What's Happening in Education and Outreach at Sidewalk

Sidewalk Salon: TV Writing Fellowship Basics
January 10 | Free | Zoom | 7PM

Our first Salon of 2023 will be an overview of the TV writing fellowship application process. You'll walk away with an understanding of the requirements and deadlines of each program as well as an understanding of what makes a strong application, how you can decide which programs are right for you, and where you can turn for additional resources.

Our speaker is Troy Kelly, 2018 winner of Sidewrite, Sidewalk's screenwriting competition. Troy Kelly is a gay forensic psychologist turned TV writer. He is a fellow of the 2022-2023 Warner Bros.' Writers' Workshop. He writes dark, emotionally-driven dramas about flawed protagonists with unresolved traumas and complicated relationships confronting impossible odds and doing whatever it takes to survive. His passions include training his rescue dog Lucky to be a therapy dog and curating his collection of over 10,000 comic books.

THIS SALON IS VIRTUAL AND WILL BE HELD ON ZOOM.

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TV Writing Fellowship Workshop
February 9 | $10 | Zoom | 7PM
Troy will be leading a second course on Writing Fellowships on February 9th via Zoom. This workshop will be tailored to what *you* want to know about the writing fellowship application, work sample, and experience so be sure to come equipped with questions! Participating in January's Salon is not required to attend this workshop.

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January Book + Film Club is on Room

Book: Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue

"Emma Donoghue's writing is superb alchemy, changing innocence into horror and horror into tenderness. Room is a book to read in one sitting. When it's over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days."?Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife

Film: Room (2015, dir. Lenny Abrahamson)

"With visual and psychological precision, Abrahamson brilliantly evokes the experience of living outside of everyday reality. " - St. Louis Dispatch

January MAILING Registration Deadline: Friday January 6. 

January PICK UP Registration Deadline: Monday January 16.  

This month's discussion will be guest facilitated by local librarian, Candice Murdock!

Private screening and discussion will take place at Sidewalk Cinema January 25th at 7 PM.

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We are excited to announce that if you register for 3 or more sessions in one transaction a 10% discount will be automatically applied to your registration fee! This is replacing the multi-month membership we had in years past.

Find all of 2023's Book + Film Club Titles Here

Home From School Screening + Post-Film Discussion
with co-producer Sophie Barksdale
February 15 | $15 | 7PM

Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema is proud to be a screening venue for the 2022 Southern Circuit. Since Southern Circuit’s inception in 1975, hundreds of filmmakers have toured, sharing their work and perspective with over one hundred Screening Partner communities throughout South Arts’ nine-state region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee). Southern Circuit is made possible through a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Home From School: The Children of Carlisle: “Kill the Indian in him, and save the man” was the guiding principle of the U.S. government-run Indian boarding school system starting in the late 19th-Century. The program removed tens of thousands of Native American children from their tribal homelands, and through brutal assimilation tactics, stripped them of their languages, traditions, and culture. The students were forced through a military-style, remedial education. Most children returned emotionally scarred, culturally unrooted with trauma that has echoed down the generations. Many students never returned home, having died at the schools. Home From School: The Children of Carlisle dives into history of the flagship federal boarding school, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and follows the modern-day journey of the Northern Arapaho Tribe as they seek to bring home the remains of three children who died at Carlisle over 100 years ago. To move forward they need to heal from the past, and in doing so they forge the way for other tribes to follow. Released in 2021, Home From School is a co-production of Caldera Productions and Vision Maker Media and nationally broadcasts on the PBS series Independent Lens. It was nominated for a 2022 Heartland EMMY award for Best Documentary in Cultural Programs and was awarded the 2022 Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Documentary. Home From School has been an Official Selection at 18 film festivals and has won top juried prizes at six festivals.

We are excited to welcome co-producer Sophie Barksdale to our post film discussion!

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Networking Night - January 19
Filmmaker Happy Hour is now Networking Night! Your favorite opportunity to network for Birmingham area creatives, has a new name at the Sidewalk Cinema! Join us the 3rd Thursday of each month to meet other filmmakers and discuss your newest projects!

No registration is necessary and it's free!

OPPORTUNITIES

Diane Weyermann Fellowship at Points North - Deadline January 13
Up to three original, feature-length documentaries in production from global filmmaking teams will be selected to participate in an 18-month collaborative Fellowship. Resources provided to Fellows include $100,000 in unrestricted, non-recoupable grants, mentorship from veteran filmmakers and industry leaders, festival retreat, and ongoing professional development – all designed to support the completion of their films and the advancement of sustainable careers as artists.

Southern Producers Lab - Deadline January 16
Applications for the New Orleans Film Festival Southern Producers Lab are now open! The Southern Producers Lab, an initiative of the New Orleans Film Society, brings together emerging, diverse producers from around the American South and Puerto Rico, beginning with a four-day lab, followed by one-on-one mentoring sessions, workshops and community-building opportunities throughout the year.

Reel-Scout
Join Reel-Scout to be listed in the Film Birmingham Crew Database. This allows you to be featured across the City of Birmingham and State of Alabama for film production opportunities.

WHAT'S GOING ON IN FILM
Alabama filmmaker nominated for 2 Golden Globes, competing against Spielberg and Cameron | al.com 
‘Armageddon Time’, ‘The Inspection’ And ‘The Fabelmans’ Cinematographers On Bringing Directors’ Personal Stories To The Screen | Deadline 
Here's how you can watch your favorite holiday movies in the air this year |
The Points Guy
Julia Reichert, 1946-2022: A Filmmaker with the Heart and Soul of an Organizer | Documentary.org
Best of Film Critics Top Ten Lists | Metacritic
On the Scene at the 2022 Gotham Awards | Vanity Fair
Revisiting Loira Limbal [PODCAST] | National Endowment for the Arts

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