Pioneer Park Picture Show: Friday nights in August | Presented by Downtown Alliance (SLC: Friday in Aug)

Pioneer Park Picture Show: Friday nights in August
Presented by the Downtown Alliance, SLC Film Center and Salt Lake City Events
The fourth annual Pioneer Park Picture Show is Friday nights in August. The screenings are free and films begin at dusk.
Feature films are audience favorites from past Sundance Film Festivals and other international film festivals: 500 Days of Summer, Captain Abu Raed, Man on Wire, and Mid-August Lunch.

August 5: 500 Days of Summer
2009, 95 min
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

August 12: Captain Abu Raed
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

August 19: Man on Wire
2008, 94 min
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

August 26: Mid August Lunch
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

About:
The SLC Film Center brings the world of film to local audiences through free community screenings and discussions, outreach programs, and visiting artists and professionals. Emphasizing social content and artistic excellence, we present the best documentary, independent, and dramatic cinema year-round. We collaborate with various educational and community organizations to promote a diversity of ideas, to provide forums for underrepresented groups, and to develop new audiences for film.

The Downtown Alliance is dedicated to building a dynamic and diverse community that is the regional center for culture, commerce and entertainment. For more information, visit downtownslc.org.

The Pioneer Park Picture Show is sponsored by Rio Tinto.