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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The Secret Agent
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.
Winner of two Golden Globes,...
Jan 30 - Feb 12, 2026
Thu, Feb 12 @ 2:00 pm
Thu, Feb 12 @ 5:15 pm
Thu, Feb 12 @ 8:30 pm
Black Lens Spotlight Weekend 2026: Hoop Dreams (1994) sponsored by Gilead Sciences
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Two ordinary inner-city Chicago kids dare to reach for the impossible—professional basketball glory—in this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Filmed over a five-year period, Hoop Dreams, by Steve James, Frederick Marx, and Peter Gilbert,...
Feb 06 - Feb 12, 2026
Teen Sing-a-long
Presented by Pinson Public Library
at Pinson Public Library (Rock School Center), Pinson
(Teens)Thursday, February 12th at 4 PM
Descend on the library for another fun-filled event full of singing, snacks, and cinematic fun!
Join us for a fan-favorite musical movie! We’ll be singing along to every unforgettable song on the...
Feb 12, 2026
Student Night: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Welcome to Sidewalk's new Monthly Student Movie Night! Join us in the lobby before the film for board games, Wii, and a social hour from 5pm - 6pm. The screening is open to the public, but students get discounted tickets with a Valid Student ID...
Feb 12, 2026
Wuthering Heights
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Tragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England. This latest adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic novel comes from Emerald Fennell, the Academy Award-winning director...
Feb 13 - Feb 26, 2026
Fri, Feb 13 @ 2:00 pm
Fri, Feb 13 @ 4:45 pm
Fri, Feb 13 @ 7:45 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 10:30 am
Sat, Feb 14 @ 1:15 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 4:00 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 6:45 pm
...
Michael B. Jordan Thirst Trap Weekend: Creed (2015) sponsored by Gilead Sciences
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) never knew his famous father, boxing champion Apollo Creed, who died before Adonis was born. However, boxing is in his blood, so he seeks out Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and asks the retired champ to be...
Feb 13 - Feb 15, 2026
Fri, Feb 13 @ 2:15 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 1:45 pm
Sun, Feb 15 @ 1:45 pm
Sun, Feb 15 @ 7:45 pm
Michael B. Jordan Thirst Trap Weekend: Sinners (2025) sponsored by Gilead Sciences
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Nominated for a record-breaking 16 Academy Awards.
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Feb 13 - Feb 19, 2026
Fri, Feb 13 @ 5:00 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 10:45 am
Sat, Feb 14 @ 4:45 pm
Sun, Feb 15 @ 10:45 am
Sun, Feb 15 @ 4:45 pm
Thu, Feb 19 @ 2:15 pm
Rocky Horror Hot Dogs Present: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
The Rocky Horror Hot Dogs is a live shadowcast experience of the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. This comedy-based troupe will chill you, thrill you, and fulfill you as they act out your favorite scenes on stage and celebrate a night...
Feb 13 - Feb 15, 2026
Fri, Feb 13 @ 11:55 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 8:00 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 11:55 pm
*RESCHEDULED* Science on Screen®: The Social Network (2010) with Dr. Elliot Panek
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Dr. Elliot Panek, Associate Professor of Journalism & Creative Media at The University of Alabama, will present “The science of socials: What two decades of research can tell us about Facebook” with a post-screening discussion following the...
Feb 18, 2026
Sidewalk Film 101: Killer of Sheep (1978) sponsored by Gilead Sciences
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
In Watts, an urban and mostly African-American section of Los Angeles, Stan (Henry Gayle Sanders) spends his days toiling away at a local slaughterhouse. His macabre profession seeps into his personal life as he struggles to keep his family...
Feb 19 - Feb 22, 2026
Thu, Feb 19 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Feb 22 @ 1:00 pm
The Room (2003) with Greg Sestero in Attendance
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Spend a night digging deep into a truly one-of-a-kind movie experience!
Join us for a special evening with Greg Sestero, star of The Room and the New York Times best-selling author of the Oscar-nominated The Disaster Artist.
The event will...
Feb 19, 2026
Natchez
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
After generations of showcasing its antebellum homes and hoop-skirted docents, Natchez, Mississippi, is now reckoning with a romanticized past, an uncertain future and the debt it owes to the descendants of slavery. A cinematic portrait of a...
