2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards – John Cassavetes Award Winner
![August Evening Chris Eska](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/august-evening-chris-eska-image.jpg)
August Evening
Chris Eska
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. Lupe is more of a daughter to …
2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards – John Cassavetes Award Nominees
![Owl and the Sparrow Stephane Gauger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/owl-and-the-sparrow-stephane-gauger-image.jpg)
Owl and the Sparrow
Stephane Gauger
![Quiet City Aaron Katz](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/quiet-city-aaron-katz-image.jpg)
Quiet City
Aaron Katz
![Shotgun Stories Jeff Nichols](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shotgun-stories-jeff-nichols-image.jpg)
Shotgun Stories
Jeff Nichols
![The Pool Chris Smith](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-pool-chris-smith-image.jpg)