“August Evening” wins 2008 Cassavetes Award at Independent Spirit Awards.

Congratulations to writer/director Chris Eska and the entire filmmaking team of “August Evening” for winning the John Cassavetes Award at the 2008 Indpendent Spirit Awards.

The Cassavetes Award is bestowed upon feature films with a budget of under $500,000.

August Evening follows an aging undocumented farm worker named Jaime and his young, widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe, as their lives are thrown into upheaval.

CLICK HERE to visit the Official “August Evening” website.

In 2005, August Evening was awarded $4,000 in completion funds by the Texas Filmmakers Production Fund. The fund is an annual grant awarded to emerging film and video artists in the state of Texas funded through revenues from benefit film premieres and private and corporate donations.

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Other 2008 Independent Spirit Award Winners Included:

Best Feature - Juno
Best Director - Julian Schnabel, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Best Male Lead - Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Savages”
Best Female Lead - Ellen Page, “Juno”
Best Supporting Male - Chiwetel Ejiofor, “Talk to Me”
Best Supporting Female - Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”
Best Screenplay - Tamara Jenkins, “The Savages”
Best Foreign Film - “Once’ (Ireland)
Best First Screenplay - Diablo Cody, “Juno”

CLICK HERE to see full list of winners and contenders.