Opening Number - Short Film

We are so honored to announce that Opening Number has been selected to screen at the 23rd Annual Sidewalk Film Festival.

Opening Number will screen in downtown Birmingham (ASFA Recital Hall: 800 19th St. N., Birmingham, AL 35203) on Saturday, August 28th at 3:40pm CDT in the Family Shorts category. You can see the entire festival lineup at the following link: https://www.sidewalkfest.com/festival/sidewalk-film-festival/schedule/

Those that want to attend the screening must purchase a ticket through Sidewalk. https://www.sidewalkfest.com/festival-passes-tickets/

Congratulations to all the cast and crew of Opening Number!

We would like to say a HUGE congratulations to our lead actor, Avery May, who won BEST YOUTH ACTOR at Venice Shorts Awards in California for his portrayal of Charlie in Opening Number! 🎉🥳 This was announced last night in LA Indies Magazine, along with the other categories, which you can find at the following link:

https://www.laindiesmagazine.com/post/venice-shorts-winners-cali

As winner of this month's "Best Youth Actor" category, Avery is automatically nominated for the Venice Shorts annual competition! Hooray!

Hooray!! We received a total of five wins across various categories at Independent Shorts Awards in Los Angeles, California:

🏆Gold Award: Best Children Short, “Opening Number”
🏆Gold Award: Best Child/Young Actor, Avery May, for “Opening Number”
🏆Bronze Award: Best Actress, Kathy Wilson, for “Opening Number”
🏆Bronze Award: Best Student Director (Male), Cole Cabiness, for “Opening Number”
🏆Honorable Mention: Best Production Design, Haley Counts and Crew, for “Opening Number”

We are so proud of all of our cast and crew and so grateful to have been selected for these awards! Thank you !

We are so honored to have received TWO awards for February 2021 at the Toronto Independent Festival of CIFT:

🏆 Best Short Kid: “Opening Number”
🏆 Best Makeup Design: Rachel Byrnes, for “Opening Number”

Stay tuned! We have more exciting information coming shortly!

We are so proud of our team for being recognized at the Black Warrior Film Festival for our measures taken in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Opening Number is the 2021 recipient of the “Achievement in Pandemic Filmmaking” Award!

⚠️ COME SEE US TONIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN ⚠️

🎊 The wait is FINALLY over and we can't contain our excitement. Remember to come EARLY to get a prime parking spot for our first film block at 6 p.m.

🚙 Drive-In location:UA's Capstone College of Nursing Parking Lot at 650 University Blvd E, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

🪄 Gates open at 5:30! Use this address below and the map to join us for FREE to watch many incredible films.

💻To attend our virtual panels fill out the form in our bio: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVMJNRulMaJLSbTdj15Nz-SD29wBBomyB3ovlb66okv5uNKQ/viewform

Don't forget to join us beginning at 12:00 p.m. for our first virtual panel, "Alumni in the Industry".
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TODAY IS THE DAY! We can’t wait to see you TONIGHT at 9:00 pm for the premiere of Opening Number !

We are so honored to have been officially selected for Venice Shorts Film Awards and Paris Film Festival!

At Paris Film Festival, we were nominated for Best Inspirational Film, and Kathy Wilson, pictured here, was nominated for Best Actress! Congrats Kathy! 🥳 🎉

We are exactly TWO WEEKS AWAY from screening at and we could not be more excited! Enjoy some Behind the Scenes shots from the theatre sequence in Opening Number, which was by far the most exciting (and challenging) part of the process!