Novem

Friday, August 25 @ 8 pm Flying Monkey Arts Center, 2211 Seminole Drive Admission: $5 / $3 Film Co-op members

The Film Co-op, in collaboration with Sidewalk, present NOVEM, winner of the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival's 2005 Audience Choice Award for Best Feature ABOUT THE FILM Nine college students spent a week camping out and recording music at a remote studio location in May 1973. They each wrote a composition and collaborated on each others songs during six days and nights of friendship, music and fun. By the end of the week, they had produced nine introspective songs that preserved their mood, hopes and fears for generations. On the way back to campus, they were involved in a van accident. All nine singer/songwriters were killed. The music they recorded disappeared and remained silent for over thirty years until it was accidentally purchased by a college student at a garage sale. Novem's music and story spread quickly over the internet to college campuses across the country. Directed by Brad Kimmel (Color / 87 minutes). This screening is made possible in part through grants from the Hugh Kaul Foundation and the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham. AWARDS Respect Award for Feature Film - Aarhus Festival of Independant Arts, 2006 Jury Prize for Best American Independent Feature - Sonoma Valley Film Festival, 2006 Audience Choice Award - Beloit International Film Festival, 2006 Grand Jury Prize | Best Competition Feature - Bethel Film Festival, 2005 Audience Choice Award - Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, 2005 Audience Choice Award - Phoenix Film Festival, 2005 Best Soundtrack Award - Phoenix Film Festival, 2005 Best Indiana Film - Indianapolis Film Festival, 2005 Special Jury Prize | Best Cast Performance - Indianapolis Film Festival, 2005 Grand Jury Prize | Best Competition Feature - Indianapolis Film Festival, 2005 WEBSITE www.novemsongs.com/filmfestivals.shtml ABOUT THE SIDEWALK MOVING PICTURE FESTIVAL One of TIME Magazine's "Film Festivals for the Rest of Us," the 8th annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival is set September 22-24 in downtown Birmingham's historic Theatre District. For additional information, or to subscribe to Sidewalk's email newsletter, please visit www.sidewalkfest.com.