Film Birmingham's new Film Calendar is a dedicated site to help highlight all of the great independent screenings and cinema events happening around our area, both within Birmingham as well as around Jefferson County. A one stop shop for all of your cinephile needs, we aim to help people find out about both unique film events, as well as networking and workshop opportunities for those interested in learning more about the industry as a whole.
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Godzilla Minus Zero
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a...
Nov 06 - Nov 19, 2026
Fri, Nov 06 @ 2:00 pm
Fri, Nov 06 @ 5:00 pm
Fri, Nov 06 @ 8:00 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Nov 07 @ 1:00 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 4:00 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 7:00 pm
...
Queen at Sea
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Amanda and her stepfather, Martin, struggle with a moral issue that divides them. Has Amanda's mother, who's suffering from advanced dementia, lost the ability to make critical decisions in her own best interests? And if so, who's responsible for...
Nov 06 - Nov 11, 2026
Fri, Nov 06 @ 2:15 pm
Fri, Nov 06 @ 7:00 pm
Fri, Nov 06 @ 9:45 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 2:30 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 5:15 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 9:45 pm
Sun, Nov 08 @ 12:30 pm
...
NAZA
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, this new investigative documentary from Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the four co-directors of the 2024 Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, and James Wilson and Jonathan Glazer, the...
Oct 30 - Nov 12, 2026
Fri, Nov 06 @ 5:00 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 12:30 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 7:45 pm
Sun, Nov 08 @ 3:15 pm
Sun, Nov 08 @ 8:00 pm
$10k Party
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Our 17th Annual $10k Party will be held on Friday, November 6th at Workplay in Birmingham
The legendary Sidewalk $10K Party returns for its seventeenth year! This high-stakes soirée offers lots of chances to win—including the $10,000 grand...
Nov 06, 2026
Student Night: School of Rock (2003)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Fired from his band and facing eviction, rock-'n-roller Dewey Finn impersonates his roommate, Ned Schneebly, to land a job as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. After discovering the musical talent of his young students, he...
Nov 11, 2026
America the Beautiful – Special Limited Engagement
Presented by McWane Science Center
at McWane Science Center, Birmingham
Narrated by Emmy® Award-winning actor Kelsey Grammer (“Frasier”), America the Beautiful is a new cinematic experience premiering Veteran’s Day (November 11) at IMAX® and Giant Screen theaters.
Featuring breathtaking large-format...
Nov 11 - Nov 25, 2026
Thu, Nov 12 @ 12:00 am
Fri, Nov 13 @ 12:00 am
Sat, Nov 14 @ 12:00 am
Sun, Nov 15 @ 12:00 am
Mon, Nov 16 @ 12:00 am
Tue, Nov 17 @ 12:00 am
Thu, Nov 19 @ 12:00 am
...
Soundtrack Karaoke: Boy Bands vs Girl Groups (FREE!)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
We want it that way this November at Sidewalk! Spice up your life with Boy Bands vs Girl Groups at Soundtrack Karaoke. Featuring over 200+ songs from a wide range of boy bands and girl groups with elevated choreo, rockstar harmonies and...
Nov 12, 2026
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Harry Lehman is an aging pickpocket who plies his trade with ever-diminishing returns in a drastically changed New York. Wallets stuffed with cash have been replaced by easily canceled credit cards, and Harry struggles to make ends meet as he...
Nov 13 - Nov 25, 2026
Fri, Nov 13 @ 2:30 pm
Fri, Nov 13 @ 4:30 pm
Fri, Nov 13 @ 9:15 pm
Sat, Nov 14 @ 10:30 am
Sat, Nov 14 @ 12:30 pm
Sat, Nov 14 @ 2:30 pm
Sun, Nov 15 @ 10:30 am
...
Southern Circuit: From Scene to Screen - Anatomy of a Documentary
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Using Who’s The We? as a case study, filmmaker and Northwestern professor Clayton Brown takes apart a scene from the film to look at what happens on location to the choices made later in the edit, including structure, sound, music, and the...
Nov 13, 2026
Southern Circuit: Who's the We FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Who's The We? follows Doug Pagitt, a Minneapolis-based pastor and activist, as he leads a small group of riders on a 66-day bicycle journey across the entire United States, tracing the length of the U.S.-Mexico border before continuing along the...
Nov 13, 2026
2026 Fall Scramble Kick-Off Meeting *VIRTUAL*
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Filmmaking amateurs and pros alike compete for a grand prize in our weekend long filmmaking competition. Teams will take on 48 hours of writing, directing, and editing your own short film from scratch November 13 -15. CASH PRIZES for Jury and...
