Film events

Winter Wildlands Backcountry Film Festival - Presented by Idaho Conservation League and Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. Today, 6 p.m., Panida Theater, Sandpoint. $8. (208) 265-9565

“The Cat from Outer Space” - Family film about an alien who makes an emergency landing on Earth and the scientist who helps him find parts for his broken spaceship. Rated G. Saturday, 2 p.m., South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry St. Free. (509) 444-5385.

“Hereafter” - Today-Saturday. Director Clint Eastwood’s newest film tells the story of three people who are touched by death in different ways: a blue-collar American (Matt Damon) who is trying to put his special gift of being able to communicate with deceased people behind him; a French journalist who has a near-death experience; and a London schoolboy who loses the person closest to him. Rated PG-13. Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave., Sandpoint. $7/adults, $6/seniors and students, $4/children. (208) 263-9191

“28 Hours Later: The Zombie Movie” - Student-produced horror film. Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Magnuson Theatre, Gonzaga University. $2.