Heartland International Film Festival

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The Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF) is a high academy 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]

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Grand Prize and Audience Choice Award-winning films

YearGrand Prize for Best Narrative FeatureGrand Prize for Best Documentary FeatureGrand Prize for Best Short FilmAudience Choice Award
Narrative FeatureDocumentary FeatureShort 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 ProjectShade Shooting Dogs A Man Named Pearl I Want to Be a Pilot
2007  [16] [17] Bella Hear and Now ValidationMan in the Chair Hear and Now Validation
2008  [18] Captain Abu Raed Pray the Devil Back to Hell Victoria Captain Abu Raed Ripple of HopeGo
2009 [19] WelcomeP-Star RisingBicycle (Jitensha) Like Dandelion Dust , A Shine of Rainbows (tie)After the StormGrande 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 FacesThe NetworkThe Amber Amulet (Narrative Short), Wrinkles of the City: La Havna (Documentary Short)23 BlastLife 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 BulletproofTill 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 SchoolThe Ravens (Narrative Short), Mining Poems or Odes (Documentary Short)Te AtaNight SchoolGood 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 YouMe and My Father (Narrative Short), Refugee (Documentary Short)
2018 [31] The Elephant and the ButterflyOn Her ShouldersShorts moved to Indy Shorts International Film FestIndivisibleEmanuelShorts moved to Indy Shorts International Film Fest
2019 [32] House of Hummingbird Sama
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 Feast of the Seven Fishes Jump Shot
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2020 [33] There Is No Evil 76 Days
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Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic
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2021 [34] Americanish All These Sons
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Peace By ChocolateFor The Left hand
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2022 [35] Our Father, The Devil Hidden LettersShorts moved to Indy Shorts International Film FestRally CapsButterfly In The SkyShorts moved to Indy Shorts International Film Fest
2023 [36] Simón We Dare To DreamShorts moved to Indy Shorts International Film FestSightThe Body PoliticShorts moved to Indy Shorts International Film Fest

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