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Annual film festival in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Indy Film Fest Location Indianapolis , U.S.Founded March 5, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-03-05 ) (as Indianapolis International Film Festival) Artistic director Craig Mince Website indyfilmfest .org
Indy Film Fest , formerly known as the Indianapolis International Film Festival ,[ 1] is an annual film festival held in Indianapolis , United States . The festival champions films that entertain, challenge, and expand perspectives in Indianapolis and beyond. Established in 2002, its inaugural edition took place in 2004, featuring Lars von Trier 's Dogville as the closing film.[ 2]
Racing Dreams - Audience Award, Best Feature
Weathered - Audience Award, Best Short Film
Sita Sings the Blues - American Spectrum, Best Feature
True Beauty This Night - American Spectrum, Best Short Film
A Ripple of Hope - Hoosier Lens Award, Best Feature
Chicken Cowboy - Hoosier Lens Award, Best Short
Frankie 13 vs The World - Best Documentary Short Film
Best Worst Movie - Best Documentary Feature
Sinnerman - Black Expressions
Gone Fishing - World Cinema, Best Short Film
The Vanished Empire - World Cinema, Best Feature
The Way We Get By - Eric Parker Social Justice Award
Lapsus - Excellence in Animation
First on the Moon - The Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Prize for Outstanding Science Fiction Filmmaking
Mongol - Audience Award, Best Feature
Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon - Audience Award, Best Documentary
Spider - Audience Award, Best Short Film
Pop Skull - American Spectrum, Best Feature
Bitch - American Spectrum, Best Short Film
Der Ostwind - American Spectrum, Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Technical achievement to Kohl Gass
Beyond Belief - Real Visions, Best Feature
kids + money - Real Visions, Best Short Film
The Life and Times of Robert F. Kennedy Starring Gary Cooper - Real Visions, Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Experimental Film to Aaron Valdez
Cargo 200 - World Cinema, Best Feature
Ten to Two - World Cinema, Best Short Film
Burn the Bridges - World Cinema, Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance to Irene Azuela
Karl Rove, I Love You - Hoosier Lens Award
Lapsus - Excellence in Animation
First on the Moon - The Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Prize for Outstanding Science Fiction Filmmaking
Speed Dating - Audience Award, Best Feature (Tie)
Waitress - Audience Award, Best Feature (Tie)
In the Shadow of the Moon - Audience Award, Best Documentary
The Substitute (Il Supplente) - Audience Award, Best Short Film
Adrift in Manhattan - American Spectrum, Best Feature
Pop Foul - American Spectrum, Best Short Film
Disappearances - American Spectrum, Special Jury Prize for Cinematography
Nevel Is the Devil - American Spectrum, Special Jury Prize for Comedy
Kidney Thieves - American Spectrum, Special Jury Prize for Comedy
Rain in a Dry Land - Real Visions, Best Feature
Angel's Fire - Real Visions, Best Short Film
Heavy Metal Jr. - Real Visions, Special Jury Prize for Direction
McLaren's Negatives - Real Visions, Special Jury Prize for Direction to Marie-Josee Sainte-Pierre
Fraulein - World Cinema, Best Feature
Eramos Pocos - World Cinema, Best Short Film
Thicker Than Water - World Cinema, Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance
Milk and Opium - World Cinema, Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Score
Marrying God - Hoosier Lens Award
Everything Will be OK - Excellence in Animation
First on the Moon - The Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Prize for Outstanding Science Fiction Filmmaking
A Place Called Home: An Adoption Story - Audience Award, Best Feature
Sugar Mountain - Audience Award, Best Short Film
El Inmigrante - Grand Jury Prize, Best Feature
Binta & the Great Idea - Grand Jury Prize, Best Short Film
Antonio's Breakfast - Grand Jury Prize, Best European Short Film
Knocking - Audience Award, Best Non-Fiction Film
Over the Hedge - Audience Award, Best Family Film
Kinky Boots - Audience Award, Best Comedy
A Place Called Home: An Adoption Story - Hoosier Lens Award for Best Indiana Film
Before I Go - Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance to Heidy Forster and Horst Sachtleben
Life in Transition - Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Animation
Dirty Mary - Special Jury Prize for Achievement in Comedy to Daniele Ferraro for Writing, Producing, and Acting
Monobloc - Special Jury Prize for Direction to Luis Ortega
Desire - Special Jury Prize - Honorable Mention for Documentary Filmmaking to Julie Gustafson & the New Orleans Teenage Girls Documentary Project
Binta & the Great Idea - Markey's Humanitarian Award
Apparition of the Eternal Church - Best North American Independent Feature Film
Murderball - Audience Award, Best Feature
West Bank Story - Audience Award, Best Short Film
Murderball - Audience Award, Best Non-Fiction Film
NOVEM - Grand Jury Prize, Best Feature
Solo un Cargador - Grand Jury Prize, Best Short Film (tie)
Tama Tu - Grand Jury Prize, Best Short Film (tie)
The Innocent - Grand Jury Prize, Best Non-Fiction Film
Pearl Diver - Grand Jury Prize, Hoosier Lens Award for Best Indiana Film
Tropical Malady - Special Jury Prize, Outstanding Direction to Apichatpong Weerasethakul
NOVEM - Special Jury Prize, Outstanding Performance to the entire cast
Brothers - Special Jury Prize, Outstanding Performance to Connie Nielsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Ulrich Thomsen
9 - Special Jury Prize, Outstanding Animation
The Story of the Weeping Camel - Audience Award, Best Feature
The Climactic Death of Dark Ninja - Audience Award, Best Short Film (tie)
Hairless - Audience Award, Best Short Film (tie)
The Climactic Death of Dark Ninja - Grand Jury Prize, Best Short Film
Between the White Lines - Grand Jury Prize, Best Feature Film
Dogville - Special Jury Prize, Outstanding Performance to the entire cast
A Slipping Down Life - Outstanding Performance to Lily Taylor & Sara Rue
Disconcerting Symphony - Outstanding Performance to the entire cast
Stuff That Bear! - Outstanding Cinematography to Oleg Mutu
Everyone and Their Mother Wants to Write and Direct - Outstanding Writing