February 24, 2008
Director Chris Eska's first
feature film,
August
Evening, has won the Cassavetes Award for Best
Feature (budget under $500k) at the
2008 Spirit Awards!
Also nominated was first-timer Pedro Castaneda in the Best Actor
category alongside Oscar-nominees Philip Seymour Hoffman and Don Cheadle.
July 12, 2007
August
Evening recently premiered with huge success at the
Los Angeles Film Festival! The film sold for theatrical distribution
immediately following its first screening, won the Target Award for Best Film
($50k), and was awarded the Best Acting Ensemble Award.
Older News
The
Austin Chronicle highlights the new Texas Filmmakers Production Fund
award given to Chris Eska for the completion of August Evening.
Thanks to everyone who came to the Houston Film
Commission's
retrospective for the works of Doki-Doki's director on
August 3rd.
New projects include an
experimental
documentary and a feature film set in India.
Doki-Doki has completed its first run on the national
PBS
series
Independent
Lens, and viewer comments can be read at the
PBS website.
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