PRESS RELEASES
Record Number of Sponsors Help Make 2007 Heartland Film Festival a Success
October 31, 2007
Indianapolis, IN – Heartland Truly Moving PicturesTM would like to thank its record-setting 68 sponsors for helping to make the 16th annual Heartland Film Festival® a success. Eighteen new sponsors signed on to support the Festival this year alone. Heartland is especially thankful to Bright House Networks, the title sponsor of the Crystal Heart Awards Gala, for their continued support of Heartland’s mission. These generous organizations are vital in allowing Heartland to continue to celebrate and honor dramatically different films and their inspiring filmmakers.
Among the 50 returning sponsors are WTHR-Channel 13, Canterbury Hotel, Bright House Networks and three-sixty group. This year’s 18 new sponsors are: American Senior Communities, Bright Ideas in Broad Ripple, B-Side Entertainment Inc., Circle City basket company, Digital Color Graphics, The Godby Family Foundation, The Hoaglin Companies, Mavris Arts and Event Center, MBP Distinctive Catering, Meridian Design Group, NUVO, Patachou, Inc., Regal Entertainment Group, Richard E. Ford, Starbucks Coffee, Sweet & Savory Catering, Walker Information and WTLC FM.
“We thank the many loyal and committed sponsors, as well as our new sponsors, for their generous support of the Festival and its mission to honor life-affirming films,” said Peggy Monson, vice-president for advancement for Heartland Truly Moving Pictures. “The Festival is a major undertaking that could not be executed without our sponsor’s generosity.”
As a non-profit organization, Heartland receives support from corporate sponsors as well as from private foundations, non-profit associations, government agencies and individual donors. These contributions help underwrite screenings of films during the Festival and the presentation of the Crystal Heart Awards Gala where Heartland presents $200,000 in cash prizes to winning filmmakers. Through sponsor generosity, Heartland is able to provide essential programs and services such as distributing films not yet commercially viable and creating educational opportunities for filmmakers and the community.
In addition to funds which help pay for the costs of the many events and activities associated with the Festival, sponsors provide donated goods and services which help make the Festival a premier event in the Midwest. They also provide the financial support necessary to encourage and enrich the independent film community, allowing filmmakers to share their powerful stories of inspiration and hope.
The 2007 Heartland Film Festival sponsors included:
Festival Marquee Sponsor: Bright House Networks
Festival Sponsors: Innovative, Printing Partners, three-sixty group, WTHR-Channel 13
Premier Sponsors: AMC Theatres, American Senior Communities, Aronstam Designer/Fine Jewelers, Baker & Daniels LLP, Canterbury Hotel, Key Bank, Lacy Foundation, Regal Entertainment Group, Walker Information
Producing Sponsors: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, BitWise Solutions, Inc., Carey Indiana, Covenant Productions, Katz, Sapper & Miller, LLP, Money Mailer, Moving Pictures Magazine, Nordstrom
Feature Sponsors: Bright Ideas in Broad Ripple, The Godby Family Foundation, Business Furniture, Richard E. Ford, Cine-tal, Duke Energy Foundation, Earshot Audio-Post, Exact Target Expo Design, Indianapolis Power & Light Company, Marsh Supermarkets, NUVO, O’Malia’s, Omni Severin Hotel, Vision Racing, WQME-98.7 FM, WTTS-92.3 FM, WTLC-106.7 FM
Supporting Sponsors: Kite Realty Group, Borders, B-Side Entertainment Inc., Conference & Travel, Digital Color Graphics, Film Indiana – Indiana Economic Development Corporation, The Great Frame Up, The Indianapolis Foundation, Indianapolis Monthly, Jim’s Formal Wear, Mavris Arts and Event Center, McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants, One America, Patachou, Inc., Starbucks Coffee, Sweet & Savory Catering, Wild Oats Natural Marketplace
Contributing Sponsors: MBP Distinctive Catering, Meridian Music, The Rathskeller, United Airlines
Participating Sponsors: The Hoaglin Companies, Circle City basket company, Just Pop In, Speedway SuperAmerica LLC, Meridian design group, Mike’s Express Carwash
Heartland Truly Moving Pictures, a non-profit organization, seeks to recognize and honor filmmakers whose work explores the human journey by expressing hope and emphasizing the best of the human spirit. Its flagship event, the Heartland Film Festival, launched in 1991 and runs each October in Indianapolis, screening independent films from around the world. Each year, the Festival awards $200,000 in cash prizes and presents its Crystal Heart Awards to the top-judged submissions. Heartland has awarded more than $1.8 million to support filmmakers during the last 16 years. The organization’s Truly Moving Picture Award was created to honor films released theatrically that align with Heartland’s mission. By bestowing a watermark to honored films, the award allows studios and distributors to inform audiences of a film’s uplifting message and appeal. Heartland is also dedicated to its relationship with the National Collaboration for Youth and its expanding F.I.L.M., “Finding Inspiration in Literature and Movies,” project. For more information, visit www.TrulyMovingPictures.org.
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