The Heartland International Film Festival is a

film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo ...

held each October in Indianapolis,

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

. The festival was first held in 1992, its goal is to "inspire

filmmaker Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, castin ...

s and audiences through the transformative power of film".

Grand Prize and Audience Choice Award-winning films

References

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External links

Official websiteHeartland Film
Film festivals in Indiana Festivals in Indianapolis Film festivals established in 1992 1992 establishments in Indiana October events