"Krisha," an unsettling family drama about a woman with a history of mental illness and substance abuse, and "T-Rex," the inspirational story of female Olympic boxer Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, won the top jury prizes at Birmingham's 17th annual Sidewalk Film Festival.
"Krisha" won the award for best narrative feature, "T-Rex" won for best documentary feature. Both awards come with $1,000 cash prizes.
The independent film festival -- which showcased about 250 features, documentaries and shorts at the Alabama Theatre and other venues throughout downtown Birmingham -- opened Friday night with a screening of "Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made" and closed with Sunday night's awards show.
Two films by Alabama filmmakers were the top winners in the audience choice awards.
"Revival: The Sam Bush Story," a documentary about bluegrass legend Sam Bush co-directed by Birmingham filmmaker Wayne Franklin and Kris Wheeler, was the audience choice winner for best documentary, as well as best Alabama film.
The horror-comedy "For a Few Zombies More," co-directed by Birmingham's Chance Shirley and Chuck Hartsell, was the audience pick for best narrative feature.
"Henry Gamble's Birthday Party," a drama about a young gay man's 17th birthday celebration, won both the jury award and the audience choice award for best narrative feature in the SHOUT Film Festival, a Sidewalk companion festival that showcases films about the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.
Here is the complete list of 2015 Sidewalk and SHOUT winners:
JURY AWARDS
Jambor-Franklin Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature: "Krisha"
Best Narrative Short: ''The Loyalist''
Best Documentary Feature: "T-Rex"
Special Jury Prize, Documentary: "Frame By Frame"
Honorable Mention, Documentary: "Crocodile Gennadiy"
Best Documentary Short: ''The House Is Innocent"
Best Documentary Short, Runner-up: "Dolphin Lover"
Sidewalk Programmers Award: "Haze"
Alan Hunter Best Alabama Film: ''County Fair, Texas''
Best Student Film: ''Coming and Going''
Best SHOUT Feature: ''Henry Gamble's Birthday Party"
SHOUT Programmers Award: ''The Glamour & The Squalor"
Best SHOUT Short: 'Tomgirl"
Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award: ''Three Fingers''
Clint Howard Character Actor Award: Eleanore Pienta, "7 Chinese Brothers"
Special Jury Prize for Audacious Vision: "H."
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
Best Narrative Feature: "For a Few Zombies More"
Best Documentary Feature: "Revival: The Sam Bush Story"
Best Narrative Short: "One Night in Aberdeen"
Best Documentary Short: "Stumped"
Best Alabama Film: "Revival: The Sam Bush Story"
Best SHOUT Narrative Feature: "Henry Gamble's Birthday Party"
Best SHOUT Documentary Feature: "The State of Being Human"
Best SHOUT Short: "Elder"
UPDATED at 1:06 p.m. CDT on Aug. 31, 2015, to add Chuck Hartsell as co-director of "For a Few Zombies More."
UPDATED at 6:57 a.m. CDT on Sept. 1, 2015, to add Kris Wheeler as co-director of "Revival: The Sam Bush Story."