RESIDENT EVIL
SEPTEMBER 17 - OCTOBER 1
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DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES
SEPTEMBER 18 - 24
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SOUTHERN CIRCUIT: WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS
with filmmaker DAWN PORTER in attendance SEPTEMBER 18
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DEAD MEDIA
with filmmaker JOSEPH SCRIMSHAW and SAM LANDMAN in ATTENDANCE SEPTEMBER 18
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PJ PARTY: THE NEVERENDING STORY
SEPTEMBER 19 + 20
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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Monthly Movie Trivia (FREE!)
120 min
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 there! *This is a FREE event and SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.*
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Sidewalk Cinema Lobby

Sep 17

7:30 PM

Oct 15

7:30 PM
Filmmaker Networking Nights (Free)
120 min
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!
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Sidewalk Cinema Lobby

Sep 17

5:00 PM

Oct 15

5:00 PM
Sidewalk Film 101: Far From Heaven (2002)
107 min
2002
United States of America
Todd Haynes
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Sep 17

7:00 PM

Sep 20

1:00 PM
The Samurai and the Prisoner
147 min
2026
Japan
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
When Lord Murashige Araki rises up against the tyrannical Nobunaga Oda, he finds himself besieged within the walls of his own castle. Isolated, he is confronted with a series of mysterious crimes that shatter the fragile order of his court, plunging the fortress into fear and suspicion. With Oda’s army closing in and a traitor hiding among his ranks, Murashige is forced into an uneasy alliance with Kanbei Kuroda, a brilliant yet dangerous strategist held prisoner in the dungeon. Helped by his wife Chiyoho and his most loyal generals, Murashige must uncover the truth before the castle falls.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Sep 17

2:30 PM
Resident Evil
90 min
2026
France, Germany, United States of America
Zach Cregger
Bryan, a medical courier, unwittingly finds himself fighting for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Sep 17

2:00 PM 4:15 PM 6:30 PM 8:45 PM

Sep 18

2:15 PM 4:30 PM 6:45 PM 9:00 PM

Sep 19

10:00 AM 12:15 PM 2:30 PM 4:45 PM 7:00 PM 9:30 PM

Sep 20

10:00 AM 12:15 PM 2:30 PM 4:45 PM 7:00 PM

Sep 23

2:00 PM 4:15 PM 6:30 PM 8:45 PM

Sep 24

2:15 PM 4:45 PM 7:15 PM 9:30 PM

Sep 25

2:00 PM 4:15 PM 6:30 PM 8:45 PM

Sep 26

10:00 AM 12:15 PM 2:30 PM 4:45 PM 7:00 PM 9:15 PM

Sep 27

10:00 AM 12:15 PM 2:30 PM 4:45 PM 7:00 PM

Sep 30

2:00 PM 4:15 PM 6:30 PM 8:45 PM

Oct 1

2:00 PM 4:15 PM 6:30 PM 8:45 PM
Dead Media (With Filmmaker Q&A!)
99 min
2025
Joseph Scrimshaw
Maggie, a young woman struggling to move forward, wants to stream an old horror movie. Her Gen X uncle insists they watch it on DVD. But the disc is haunted and the movie comes to life, taking over Maggie’s entire world. Co-starring Birmingham native Sam Landman. There will be a post screening Q&A with writer/director Joseph Scrimshaw and actor (and former Birminghamian) Sam Landman moderated by Christopher Davis.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Sep 18

10:00 PM
Dreams in Nightmares
128 min
2026
France, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States of America
Shatara Michelle Ford
With their second film, Shatara Michelle Ford (Test Pattern) puts their singular stamp on the American road movie. Dreams in Nightmares, which stars Denée Benton (The Gilded Age) and Jasmin Savoy Brown (Yellowjackets, Scream 7) follows a group of queer friends in their mid-30s navigating love, identity, and belonging across America. Anchored in themes of chosen family and self-discovery, the film blends humor and emotional depth against the backdrop of a journey through the Midwest and beyond. Dreams in Nightmares is an expansive and tender ode to the chosen family and to the radical act of claiming space to dream—and to exist—in an increasingly fraught country.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Sep 18

2:00 PM 4:30 PM

Sep 19

1:00 PM 3:45 PM 8:30 PM

Sep 20

3:15 PM

Sep 23

2:15 PM 5:00 PM 7:45 PM

Sep 24

2:00 PM 4:30 PM 9:15 PM
Southern Circuit: When A Witness Recants FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE
112 min
2026
United States of America
Dawn Porter
In 1983, Ta-Nehisi Coates learns of a Baltimore middle schooler's murder and revisits the case, uncovering how false testimony wrongly imprisoned three teenagers for 36 years. Join us for a Q&A with the film's director, Dawn Porter after the screening. The Southern Circuit a program of South Arts and is made possible through a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Sep 18

7:00 PM
Southern Circuit: On Interviewing - Masterclass with Dawn Porter *Pay What You Can*
60 min
Dawn Porter
Join us before the Southern Circuit screening of When A Witness Recants to experience the art of the interview with Dawn Porter. This masterclass will explore interviewing techniques and incorporate examples from Dawn's previous films. This is a rare opportunity to learn from an accomplished director whose accolades include the Peabody Award, NAACP Image Award, Emmy Award and more. Dawn Porter is an acclaimed American documentary filmmaker and founder of Trilogy Films whose work has appeared on ESPN, Netflix, HBO, PBS, Hulu, and Apple TV+. Recently awarded the National Humanities Medal by former president Joe Biden and received the IDA Career Achievement Award. The Southern Circuit a program of South Arts and is made possible through a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. This event is limited seating, reservations are first come first served.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema - Classroom

Sep 18

5:30 PM
AUGUST 24-30, 2026

SIDEWALK FILM FESTIVAL

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