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The 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival took place this weekend, August 26th-28th, 2016, in downtown Birmingham, Al.
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Sidewalk Film Festival attendees Cotton Reynolds, far left, Laine Reynolds, center left, Robert Reynolds, center right, and Steven Savage, far right, rest along the sidewalk while waiting for a film showing in downtown Birmingham, Al. on August 26, 2016.
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Patty Bradley
Film goers attend the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 26, 2016.
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Sidewalk Film Festival attendees Shellina Ryals, left, and Steven Ryals pose for a photo in downtown Birmingham, Al. on August 26, 2016.
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Film goers attend the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 26, 2016.
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Pamela Cook, left, Natisha Rogers, center, and Jestina Howard, right, enjoy themselves in the VIP lounge atop the Kress Building at the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 26, 2016.
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Film goers wait outside the Alabama Theatre at the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 26, 2016.
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Film goers wait outside the Alabama Theatre at the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 26, 2016.
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Film goers wait outside the Alabama Theatre at the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 26, 2016.
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Producer Russell Blanchard displays his filmmakers' pass for "The Lot" at the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 26, 2016.
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Producers of "The Lot" Ben Gouldthorpe, left, and Russell Blanchard, right, attend the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 26, 2016.
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Executive Director of Sidewalk Film Festival Chloe Cook, makes introductions during the festival in downtown Birmingham, Al. on August 26, 2016.
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The announcement of a new movie theater downtown was announced at Sidewalk Film Festival on August 26, 2016. The Sidewalk Cinema and Film Center will be located in the Pizitz Building.
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Ty West, writer and producer of the film "In A Valley of Violence" introduces his film before its showing on August 26, 2016 at the Alabama Theatre in Birmingham, Al.
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That's My Dawg hot dog stand offers a hot dog to Sidewalk Film Festival attendees. That's My Dawg was one of many local food trucks to provide film goers with lunch options downtown during the 3-day festival.
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Filmmaker Toliver Pollock attends the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 27, 2016.
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Film goers attend the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 27, 2016.
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Local band Steel City Jug Slammers performs at the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 27, 2016.
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Local band Steel City Jug Slammers performs at the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 27, 2016.
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Patty Bradley
Film goers watch performers at the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 27, 2016.
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Film goers play corn hole at the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 27, 2016.
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James Little, left, Ruby, center, and Jill Marler, right, attend the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 27, 2016.
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Patty Bradley
Film goers attend the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 27, 2016.
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Film goers attend the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 27, 2016.
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Film goers attend the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 27, 2016.
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Film goers review the schedule of showings at the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 27, 2016.
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Promotional T shirts hang at a merchandise booth at the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 27, 2016.
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A film goer exchanges their ticket with a volunteer at the 18th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Al. on August 27, 2016.
The curtain has been drawn on the 18th Sidewalk Film Festival.
The festival, which lasted from Aug. 26 to 28, featured a variety of shorts, documentaries and narrative films, many based in Alabama or produced by local filmmakers. The cordoned-off section of 3rd Avenue North in front of the Alabama Theatre also included food trucks, mini golf and a giant version of the bright green ride-share bikes sponsored by Regions.
Sidewalk's opening night started with a screening of Ti West's "In a Valley of Violence." Prior to that, Mayor William Bell and several of the festival's sponsors welcomed the packed crowd at the Alabama Theatre.
"A city is only as good as its creative community," Big Communications Chief Creative Officer Ford Wiles said.
Sidewalk Executive Director Chloe Cook also officially announced that the festival is working with Bayer Properties to pursue an arthouse cinema in the Pizitz Building on 2nd Avenue North. Cook said the feasibility study has been completed and the next step is fundraising.
