Texan filmmaker Chris Eska brings his sophomore feature to SXSW after winning big at the Spirit Awards in 2007 for his debut, "August Evening." What it's about: On the outskirts of the Civil War, a boy is sent north by a bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted man. About the filmmaker: I grew up in a picturesque village called Ottine, Texas (pop. 98). My UCLA grad school thesis "Doki-Doki" was filmed on the streets and trains of Tokyo and premiered on the national PBS series Independent Lens. Our first feature, "August Evening", won the $50,000 Target Filmmaker Award and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, where it took home the Cassavetes Award. That's my standard bio, but you might gain more insight as to what kind of filmmaker I am from this: I'm very thorough. Very. My casting assistants and I went to every middle school within 200 miles of Austin and...
- 3/5/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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