All we can tell you is that it's a movie and it's bad. Join us for our celebration of bad cinema. Surprises + Fun and it's free! Grab a drink at our bar, you're going to need it. *This is a FREE event and SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. Registering is strongly recommended to help with the check in process but does not guarantee a seat, and due to the popularity of this event seats can not be saved for folks who have not arrived yet. As always, our lobby bar & concessions are open to the public so if you arrive after the theatre has hit capacity please feel free to stick around for some food, drink, and board games. Also please note that these screenings often have audience engagement occurring during the film.

Every screening in our Terry Gilliam Filmmaker Focus Series includes a short introduction and a post screening discussion with UAB Film Professor and Sleep In Cinema co-host Gareth Jones. Film Synopsis: Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle (Robert De Niro), he meets the woman from his daydream (Kim Greist), and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

Every screening in our Terry Gilliam Filmmaker Focus Series includes a short introduction and a post screening discussion with UAB Film Professor and Sleep In Cinema co-host Gareth Jones. Film Synopsis: After shock jock Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) inadvertently provokes a caller into murdering a group of innocent people in a Manhattan bar, he grows depressed and turns to booze. As he's about to hit rock bottom, Lucas meets a homeless man named Parry (Robin Williams), whose wife was killed by the caller Lucas pushed to the brink. Mentally scarred by his loss, Parry spends his days searching for the Holy Grail. Lucas, feeling culpable for the poor man's plight, pledges to help him in his quest.

Every screening in our Terry Gilliam Filmmaker Focus Series includes a short introduction and a post screening discussion with UAB Film Professor and Sleep In Cinema co-host Gareth Jones. Film Synopsis: Toby, a disillusioned advertising executive, becomes pulled in to a world of time jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes him to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from reality.

Every screening in our Terry Gilliam Filmmaker Focus Series includes a short introduction and a post screening discussion with UAB Film Professor and Sleep In Cinema co-host Gareth Jones. Film Synopsis: A hugely talented but socially isolated computer operator is tasked by Management to prove the Zero Theorem: that the universe ends as nothing, rendering life meaningless... but meaning is what he already craves.

Join us for our free Monthly Filmmaker Networking night sponsored by Film Birmingham. Network, pitch ideas, and enjoy some special happy hour drinks. We'll see you there!

The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

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 December 5-7. CASH PRIZES for Jury and Audience award winners + screening during the 28th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival. Join us for Kickoff Meeting to get the rules and requirements of this edition of the Sidewalk Scramble! Only 1 person per team needs to attend the kick off meeting and only one person per team needs to register. Teams can be any size. ATTENDING THE KICKOFF MEETING IS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE. THE KICK OFF MEETING WILL BE *VIRTUAL* OPEN TO TEAMS IN ANY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. Email [email protected] with any questions.

Join us to watch the shorts created by statewide filmmaking groups for the 48 hour Jingle Scramble filmmaking competition! The audience choice and jury award winners will receive cash prizes and will also be programmed as part of the 29th annual Sidewalk Film Festival! PLEASE NOTE: This screening will be in the cinema and livestreamed. MAKE SURE TO CHOOSE THE CORRECT TICKETING CHOICE AT CHECKOUT. Livestream tickets can not be used at the cinema and vice versa. Ticket on sale date TBD.