Nov 13, 2026
Tapesgiving Leftovers Movie Swap
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Join us early on Saturday for the first ever Tapesgiving Leftovers movie swap and enjoy Happy Hour at the Sidewalk Cinema Bar! Bring a box of VHS tapes, DVDs, or other cinematic contraband you've got lying around and come prepared to buy, sell,...
Nov 14, 2026
Bernstein's Wall
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
The life of classical music figure Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and drive took him well beyond the marvelous music he wrote and conducted.
Nov 14 - Nov 15, 2026
Sat, Nov 14 @ 4:30 pm
Sun, Nov 15 @ 4:30 pm
3rd Annual Tapesgiving
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Come stuff your face with old movies at the third annual Tapesgiving! Admission is FREE, and we'll be screening a mystery double feature of not-so-classics the way they were meant to be seen: on warm, fuzzy VHS and on the big screen. Hosted by...
Nov 14, 2026
Book + Film Club November: La Belle et La Bête/Beauty and the Beast
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Sidewalk’s Book + Film Club unites movie and book lovers for a monthly film screening. Each session is $35 and the includes book, film screening, and discussion. Select the $15 option for access to the film screening and post film discussion....
Nov 18, 2026
Sidewalk Film 101: Robocop (1987)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an...
Nov 19 - Nov 22, 2026
Thu, Nov 19 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Nov 22 @ 1:00 pm
Monthly Movie Trivia (FREE!)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Join us at the Sidewalk Cinema for Monthly Movie Trivia from 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, immediately following Networking Nights. Hosted by Owen Roberts. Invite your friends and school your contemporaries over some movie trivia. We'll see you...
Nov 19, 2026
Fatherland
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
At the height of the Cold War, Fatherland centers on the relationship between the writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika — an actress, writer and rally driver — as they embark on a road trip in a black Buick cruiser across a Germany in ruins.
Nov 20 - Nov 25, 2026
Fri, Nov 20 @ 4:15 pm
Fri, Nov 20 @ 6:15 pm
Fri, Nov 20 @ 8:15 pm
Sat, Nov 21 @ 3:00 pm
Sat, Nov 21 @ 5:00 pm
Sat, Nov 21 @ 7:15 pm
Sun, Nov 22 @ 3:30 pm
...
Knitflix and Chill: The Santa Clause (1994)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Join us for a special screening of John Pasquin's classic. Lights will be a little brighter than usual in the theater so you can bring your knitting, crochet or any other craft project! In collaboration with Knit B'ham.
Film Synopsis: On...
Dec 03, 2026
Pajama Party: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Join us for our family matinee series on select Saturday and Sunday mornings. Come cozy in your PJs and from 10am - 2pm enjoy light breakfast options for the whole family, plus a Bloody Mary and Mimosa bar for the grown-ups.
Film Synopsis: The...
Dec 05 - Dec 06, 2026
Sat, Dec 05 @ 10:30 am
Sun, Dec 06 @ 10:30 am
Sidewalk Film 101: Melancholia (2011)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
A planet hurtles toward a collision course with Earth. Two sisters, one of them trying to recover from a heavy bout of depression and a failed marriage, cope with their destiny in very different ways.
Dec 17 - Dec 20, 2026
Thu, Dec 17 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Dec 20 @ 1:00 pm
SHOUT Movie Night Presented by BAO: The Family Stone (2005) (Free)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
SHOUT Movie Night is a film series presented and curated by BAO (Birmingham AIDS Outreach) in conjunction with Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema. Our goal is to offer a diverse and inclusive film series that ensures all members of our community are...
Dec 20, 2026
Bad Movie Marathon
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
The 7th annual Bad Movie Marathon is coming! Do you have what it takes to sit through terrible movies? Give it your best shot and help us fundraise in the process! Bringing only the worst of the worst movies, spend an entire weekend in our...
Jan 29 - Jan 31, 2027
Fri, Jan 29 @ 7:00 pm
Sat, Jan 30 @ 12:00 am
Sun, Jan 31 @ 12:00 am
Ocean In Concert
Presented by DJD Theater
at DJD Theater, Birmingham
OCEAN in Concert takes viewers on a breathtaking journey, revealing that there is nowhere more vital to our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. With narration by David Attenborough and music by composer Steven...
Mar 06, 2027
The Woman with a Guardian Angel - Tamarrice Parker Short Film Event
Presented by Alabama Theatre
at Alabama Theatre, Birmingham
The Woman with a Guardian Angel” is an intimate, visually striking short film that follows a woman navigating life’s most vulnerable moments, accompanied by a mysterious presence that watches over her. This film blends raw emotion, poetic...
