Birmingham movie casting

Movie fans, producers, and directors have descended on Birmingham this week. The annual Sidewalk Film Festival is underway, with prize money as high as one thousand dollars up for grabs. Audience members will get to weigh in on the over two hundred movies being screened during the event.

The Alabama legislature is working to make Hollywood feel more at home in our state. A bill is making its way through the Senate in Montgomery to add incentives for people who make movies or commercials here in Alabama. APR student reporter Barry Carmichael spoke to one Mobile resident whose movie making experience including meeting the actor who played Luke Skywalker.

A Los Angeles film company needs extras for a movie that's being shot in metro Birmingham. The movie is called "Grace Unplugged." It's about an…