July and August @ the SLC Film Center

FILMS WITHOUT BORDERS

This continuing series showcase international stories and the best new films from around the world.

Sponsored by American Express Charitable Fund, The eBay Foundation and Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation, The Marriner S. Eccles Foundation, The Utah Arts Council, and The Salt Lake City Arts Council.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2
7:00 pm @ The City Library
NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT
Directed by Patricio Guzmán
2010, 90 min

In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet’s regime. Master filmmaker Patricio Guzmán contemplates the paradox of their quests.

Winner, Best Documentary – 2010 European Film Academy Awards; Official Selection – 2010 Cannes Film Festival; Official Selection – 2010 Toronto International Film Festival

SPECIAL SCREENINGS


TUESDAY, JULY 19
7:00 pm @ The City Library
ARMADILLO
Directed by Janus Metz Pedersen
2010, 100 min
Over the course of the soldiers' six-month tour of duty, director Janus Metz Pedersen reveals how the personalities of the young soldiers are transformed by the experience of fighting in a war and how the adrenaline rush that comes with killing can become something of a dark addiction.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9
7:00 pm @ The City Library
ATOMIC MOM
Directed by M.T. Sylvia
USA/Japan, 2010 – 80 min

This moving documentary is about two women, both mothers, who have very different experiences of the atom bomb. After decades of silence, a daughter’s quest for truth leads to the exchange of an olive branch between an American Scientist and a Hiroshima Survivor.

Presented in partnership with the Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (UCAN) in remembrance of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

CIVIL RIGHTS FILM SERIES
Presented by the SLC Film Center and The City Library

KENNECOTT THEATRE PRESENTS: THE PIONEER PARK PICTURE SHOW

This year’s outdoor screening series includes audience favorites from past Sundance Film Festivals as well from other film festivals from around the world.

Sponsored by Rio Tino (logo)

Presented in partnership with Salt Lake City and the Downtown Alliance.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5
Dusk @ Pioneer Park
500 DAYS OF SUMMER
Directed by Marc Webb
2009, 95 min – Rated PG-13

When his girlfriend, Summer (Zooey Deschanel), unceremoniously dumps him, greeting-card copywriter and hopeless romantic Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) begins sifting through the year-plus worth of days they spent together, looking for clues to what went awry.

Winner, Best Screenplay – 2010 Independent Spirit Awards; Official Selection – 2009 Sundance Film Festival; Official Selection – 2009 SXSW Film Festival; Official Selection – 2009 Seattle International Film Festival

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12
Dusk @ Pioneer Park
CAPTAIN ABU RAED
Directed by Amin Matalqa
Jordan 2007, 102 min

Airport janitor Abu Raed has long wanted to travel the world, but he's had to settle for imagined experiences through books and conversations. When a group of children mistakes him for a pilot, he captivates them with made-up tales of adventure.

Winner, World Cinema Audience Award – 2008 Sundance Film Festival; Winner, Best Director – 2008 Seattle International Film Festival; Winner, Audience Award, and Best Director – 2008 Portland International Film Festival

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19
Dusk @ Pioneer Park
MAN ON WIRE
Directed by James Marsh
2008, 94 min – PG-13

Philippe Petit captured the world's attention in 1974 when he successfully walked across a high wire between New York's Twin Towers. This Oscar-winner for Best Documentary explores the preparations that went into the stunt as well as the event and its aftermath.

Winner, Best Documentary Feature – 2009 Academy Awards; Winner Best Director – 2009 Independent Spirit Awards; Winner, World Cinema Jury Prize and Audience Award – 2008 Sundance Film Festival

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26
Dusk @ Pioneer Park
MID-AUGUST LUNCH
Directed by Gianni Di Gregorio
Italy 2008, 75 min

As the Italian holiday of “Pranzo di Ferragosto” approaches, cash-strapped Gianni gets help from his landlord, his friend and his doctor, who all offer financial relief in exchange for Gianni looking after their elderly relatives over the holiday. Four mismatched Italian mamas at the same table make for an awkward, hilarious and touching mid-August lunch.

Official Selection – 2008 Venice Film Festival; Official Selection – 2008 London Film Festival; Official Selection – 2008 Berlin International Film Festival

DTH! YEAR-ROUND

Our year-round series featuring the best in LGBT cinema. Presented in partnership with the Salt Lake Film Society. All screenings are held at the Tower Theatre at 9th and 9th.


Sponsored by The Dancing Llama Foundation.


MONDAY, AUGUST 8
7:00 pm @ The Tower Theatre
TAQWACORES
Directed by Eyad Zahra
2010, 83 Min

Yusef, a first-generation Pakistani engineering student, moves off-campus with a group of Muslim punks in Buffalo, New York. His new "un-orthodox" housemates soon introduce him to Taqwacore – a hardcore, Muslim punk rock scene that only exists out west.

Official Selection – 2010 Sundance Film Festival; Official Selection – 2010 Stockholm International Film; Official Selection – 2010 SXSW


THROUGH THE LENS

Our continuing series presented in partnership with KUER’s RadioWest that features films and filmmakers who inspire, influence, and advance documentary filmmaking and story telling.


THURSDAY, AUGUST 18
7:00 pm @ The City Library
TBS

Through the lens sponsored by Rio Tinto (logo)

Presented in partnership with KUER and RadioWest.