Breakfast at Ina’s Receives Audience Award at Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

The team at Daisy May Films is thrilled to announce that “Breakfast at Ina’s” has been given the Audience Award for Best Documentary Film at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival.

Currently in its 17th year, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival is now considered the largest Jewish film festival in the country, with 70 films screened and an overall audience of over 30,000 people.

To say we’re in a state of ecstatic disbelief would be an understatement. Thank you to the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival and its audiences!

World Premiere of “Breakfast at Ina’s” at Chicago International Film Festival

It was a truly magical day for the team at Daisy May Films as we shared our latest film, “Breakfast at Ina’s” with our first real audience at the 51st Chicago International Film Festival on October 18th.

Director Mercedes Kane, producer Sanghoon Lee and most of the film’s crew sat near protagonist Ina Pinkney in the audience, and we could all feel the energy and emotion pulsating throughout the packed theater. The credits rolled and to our surprise, the audience rose for a standing ovation.

We cannot thank the festival, the audience and our star, Ina enough for this surreal experience. More to come!

Boston Globe Promotes East Coast Premiere of “Breakfast at Ina’s”

The Daisy May Films team was honored to be featured in the Boston Globe today, in advance of Breakfast at Ina's East Coast premiere at the Boston Jewish Film Festival. 

“When filmmaker Mercedes Kane approached Ina Pinkney about documenting the final days of her Chicago breakfast spot, Ina’s, the restaurateur agreed, she says, because “I wanted to see what happened there in the last month.” Kane followed the proprietor, her staff, and devoted clientele through their last days together in December 2013. The result is an affecting and inspirational documentary, “Breakfast at Ina’s.”

Read the entire article here.