The Week That Was Scenes of the 10th annual Method Fest featured many of the films and filmmakers nominated for awards tonight. Clockwise from top left: Dinai Gurira, Haaz Sleiman, and Hiam Abbass of The Visitor; Melissa Leo of Lullaby; Chronic Town director Tom Hines; Mark Irvingsen, Yassmin Alers and Luciano Rauso of Chain Link; John Saxon of God's Ears; Richard Jenkins of The Visitor; the cast of Choose Connor; and Stacy Earl singing Honky Tonk Blues as her credit rolls by on the Viewpoint Theatre screen during the showing of Crazy.

Calabasas, Calif., April 2, 2008 - Nominees have been announced for 17 awards, culminating what has been the strongest year for quality films in the 10-year history of The Method Fest. The Awards Ceremony will begin at 7:00 p.m. tonight at the Viewpoint Theatre. The nominees are:

LA.COM BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – FEATURE FILM

• Diane Baker, “Harrison Montgomery”
• Dinai Gurira, "The Visitor"
• Allyssa Milano, “The Blue Hour”
• Cameron Richardson, "Familiar Strangers"
• Lisa Marie Schneider, "Lullaby"
• Melora Walters, "Harrison Montgomery"

STOCKHOLM KRYSTAL BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – FEATURE FILM

• Bruce Dern, "The Cake Eaters"
• Cole Hauser, “The Stone Angel”
• Jeffery Scott Jensen, "Chronic Town"
• Martin Landau, "Harrison Montgomery"
• Stuart Hughes, This Beautiful City”
• John Saxon, "God's Ears"

CORONA MAVERICK AWARD FOR QUALITY IN LOW BUDGET FILM

• Chain Link
• Falling
• Fix
• Harrison Montgomery
• Low
• True Love

MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND BEST ACTRESS – SHORT FILM

• Vanessa Born, “Sky”
• Sharon Case, “Repressions”
• Tracey Costello, “Spent”
• Sarah Jaye, “Leave You in Me”
• Alana Kearns-Green, “Le Retour”
• Angela Schnaible, “Psycho Hillbilly Cabin Massacre!”

VIEWPOINT SCHOOL BEST ACTOR – SHORT FILM

• Mark Arnold, “Negotiations”
• Don Baldaramos, “Indecent”
• AJ Bond, “Hirsute”
• Colin Cunningham, “Centigrade”
• Justin Mortelliti, “Negotiations”
• Robby Smith, “Indecent”

ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR BEST FOREIGN FILM

• Corpo (Body), Brazil
• Eduart , Greece
• Unfinished Sky , Australia
• This Beautiful City , Canada
• The Stone Angel , Canada

BERNHARDS BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM

• Coons (from USC)
• A Day's Work (from USC)
• Long Shots (from Columbia University)
• Pitstop (from USC)
• Psycho Hillbilly Cabin Massacre! (from AFI)
• Security (from Columbia University)

VALLEY OF THE STARS FESTIVAL DIRECTOR 'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE

• Chronic Town
• Harrison Montgomery

BAREFOOT WINERY FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S BREAKTHROUGH ACTING AWARD

• Alysha Aubin, Portage
• Octavio Gomez Berrios, “Harrison Montgomery”
• Alex Linz , "Choose Connor”
• Virginia Reese, "Falling"
• Michael Worth, “God's Ears”
• Louis Zorich, "Running Funny"

JET BLUE AIRWAYS BEST SHORT FILM

• Centigrade
• Deleted Scene
• Easy Pickins
• Indecent
• No. 6
• Tres
• Use As Directed

DAILY NEWS BEST SCREENPLAY - FEATURE FILM

• The Blue Hour
• Crazy
• Choose Connor
• Chronic Town
• Lullaby

MODERN VIDEOFILM BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE FILM

• Henry Barrial, "True Love"
• Rick Bieber, “Crazy”
• Peter Duncan, "Unfinished Sky"
• Helen Hunt, "Then She Found Me"
• Mary Stuart Masterson, “The Cake Eaters”
• Tom McCarthy, “The Visitor”
• Eric Nazarian, “The Blue Hour”
  

PRUDENTIAL CALIFORNIA REALTY BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - FEATURE FILM

• Choose Connor
• Chronic Town
• Familiar Strangers
• The Blue Hour
• Then She Found Me
• This Beautiful City

TIME WARNER CABLE BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM

• Ellen Burstyn, “The Stone Angel”
• Monic Hendrickx, "Unfinished Sky"
• Christine Horne, “The Stone Angel”
• Helen Hunt, "Then She Found Me"
• Ali Larter, "Crazy"
• Melissa Leo, "Lullaby"

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS BEST ACTOR - FEATURE FILM

• J.R. Bourne, "Chronic Town"
• Mark Irvingsen, “Chain Link”
• Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor"
• William McInnes, “Unfinished Sky”
• Waylon Payne, "Crazy”
• Aaron Poole, “This Beautiful City”

CITY OF CALABASAS BEST PICTURE - FEATURE FILM

• Chronic Town
• Lullaby
• This Beautiful City
• The Visitor
• Unfinished Sky