University Of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Literature in English and Film Studies
1996 to 2001
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Directors Guild of America Student Filmmaker Award, Outstanding Directorial Achievement, 2007
Imagen Award, Best Theatrical Short Film—The Imagen Foundation 2007
Media Artist Award--Tribeca Film Institute/Rockefeller Foundation 2008
Garcia Bross Award--Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia 2007
Best Short Film--Cine Las Americas International Film Festival 2007
Jury Special Distinction—Festival Internacional de Cine, Guadalajara 2007
Best Short Film-- Cine Sin Fin East LA Chicano Film Festival 2007
Best of the Festival-- Tucson Film Shortsfest 2008
New Directors Showcase Honoree-- Film Independent 2007
Best Short Film—National Association of Latino Independent Producers Conference 2007
National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, Entertainment Scholarship Award 2005
Best Foreign Language Film-- Knight of Shorts Film Festival 2008
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Los Angeles Film Festival 2007
Festival de Cine de Huesca, España 2007
Discovering Latin America Film Festival, London 2007
Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2008
La Cittadella del Corto, Rome 2008
Festival Mas Sorrer, Barcelona 2008
imagineNATIVE Film and Music Festival, Toronto 2007
Festival de Cine de Bogota, Colombia 2007
New York International Latino Film Festival 2007
Short Shorts Film Festival, Mexico City 2007
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival 2007
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"'Primera Comunión' is one of those rare cinematic debuts which heralds to the world the arrival of an exciting new talent." Karen Wang, IFP; Tribeca Film Institute
"Daniel Eduvijes Carrera's 'Primera Comunión' plays like a collaboration between Kubrick and del Toro."
Shawn Badgely, Austin Chronicle