ICYMI: We’re offering 25% off all Animated Feature AND Short submissions with the code SDWK2026ANM25 from February 25 - March 3.
Submit your film at filmfreeway.com/sidewalkfilm.
Everyone belongs here. We stand with our immigrant neighbors and all marginalized communities and remain dedicated to fostering inclusion, dignity, and community through the shared experience of film.
If you’ve already purchased a ticket, we'll provide Admit One passes for you to use for future screenings. If you haven’t and would like to attend the film at no charge, just come to the cinema in person and box office will get you taken care of.
As a small, local nonprofit cinema, closing on a release day isn’t always possible, but solidarity can take many forms. To support those participating in the strike, we are offering comped tickets to our THE SECRET AGENT screenings on Friday, January 30.
The Regular Deadline for the 28th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival is THREE DAYS AWAY!
Submit your film before prices increase at filmfreeway.com/sidewalkfilm.
It's been a year...so from 12/30 - 1/03 (Midnight PT) we’re having our first ever FilmFreeway Flash Sale!
Use code AuldLangSyneSidewalk25 to help us say farewell to 2025 and get a 25% discount on your submission fee (applicable to all categories).
Submit at filmfreeway.com/sidewalkfilm.
THE ONION PRESENTS: A HISTORIC CINEMATIC NIGHT OF FILM AT THE MOVIES - playing ONE NIGHT ONLY October 2 at 9:30pm.
Be on the lookout tomorrow then 👀
Fingers crossed on this one 👀
Get Premium Single Tickets + Day, Weekend, VIP Passes at sidewalkfest.com/tix
See the full schedule at sidewalkfest.com/sched
The FULL SCHEDULE for the 27th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival presented by Regions Bank HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED! Get ready for over 250 films August 18 - 24, including our Opening Night Film: STOLEN KINGDOM.
JUST ANNOUNCED: 27th Sidewalk Film Fest Saturday Night Spotlight + Closing Night titles!
Plus, DAY PASSES ARE ON SALE!
Read more in the article below and get your VIP, Weekend, or Day Passes today at sidewalkfest.com/tix.
2024 Sidewalk Festival favorite SWAMP DOGG GETS HIS POOL PAINTED plays all weekend.
Get tickets at sidewalkfest.com/tickets.
A powerful and poetic portrait of a caregiver in crisis in the Georgian countryside, Dea Kulumbegashvili’s APRIL is an unforgettable work of cinematic brilliance.
APRIL plays May 30 - June 5. Get tickets at sidewalkfest.com/tickets.
Bring the bros to FRIENDSHIP this weekend.
Get tickets at sidewalkfest.com/tickets.
A huge congratulations to our Spring Scramble winners!
Team Blue Stocking's film "Freaks" won both the Jury Award and the Audience Award - catch it screening in August at the 27th Sidewalk Film Festival!
SATURDAY (5/10) AT SIDEWALK
PJ PARTY: THE PRINCESS DIARIES (2001)
10:30am
LILLY
1:00pm, 3:00pm, 5:00pm, 7:00pm
MAMMA MIA! (2008) SING-ALONG
5:30pm
MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN (2018) SING-ALONG
8:00pm
Get tickets at sidewalkfest.com/tickets.
Sidewalk Film 101 is back in session next week with a classic that EVERYONE should see on the big screen at least once (already have? See it again 😈)
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) plays:
5/15 - 7:00pm
5/18 - 1:00pm
Get tickets at sidewalkfest.com/tickets.
It’s on like Donkey Kong…again! 🦧 Get ready for 1UP! Game Night at the Sidewalk Cinema, May 14 at 6pm! 🎮 🃏 🧩
This month, we’re having a FREE ‘FORTNITE’ Night 🕹️ with a “taste” of Sabrina Carpenter in the Battle Royale 💥 Zone + special lobby 🎶 programming.
2024 Sidewalk Film Festival favorite SWAMP DOGG GETS HIS POOL PAINTED returns to our screens May 23 - 29!
Get tickets now at sidewalkfest.com/tickets.
An inside look at John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s life in Greenwich Village in the early 1970s, ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO brings to life restored footage of John and Yoko’s only full-length concert.
ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO plays at the Sidewalk Cinema May 23 - 29.
Get tickets at sidewalkfest.com/tickets.
The NEA Stepped Back...We Need You to Step Up
Read our response to the NEA funding withdrawal below.
Support Sidewalk at sidewalkfest.com/support.
From May 9 - 15, bring your Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (@bhamcivilrights) membership card and receive a 10% discount on popcorn to see LILLY, the true story of Lilly Ledbetter, the Alabama woman who fought to achieve pay equity.
Get tickets at sidewalkfest.com/tickets.
Frustrating news from @sidewalkfilm.bsky.social
“Sidewalk Film Festival’s NEA Grant was withdrawn last night (something awarded in fall 2024 and told to publically announce in Jan 2025). Only 4 months away from the Fest the funds are snatched away.”
I made a VHS-y promo for my pal Jeremy’s upcoming Tape Night event at the @sidewalkfilm.bsky.social cinema. I’m happy with the way it came out (and I think @prolost.com might dig the gratuitous deployment of Red Giant plug-ins).
Find more info on Passes + Films announced at sidewalkfest.com/27th-sidewal...
27th Annual Sidewalk Fest Passes NOW ON SALE + Fest Spotlight Films Announced!
Get your passes at sidewalkfest.com/tix.
Fingers crossed 👀
Mikey Saber - charismatic con man and washed-up porn star - plots his return to the big time in this story of an American hustler and a hometown that barely tolerates him.
RED ROCKET (2021) plays as a part of Sean Baker Filmmaker Focus series 4/25 - 5/1.
Get tickets at sidewalkfest.com/tickets.
