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Filmmaker Focus: Catherine O'Hara and Christopher Guest - Best in Show (2000)
90 min
2000
United States of America
Christopher Guest
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Mar 26

4:45 PM
Filmmaker Focus: Catherine O'Hara and Christopher Guest - Waiting for Guffman (1996)
84 min
1997
United States of America
Christopher Guest
When the town of Blaine, Mo., approaches its sesquicentennial, there's only one way to celebrate: with a musical revue called "Red, White and Blaine." Hoping the show will be his ticket back to Broadway, impresario Corky St. Clair (Christopher Guest) rounds up a cast of enthusiastic but untalented locals (Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara) to perform his masterwork. But, when Corky reveals that theater agent Mort Guffman will attend the opening, things really kick into high gear.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Mar 26

2:30 PM
Project Hail Mary
156 min
2026
United States of America
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), a school-teacher-turned-astronaut, wakes up from a coma, alone, on a space station with no memory of who he is or his mission. His memory returns in bursts and he pieces together that he was sent to the Tau Ceti solar system, 12 light-years from Earth, to reverse the impact of a space event that had already hurled our planet into the early stages of an Ice Age. As details of the mission unravel, Grace must call on all of his scientific training and sheer ingenuity, but he might not have to do it alone...
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Mar 26

2:00 PM 5:15 PM 8:30 PM

Mar 27

2:00 PM 5:15 PM 8:30 PM

Mar 28

10:30 AM 1:45 PM 5:00 PM 8:15 PM

Mar 29

10:30 AM 1:45 PM 5:00 PM 8:15 PM

Apr 1

2:15 PM 5:30 PM 8:45 PM

Apr 2

2:15 PM 5:30 PM 8:45 PM
SHOUT Movie Night Presented by BAO: "Golden Girl" Night (Free)
180 min
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 represented. Please arrive an hour early for a pre-screening event and stay for a post-screening event both in the lobby. *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 anyone who has not arrived.*
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Mar 26

7:00 PM
Filmmaker Focus: The Secret Life of Bees (Gina Prince-Bythewood)
114 min
2008
United States of America
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Haunted by memories of her late mother and abused by her father (Paul Bettany), 14-year-old Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning) runs away with her friend and caregiver Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson) to the South Carolina town that holds the key to her mother's past. There, Lily meets the Boatwright sisters (Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo), who take her in and teach her about beekeeping, honey, and the Black Madonna. Lily also discovers that the truth about her mother is closer than she thinks.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Mar 27

2:15 PM

Mar 28

10:45 AM

Mar 29

1:30 PM 8:45 PM

Apr 1

2:00 PM

Apr 2

4:30 PM
Filmmaker Focus: Love & Basketball (Gina Prince-Bythewood)
125 min
2000
United States of America
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) are two childhood friends who both aspire to be professional basketball players. Quincy, whose father, Zeke (Dennis Haysbert), plays for the Los Angeles Clippers, is a natural talent and a born leader. Monica is ferociously competitive but sometimes becomes overly emotional on the court. Over the years, the two begin to fall for each other, but their separate paths to basketball stardom threaten to pull them apart.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Mar 27

9:30 PM

Mar 28

4:00 PM

Mar 29

10:45 AM

Apr 1

9:15 PM

Apr 2

2:00 PM
Marc by Sofia
97 min
2026
United States of America
Sofia Coppola
An intimate, unconventional portrait of Marc Jacobs, crafted by Sofia Coppola to capture the genius and singular universe of the iconic American designer.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Mar 27

7:30 PM

Mar 28

6:45 PM

Mar 29

6:45 PM

Apr 1

7:15 PM

Apr 2

9:15 PM
Filmmaker Focus: The Woman King (Gina Prince-Bythewood)
135 min
2022
Canada, United States of America
Gina Prince-Bythewood
In the 1800s, a group of all-female warriors protects the African kingdom of Dahomey with skills and fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Faced with a new threat, Gen. Nanisca trains the next generation of recruits to fight against a foreign enemy that's determined to destroy their way of life.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Mar 27

4:45 PM

Mar 28

1:15 PM 8:45 PM

Mar 29

4:00 PM

Apr 1

4:30 PM
Sweet Home Scramble Kick Off Meeting *VIRTUAL*
30 min
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 April 10 - 12. 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.
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Mar 27

7:00 PM
AUGUST 24-30, 2026

SIDEWALK FILM FESTIVAL

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