Evoke Signs Tribeca-Honored Filmmaker Elisee St. Preux
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- Evoke Entertainment signed Haitian American filmmaker Elisee Junior St. Preux, whose debut feature "The Tropic Sun and His Eyes" world premiered in Tribeca's Viewpoints section and earned a Special Jury Mention for Best New Narrative Director.
- "The Tropic Sun and His Eyes" was shot entirely in Haiti's northern Cap-Haïtien region and follows a young man attempting to reconnect with his estranged father, guided by a street kid who becomes an unexpected companion.
- The Tribeca jury cited St. Preux's work for its emotional clarity, visual confidence, and "the emergence of a distinct new directing voice."
- St. Preux previously premiered his short "Aurinko in Adagio" at Tribeca and is an HBO Short Film Award recipient, Sundance Ignite Finalist, and NAACP Image Awards nominee.
- The filmmaker is developing new narrative projects centered on diasporic identity, fatherhood, and culturally specific storytelling.
Why it matters: Evoke is adding a Tribeca-recognized directing voice with prior validation across HBO, Sundance, and NAACP programs, giving the company a filmmaker developing projects in the underexposed diasporic-storytelling lane. The signing gives St. Preux representation as he transitions from a single festival debut toward his next feature.
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