The 2023 Oscar nominations were announced this week, and 12 films honored by Heartland Film were nominated for 39 awards. See the full list at the bottom of this story.
Congratulations to the filmmakers on this incredible accomplishment, and special congrats to Stranger at the Gate, the documentary short film that won the Oscar qualifying Grand Prize and Indiana Spotlight Award at Indy Shorts this past July. It’s a powerful story about a former Marine with PTSD who planned to attack Muslims in Indiana until an unexpected encounter.
The 95th Academy Awards airs at 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 12 on ABC.
Ribbon cutting postponed
Heartland Film has postponed the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of its new space at the Sterrett Center on the Fort Ben Cultural Campus. The event will now be held at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, with the Open House from 4 to 6 p.m. The Sterrett Center is located in Lawrence at 8950 Otis Ave., Indianapolis.
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- Heartland International Film Festival
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- High School Film Competition
Heartland Film Oscar Nominations
- Aftersun – Best Actor | Heartland Film Festival 2022
- An Irish Goodbye – Live Action Short | Indy Shorts 2022
- The Banshees of Inisherin – nine nominations, including Best Picture | Heartland Film Festival 2022
- Close – Best International Feature Film | Heartland Film Festival 2022
- Empire of Light – Best Cinematography | Heartland Film Festival 2022
- Everything Everywhere All At Once – 11 nominations, including Best Picture | Heartland Film Special Screening
- The Fabelmans – seven nominations, including Best Picture | Truly Moving Picture Award 2022
- A House Made of Splinters – Documentary Feature |Heartland Film Festival 2022
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Animated Feature | Truly Moving Picture Award 2022
- Stranger at the Gate – Documentary Short Subject | Indy Shorts 2022
- The Whale – three nominations, including Best Actor | Heartland Film Festival 2022
- Women Talking – two nominations, including Best Picture | Heartland Film Festival 2022