Brainstorm and Heartland
Truly Moving Pictures
Author: Ed
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15 Oct 09
Hollywood comes to Indianapolis
The annual Heartland Film Festival kicks off a 10-day run in Indianapolis today. This year’s festival features a record 87 films from around the world.
Heartland Truly Moving Pictures
is a non-profit organization that seeks
to recognize and honor filmmakers
whose work explores the human journey
by expressing hope and emphasizing
the best in human spirit.
The Festival will award cash prizes totaling $200,000 to winning dramatic, documentary, short, and student films at the Crystal Heart Awards ceremony on Saturday, October 17th. Audiences rate movies and vote for their favorites throughout the Festival and Audience Choice Awards are presented at the end of the Festival.
The Heartland Film Festival awards ceremony
“We’re excited about the number of opportunities film lovers have to experience the Festival this year,� said Jeff Sparks, Heartland Truly Moving Pictures President and CEO. “If someone has never attended the Festival before, this is definitely the year to give it a try.�
Over the past year, Brainstorm partnered with Heartland Truly Moving Pictures on the architecture, design and development of their Truly Moving Pictures website and we’re proud to be a 2009 Premier Level sponsor of the Festival.
October 16th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
If you’ve never attending a Heartland film, I encourage you to do so. Unlike regular moviegoers, viewers are respectful and appreciative, and the films themselves are not your normal fare: They make you think, laugh and cry at a deeper level than a Hollywood flick. Enjoy!
March 8th, 2010 at 4:02 am
Movies are such a powerful medium, and if you look beyond the Hollywood (& Bollywood, LOL) fare, then there are beautiful works of art out there that actually can be uplifting and entertaining at the same time. There are some good stories out there, if you take the time to go listen in the right places.
April 7th, 2010 at 8:38 am
Agreed on all counts. Unlike some film festivals, Heartland focuses on moving stories – less so on gratuitous shock value, for shock value sake.