‘Take Me Home’ wins narrative grand prize at Heartland Film Festival
Heartland Film Festival, which showcased more than 100 independent films over its 11-day run, has announced its award winners.
Read MoreHeartland Film Festival, which showcased more than 100 independent films over its 11-day run, has announced its award winners.
Read MoreJimmy Stewart’s dedication to the war effort and the accompanying emotional toll are at the heart of new film “Jimmy,” which makes its world premiere in Indianapolis this month.
Read MoreThe 35th edition of the Indianapolis festival, scheduled Oct. 8-18, will showcase more than 100 independent films at six venues.
“Jimmy” will be shown Oct. 8 at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, serving as the opening night attraction for the 35th annual Heartland festival.
The documentary, “Sweet Lorraine in Auschwitz,” will premiere at this year’s Heartland International Film Festival with a first screening Oct. 12 at Newfields.
New documentary “Sincerely, Ric” shares the rags-to-riches-and-back-again story of Montpelier native Ric Routledge, founder of the Canine Chronicle newspaper and “Canine Chronicle Video Magazine.”
More than 100 feature films make up the Heartland lineup, including 19 world or United States premieres and nine designated as Indiana Spotlight films.
Don Tavel, who invented the Resynator synthesizer, died in a 1988 car crash when daughter Alison was just 10 weeks old. She says the nearly forgotten invention helped her to understand her father.
Within the “Indiana Spotlight” roster are documentaries based on cycling champion Marshall “Major” Taylor and American Basketball Association players in search of financial justice.
Films starring Cillian Murphy, Selena Gomez, Craig T. Nelson and Emily Deschanel will be screened during the 33rd Heartland International Film Festival, organizers announced Thursday.
The seventh annual Indy Shorts festival, scheduled July 23-28 at Living Room Theaters and Newfields, will present 180 films.
Clark is featured in the ESPN+ series focused on women’s college basketball stars, co-produced by Manning’s Omaha Productions.
New Slam Film Festival will commemorate 30th anniversary of basketball magazine through screenings of 15 movies.
October festival will open with a screening of “The Lionheart,” a film that explores the aftermath of Dan Wheldon’s on-track death in 2011.
Craig Prater joined the organization in 2016 and founded the Indy Shorts Film Festival, one of only 34 film festivals in the world that serves as a qualifying event for the annual Academy Awards in all three short-film categories.
The Indy Shorts International Film Festival, which gets under way Tuesday, has expanded in size and popularity since its founding as part of the Heartland International Film Festival in 2018.
The streaming service, called Hoodox, launched June 17. It’s run by an Indianapolis not-for-profit organization whose goal is to provide a platform for Indiana filmmakers to share their work.