2008 Sidewalk Award Winners
Narrative Features
Best Director: Barry Jenkins, Medicine for Melancholy
Best Narrative Feature ($1,000): Cook County
Documentaries
Special Jury Award - Short Doc: Silly & Serious: William Robinson and Self Portraits
Special Jury Award - Feature Doc: We Are Wizards
REEL GREEN Award (presented by
Regions): Flow: For the Love of Water
Special Reel Green Jury Award: eDump
Best Short Documentary: Young Arabs
Best Documentary Feature ($1,000): Intimidad
Short Films
Special Jury Award for Outstanding Filmmaking: Glory at Sea
Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award: Hirsute
Best Alabama Short Film: Trust
Best Student Film: Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant
Best Animated Film (includes $500): Starsearchers
Best Short Film ($1,000): The Adventure
Alabama Citations of Excellence (ACE) Awards:
· Best Catchphrase: One Bad Bastard
· For Courage in Exploration of Unconventional Love: Palster
· For Silently Celebrating the Spirit of the South: Donkey Fountain
· Excellence in Documenting Educational Disparity: Fine Lines
· Excellence in Documenting Educational Disparity: Foundation of Success
· Special Jury Award: 20th Century Reliance
Audience Choice
Alabama Film: Skiptracers
Short Film: Sebastian's Voodoo
Documentary Feature: Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Narrative Feature: Coyote
SideWrite
Production Prize: ''Love in the Grocery Store'' by Tam Le
Grand Prize: "A Good Man" by Stacey Davis
Sidewalk Chalk: Curing Childhood Cancer
(sponsored by Charter Communications)
Winner ($5,000): Out-Touching Cancer by Margaret Broach & Kristen Ryan