Feb 20 - Feb 26, 2026
Fri, Feb 20 @ 2:15 pm
Fri, Feb 20 @ 4:15 pm
Fri, Feb 20 @ 6:15 pm
Fri, Feb 20 @ 8:15 pm
Sat, Feb 21 @ 1:45 pm
Sat, Feb 21 @ 3:45 pm
Sat, Feb 21 @ 5:45 pm
...
PJ Party: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
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: After...
Feb 21 - Feb 22, 2026
Sat, Feb 21 @ 10:30 am
Sun, Feb 22 @ 10:30 am
Dreams
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Fernando (Isaac Hernández), a young ballet dancer from Mexico, dreams of international recognition and a life in the US. Believing his lover, Jennifer (Jessica Chastain), a socialite and philanthropist, will support him, he leaves everything...
Feb 27 - Mar 05, 2026
Fri, Feb 27 @ 2:00 pm
Fri, Feb 27 @ 4:15 pm
Fri, Feb 27 @ 6:30 pm
Fri, Feb 27 @ 8:45 pm
Sat, Feb 28 @ 10:30 am
Sat, Feb 28 @ 12:45 pm
Sat, Feb 28 @ 3:00 pm
...
Sidewalk Film 101: Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Jeanne Dielman (Delphine Seyrig), the widowed mother of a teenage son, Sylvain (Jan Decorte), ekes out a drab, repetitive existence in her tiny Brussels apartment. Jeanne's days are divided between humdrum domestic chores -- shopping, cooking,...
Mar 19 - Mar 22, 2026
Thu, Mar 19 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Mar 22 @ 1:00 pm
Sidewalk Film 101: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
When King Richard the Lionheart is captured, his scheming brother Prince John (Claude Rains) plots to reach the throne, to the outrage of Sir Robin of Locksley (Errol Flynn), the bandit king of Sherwood Forest. Rounding up his band of men and...
Apr 16 - Apr 19, 2026
Thu, Apr 16 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Apr 19 @ 1:00 pm
Sidewalk Film 101: Tokyo Story (1953)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
The elderly Shukishi (Chishu Ryu) and his wife, Tomi (Chieko Higashiyama), take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi (Sô Yamamura), a doctor, and their daughter, Shige...
May 21 - May 24, 2026
Thu, May 21 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, May 24 @ 1:00 pm
Sidewalk Film 101: The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
The wry, incisive debut feature by Cheryl Dunye gave cinema something bracingly new and groundbreaking: a vibrant representation of Black lesbian identity by a Black lesbian filmmaker. Dunye stars as Cheryl, a video-store clerk and aspiring...
Jun 18 - Jun 21, 2026
Thu, Jun 18 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Jun 21 @ 1:00 pm
Sidewalk Film 101: Once Upon A Time in the West (1968)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
There's a single piece of land around Flagstone with water on it, and rail baron Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti) aims to have it, knowing the new railroad will have to stop there. He sends his henchman Frank (Henry Fonda) to scare the land's owner,...
Jul 16 - Jul 19, 2026
Thu, Jul 16 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Jul 19 @ 1:00 pm
Sidewalk Film 101: Rome, Open City (1945)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Resistance leader Luigi Ferrari is pursued by Major Fritz Bergmann, a German intelligence officer who wants the name of others in the underground movement. Ferrari enlists the help of sympathetic priest Don Pietro Pellegrini to pass on funds to...
Aug 20 - Aug 23, 2026
Thu, Aug 20 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Aug 23 @ 1:00 pm
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...
Sep 10, 2026
Sidewalk Film 101: Far From Heaven (2002)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
Sep 17 - Sep 20, 2026
Thu, Sep 17 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Sep 20 @ 1:00 pm
Sidewalk Film 101: Vampyr (1932)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
After Allan Gray (Julian West) rents a room near Courtempierre in France, strange events unfold: An elderly man leaves a packet on Gray's table, and shadows that are seemingly alive lead him toward a castle. At a nearby manor, he witnesses the...
Oct 15 - Oct 18, 2026
Thu, Oct 15 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Oct 18 @ 1:00 pm
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
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
The Secret Agent
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.
Winner of two Golden Globes,...
