Schedule Of Events

August 18, 2025

5:00pm : Alabama Film Spotlight Night: Happy Hour
6:00pm : Alabama Spotlight: Shorts
6:30pm : Alabama Spotlight: Shorts
8:30pm : Alabama Spotlight Night: Forward, Ever
8:45pm : Alabama Spotlight Night: Forward, Ever

August 19, 2025

5:00pm : Life + Liberty Spotlight Night: Happy Hour
6:00pm : Life & Liberty Spotlight: Shorts
6:30pm : Life & Liberty Spotlight: Shorts
8:30pm : Life and Liberty Spotlight Night: Baby Doe
8:45pm : Life and Liberty Spotlight Night: Baby Doe

August 20, 2025

5:00pm : Shout: LGBTQ+ Spotlight Night: Happy Hour
6:00pm : Shout: Spotlight Shorts
6:30pm : Shout: Spotlight Shorts
8:30pm : Shout: Spotlight Night: Love Me Bait Me: The Power of Queer Representation
8:45pm : Shout: Spotlight Night: Love Me Bait Me: The Power of Queer Representation

August 21, 2025

5:00pm : Black Lens Spotlight Night: Happy Hour
6:00pm : Black Lens Spotlight: Shorts
6:30pm : Black Lens Spotlight: Shorts
8:30pm : Black Lens Spotlight Night: Paint Me A Road Out Of Here
8:45pm : Black Lens Spotlight Night: Paint Me A Road Out Of Here

Friday, August 22, 2025

5:00pm Opening Night Pre-Party
7:00pm Opening Night Film: Stolen Kingdom
9:00pm Opening Night After Party

Saturday, August 23, 2025

10:00am Shuffle
A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
Champions of The Golden Valley
Saturday Morning Cartoons
Saturday Morning Cartoons
Saturday Morning Cartoons
Enongo
The Librarians
In The Red
It Comes In Waves

10:20am Life and Liberty Shorts
10:30am Sidewrite Table Read

12:15pm Interstate
Wicket
The Scout
Color Book
Andy Kaufman Is Me

12:20pm Endless Cookie
12:30pm CineBlock: The intersection of film finance, equity crowdfunding and technology
Discount Funeral
Family Shorts: For the Whole Family

12:45pm Sew Their Names
12:50pm Narrative Shorts: Global Musings
1:30pm Working with Celluloid presented by Kodak Film Lab Atlanta
2:00pm Shout Shorts: Finding Family
2:15pm $POSITIONS
2:30pm Documentary Shorts: Reclaiming What Was Lost
Narrative Shorts: Alabama

2:40pm Street Smart: Lessons From a TV Icon

2:45pm The Travel Companion
******** Surfers: The Hole Truth And Nothing ****
Black Lens Shorts

3:00pm Nathan Avakian Silent Film Series
3:20pm Animated Shorts
4:00pm Powerful Partnerships: PBS Stations and Independent Producers
4:30pm Music to Your Ears: Music Videos
4:40pm The World Drops Dead

5:00pm The Presidents' Tailor
Paint Me A Road Out Of Here - Encore
Portal To Hell
Ghetto Children

5:15pm Good Boy
Narrative Shorts: Awkward Is as Awkward Does

5:30pm Saturday Night Spotlight Film: This Is Ballroom
5:50pm Documentary Shorts: Motherhoods
6:00pm Jammin’ 2: Jammier!
6:15pm Bunnylovr
6:45pm The Pantone Guy
7:00pm Seeds

7:15pm Love Me Bait Me: The Power of Queer Representation - Encore
Long Live The State

7:30pm 
Beyond The Headlines: The NABJ Journey
Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day

7:45pm Genre Shorts: Find Your Niche

8:00pm Chain Reactions
Narrative Shorts: Emotional Marinade

9:15pm Genre Shorts: After Dark
9:30pm Dog Of God

9:45pm The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Fucktoys

Sunday, August 24, 2025

10:00am Coroner To The Stars
Episodic Shorts: Binge Now
Plainclothes
Mad Bills to Pay
Narrative Shorts: Connections
Middletown
Forward, Ever - Encore

10:20am Documentary Shorts: Homegrown Docs
10:30am The Little Things That Run The World
12:20pm Queens Of The Dead

12:30pm Funding Southern Stories with the Southern Documentary Fund
In Excess
Not One Drop Of Blood
Ali Eats America
Family Shorts: Something for Everyone

12:40pm Paper Marriage
12:45pm Desire: The Carl Craig Story
12:50pm Documentary Shorts: Interesting Folk
1:00pm 25 Cats From Qatar

2:00pm Keyframes and Breakdowns: An Animation Conversation
Dwarf Story

2:30pm Teen Made Shorts

2:45pm Outdoor School
Outerlands
Speak

2:50pm Environmental Shorts

3:00pm Women and The Wind
Suburban Fury

3:15pm Natchez
3:20pm Animated Shorts: From Around the World
3:30pm Filmmaking for Families (For Fun!)
4:15pm Baby Doe - Encore

5:00pm Reproductive Healthcare: How Can Film Impact the Narrative
Brooklyn, Minnesota
Bad Man
Documentary Shorts: Interests and Pastimes

5:15pm Rebel With A Clause
5:20pm Memories Of Los Angeles

5:45pm MASC
Lockjaw
The Spirit Of Halloweentown

6:30pm Shout Shorts: Nothing Is Sacred
7:00pm Closing Night Film: The White House Effect

7:30pm Encore
Encore
Sun Ra Documentary Test Screening
Mouse

7:45pm Encore
Encore

8:00pm DarkRoom Presents: Foul Evil Deeds
9:00pm Awards Show

Date: August 18 - 24, 2025

Location : Various Venues in Birmingham, AL 35203

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