17 Oscar Nominees Showcased at Heartland Film Festival and Indy Shorts Festival

INDIANAPOLIS — The 97th Academy Award Nominations were recently announced, and Heartland Film is honored to be one of the first to showcase Oscar nominated films through the Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Indy Shorts) in July, the Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF) in October and by presenting the Truly Moving Picture Award (TMPA) to studio titles. This year, 17 films celebrated by Heartland Film received 52 total Academy Award Nominations, including 10 films from HIFF, three shorts from Indy Shorts and four recipients of the TMPA.
The 97th Academy Awards will air on Sunday, March 2.
Both the Opening and Closing Night films of the 33rd Heartland International Film Festival received nominations. The HIFF Closing Night film, Emilia Pérez from Netflix, received the most Oscar nominations at 13, including Best Picture. The HIFF Opening Night film and Humor & Humanity Award Winner, A Real Pain from Searchlight Pictures, received two nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
In addition, the HIFF Documentary Grand Prize Porcelain War won a nomination for Best Documentary Feature. Other nominees that were part of the 2024 Heartland Film Festival are Sing Sing, and shorts The Last Ranger, Instruments of a Beating Heart and Anuja are also up for Academy Awards.
The 8th Annual Indy Shorts International Festival is scheduled for July 22-27 this year. The Heartland Film Festival will run Oct. 9-19. For more information, visit HeartlandFilm.org.