Mar 10, 2027
Godzilla Minus Zero
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a...
Nov 06 - Nov 19, 2026
Fri, Nov 06 @ 2:00 pm
Fri, Nov 06 @ 5:00 pm
Fri, Nov 06 @ 8:00 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Nov 07 @ 1:00 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 4:00 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 7:00 pm
...
Queen at Sea
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Amanda and her stepfather, Martin, struggle with a moral issue that divides them. Has Amanda's mother, who's suffering from advanced dementia, lost the ability to make critical decisions in her own best interests? And if so, who's responsible for...
Nov 06 - Nov 11, 2026
Fri, Nov 06 @ 2:15 pm
Fri, Nov 06 @ 7:00 pm
Fri, Nov 06 @ 9:45 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 2:30 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 5:15 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 9:45 pm
Sun, Nov 08 @ 12:30 pm
...
NAZA
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, this new investigative documentary from Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the four co-directors of the 2024 Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, and James Wilson and Jonathan Glazer, the...
Oct 30 - Nov 12, 2026
Fri, Nov 06 @ 5:00 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 12:30 pm
Sat, Nov 07 @ 7:45 pm
Sun, Nov 08 @ 3:15 pm
Sun, Nov 08 @ 8:00 pm
$10k Party
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Our 17th Annual $10k Party will be held on Friday, November 6th at Workplay in Birmingham
The legendary Sidewalk $10K Party returns for its seventeenth year! This high-stakes soirée offers lots of chances to win—including the $10,000 grand...
Nov 06, 2026
Student Night: School of Rock (2003)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Fired from his band and facing eviction, rock-'n-roller Dewey Finn impersonates his roommate, Ned Schneebly, to land a job as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. After discovering the musical talent of his young students, he...
Nov 11, 2026
America the Beautiful – Special Limited Engagement
Presented by McWane Science Center
at McWane Science Center, Birmingham
Narrated by Emmy® Award-winning actor Kelsey Grammer (“Frasier”), America the Beautiful is a new cinematic experience premiering Veteran’s Day (November 11) at IMAX® and Giant Screen theaters.
Featuring breathtaking large-format...
Nov 11 - Nov 25, 2026
Thu, Nov 12 @ 12:00 am
Fri, Nov 13 @ 12:00 am
Sat, Nov 14 @ 12:00 am
Sun, Nov 15 @ 12:00 am
Mon, Nov 16 @ 12:00 am
Tue, Nov 17 @ 12:00 am
Thu, Nov 19 @ 12:00 am
...
Soundtrack Karaoke: Boy Bands vs Girl Groups (FREE!)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
We want it that way this November at Sidewalk! Spice up your life with Boy Bands vs Girl Groups at Soundtrack Karaoke. Featuring over 200+ songs from a wide range of boy bands and girl groups with elevated choreo, rockstar harmonies and...
Nov 12, 2026
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Harry Lehman is an aging pickpocket who plies his trade with ever-diminishing returns in a drastically changed New York. Wallets stuffed with cash have been replaced by easily canceled credit cards, and Harry struggles to make ends meet as he...
Nov 13 - Nov 25, 2026
Fri, Nov 13 @ 2:30 pm
Fri, Nov 13 @ 4:30 pm
Fri, Nov 13 @ 9:15 pm
Sat, Nov 14 @ 10:30 am
Sat, Nov 14 @ 12:30 pm
Sat, Nov 14 @ 2:30 pm
Sun, Nov 15 @ 10:30 am
...
Southern Circuit: From Scene to Screen - Anatomy of a Documentary
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Using Who’s The We? as a case study, filmmaker and Northwestern professor Clayton Brown takes apart a scene from the film to look at what happens on location to the choices made later in the edit, including structure, sound, music, and the...
Nov 13, 2026
Southern Circuit: Who's the We FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Who's The We? follows Doug Pagitt, a Minneapolis-based pastor and activist, as he leads a small group of riders on a 66-day bicycle journey across the entire United States, tracing the length of the U.S.-Mexico border before continuing along the...
Nov 13, 2026
2026 Fall Scramble Kick-Off Meeting *VIRTUAL*
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Filmmaking amateurs and pros alike compete for a grand prize in our weekend long filmmaking competition. Teams will take on 48 hours of writing, directing, and editing your own short film from scratch November 13 -15. CASH PRIZES for Jury and...
