, ▁founder ▁of ▁Dim ension ▁Films , ▁offered ▁Edu ardo ▁a ▁contract ▁to ▁direct ▁three ▁feature ▁films ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁Details ▁of ▁his ▁unusual ▁deal ▁were ▁featured ▁on ▁the ▁front ▁page ▁of ▁Vari ety ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁as ▁well ▁in ▁articles ▁from ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁( May ▁ 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 ) ▁and ▁Prem iere ▁Magazine ▁( August ▁ 2 0 0 2 ). ▁Edu ardo ▁was ▁also ▁an oint ed ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ' s ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁" It ▁List " ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 0 0 ▁most ▁cre ative ▁people ▁in ▁entertain ment . ▁ ▁He ▁made ▁the ▁ 1 5 - min ute , ▁ 3 5 mm ▁short ▁D augh ter ▁as ▁his ▁th esis ▁project ▁at ▁Florida ▁State ▁University ▁in ▁T alla has see , ▁F L , ▁where ▁he ▁received ▁his ▁M . F . A . ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁After ▁gradu ation , ▁Edu ardo ▁tou red ▁the ▁festival ▁circuit ▁where ▁D augh ter ▁was ▁screen ed ▁and ▁hon ored ▁at ▁more ▁than ▁twenty ▁national ▁and ▁international ▁film ▁festiv als . ▁To ▁top ▁it ▁all ▁off , ▁for ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁times ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁C annes ▁Film ▁Festival , ▁his ▁student ▁film ▁D augh ter ▁was ▁selected ▁to ▁comp ete ▁in ▁the ▁professional ▁short ▁film ▁category ▁at ▁the ▁ 5 5 th ▁annual ▁celebr