Entertainment Magazine: Film: Heartland Film Festival: 2010
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The Heartland Film Festival, held October 14-23, 2010, celebrated and honored some of the world’s most talented and inspiring independent filmmakers during the 19th annual 2010 Heartland Film Festival Awards Ceremony at the Old National Centre. Awards and $150,000 in cash prizes were presented to 17 films. Heartland announced The Space Between by Travis and Kristine Fine as the $50,000 Grand Prize Award Winner for Best Dramatic Feature, Freedom Riders by Stanley Earl Nelson, Jr. as the winner of the $25,000 Award for Best Documentary Feature and The Butterfly Circus by Joshua and Rebekah Weigel as the winner of the $10,000 Vision Award for Best Short Film. Special celebrity guests at this year's Heartland Truly Moving Pictures Festival included Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Truman), Madeline Carroll (Flipped), Alex Etel (The Water Horse, Millions) and Don Most (Happy Days). These stars, special guests and the filmmakers of this year’s 17 Heartland Film Festival Award-winning films attended the Friday, October 15, 2010 screenings at AMC Castleton Square where all Award-winning films were screened. Also, actors Bobby Coleman (Martian Child, The Last Song, Must Love Dogs) and Beverly Mitchell (7th Heaven, Saw II) attended the screening of their film, Snowmen, during the Opening Night Event on Thursday at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Corbin Bernsen (LA Law, General Hospital) and Quinton Aaron (The Blind Side) presented awards during the Heartland Film Festival Awards Ceremony on Saturday, October 16, 2010. Heartland awarded a total of $150,000 in cash prizes and winning filmmakers received a Crystal Heart Award designed by Marc Aronstam and Aronstam Fine Jewelers. The $25,000 Award for Best Documentary Feature was underwritten by Indianapolis Volkswagen Dealers, the $10,000 Vision Award for Best Short Film was underwritten by KeyBank, and the Jimmy Stewart Memorial Crystal Heart Awards were underwritten by The Stewart Foundation. To date, Heartland has awarded more than $2.3 million to support filmmakers in their quest to create uplifting and inspiring films. Screening attendance for the 19th annual Heartland Film Festival grew by 10.4 percent from last year, resulting in 36 sold out screenings and a total screening attendance of 21,586 a new record for the Festival. The 2010 Heartland Film Festival kicked off with the screening of Snowmen on Thursday, Oct. 14 at the IMA, sponsored by Lacy Foundation and LDI, Ltd. Director/writer Rob Kirbyson, producers John Shepherd and Stephen McEveety, and actors Bobby Coleman (Martian Child, The Last Song, Must Love Dogs) and Beverly Mitchell (7th Heaven) were in attendance for the special event. Film screenings began the following evening as 17 Award-winning films opened at AMC Castleton Square 14. These and the 69 Official Selection films of the 2010 Festival were selected from more than 832 international independent film submissions for best meeting Heartland’s mission and demonstrating excellence in filmmaking. Indiana native and Emmy® award-winning journalist Catt Sadler emceed as filmmakers and guests from across the globe gathered to honor the visionaries and films of the 2010 Heartland Film Festival. During the program awards and $150,000 in cash prizes were handed out. The complete 2010 Heartland Film Festival lineup and additional Festival information can be found online at HeartlandFilmFestival.org |
HFF 2010 Interviews and Film ProfilesWorld War II in WisconsinThe film Fort McCoy is based on actual people and their wartime experiences at the real Fort McCoy, a World War II POW camp on American soil for German soldiers. Until this enlightening movie, I did not know Nazi prisoners were shipped to the U.S. for confinement. You learn something new every day. Not Your Usual Rock Star: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher and Director Justin MonroeAwkwardness. Embarrassment. Dreams. Determination. Throw in some love and it’s all worthwhile. Interview with director Justin Monroe, who also plays Duncan’s rock legend father, Arthur Christopher.
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Heartland's 2010 SponsorsHeartland Truly Moving Pictures would like to thank its 60 sponsors for helping to make the 19th annual Heartland Film Festival possible. The Festival’s sponsors are vital in allowing Heartland to continue to celebrate and honor beautifully made films that emphasize the best of the human spirit and to recognize the filmmakers that made them. As a non-profit organization, Heartland receives support from corporate sponsors as well as from private foundations, non-profit associations, government agencies and individual donors. These contributions help underwrite screenings of films during the annual film festival, as well as the annual Heartland Film Festival Awards Ceremony, where Heartland presents more than $100,000 in cash prizes to winning filmmakers. Through sponsor generosity, Heartland is able to provide essential programs and services such as distributing films not yet commercially viable and creating educational opportunities for filmmakers and the community. In addition to funds that help support the many events and activities associated with the Festival, sponsors provide donated goods and services that help make the Festival a premier event in the Midwest. They also provide the financial support necessary to encourage and enrich the independent film community, allowing filmmakers to share their powerful stories of inspiration and hope. The Heartland Truly Moving Pictures organizationHeartland Truly Moving Pictures, a national, independent, non-profit arts organization, was established in 1991 to recognize and honor filmmakers whose work explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life. Its flagship event, the Heartland Film Festival®, launched in 1991 and runs each October in Indianapolis, screening independent films from around the world. Each year, the Festival awards more than $100,000 in cash prizes and presents its Crystal Heart Awards to the top-judged submissions. Heartland has awarded more than $2.2 million to support filmmakers during the last 18 years. The organization’s Truly Moving Picture Award was created to honor films released theatrically that align with Heartland’s mission. By bestowing a watermark to honored films, the award allows studios and distributors to inform audiences of a film’s uplifting message and appeal. Heartland is also dedicated to its relationship with the National Collaboration for Youth and its expanding F.I.L.M., “Finding Inspiration in Literature & Movies,” Project. For more information, visit TrulyMovingPictures.org. |
The 2010 Heartland Film Festival sponsorsFestival Sponsors: AMC Theatresâ; ExactTarget, Inc.; Indianapolis Volkswagen Dealers; Innovative; Printing Partners; three-sixty group; WTHR The actors and filmmakers of Snowmen participated in a Q&A after the Opening Night Event screening. © Heartland Truly Moving Pictures. Photo credit: Banayote Photography. |
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