The Calabasas Film Fest Winners Are . . .

Calabasas, CA—April 3, 2009

The Calabasas Method Fest screened 33 feature films and 62 shorts from U.S. and international filmmakers from March 26 – April 2.

Last night, Stella Schnabel won for Best Actress in a feature film for her performance in You Won’t Miss Me, and Patton Oswalt took home the awared for Best Actor for his role in Big Fan, as the independent film festival announced its winners at the Awards Ceremony, tonight at Founder’s Hall at the Calabasas Civic Center.

The award for best picture was presented to “Adam,” directed by Max Mayer and starring Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Frankie Faison, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irvin, and Mark Linn-Baker, while Becky Smith’s “16 to Life” earned the best picture Audience Award.

“16 to Life” also gave Theresa Russell a supporting actress award and Colm Meany won the supporting actor award for “A Deal Is a Deal.”

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, who co-directed “Sugar” won best director honors.

For more awards and information, you can go to the Method Fest site here.