Indy Shorts: ‘IGNIS’ Ups the Dosage of Real-Life Romantic Complications
The opening montage of Jake Borelli's affecting, emotionally complex film, IGNIS, shows the construction of a batch of medication. Shot ...
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Indy Shorts Announces 2026 Audience Awards
(JULY 27, 2026) INDIANAPOLIS - The 2026 Indy Shorts Film Festival (Indy Shorts), presented by TQL Wealth Management, concluded on ...
Indy Shorts Announces Winners of 2026 Fest
(JULY 25, 2025) INDIANAPOLIS - The 2026 Indy Shorts Film Festival (Indy Shorts), presented by TQL Wealth Management, awarded over ...
Indy Shorts: ‘The Pigeon’ Mingles Grief and Humor with the Help of an Unexpected Flying Friend
"Where is she?" a desperate young woman says near the closing moments of Chloe Culpin's remarkably humane film, The Pigeon. ...
Heartland Films’ Indy Shorts Announces 9th Annual Lineup
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Heartland Film has announced the lineup for the 9th Annual Academy Award®-Qualifying Indy Shorts Film Festival (Indy ...
Sara McFarlane & Maria McIndoo On the Power of a Personal Story for ‘A Love Letter to M’
Maria McIndoo's A Love Letter to M is both universal and specific. Based on the personal account from producer Sara ...
Indy Shorts 2025: Best of the Fest
Oh, what a festival it was! The 8th Annual Indy Shorts International Film Festival concluded at the end of July, ...
Indy Shorts Diary II: Hopeful Docs & Some Bloody Fun
A lot of my time at this year's Indy Shorts included meeting a lot of filmmakers. Almost every screening and ...
Indy Shorts Diary 1: Arriving At My First Short Film Festival
I have no idea why it took so long for me to get attend Indy Shorts in person. I have ...
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