Come beat the heat at Dean's and join us for an August evening with Texas filmmaker Chris Eska. A graduate of UCLA's Film Directing Program, Eska's thesis film Doki-Doki has screened in over 30 film festivals worldwide and was aired on PBS's Independent Lens introduced by Susan Sarandon. Come out and meet Chris on Thursday August 3rd as he shares his filmmaking stories, watch his early short films and the trailer for his upcoming debut feature film August Evening. This FREE evening is not to be missed! Please arrive early, screening begins promptly at 9:00PM.

Every first Thursday of the month we will have a FREE screening of award-winning Texas-made short film entries from the Houston Film Commissions Texas Filmmakers Showcase or from other film festivals. The one hour-ish screenings will begin at 9PM at Dean's Credit Clothing, 316 Main Street (between Preston & Congress). Come see some great films that you may never get to see again or to just talk film in the comfort of the hippest venue downtown. If you can't make it, do the right thing and tell a film making friend. Films subject to change. For more information call 713-437-5249 or e-mail.

August first Thursday Partners: Homestead Studio Suites | Allied Vaughn | Only In Houston | Independent Lens

Past first Thursdays: July 6 | June 1 | May 4 | April 6 | March 2 | February 2 | January 5

August 3, 2006 @ 9PM: 5 Films = 52 minutes, always FREE Admission!

Chris Eska (Austin, Texas)

    Chris was raised in Ottine, Texas (pop. 98). He 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 DGA Theater in Los Angeles, the Texas Filmmaker's Showcase, and at numerous film festivals. After taking a one-year leave of absence from UCLA to backpack across India and Asia, Chris returned to Japan to produce Doki-Doki, his master's thesis film. www.chriseska.com

Conscious Convenience (12:00 min., 16mm, 1997)

    A distracted businessman meets an exotic woman who knows intimate details about his life.

Vertof Goes To Hollywood (00:50 min., 35mm, 2000)

    An eccentric auteur is hired to make the next Hollywood teen comedy (Funded by the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker Award).

Soccer Moms Do It On A Schedule (06:00 min., 16mm/Super 8, 2001)

    A neglected wife and mother finds a second chance in the suburbs.

Doki Doki (30:00 min., Sony PD-150 Mini-DV, 2004)

    In suburban Tokyo, commuters find themselves waiting every day with the same group of strangers for the same seats on the same train...until one day, things change.

August Evening (trailer) (03:00 min., HD, 2006)

    The lives of an aging undocumented worker, Jaime, and his young widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe, are thrown into upheaval. Lupe has always been more of a daughter to Jaime than his own, and the two try to stick together.