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First Steps for Alabama Low-Budget Filmmakers Toward Local Festival Screenings

First Steps for Alabama Low-Budget Filmmakers Toward Local Festival Screenings

Alabama filmmakers can start by using the Alabama Entertainment Office location directory with over 1,000 listings and by confirming scout credentials through the Alabama Film Office.

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Practical Checklist for Alabama Indie Filmmakers Submitting Shorts to Regional Festivals

Practical Checklist for Alabama Indie Filmmakers Submitting Shorts to Regional Festivals

A concise checklist for Alabama indie filmmakers outlines practical submission items and festival considerations to prev...

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Oscar-nominated The Alabama Solution screens in OKC, spotlights prison conditions

Oscar-nominated The Alabama Solution screens in OKC, spotlights prison conditions

The Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution screened in Oklahoma City on Feb 12, 2026, drawing regional attenti...

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Alabama Independent Film Festivals Offer Submission Tips, Community Resources

Alabama Independent Film Festivals Offer Submission Tips, Community Resources

Alabama’s film festivals showcase regional work and offer entry points for filmmakers; the Alabama Entertainment Office ...

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Alabama Department of Revenue Outlines Refundable Film Rebate, Wage Uplifts, Tax Exemptions

Alabama Department of Revenue Outlines Refundable Film Rebate, Wage Uplifts, Tax Exemptions

Alabama's Department of Revenue details a refundable film rebate with resident wage uplifts and tax exemptions, a practi...

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Alabama Rivers Alliance Schedules Southern Exposure Series Screenings Across State

Alabama Rivers Alliance Schedules Southern Exposure Series Screenings Across State

Alabama Rivers Alliance scheduled screenings of its Southern Exposure short documentaries across the state, bringing fil...

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Sidewalk Festival Submission Guide: FilmFreeway Tips and Alabama Discounts

Sidewalk Festival Submission Guide: FilmFreeway Tips and Alabama Discounts

Sidewalk Film Festival uses FilmFreeway for submissions and offers Alabama discounts and alumni reductions to spotlight ...

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Family, lawyers say three Alabama inmates from Oscar-nominated film placed in solitary

Family, lawyers say three Alabama inmates from Oscar-nominated film placed in solitary

Three Alabama inmates featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary were moved to solitary in mid-January, raising concerns...

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Alabama Public Radio Interviews Julia Loktev on Documenting Russian Journalists

Alabama Public Radio Interviews Julia Loktev on Documenting Russian Journalists

Alabama Public Radio interviewed filmmaker Julia Loktev about her documentary that follows independent Russian journalis...

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Actor Deonta Lamar Visits Children's of Alabama, Highlights Indie Film Outreach

Actor Deonta Lamar Visits Children's of Alabama, Highlights Indie Film Outreach

Alabama's independent film scene is experiencing remarkable growth, and with it comes a new generation of actors who are...

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UAB Hosts Screening and Discussion of Hyperscaled on Data Center Impacts

UAB Hosts Screening and Discussion of Hyperscaled on Data Center Impacts

UAB hosted a screening and discussion of Hyperscaled on Feb. 5 that examined data center impacts, a local conversation a...

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Checklist for Alabama filmmakers submitting shorts to regional festivals with APT requirements

Checklist for Alabama filmmakers submitting shorts to regional festivals with APT requirements

A practical checklist helps Alabama filmmakers align festival-ready technical delivery with Alabama Public Television’s ...

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Huntsville Awards $300,000 to 20 Nonprofits Boosting Independent Film Programming

Huntsville Awards $300,000 to 20 Nonprofits Boosting Independent Film Programming

Huntsville awarded $300,000 in fiscal year 2026 arts grants to 20 nonprofit groups, boosting local theater, dance, music...

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Axios Streaming Guide Lists The Alabama Solution Documentary on HBO Max

Axios Streaming Guide Lists The Alabama Solution Documentary on HBO Max

A concise streaming guide listed The Alabama Solution as available on HBO Max, giving viewers a clear way to stream the ...

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Free Alabama Screendance Community Night Brings Dance Films to Sidewalk Cinema

Free Alabama Screendance Community Night Brings Dance Films to Sidewalk Cinema

Free community night at Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema screens screendance films, spotlighting camera-led choreography an...

