration of the big business of sports exposes a culture of exclusion, bigotry and discrimination which keeps these athletes in the closet and living in silence. Subjects include three closeted athletes who share their personal journeys, as well as NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, former ESPN President John Skipper, NBA center Jason Collins, NFL linemen Ryan O'Callaghan, MLS Cup champion Robbie Rogers, and Olympic medalists Gus Kenworthy and Megan Rapinoe.
- DirectorJoe TropeaStarsJohn WatersMary AvaraHoward DenisA love letter to film history, Sickies Making Films looks at our urge to censor movies and asks, Why? By focusing on the Maryland Board of Censors, the nation's longest lasting censor board, we discover reasons both absurd and surprisingly understandable.
- DirectorAugustine FrizzellStarsMaia MitchellCamila MorroneLiz CardenasJessie and Angela, high school dropouts, are taking a week off to chill at the beach. Too bad their house got robbed, rent's due, they're about to get fired, and they're broke.
- DirectorTim WardleStarsRobert ShafranMichael DomnitzHoward SchneiderIn 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they're triplets who were separated at birth. But their quest to find out why turns into a bizarre and sinister mystery.
- DirectorJoel FendelmanStarsRon BlantonGrand Saline, Texas was a sleepy, unremarkable town--until a white preacher lit himself on fire to protest the town's racism in 2014.
- DirectorJim CummingsStarsJim CummingsKendal FarrNican RobinsonA police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.
- DirectorElan BogarínJonathan BogarínStarsSherry AnthonyRuby BerubeNicole BloomfieldWhen two siblings undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother's house, they embark on a magical-realist journey in search of what life remains in the objects we leave behind.
- DirectorPJ RavalStarsNaomi FontanosJennifer LaudeJulita LaudeWhen Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case--an activist attorney, a transgender journalist and Jennifer's mother)--galvanize a political uprising, pursuing justice and taking on hardened histories of US imperialism.
- DirectorDonal MosherMichael PalmieriStarsMx Justin Vivian BondAnita BryantLove, faith, and civil rights collide in the south as evangelical Christians and drag queens step into the spotlight to explore the meaning of belief. Gospel drag shows and passion plays set the stage for one hell of a show.
- DirectorMaddie OrtonStarsLaura BenantiRob McClureShanice ShantayFor a select few, the high school musical is sacred. Every year those students come together for the Tonys of New Jersey high school musical theater: The Rising Star Awards. But first, they have to get their shows off the ground. This is the story of six very different high schools from across New Jersey as they rehearse, perform and compete with the very same supercalifragilistic show.
- DirectorCrystal MoselleStarsRachelle VinbergDede LovelaceNina MoranA teenaged skateboarder makes friends with a bunch of other skateboarding girls in New York City.
- DirectorAndrew BujalskiStarsRegina HallHaley Lu RichardsonDylan GelulaThe general manager at a highway-side ''sports bar with curves" has her incurable optimism and faith in her girls, her customers and herself tested over the course of a long, strange day.
- DirectorAaron SchimbergStarsJess WeixlerAdam PearsonStephen PlunkettA beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur's English-language debut.
- DirectorJoel PotrykusStarsJoshua BurgeDavid DastmalchianAndre HylandWith the impending Y2K apocalypse fast approaching, Abbie is faced with the ultimate challenge - the unbeatable level 256 on Pac-Man - and he can't get off the couch until he conquers it. A survival story set in a living room.
- DirectorWhitney HamiltonStarsVirginia NewcombMarcelle LeBlancCece KellyA woman disguises herself as her dead brother, Henry, in order to survive in the Confederate ranks during the Civil War. He marries a widow to rescue her from an arranged marriage. They keep each other's secrets and find true love.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsHayley MillsDean JonesDorothy ProvineAfter a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an S.O.S., the F.B.I. assigns a cat-allergic Agent to the case.
- DirectorQuinn CostelloChris MetzlerJeff SpringerStarsMichael BeranThomas GonzalezWendell PierceA story about giant swamp rats invading coastal Louisiana and the defiant people on the edge of the world, who are defending their communities, culture, and livelihoods from the onslaught of this curious and unexpected invasive species.
