Heartland Film Festival

International Film Festival.

Fiction Documentary Animation Submissions Open Fee-based

About

Filmmakers participating in the Festival attend numerous screenings of their films and other special events designed to allow interaction between filmmakers and audiences. Films submitted to the Heartland Film Festival are judged on their overall artistic and technical quality. Additionally, each film is judged on how closely it aligns with Heartland’s mission to promote positive change in people’s lives through the transformative power of film.

HFF has earned the special designation of being a qualifying festival for the Annual Academy Awards® within the Short Films category.

Awards

$1,000 cash prize per non-Grand Prize-winning Finalist (four total prizes)
Grand Prize for Best Documentary Feature $15,000
$1,000 cash prize per non-Grand Prize-winning Finalist (four total prizes)
And other awards...

Rules

The film must have been completed on or after January 1, 2023 and be longer than 40 minutes in length. Short films (40 minutes or less) must be submitted to Indy Shorts, the separate, all-short-film expansion festival
Documentary and Narrative Features holding their U.S. or World Premiere may be eligible for “Best Premiere” awards.
Submit your film via Filmfreeway.
Subtitles language: english

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Jury and Organizers

Greg Sorvig (Programming director)

Documents

Filmfreeway submission

Place

United States
Indianapolis

Official Website

heartlandfilmfestival.org

Contacts

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