Jan 30 - Feb 12, 2026
Thu, Feb 12 @ 2:00 pm
Thu, Feb 12 @ 5:15 pm
Thu, Feb 12 @ 8:30 pm
Black Lens Spotlight Weekend 2026: Hoop Dreams (1994) sponsored by Gilead Sciences
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Two ordinary inner-city Chicago kids dare to reach for the impossible—professional basketball glory—in this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Filmed over a five-year period, Hoop Dreams, by Steve James, Frederick Marx, and Peter Gilbert,...
Feb 06 - Feb 12, 2026
Teen Sing-a-long
Presented by Pinson Public Library
at Pinson Public Library (Rock School Center), Pinson
(Teens)Thursday, February 12th at 4 PM
Descend on the library for another fun-filled event full of singing, snacks, and cinematic fun!
Join us for a fan-favorite musical movie! We’ll be singing along to every unforgettable song on the...
Feb 12, 2026
Student Night: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Welcome to Sidewalk's new Monthly Student Movie Night! Join us in the lobby before the film for board games, Wii, and a social hour from 5pm - 6pm. The screening is open to the public, but students get discounted tickets with a Valid Student ID...
Feb 12, 2026
Wuthering Heights
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Tragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England. This latest adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic novel comes from Emerald Fennell, the Academy Award-winning director...
Feb 13 - Feb 26, 2026
Fri, Feb 13 @ 2:00 pm
Fri, Feb 13 @ 4:45 pm
Fri, Feb 13 @ 7:45 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 10:30 am
Sat, Feb 14 @ 1:15 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 4:00 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 6:45 pm
...
Michael B. Jordan Thirst Trap Weekend: Creed (2015) sponsored by Gilead Sciences
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) never knew his famous father, boxing champion Apollo Creed, who died before Adonis was born. However, boxing is in his blood, so he seeks out Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and asks the retired champ to be...
Feb 13 - Feb 15, 2026
Fri, Feb 13 @ 2:15 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 1:45 pm
Sun, Feb 15 @ 1:45 pm
Sun, Feb 15 @ 7:45 pm
Michael B. Jordan Thirst Trap Weekend: Sinners (2025) sponsored by Gilead Sciences
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Nominated for a record-breaking 16 Academy Awards.
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Feb 13 - Feb 19, 2026
Fri, Feb 13 @ 5:00 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 10:45 am
Sat, Feb 14 @ 4:45 pm
Sun, Feb 15 @ 10:45 am
Sun, Feb 15 @ 4:45 pm
Thu, Feb 19 @ 2:15 pm
Rocky Horror Hot Dogs Present: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
The Rocky Horror Hot Dogs is a live shadowcast experience of the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. This comedy-based troupe will chill you, thrill you, and fulfill you as they act out your favorite scenes on stage and celebrate a night...
Feb 13 - Feb 15, 2026
Fri, Feb 13 @ 11:55 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 8:00 pm
Sat, Feb 14 @ 11:55 pm
*RESCHEDULED* Science on Screen®: The Social Network (2010) with Dr. Elliot Panek
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Dr. Elliot Panek, Associate Professor of Journalism & Creative Media at The University of Alabama, will present “The science of socials: What two decades of research can tell us about Facebook” with a post-screening discussion following the...
Feb 18, 2026
Sidewalk Film 101: Killer of Sheep (1978) sponsored by Gilead Sciences
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
In Watts, an urban and mostly African-American section of Los Angeles, Stan (Henry Gayle Sanders) spends his days toiling away at a local slaughterhouse. His macabre profession seeps into his personal life as he struggles to keep his family...
Feb 19 - Feb 22, 2026
Thu, Feb 19 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Feb 22 @ 1:00 pm
The Room (2003) with Greg Sestero in Attendance
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Spend a night digging deep into a truly one-of-a-kind movie experience!
Join us for a special evening with Greg Sestero, star of The Room and the New York Times best-selling author of the Oscar-nominated The Disaster Artist.
The event will...
Feb 19, 2026
Natchez
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
After generations of showcasing its antebellum homes and hoop-skirted docents, Natchez, Mississippi, is now reckoning with a romanticized past, an uncertain future and the debt it owes to the descendants of slavery. A cinematic portrait of a...