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University of South Alabama Hosts Two Mobile Jewish Film Festival Screenings

University of South Alabama Hosts Two Mobile Jewish Film Festival Screenings

University of South Alabama hosted two screenings from the Mobile Jewish Film Festival, bringing free and public film ac...

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Vanity Fair spotlights The Alabama Solution, contraband-phone prison doc on HBO Max

Vanity Fair spotlights The Alabama Solution, contraband-phone prison doc on HBO Max

Vanity Fair spotlighted The Alabama Solution, a documentary filmed on contraband cell phones inside an Alabama prison th...

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Sidewalk Film Center Screens Remember the Titans for Black Lens Weekend

Sidewalk Film Center Screens Remember the Titans for Black Lens Weekend

Sidewalk Film Center screened Remember the Titans for Black Lens Spotlight Weekend, returning the 2000 film to Birmingha...

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BraveMaker Pre-Sundance Party in Park City Connects Alabama Independent Filmmakers

BraveMaker Pre-Sundance Party in Park City Connects Alabama Independent Filmmakers

BraveMaker hosted a pre-Sundance house party in Park City Jan. 21, 2026, connecting Alabama filmmakers, actors and indus...

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Southern Documentary Fund Production Grants Bolster Alabama Documentary Filmmaking

Southern Documentary Fund Production Grants Bolster Alabama Documentary Filmmaking

Southern Documentary Fund opened a 2025 call that offered seven $15,000 production grants to Southern documentary filmma...

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Wrapbook Guide Explains Alabama Film Tax Credit Requirements for Producers

Wrapbook Guide Explains Alabama Film Tax Credit Requirements for Producers

Alabama’s refundable film tax credit requires a $500,000 minimum production spend and includes resident wage uplifts, pr...

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Curated Alabama Indie Film Directory: Festivals, Funding, Venues, Partners

Curated Alabama Indie Film Directory: Festivals, Funding, Venues, Partners

Alabama filmmakers can use this directory to find regional festivals, venue booking partners, institutional collaborator...

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Sidewalk Film 101 Presents Hitchcock’s North by Northwest Jan. 22 and 25

Sidewalk Film 101 Presents Hitchcock’s North by Northwest Jan. 22 and 25

Sidewalk Film 101 screens Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest tonight at 7 p.m. and again Sunday at 1 p.m., offering a...

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Alabama Indie Filmmaking Primer: Low-Budget Tips for Local Shoots

Alabama Indie Filmmaking Primer: Low-Budget Tips for Local Shoots

A practical primer gives Alabama indie filmmakers region-specific, low-budget strategies for local shoots to cut costs, ...

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Practical Pre-Production Checklist for Alabama Indie Films Using Local Locations

Practical Pre-Production Checklist for Alabama Indie Films Using Local Locations

Practical pre-production checklist helps Alabama indie filmmakers plan local shoots, cut travel costs, and navigate perm...

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Field-Tested Alabama Filmmaking Primer: Permits, Budgets, Scheduling, Release Strategies

Field-Tested Alabama Filmmaking Primer: Permits, Budgets, Scheduling, Release Strategies

Practical field-tested primer guides Alabama filmmakers through permits, budgets, scheduling and release strategies, hel...

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Compact Directory Connects Alabama Indie Filmmakers to Local Resources

Compact Directory Connects Alabama Indie Filmmakers to Local Resources

A compact directory links Alabama indie filmmakers to city film offices, universities, cinemas, arts councils and local ...

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Fast, Cheap and Under Control: Essential Low-Budget Guide for Alabama Filmmakers

Fast, Cheap and Under Control: Essential Low-Budget Guide for Alabama Filmmakers

Practical, field-tested low-budget filmmaking methods to help Alabama crews stretch resources, finish projects, and reac...

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UAB's Jan. 26 Hyperscaled Screening and Discussion Postponed

UAB's Jan. 26 Hyperscaled Screening and Discussion Postponed

UAB has postponed today's Hyperscaled screening and discussion, originally set for 3:30 p.m.; check the campus calendar ...

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Film Birmingham Lists February Screenings, Workshops and Student Nights Across City

Film Birmingham Lists February Screenings, Workshops and Student Nights Across City

Film Birmingham’s public film calendar highlights a busy February of screenings, student nights, library movies and spec...

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