- DirectorGustav MöllerStarsJakob CedergrenJessica DinnageOmar ShargawiA police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
- DirectorMatt KugelmanStarsRachel DratchSally Jessy RaphaelJason BelliniReleased from prison, statutory rapist ex-teacher Deborah Ward seeks revenge on cross-dressing co-worker Richard Martinez who put her there.
- DirectorStephen KijakStarsLynyrd SkynyrdRonnie Van ZantGary RossingtonThis authorized documentary will explore the music and backstory of the legendary American band. With the songs from the first six Skynyrd albums driving the narration, the film focuses on the story of frontman Ronnie Van Zant - his upbringing, his roots, his work ethic and his contradictory persona as both as a mythic Southern rock poet and notorious boozed-up brawler, as well as the relationships between his friends and fellow founding members Gary Rossington and Allen Collins, along with later bandmates Ed King and Artimus Pyle.
- DirectorNathan SilverStarsEsther GarrelMaëlle Poesy-GuichardKeith PoulsonThe lives of a French theater director, her ex-boyfriend, and the two actors playing them intersect dramatically in this tangled and darkly funny roundelay set in the New York theater world.
- DirectorMax McGuireStarsChristina CoxSarah GreyTanya ClarkeStarting over at a new high school is a challenge for former soccer team captain Cameron, especially when faced with a new coach who has a deadly vendetta and refuses to play by the rules.
- DirectorKatie OrrStarsBrandy BurreRobert LongstreetJavon JohnsonA housewife's comfortable life unravels when she suddenly stops loving her husband.
- DirectorRobert SchwartzmanStarsLauren LapkusNicholas RutherfordLucy HaleAn indecisive couple facing the fourth year of their engagement finally decides to take the next big step and have a threesome.
- DirectorElijah BynumStarsTimothée ChalametMaika MonroeAlex RoeIn 1991, a sheltered teenage boy comes of age during a wild summer he spends on Cape Cod getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying and eventually realizing that he is in over his head.
- DirectorDava WhisenantStarsDavid LettermanMartin ShortChita RiveraA Late Night comedy writer stumbles upon a hilarious, hidden world of corporate entertainment and finds an unexpected connection to his fellow man. Tribeca and WGA Award winner.
- DirectorAlexander MonelliStarsJeff MattoxVirgil CardamoneMatt McClanahanUnable to purchase a $50,000 digital projector, a group of film fanatics in rural Pennsylvania fight to keep a dying drive-in theater alive by screening only vintage 35mm film prints and working entirely for free.
- DirectorMadeleine OlnekStarsMolly ShannonSusan ZieglerAmy SeimetzDramatization of the little known side of the writer Emily Dickinson's life, in particular, her relationship with another woman.
- DirectorEd HuntStarsLori LethinMelinda CordellJulie BrownThree children are born at the height of an eclipse of the sun. Ten years later, they begin to murder the people around them - even their family members.
- DirectorMichael TullyStarsBobby RoddyMark LawrenceSue WalshAn American artist's obsession with a disturbing urban legend leads her to an investigation of the story's origins at the crumbling estate of a reclusive painter in Ireland.
- DirectorIsabella EklöfStarsVic Carmen SonneLai YdeThijs RömerA love triangle featuring the trophy girlfriend of a petty drug lord, caught up in a web of luxury and violence in a modern dark gangster tale set in the beautiful port city of Bodrum on the Turkish Riviera.
- DirectorTakashi DoscherStarsLydia WilsonNick BloodMadeline BrewerWhen a young hiker stumbles onto an isolated farm after losing her way on the Appalachian Trail, she is taken in by a strange yet beautiful couple desperate to protect a secret deep in the mountains.
- DirectorJacob FeiringStarsSamantha MartinSelf-taught animal trainer, Samantha Martin, quits her day job to create America's first traveling cat circus, The Amazing Acro-cats.
- DirectorDaniel Patrick CarboneDocumentary about three teenage boys as they approach adulthood in California, West Virginia, and Florida. The hopes and dreams of young people in small town America as expressed by the three subjects over a period of eight years.
- DirectorHao WuTwo live streamers seek fame, fortune and human connection in China's digital idol-making universe, ultimately finding the same promises and perils online as in their real lives. Winner of Grand Jury Award (Documentary) at 2018 SXSW.
- DirectorBill KielyStarsPercy Hynes WhiteJake RyanCharlotte SabinaA determined teenage boy struggles to find acceptance within the Jr. Lifeguards of Hermosa Beach while juggling relationships and challenges in the summer of 1986.
