Festival schedule and tickets
The 35th Heartland Film Festival is scheduled for Oct. 8-18, with more than 100 independent films. Heartland Film, the Indianapolis nonprofit producing the event, was founded in 1991, according to the organization’s website: Heartland Film. The Contending reported that eight films are included in the Indiana Spotlight program.
The festival will use six Indianapolis-area venues: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at the Square on Lafayette Road, Indy Art Center on East 67th Street, Kan-Kan Cinema on Windsor Street, Living Room Theaters on East Ninth Street, Newfields on North Michigan Road, and the Scottish Rite Cathedral on North Meridian Street. Each selection will screen in person, while many films will also be available virtually in the United States during the festival, according to IndyStar.
The listed price is $13 for a theater screening and $15 for a virtual screening. Theater 10-packs cost $120, streaming 10-packs cost $140, and premium events range from $10 to $20. VIP passes are $220 for one person or $430 for two, with a 20% discount for Heartland Film members, per IndyStar’s festival information.
A local film in the Indiana Spotlight
Among those Indiana Spotlight selections is “Method to the Madness,” a 74-minute drama written and directed by Eric Pascarelli, a Carmel filmmaker and Ball State University graduate, according to IndyStar’s report.
The film centers on a woman who enters a free-throw contest to honor her late twin sister. Her search for training leads her to a method actor preparing for a role as a basketball coach. Pascarelli shot the film in central Indiana over five days, including at Hoosier Gym, a site also associated with “Hoosiers,” IndyStar reported.
What Indiana’s film incentive requires
Indiana’s Film and Media Tax Credit is available to qualified productions with qualified production expenses, but the Indiana Economic Development Corporation says it will consider only projects it expects to produce a positive return on investment, according to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. The agency’s program information does not provide a recent statewide total for production supported.
