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Annual film festival in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
The Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF) is an
Academy Award qualifying
film festival held each October in
Indianapolis ,
Indiana , hosted by the nonprofit organization Heartland Film, Inc.
[1]
[2] The festival was first held in 1992, with the goal to "inspire
filmmakers and audiences through the transformative power of film".
[3] HIFF accepts entries of
feature -length films at least 40 minutes long, including student submissions.
[4] Shorter films are accepted through Heartland Films' spinoff "Indy Shorts International Film Festival", also an Academy Award qualifying festival.
[5]
[6]
[7]
Grand Prize and Audience Choice Award-winning films
Year
Grand Prize for Best Narrative Feature
Grand Prize for Best Documentary Feature
Grand Prize for Best Short Film
Audience Choice Award
Narrative Feature
Documentary Feature
Short Film
1999
Wayward Son
–
2000
[8]
The Rising Place
–
2001
[9]
The War Bride
–
2002
[10]
To End All Wars
–
2003
[11]
Saints and Soldiers
–
2004
[12]
Love's Brother
–
2005
[13]
End of the Spear
–
A Kiss on the Nose
Innocent Voices
Earthling
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
2006
[14]
[15]
Shooting Dogs
The Hip Hop Project
Shade
Shooting Dogs
A Man Named Pearl
I Want to Be a Pilot
2007
[16]
[17]
Bella
Hear and Now
Validation
Man in the Chair
Hear and Now
Validation
2008
[18]
Captain Abu Raed
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Victoria
Captain Abu Raed
Ripple of Hope
Go
2009
[19]
Welcome
P-Star Rising
Bicycle (Jitensha)
Like Dandelion Dust , A Shine of Rainbows (tie)
After the Storm
Grande Drip
2010
The Space Between
Freedom Riders
[20]
The Butterfly Circus
Ways to Live Forever
Once In My Life
The Butterfly Circus
2011
[21]
[22]
Red Dog
Crime After Crime
Thief
Red Dog
Crime After Crime
Sun City Picture House
2012
[23]
[24]
Cairo 678
Rising from Ashes
Head Over Heels
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Stuck , Rising from Ashes (tie)
It Ain't Over
2013
[25]
Hide Your Smiling Faces
The Network
The Amber Amulet (Narrative Short), Wrinkles of the City: La Havna (Documentary Short)
23 Blast
Life According to Sam , Blood Brother (tie)
The Amber Amulet (Narrative Short), Running Blind (Documentary Short)
2014
[26]
[27]
Siddharth
Happiness
Record (Narrative Short), Showfolk (Documentary Short)
Where Hope Grows
Becoming Bulletproof
Till Then (Narrative Short), Showfolk (Documentary Short)
2015
[28]
The Judgement
Romeo Is Bleeding
The Way of Tea (Narrative Short),
The 100 Years Show (Documentary Short)
Marie's Story
dream/killer
Moving ON (Narrative Short), Teen Press (Documentary Short)
2016
[29]
Home Care
Night School
The Ravens (Narrative Short), Mining Poems or Odes (Documentary Short)
Te Ata
Night School
Good Business (Narrative Short), Violet (Documentary Short)
2017
[30]
Red Dog: True Blue
Liyana
The Cage (Narrative Short), Edges (Documentary Short)
The Bachelors & Mum's List (tie)
I'll Push You
Me and My Father (Narrative Short), Refugee (Documentary Short)
2018
[31]
The Elephant and the Butterfly
On Her Shoulders
Shorts moved to Indy Shorts International Film Fest
Indivisible
Emanuel
Shorts moved to Indy Shorts International Film Fest
2019
[32]
House of Hummingbird
Sama
–
Feast of the Seven Fishes
Jump Shot
–
2020
[33]
There Is No Evil
76 Days
–
Not awarded due to
COVID-19 pandemic
Not awarded due to
COVID-19 pandemic
–
2021
[34]
Americanish
All These Sons
–
Peace By Chcolate
For The Left hand
–
2022
[35]
Our Father, The Devil
Hidden Letters
Shorts moved to Indy Shorts International Film Fest
Rally Caps
Butterfly In The Sky
Shorts moved to Indy Shorts International Film Fest
2023
[36]
Simón
We Dare To Dream
Shorts moved to Indy Shorts International Film Fest
Sight
UnBroken
Shorts moved to Indy Shorts International Film Fest
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