- DirectorYen TanStarsCory Michael SmithVirginia MadsenMichael ChiklisA closeted young man goes home for the holidays and struggles to reveal his dire circumstances to his conservative family.
- DirectorJordana SpiroStarsJill ReneNastashia FullerJohn Earl JelksAngel LaMere is released from juvenile detention on the eve of her 18th birthday. Haunted by her past, she embarks on a journey with her 10 year-old sister that could destroy their future.
- DirectorSkizz CyzykStarsWilliam 'Igor' AlfordCharles BrohawnMitchell CashionA feature length documentary about stripmine crooner, Rev. Fred Lane, and the Raudelunas arts collective of Alabama in the Seventies.
- DirectorDesiree AkhavanStarsChloë Grace MoretzSteven HauckQuinn ShephardIn 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.
- DirectorJeff ZimbalistMichael ZimbalistStarsJeannie ChesserTom DeLongeShane DorianA group of teenagers in Hawaii enter the world of professional competitive surfing in the 1990s and rise to super stardom.
- DirectorCristina CostantiniDarren FosterStarsJack AndrakaAnjali ChadhaSerena McCallaNine high school students from disparate corners of the globe navigate rivalries, setbacks, and hormones on their quest to win the international science fair. Only one can be named "Best in Fair."
- DirectorTina BrownDyana WinklerStarsSalt-N-PepaReggie Premier BrownCoolioAmerica's roller rinks are bastions of regional African-American culture, music and dance.
- DirectorBillie MintzStarsDee DrentaAn investigative documentary that examines the systemic abuse of elderly people in Las Vegas, Nevada exposing a cautionary tale where some of our society's most vulnerable citizens are robbed of their life savings and freedom.
- DirectorSuzannah HerbertLauren BelferStarsTeague BerresJaquan RhodesJamario RoweHoop Dreams goes to the mat in this intimate coming-of-age documentary about four members of a high-school wrestling team at Huntsville's J.O. Johnson High School, a longstanding entry on Alabama's list of failing schools.
- DirectorMalcolm IngramStarsLynn KovalShawn Perryon Sr.A documentary about people from two towns in Mississippi organizing gay and black pride events in Trump's backwater America.
- DirectorRobert GreeneStarsMike AndersonCharles BetheaChris DietzAn old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation of 1200 immigrant miners exactly 100 years ago. Locals collaborate to stage recreations of their controversial past.
- DirectorDavid ZellnerNathan ZellnerStarsRobert PattinsonMia WasikowskaDavid ZellnerIt's the Wild West, circa 1870. Samuel Alabaster, an affluent pioneer, ventures across the American frontier to marry the love of his life, Penelope. As his group traverses the west, the once-simple journey grows treacherous, blurring the lines between hero, villain and damsel.
- DirectorNancy SchwartzmanStarsMark ColeAnthony CraigRachel DissellAn account of a notable sexual assault that took place in Steubenville, Ohio in 2012, and the role that social media played in the crime and on the community.
- DirectorSlater Jewell-KemkerStarsSlater Jewell-KemkerAbrar AnwarChristopher BaanInterviews with young, passionate activists looking to save the planet. Filmed over ten years from all parts of the world.
- DirectorJosephine DeckerStarsHelena HowardMolly ParkerMiranda JulyA theatre director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.
- DirectorOndi TimonerStarsMatt SmithMarianne RendónJohn Benjamin HickeyA look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.
- DirectorMatt NelsenStarsCarmen ChristopherAna FabregaJessica FreyA group of mismatched friends spend a weekend together in Maine. A fun, summer comedy featuring a fantastic cast of NYC comedians.
- DirectorOnur TukelStarsDylan BakerLou Jay TaylorChristine M. CampbellIn a single, fully-stocked hotel room on the night of the 2016 general election, two Trump supporters celebrate the unexpected results.
- DirectorSarah KerruishMatt MaudeStarsTony FadellAndy HertzfeldMarc PoratThe ideas that dominate the tech industry and our day to day lives were born at a secretive Silicon Valley start-up named 'General Magic', which spun out of Apple in 1990 to create the first handheld personal communicator (or "smartphone").
