Author: Casey Engelbrecht

Sidewalk Responds to NEA Funding Withdrawal

Birmingham’s Home for Independent Film Needs You! On Friday, May 2nd, the Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema received notice from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) that our awarded grant in support of the 27th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival has been officially terminated.  

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SIDEWALK’S ANNUAL BLACK FRIDAY SALE

Want to shop local this Black Friday? Want to give experiences instead of stuff? Looking for gifts for those hard-to-shop-for people in your life? Want to save money? Want to support Sidewalk Film?   Then join us for our Annual Black Friday Sale!   In

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Black Lens Film Week Programming from T. Marie King

Ever since I was a child, I have been fascinated by the world of cinema and film. Exploring different art forms has always been my favorite thing to do. Watching the Muppets, other children and the Hollywood elite on-screen became the most important outlet of

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Executive Director’s Statement on Alamo Drafthouse News

MEDIA STATEMENT: Feb. 4, 2022 Official Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema Statement Orchestra Partners/Alabama Power Company Alamo Drafthouse Announcement   Please attribute the following to Chloe Cook, Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema Executive Director.   “For the last 25 years, Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

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Have a ’90s Holiday at Sidewalk Cinema

‘Twas the 1990s’ and all through the decade we liked our malls facing inward and our holiday movies moody and enigmatic. So this holiday season we’re celebrating the decade that brought us Euro Disney and sheep cloning with a truss of 90s’ holiday not-so-classics. While

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Sidewalk’s Annual Black Friday Sale

Want to shop local this Black Friday?  Want to give experiences instead of stuff?  Looking for gifts for those hard to shop for people in your life?  Want to save money?  Want to support Sidewalk Film?    Then join us for our Annual Black Friday

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Intern with Sidewalk!

Sidewalk Film is now accepting applications for Summer (June-August) 2026 interns.  Please note, due to the volume of intern applications we receive, we do not necessarily respond to all applicants. Applicants who are selected will be notified by June 1, 2026. The following internship positions

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