Nov 13, 2026
Tapesgiving Leftovers Movie Swap
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Join us early on Saturday for the first ever Tapesgiving Leftovers movie swap and enjoy Happy Hour at the Sidewalk Cinema Bar! Bring a box of VHS tapes, DVDs, or other cinematic contraband you've got lying around and come prepared to buy, sell,...
Nov 14, 2026
Bernstein's Wall
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
The life of classical music figure Leonard Bernstein, whose passion and drive took him well beyond the marvelous music he wrote and conducted.
Nov 14 - Nov 15, 2026
Sat, Nov 14 @ 4:30 pm
Sun, Nov 15 @ 4:30 pm
3rd Annual Tapesgiving
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Come stuff your face with old movies at the third annual Tapesgiving! Admission is FREE, and we'll be screening a mystery double feature of not-so-classics the way they were meant to be seen: on warm, fuzzy VHS and on the big screen. Hosted by...
Nov 14, 2026
Book + Film Club November: La Belle et La Bête/Beauty and the Beast
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Sidewalk’s Book + Film Club unites movie and book lovers for a monthly film screening. Each session is $35 and the includes book, film screening, and discussion. Select the $15 option for access to the film screening and post film discussion....
Nov 18, 2026
Sidewalk Film 101: Robocop (1987)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an...
Nov 19 - Nov 22, 2026
Thu, Nov 19 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Nov 22 @ 1:00 pm
Monthly Movie Trivia (FREE!)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Join us at the Sidewalk Cinema for Monthly Movie Trivia from 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, immediately following Networking Nights. Hosted by Owen Roberts. Invite your friends and school your contemporaries over some movie trivia. We'll see you...
Nov 19, 2026
Fatherland
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
At the height of the Cold War, Fatherland centers on the relationship between the writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika — an actress, writer and rally driver — as they embark on a road trip in a black Buick cruiser across a Germany in ruins.
Nov 20 - Nov 25, 2026
Fri, Nov 20 @ 4:15 pm
Fri, Nov 20 @ 6:15 pm
Fri, Nov 20 @ 8:15 pm
Sat, Nov 21 @ 3:00 pm
Sat, Nov 21 @ 5:00 pm
Sat, Nov 21 @ 7:15 pm
Sun, Nov 22 @ 3:30 pm
...
Knitflix and Chill: The Santa Clause (1994)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Join us for a special screening of John Pasquin's classic. Lights will be a little brighter than usual in the theater so you can bring your knitting, crochet or any other craft project! In collaboration with Knit B'ham.
Film Synopsis: On...
Dec 03, 2026
Pajama Party: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Join us for our family matinee series on select Saturday and Sunday mornings. Come cozy in your PJs and from 10am - 2pm enjoy light breakfast options for the whole family, plus a Bloody Mary and Mimosa bar for the grown-ups.
Film Synopsis: The...
Dec 05 - Dec 06, 2026
Sat, Dec 05 @ 10:30 am
Sun, Dec 06 @ 10:30 am
Sidewalk Film 101: Melancholia (2011)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
A planet hurtles toward a collision course with Earth. Two sisters, one of them trying to recover from a heavy bout of depression and a failed marriage, cope with their destiny in very different ways.
Dec 17 - Dec 20, 2026
Thu, Dec 17 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Dec 20 @ 1:00 pm
SHOUT Movie Night Presented by BAO: The Family Stone (2005) (Free)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
SHOUT Movie Night is a film series presented and curated by BAO (Birmingham AIDS Outreach) in conjunction with Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema. Our goal is to offer a diverse and inclusive film series that ensures all members of our community are...
Dec 20, 2026
Bad Movie Marathon
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
The 7th annual Bad Movie Marathon is coming! Do you have what it takes to sit through terrible movies? Give it your best shot and help us fundraise in the process! Bringing only the worst of the worst movies, spend an entire weekend in our...
Jan 29 - Jan 31, 2027
Fri, Jan 29 @ 7:00 pm
Sat, Jan 30 @ 12:00 am
Sun, Jan 31 @ 12:00 am
Ocean In Concert
Presented by DJD Theater
at DJD Theater, Birmingham
OCEAN in Concert takes viewers on a breathtaking journey, revealing that there is nowhere more vital to our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. With narration by David Attenborough and music by composer Steven...
Mar 06, 2027
The Woman with a Guardian Angel - Tamarrice Parker Short Film Event
Presented by Alabama Theatre
at Alabama Theatre, Birmingham
The Woman with a Guardian Angel” is an intimate, visually striking short film that follows a woman navigating life’s most vulnerable moments, accompanied by a mysterious presence that watches over her. This film blends raw emotion, poetic...
Mar 10, 2027