Free Outdoor Films
Celebrate Cinema in the Sun
Movie Month at Piazza Carmel | San Diego Museum of Art: Screen on the Green | Lantern Festival | The Real Shaolin
This summer, celebrate cinema in the sun with the San Diego Asian Film Foundation. Throughout August, we'll be hosting six FREE outdoor screenings throughout San Diego County. Come with a blanket, snacks, family, and friends to enjoy some of best and most exciting films from around the world. This all kicks off Wednesday, August 4 with the iconic Bruce Lee film, "Enter the Dragon" at our Piazza Carmel weekly film series and continues throughout the month with family-friendly films, giveaways, and live entertainment.
Watch and Win All Summer Long
By attending our free outdoor screenings, you can earn free tickets to the 11th San Diego Asian Film Festival. The more screenings you attend, the more tickets you get:
• Participate in our "Watch and Win" Program by picking up a stamp card at any one of our outdoor screenings.
• Bring to any August screening to get stamped by SDAFF staff
• 1 Stamp = $1 off film festival screening
• 3 Stamps = 1 free ticket To 11th San Diego Asian Film Festival screening (excluding opening night, closing night, and centerpiece film)
• 5 Stamps = 4 pack of tickets to 11th San Diego Asian Film Festival (excluding opening night, closing night, and centerpiece film)
• 6 Stamps Bonus = Special raffle to win All Festival Pass + 1 Year Membership
• Redeem stamp card at 11th San Diego Asian Film Festival, October 21-28, 2010
• Official stamp and signature required
• One stamp per screening
• To be eligible, multiple cards not permitted (all stamps need to be on individual card when redeeming)
• Promotion run at the discretion of San Diego Asian Film Foundation staff
Download Cinema in the Sun stamp card: Front | Back
Movie Month at Piazza Carmel
Every Wednesday evening in August
7 PM Entertainment, 8 PM Film
Piazza Carmel Shopping Plaza
3870 Valley Centre Drive
San Diego, CA 92130
Plenty of free parking
Film Schedule:
Wednesday, August 4
Kung Fu Film Night: "Enter the Dragon," starring Bruce Lee. The First American produced martial arts spectacular. A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover. * Mild Violence
Wednesday, August 11
Animation Film Night: A Selection of Animated Short Films
Wednesday, August 18
Break Dance Film Night: "Planet B-Boy"
Jumping continents and crossing cultures, "Planet B-Boy" looks at the history of break dancing and its vibrant resurgence in urban cultures around the world. * Some Adult Language
Wednesday, August 25
World Film Night: A Selection of International Short Films
Join us for a night of film and food as we celebrate cinema and cuisine from around the world. We'll showcase different short films from countries around the world while food vendors offer special discounted meals from those locations.
Download postcard here
Screen on the Green at the San Diego Museum of Art, August 6
"The King of Masks," directed by Wu Tianming
Grab a few friends and a picnic blanket and head down to the San Diego Museum of Art's annual free outdoor film festival, Screen on the Green. In conjunction with the opening of the museum's exhibition Temple, Palace, Mosque, the San Diego Asian Film Foundation presents "The King of Masks." Nearing the end of his life, Wang - a locally renowned street performer and wizard of the venerable art of mask magic - yearns to pass on his technique. But custom decrees that he can only hand down his craft to a male successor. Anxious to preserve his unique art, the heirless Wang buys an impoverished 8-year-old on the black market. But when the child divulges a dreaded secret, Wang faces a choice between filial love and societal tradition. (91 minutes, Mandarin w/ English subtitles)
Friday, August 6, 8 PM
San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101
Located on East Lawn adjacent to museum
www.sdmart.org, 619-232-7931
Download flyer here
Lantern Festival, August 28
"Enter the Dragon"
Saturday, August 28
Hoover High School
4474 El Cajon Blvd
San Diego, CA 92115
7 PM Entertainment, 8:30 PM Film
Child: $2
Adult: $3
Download flyer here
Free Outdoor Screening of "The Real Shaolin," September 24
Join SDAFF as they partner with the Joe and Vi Jacobs Center for their annual free outdoor screening at Market Creek Plaza.
Documentary: In the mountains of Central China, the Shaolin Temple is known as the legendary birthplace of Kung Fu and Zen Buddhism. The Shaolin monks are real-life superheroes who created a paradox by combining deadly martial arts techniques with daily meditation to achieve enlightenment. "The Real Shaolin" is a documentary about two Chinese and two Westerners who journey to Shaolin inspired by the legends portrayed in Kung Fu movies. They discover a temple shrouded in secrecy, a culture isolated from the West, and the power of the human spirit.
Through their trials, all learn that despite their single minded focus, only a select few attain the physical and spiritual perfection of the legendary Shaolin monks. Each discovers that enlightenment is not embodied by a single place but through a long journey that begins and ends in one's heart.
Friday, September 24
7 PM Entertainment, 8 PM Film
Joe and Vi Jacobs Center
Market Creek Plaza
404 Euclid Avenue
San Diego, CA 92114
Plenty of free parking