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.

Gnaw Bone
(chew on that)

Our latest list of inane musings from the Brainstorm office white board:

Top 20 Vacation Hot Spots in Indiana

1. Chicago – It’s ours, it’s ours I tell you!
2. Columbus – Top-rated U.S. city on NatGeo Travelers list of Historic Places (#11 worldwide)
3. Notre Dame (Yes, The Notre Dame)
4. Brown County (Nashville) – It’s really green
5. Santa Claus (No, not him)
6. Madison – The place, not the donut girl
7. Um, Indianapolis – By and large, clean, safe, historical, sports-oriented, prospering…
8. Wauwausee (once you see it you’ll whine until you see it again)
9. Bloomington – sporting a campus ranked among the most beautiful in the U.S.
10. Turkey Run, Shades Park Combo
11. The Dunes – Sandy, but good
12. Bean Blossom – Boogie
13. Hoosier National Forest – You can see it for the trees
14. The oddly named Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari
15. Rose Hulman (Take that M.I.T.)
16. Lake Max (Like a Great Lake, but smaller)
17. Pete Dye – designed golf courses @ Purdue
18. Spencer County – Home of Abe Lincoln’s boyhood abode
19. French Lick (No, really)
20. Peru – Circus City
21. Gnaw Bone (Chew on that)

See the entire board

Image: Garden Beth