- DirectorT CooperStarsMason CaminitiDominic ChilkoKennie StoryThis documentary explores the world of transgender bodybuilding, tracking the path of four hopefuls as they prepare for the Trans FitCon competition in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- DirectorRaMell RossStarsLatrenda 'Boosie' AshKarmyn BryantKorbyn BryantA kaleidoscopic and humanistic view of the Black community in Hale County, Alabama.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJessica HarperStefania CasiniFlavio BucciAn American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
- DirectorMelissa Pace OverholtStarsLance BassThe Clinton, Mississippi High School Attache Show Choir is considered to be among the most successful in history. In a region where arts and music funding have been virtually demolished, Clinton public school's music programs manage to thrive. Composed of students from different backgrounds, Attache unites its members and, together, they rise above, consistently beating the odds since 1981.
- DirectorErick StollChase WhitesideStarsAméricaAmérica is a story of brothers confronting the chasm between adolescent yearning and adult realities when brought together to care for their ailing ninety-three year old grandmother.
- DirectorSpencer T. HeathStarsSpencer T. HeathAmber JacksonEvan PierceWhile trying to domesticate an anthropomorphic rat, a man finds himself in a difficult situation as the rat begins to demonstrate violent and sexual behavior.
- DirectorJason O'BrienFaith Owens WhiteStarsKristin RoderickRob ByrnesMichelle LamelzaThe love between Dale and Savinna seemingly ended many years ago. Both moved on in life, but when they unexpectedly meet again in the very place they first fell in love, new insights help them realize the true details of what they had together, and what really happened that tore them apart so long ago.Saturday Alabama Shorts
- DirectorRobyn HicksStarsTriston DyeCaitlin Josephine HargravesBen JenkinsNobody's Darling is a film about a young woman who, in order to make her way to California after the suicide of her father, turns to prostitution. Along the way, she meets an older widower and, together, they find common ground.Saturday Alabama Shorts
- DirectorIan J. CunninghamZachary SimonStarsEricka DesouzaSomica SpratleySaturday Alabama Shorts
- DirectorJoanne FeinbergA conversation with an 83 year-old mother and 17 year-old daughter about our Jewish noses, and more.Documentary Shorts 1
- DirectorLeah GalantStarsLucia CarusoPedro H. da SilvaInge GinsbergNinety-five-year-old Holocaust survivor Inge Ginsberg attempts to break out as a death metal singer by entering America's Got Talent.Documentary Shorts 1
- DirectorNicholas ColesRichard and Kim are helping save historical Los Angeles one crime scene at a time.Documentary Shorts 1
- DirectorRyan MaxeyZack WrightStarsRex Allen Jr.Willcox, Arizona is a country music town that isn't what it used to be. The town's only radio station has but one employee - a local pariah who lives in the studio, and who has a complicated and difficult relationship with the music he plays every day.Documentary Shorts 1
- DirectorPaloma MartinezA boy uses his camera to explore the meaning of home, community and family.Documentary Shorts 1
- DirectorSophy RomvariStarsLeah Collins LipsetteSophy RomvariOn Halloween, two friends Skype each other with creepy stories.Documentary Shorts 1
- DirectorGonzalo GuajardoStarsAshenafi HabteSintayehu TesaleSintayehu Tesale is an Ethiopian carpenter. But not only. He is an inspiring person; one of those who leave a mark on you when you meet him. He is persevering, he is positive, he boosts your strength, he encourages you to stand up. He is, in summary, a motivational person. Maybe, part of this strength comes from his own struggles, from his own experience, from the fact that he is one of the few carpenters in the world who does not use his hands, but his feet, due to an undiagnosed disability. This is the story of Sintayehu, the story of his life.Documentary Shorts 1
- DirectorRebecca HaimowitzWho decides if a pregnant woman can be taken off of life support? The family? The hospital? The State? 62 DAYS is a documentary film about Marlise Muñoz, a brain-dead pregnant woman whose family was forced to keep her on life support against her wishes. This film shows the human story behind the headlines, and shines a light on a controversial law.Documentary Shorts 1
