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Celebrating 10 Years
The Method Fest Independent Film Festival has celebrated strong acting and creative films for 10 years in a fun atmosphere.

The Method Fest Selects the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Performances

Calabasas, California, March 26, 2008 - The 10th annual The Method Fest Independent Film Festival,  the only film festival in the United States that focuses on acting, will be held on March 27- April 3, 2008 , in Calabasas, and has a few very special celebrations and tributes on store for its 10th anniversary.

The Method Fest founders and core staff, made up of filmmakers, actors, acting coaches, film distributors, and a journalist,  has selected the top ten films and the top ten performances in the history of the festival.  The top 10 best films and the 10 top best performances in a feature film at The Method Fest will be honored at The Method Fest Awards Ceremony on Thursday, March 3rd at 7 p.m. at the Carlson Family Theatre, Viewpoint School. 

The top ten The Method Fest films are (in chronological order):

Top 10 Films

  • The Visit (2000), director Jordan Walker Pearlman, starring Hill Harper
  • The Young Unknowns (2000), director Catherine Jelski
  • Jump Tomorrow (2001) director Joel Hopkins
  • Flickering Lights (2002), director Anders Thomas Jensen
  • I love Budapest (2002,), directror Agnes Incze
  • To End All Wars (2002), director David Cunningham
  • The Navigators (2003), director Ken Loach
  • Julie Walking Home (2003), director Agnieszka Holland
  • The Snow Walker (2004), director Charles Martin Smith, starring Barry Pepper
  • Brothers (2005), Director Susanne Bier

Top 10 Performances

  • Noble Willingham in The Corndog Man (1999)
  • Colm Feore in Perfect Son (2001)
  • Mikko Nousianen, Laura Malmivaara, Matleena, Kuusiemi, Irina Bjorklund in Restless (2001)
  • Sabrina Grdevic in Lola (2002)
  • Judy Marte in Raising Victor Vargas (2003)
  • Miranda Otto in Julie Walking Home (2003)
  • Joseph Fiennes in Leo (2003)
  • Peter Falk in Three Days of Rain (2004)
  • Paul Kaye in It's All Gone Pete Tong (2005)
  • Kerri Russell in Waitress (2007)

Best Peformance, The Method Fest, “short film”

  • Naomi Watts, “ Ellie Parker , “ 2001