Feb 20 - Feb 26, 2026
Fri, Feb 20 @ 2:15 pm
Fri, Feb 20 @ 4:15 pm
Fri, Feb 20 @ 6:15 pm
Fri, Feb 20 @ 8:15 pm
Sat, Feb 21 @ 1:45 pm
Sat, Feb 21 @ 3:45 pm
Sat, Feb 21 @ 5:45 pm
...
PJ Party: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
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: After...
Feb 21 - Feb 22, 2026
Sat, Feb 21 @ 10:30 am
Sun, Feb 22 @ 10:30 am
Dreams
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Fernando (Isaac Hernández), a young ballet dancer from Mexico, dreams of international recognition and a life in the US. Believing his lover, Jennifer (Jessica Chastain), a socialite and philanthropist, will support him, he leaves everything...
Feb 27 - Mar 05, 2026
Fri, Feb 27 @ 2:00 pm
Fri, Feb 27 @ 4:15 pm
Fri, Feb 27 @ 6:30 pm
Fri, Feb 27 @ 8:45 pm
Sat, Feb 28 @ 10:30 am
Sat, Feb 28 @ 12:45 pm
Sat, Feb 28 @ 3:00 pm
...
Sidewalk Film 101: Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Jeanne Dielman (Delphine Seyrig), the widowed mother of a teenage son, Sylvain (Jan Decorte), ekes out a drab, repetitive existence in her tiny Brussels apartment. Jeanne's days are divided between humdrum domestic chores -- shopping, cooking,...
Mar 19 - Mar 22, 2026
Thu, Mar 19 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Mar 22 @ 1:00 pm
Sidewalk Film 101: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
When King Richard the Lionheart is captured, his scheming brother Prince John (Claude Rains) plots to reach the throne, to the outrage of Sir Robin of Locksley (Errol Flynn), the bandit king of Sherwood Forest. Rounding up his band of men and...
Apr 16 - Apr 19, 2026
Thu, Apr 16 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Apr 19 @ 1:00 pm
Sidewalk Film 101: Tokyo Story (1953)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
The elderly Shukishi (Chishu Ryu) and his wife, Tomi (Chieko Higashiyama), take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi (Sô Yamamura), a doctor, and their daughter, Shige...
May 21 - May 24, 2026
Thu, May 21 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, May 24 @ 1:00 pm
Sidewalk Film 101: The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
The wry, incisive debut feature by Cheryl Dunye gave cinema something bracingly new and groundbreaking: a vibrant representation of Black lesbian identity by a Black lesbian filmmaker. Dunye stars as Cheryl, a video-store clerk and aspiring...
Jun 18 - Jun 21, 2026
Thu, Jun 18 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Jun 21 @ 1:00 pm
Sidewalk Film 101: Once Upon A Time in the West (1968)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
There's a single piece of land around Flagstone with water on it, and rail baron Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti) aims to have it, knowing the new railroad will have to stop there. He sends his henchman Frank (Henry Fonda) to scare the land's owner,...
Jul 16 - Jul 19, 2026
Thu, Jul 16 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Jul 19 @ 1:00 pm
Sidewalk Film 101: Rome, Open City (1945)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
Resistance leader Luigi Ferrari is pursued by Major Fritz Bergmann, a German intelligence officer who wants the name of others in the underground movement. Ferrari enlists the help of sympathetic priest Don Pietro Pellegrini to pass on funds to...
Aug 20 - Aug 23, 2026
Thu, Aug 20 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Aug 23 @ 1:00 pm
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...
Sep 10, 2026
Sidewalk Film 101: Far From Heaven (2002)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
Sep 17 - Sep 20, 2026
Thu, Sep 17 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Sep 20 @ 1:00 pm
Sidewalk Film 101: Vampyr (1932)
Presented by Sidewalk Film Festival + Center
at Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, Birmingham
After Allan Gray (Julian West) rents a room near Courtempierre in France, strange events unfold: An elderly man leaves a packet on Gray's table, and shadows that are seemingly alive lead him toward a castle. At a nearby manor, he witnesses the...
Oct 15 - Oct 18, 2026
Thu, Oct 15 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Oct 18 @ 1:00 pm
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
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