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Heartland Film Festival

Location:	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Media type(s):	Film
Event type:	Festival
Official website(s):	http://www.heartlandfilmfest.org/
Notes:	The Heartland Film Festival was founded in 1991 to positively effect change in the film industry, awarding cash prizes and the Crystal Heart Award to independent filmmakers whose entries best combine production and artistic quality while meeting the Festival's statement of purpose: "to recognize and honor filmmakers whose work explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life".

Awards Summary

Results Summary:

Date	Location	Crystal Heart Award
2008 16 October - 24 October	unknown	Captain Abu Raed (2007)
2007 18 October - 26 October	unknown	Man in the Chair (2007) Man in the Chair (2007) Mia Sarah (2006) Owl and the Sparrow (2007)
2006 19 October - 27 October	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Emily's Song (2006) Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy (2006) Ultimate Gift, The (2006)
2005 13 October - 21 October		Baseball Card Shop (2005) Bear Named Winnie, A (2004) (TV) Dear Francis (2005) Dear Francis (2005) Earthling (2005) Five Children and It (2004) In a Nutshell: A Portrait of Elizabeth Tashjian (2005) Lift (2004/I) Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The (2005) Midnight Clear (2005/II) Pearl Diver (2004) Pearl Diver (2004) Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005) (TV) Voces inocentes (2004) Winter/En Hiver (2004)
2004 21 October - 29 October		Alone Across Australia (2003) Burying the Past: Legacy of the Mountain Meadows Massacre (2004) Casanova at Fifty (2003) Chestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004) Choristes, Les (2004) Conscientious Objector, The (2004) Dear Frankie (2004) Hardwood Dreams: Ten Years Later (2004) (TV) Killer Diller (2004) Let Go (2003) Tackle Box (2004) When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (2003)
2003 22 October - 26 October		Asylum (2003/II) Disconcerting Symphony (2003) I Am David (2003) Kart Racer (2003) Lost Boys of Sudan (2003) Massa'ot James Be'eretz Hakodesh (2003) Most (2003) Saints and Soldiers (2003) Spin (2003/I) Uncle Nino (2003) What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison (2003) Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
2002 17 October - 27 October (19 October)		Beyond the Gates of Splendor (2002) Collector of Bedford Street, The (2002) Final Journey: Tom Stoll, A (2002) Final Solution (2001) For Gold and Glory (2002) Her Majesty (2001) Least of These, The (2002) OT: Our Town (2002) To End All Wars (2001) Touching Wild Horses (2002) Virginia's Run (2002)
2001 17 October - 27 October (20 October)		Amato: A Love Affair with Opera (2001) Big Mama (2000/I) Bus Stops Here, The (2003) Cowboy Up (2001) Delivering Milo (2001) Diary of a City Priest (2001) Little Secrets (2001) Seven Sisters: A Kentucky Portrait (2000) War Bride, The (2001) Âme noire - Black Soul (2000)
2000 18 October - 26 October		Grandfather's Birthday (2000) Grandfathers and Revolutions (2000) Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000) John John in the Sky (2000) Testimony of Taliesin Jones, The (2000)
1999 20 October - 28 October	Sagamore Ballroom, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Basket, The (1999) Best Man in Grass Creek (1999) Climb Against the Odds (1999) Cracker Man, The (1999) Forgotten Fires (1998) Walking Across Egypt (1999) Wayward Son (1999)
1998 21 October - 27 October		Amy (1998) City at Peace (1998) First Daughter (1997) Kindness of Strangers, The (1998) Light of Darkness (1998) Occidental Encounters (1998) Pola's March (1998) Possums (1998) Puppies for Sale (1998) Snow Child (1997) Summer of the Monkeys (1998)
1997 6 November - 9 November		Champagne (1997) Riding the Rails (1997) Soulmates (1997) Thousand Cranes, A (1996) Touch, The (1997/II) Visas and Virtue (1997) Walk This Way (1997) Wish Upon a Star (1996)
1996 6 November - 10 November		"American Experience, The" (1988) {Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern} Flowers for Charlie (1996) Jirohachi (1996) No Easy Way (1996) Shiloh (1996) Water Carrier, The (1996) Williams Syndrome: A Highly Musical Species (1996)
1995 9 November - 12 November		Frailejón (1995) Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream (1995) Just Like Dad (1995) (TV) Listening to Children: A Moral Journey with Robert Coles (1995) Middle Passage, The (1994) Whitewash (1994) (TV)
1994 27 October - 31 October	Indiana Roof Ballroom, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Eagle Scout (1994) Eternity (1994) Kid (1993) Monty (1992) Moving the Mountain (1994) Red (1994/I) Satya: A Prayer for the Enemy (1995)
1993 22 October - 24 October	Sagamore Ballroom, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Contact (1992) Day at a Time, A (1992) Hardwood Dreams (1993) Last Winter, The (1990) Make, The (1993) New Game, A (1993) Oh God. Please Don't Let Me Strike Out (1993) Shimmer (1993) Tell Them Who We Are (1993) Truce with Death, A (1993)
1992 21 October - 25 October	Indiana Roof Ballroom, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Alan & Naomi (1992) Lantern Hill (1990) (TV) Last Breeze of Summer (1991) Potter's Meal, The (1992) Quarrel, The (1991) To Render a Life (1992)