- DirectorOpiyo OkeyoStarsTony AllenChicago Afrobeat ProjectIn September of 2017, 77 year old Nigerian drummer Tony Allen was invited to record the album 'What Goes Up' with American band, Chicago Afrobeat Project. During their time together, Allen recounts how he and partner, late music legend, Fela Kuti, created the Afrobeat genre in Lagos, Nigeria. This hybrid live-action/animated film is a snapshot illustrating Tony Allen's story.Documentary Shorts 2
- DirectorMilcho ManchevskiStarsMaidolis Herrera CapoteJairol CalderonDixan VazquezAn experimental film about that one hypnotic moment on a regular, unassuming Tuesday when one realizes that time has stopped and the universe has been sucked into a single smile.Documentary Shorts 2
- DirectorRandall ChristopherStarsMark PinterSet in Argentina 1960, this true crime documentary follows secret agent Zvi Aharoni (Mark Pinter) as he searches for a mysterious man named Ricardo Klement. What he discovered in the remote outskirts of Buenos Aires would send shock waves around the world.Documentary Shorts 2
- DirectorPaul StoneStarsPete ValleeA 960-pound Elvis impersonator is absolutely convinced he is Elvis Presley's secret love child.Documentary Shorts 2
- DirectorDaniel Lee PereaDocumentary Shorts 2
- DirectorElizabeth BeechCarla PatulloStarsLotte ReinigerThe story of animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger.Documentary Shorts 2
- DirectorTheodore CollatosAn exclusive look at the intense business of boxing with world champion phenom Errol Spence Jr. and former world champion Chris Algieri, featuring eccentric promoters, press pundits and fans of the fight game.Documentary Shorts 2
- DirectorCarlos EstradaThe impending border wall threatens a chapel and a local priest in Mission, Texas.Alabama Doc Shorts 2
- DirectorJonathan Isaac JacksonStarsOwen H. DunneFrank R. WilsonIn his first televised interview, Satan tries to set the record straight on his life and his view of death, clocks, the bible, Jesus, and humanity.Black Lens Shorts
- DirectorBrian RobauStarsJoshua Caleb JohnsonBJ TannerJayman BrownImagine in the life time of a gun all the hands it passes through. It's Just A Gun is just one chapter in that story.Black Lens Shorts
- DirectorKevon PryceStarsShatiana BanksThomas CrockettMister FitzgeraldWhile trying to figure out what he wants out of life, Marcus notices his relationship is falling apart with his girlfriend, but this soon opens the door to a truth much bigger than his girlfriends lack of depth.Black Lens Shorts
- DirectorKris WilsonStarsCamille BrightMark McClain WilsonKeiana RichàrdA hopeful police academy graduate races to get to his badge-pinning ceremony in his civilian clothes, but after he and his rebellious teen-aged passenger are delayed by on-duty officers during a routine traffic stop, he gains a newfound perspective on his career of choice.Black Lens Shorts
- DirectorJohn EddinsStarsJensen AtwoodAlex SturmanTrenyceA humorous, yet thoughtful lesson on what it means to be a "soul mate."Black Lens Shorts
- DirectorCourtney PowellStarsChalia La TourIn 1979, a local newscaster prepares to cover an anti-KKK protest in Greensboro, NC, and realizes that she may never be ready for the events to come.Black Lens Shorts
- DirectorJaafar AlmadhoonStarsAhmed Khamis AliFarah ElsayeghMaryam MohammadMohammed's traditional search for a bride has resulted in over twelve rejections. As his opportunities seem to be disappearing, Mohammed finds hope in wearing his late father's lucky ring to his next 'meeting'. Much to his surprise, he finds himself with Laila, a bride he failed to impress before.Comedy Shorts
- DirectorVeronica RodriguezStarsSherry ColaEmily PendergastVeronica RodriguezAfter the death of her mother, a young woman becomes a depressed recluse in her apartment until her two best friends show up to take her on a trip... an acid trip.Comedy Shorts
- DirectorLiam FitzgibbonStarsGeraldine HickeyGaby SeowLauchie McTaggartThe suburban misadventures of a tough-talking, middle-aged drug dealer and her 16-year-old best friend.Comedy Shorts
- DirectorAnna Margaret HollymanStarsNico Evers-SwindellMegan FergusonAnna Margaret HollymanWhen Teeny arrives to a gorgeous home for what she thinks is just another routine babysitting job, she is shocked to see who answers the door. Over the course of the day, Teeny decides to become the woman she had no idea she always wanted to be. Until she gets caught.Comedy Shorts