Events

08

OCT 2026

Heartland Film Festival

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Indy Art Center, Kan-Kan Cinema, Living Room Theaters, Newfields & The Scottish Rite Cathedral.

The fall festival returns for the 35th year this October 8-18!

View Event Tickets

14

OCT 2026

HFF35 Centerpiece Screening: Wild Horse Nine

The Tobias Theater at Newfields

The core of the Heartland Film Festival, presented by IndyStar LOCALiQ, is "Wild Horse Nine" from Searchlight Pictures. John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell and Parker Posey star in this dark comedy about CIA agents who face a trust-testing mission from Santiago to Easter Island during 1973 in Chile.

View Event Tickets

16

OCT 2026

HFF35 TBA FILMS

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Indy Art Center and Living Room Theaters

More screenings have been added to the 35th Heartland Film Festival!

View Event Tickets

17

OCT 2026

PitchDox Main Event

Kan-Kan Cinema

PitchDox, presented by Hoodox, connects Indiana documentary filmmakers and their ideas with funders, fellow filmmakers, and future audiences.

View Event Tickets

18

OCT 2026

HFF35 Awards Brunch

Tinker House Events

Celebrate the films and filmmakers that make the Heartland Film Festival what it is at the 2026 Awards Brunch!

View Event Tickets

18

OCT 2026

HFF35 Closing Night: The Debut

Closing Night is currently sold out. We may have a limited number of additional tickets become available as we get closer to the event. If you’d like to be notified when tickets are released, please complete our Waitlist Form.

View Event Tickets