The window the organiser publishes
The 35th Heartland Film Festival runs 8 to 18 October at six Indianapolis venues. The organiser sells through its own ticketing platform and at the theater box office.
The platform carried 317 dated events at a 25 September 2026 read. 261 name a venue and 260 sit inside the eleven festival days. The festival preview screening sits on 7 October.
The price ladder
The organiser's 17 September release sets theater screenings at $13, virtual screenings at $15 and premium events between $10 and $20.
Five events are named premium, and Passes and Ticket Packs exclude them: Opening Night, Centerpiece, Closing Night, the Kick-Off Party and the Awards Brunch. The pass ladder runs $220 for a VIP Fest Pass, $430 for a Duo VIP Fest Pass, $120 for a theater 10-pack and $140 for a streaming 10-pack. Members take 20% off tickets and passes.
250 of the 260 in-window entries price standard admission at $13. Three entries carry a zero-priced bucket.
What sold by 25 September
Seven entries carry SOLD OUT in the event name across the run. They cover the 7 October preview, Opening Night on 8 October, 9 October, 12 October, two films on 17 October and Closing Night on 18 October.
The Centerpiece Screening of Wild Horse Nine on 14 October caps at 530 places in the Tobias Theater at Newfields. Its 518 main-floor seats stood at 372 sold and 146 remaining.
The Awards Brunch on 18 October carries a public bucket of 56 places at $15, with none remaining. The Kick-Off Party on 9 October holds 30 places at $15, with 16 sold. Opening Night carries one bucket at $75 and 155 sold.
The free entries and the rush line
The Easterseals Disability Film Challenge on 12 October is free with an RSVP. The AARP Indiana Happy Hour on 11 October is free. The Kick-Off Party holds free filmmaker and industry buckets of 50 and 20 places.
The platform carries a rush line and a passholder ticket requirement on all 260 in-window entries.
The lodging record
The organiser's sitemap carries 35 addresses. The terms room block, group rate, host hotel and shuttle return zero hits across them. The word hotel appears four times, inside one hospitality block repeated on the two filmmakers pages.
That block offers filmmakers one complimentary hotel night, dependent on availability, arranged through Sam Opsahl, Film Programming Coordinator.
The festival runs October 2026, October 2027 and October 2028 under a three-year presenting sponsorship from Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at The Square, reported by WISH-TV on 29 January 2026.