Cinemark announced this week that select locations around the country will be hosting a "Best Picture & Best Director Festival" on Saturday, February 26, 2011. Viewers will be able to watch five movies that have been nominated for "Best Picture" and "Best Director" awards at the upcoming Academy Award ceremony.

"Moviegoers look forward to the awards season and enjoy seeing the nominated films before the big night," states Cinemark’s Vice President of Marketing and Communications, James Meredith. "The Best Picture & Best Director Festival is a great way to see five of 2010’s top movies that have been nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for both the ‘Best Picture’ and ‘Best Director’ categories in one place, on the same day."

The movies being shown and their start times are as follows:

• The Social Network - 12:45
• The Fighter - 3:05
• True Grit - 5:20
• The King's Speech - 7:30
• Black Swan - 9:45

The movies will be presented consecutively and admission to the entire event is $25.

This event is similar to the "Best Picture Showcase" events being held at AMC theaters around the country on the 19th and 26th.

It appears that the theaters couldn't decide what to call it when they submitted their showtimes, so they are split across the following entries:

• Best Picture & Best Director 2011
• Best Picture & Director Festival

The following theaters are participating, according to the Cinemark web site as of 2/18/2011 at 10:26am CT:

ARIZONA

• Tucson, Century 20 El Con

CALIFORNIA

• Folsom, Century Folsom 14
• Orange, Century Stadium 25 and XD
• Pleasant Hill, CinéArts at Pleasant Hill
• Redwood City, Century 20 Downtown Redwood City and XD
• San Jose, CinéArts at Santana Row
• San Rafael, Century Regency 6
• Ventura, Century 10 Downtown

COLORADO

• Boulder, Century Boulder

FLORIDA

• Boca Raton, Cinemark Palace 20

IOWA

• West Des Moines, Century 20 Jordan Creek and XD

ILLINOIS

• Evanston, Century 12 Evanston/CineArts 6 and XD

KENTUCKY

• Louisville, Cinemark Tinseltown USA

LOUISIANA

• Baton Rouge, Cinemark Perkins Rowe

NEVADA

• Las Vegas, Century Orleans 18

NEW MEXICO

• Albuquerque, Century 14 Downtown Albuquerque

OREGON

• Portland, Century 16 Eastport Plaza

OHIO

• Valley View, Cinemark At Valley View and XD

PENNSYLVANIA

• Moosic, Cinemark 20 and XD

TEXAS

• El Paso, Cinemark Tinseltown USA and XD
• Lubbock, Cinemark Movies 16
• Pflugerville, Cinemark Tinseltown 20 and XD
• Plano, Cinemark Legacy and XD
• The Woodlands, Cinemark at Market Street

UTAH

• Salt Lake City, Century 16 Salt Lake

Source: Cinemark Press Release