THE METHOD FEST AWARDS CEREMONY AIRS ON SOCAL’S LEADING CABLE CARRIERS FOR THE FIRST TIME

The Awards Ceremony of the 10th annual The Method Fest Film Festival held April 3 in Calabasas, Calif., will be available for the first time on cable TV in Southern California households. 

Charter Communications™, producer of the Awards Ceremony, will offer the 85 minute show The 2008 Method Fest Independent Film Festival Awards Ceremony in partnership with Time Warner Cable, through their Video on Demand (VOD) services. Charter Communications™ and Time Warner Cable are both presenting media sponsors of The Method Fest. 

The show will be offered through Southern California cable systems on both Charter Communications™ and Time Warner Cable, which have a combined viewership of approximately 2.5 million subscribers in the Southland.

Noted Academy Awards segment producer, Harrison Engle, and William Kucera, Creative Director for The Method Fest, produced the Awards Ceremony along with the production team from Charter Communications™ led by Local Programming Director, Chando Mapoma.  Chris Holmes served as technical director for the Awards Ceremony and the festival.

The 2008 Method Fest Awards Ceremony will be available on Charter Communications™ Video On Demand Channel 980 under the Community Interest tier and can be viewed by Charter customers from Malibu to Big Bear, and from Ventura to Long Beach.

Time Warner Cable now serves Southern California communities from Fillmore to Santa Fe Springs, from San Bernardino to Beverly Hills and Marina Del Rey, and from Lancaster to Beaumont. Footage from the Method Fest can be accessed via Channel 1 across Time Warner Cable’s Southern California service area.

Named after a famous school of acting, The Method Fest is the only major film festival in the U.S. focusing on acting, celebrating breakout acting performances in story driven independent films. The Method Fest is a discovery festival, looking to help launch the works of young fresh filmmakers and to discover breakthrough performances by young, bold new actors.

The Method Fest is presented by the City of Calabasas.  Presenting media sponsors include Charter Communications™, Time Warner Cable, the L.A. Daily News and LA.com.  Golden Reel sponsors include Corona.  Silver Reel sponsors include Prudential California Realty, Christie, Sony, and Country Inn & Suites.

Award winning films at the 2008 The Method Fest film festival included The Visitor, and Then She Found Me, both currently in theatrical release, with “Diminished Capacity” upcoming.  Also, films like Harrison Montgomery, Chronic Town, Corpo, Unfinished Skies, Choosing Connor, Chain Link and Lullaby. 

Contact: Don Franken cell (310) 962-3297 or (office) 310 535-9230

don@methodfest.com