Method Fest Independent Film Festival
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Method Fest Independent Film Festival is an independent film festival
that has currently held over 8 festivals. It is held in Calabasas, California
and is dedicated to support the work of those who produce, make and work in independent film and to provide educational opportunities in independent filmmaking.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
that has currently held over 8 festivals. It is held in Calabasas, California
Calabasas, California
Calabasas is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California in the western United States. It is located in the hills in the southwestern San Fernando Valley and the Santa Monica Mountains between Woodland Hills, Agoura Hills, West Hills, and Malibu, California. As of the 2010 census, the city...
and is dedicated to support the work of those who produce, make and work in independent film and to provide educational opportunities in independent filmmaking.
1999
| Best Feature: | Mud Season Director: Anthony Hall |
| John Garfield Award for Best Actor: (tie) | Noble Willingham and The Corndog Man in Russ DeWees and Mud Season |
| Geraldine Page Award for Best Actress: | Linda Shing, in Mud Season |
| Best Director of a Feature Film: | Richard Schenkman, Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God, Be Back By Five |
| Best Screenplay in a Feature: | Richard Schenkman, Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God, Be Back By Five |
| Maverick Award for Quality in a Low-budget film: | My Brother Jack Director: Anthony Caldarella |
| Audience Award, Feature: | Do You Wanna Dance |
| Best Actor, Feature Film: | Noble Willingham Noble Willingham Noble Henry Willingham, Jr. was an American television and film actor.-Career:Willingham had appeared in more than thirty feature films, including Harry's War , Up Close and Personal , City Slickers , The Last Boy Scout , City Slickers II , Ace Ventura: Pet Detective , Chinatown... in The Corndog Man |
| Best Supporting Actor, Feature Film: | George Woodard in Mud Season |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film: | Daphne Ashbrooke in Dumbarton Bridge |
| Festival Director's Maverick Film Award: | Back By Five |
| Jury Award for Best Short Film: | The Lonelys Director: Henry Barrial |
| Best Director, Short Film: | J. Miller Tobin in 4 AM Open All Night |
| Audience Award, Short Film: | Creampuff Director: Jared Seide |
| Best Actor in a Short Film: | Matt Casada in The Lonelys |
| Best Actress in a Short Film: | Danna Hansen in Every Night and Twice on Sundays |
| The Method Fest Lifetime Achievement Award: | Maximillian Schell |
| The Method Fest Indie Supporter Award: | Karen Black |
2000
| Best Feature: | Stanley's Gig |
| John Garfield Award for Best Actor: (tie) | Hill Harper in The Visit |
| Geraldine Page Award for Best Actress: | Robin Dearden in Last Chance |
| Festival Director's Breakout Filmmaking Award: | The Young Unknowns; dir. Catherine Jelski Trash; dir. Mark Anthony Galluzzo |
| Best Director, Feature Film: | Bryan Cranston in Last Chance |
| Best Screenplay, Feature Film: | Post-Mortem, Screenplay by: Louis Belanger |
| Maverick Award for Quality in a Low-budget film: | The Stonecutter, director: Stephen Ericksen |
| Audience Award, Feature Film: | The Visit |
| Audience Award, Short Film: | Mutual Love Life |
| Best Supporting Actor, Feature Film: | Brent Glenen, Rollercoaster |
| Best Supporting Actress, Feature Film: | Marla Gibbs, The Visit |
| Best Short Film: | Boundaries, Director. Greg Durbin |
| Best Director, Short Film: | J. Miller Tobin in 4 AM Open All Night |
| Best Actor in a Short Film: | Allen Garfield, Men Named Milo Women Named Greta |
| Best Actress in a Short Film: | Tippy Hedren, Mulligans! |