August Evening

RESCHEDULED FROM JAN. 15TH DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

AUGUST EVENING follows an aging undocumented worker, Jaime, and his young widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe, as their lives are thrown into upheaval. Lupe is more of a daughter to Jaime than his own children, and the two try to stick together... but change is inevitable.

Filmed on location in rural south Texas, AUGUST EVENING is inspired by naturalistic 1950's world cinema and is set in a world of humming cicadas, chicken farms, ethereal music, gentle glances, and rustling leaves.

Chris Eska studied sociology and art at Rice University before attending UCLA's MFA film directing program. His short films have screened on PBS, at the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Competition, the Texas Filmmaker's Showcase, and at film festivals worldwide. DOKI-DOKI, his UCLA master's thesis film, premiered on the national PBS series Independent Lens with an introduction by Susan Sarandon. AUGUST EVENING is his first feature and is a two-time TFPF Grant recipient.