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2027 Indy Shorts — Narrative Short Grand Prize — USD $5,000
Heartland Film / Indy Shorts Film Festival invites eligible applicants to consider 2027 Indy Shorts — Narrative Short Grand Prize — USD $5,000. The published award information describes $5,000 principal prize or grant (awarded competitively). Participation and awards are subject to official eligibility, selection and application terms.
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Funder (as listed): Heartland Film / Indy Shorts Film Festival. Program service area: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States — international narrative shorts eligible. Geography alone does not establish eligibility.
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**Prize and Opportunity:** One eligible narrative short film receives a USD $5,000 cash grand prize and Academy Award qualification subject to Academy rules. Other festival category awards are not included in this title.
**Target Audience:** International independent short-film directors and production teams with completed live-action narrative shorts
**Eligibility and Requirements:** Narrative live-action fiction short films 40 minutes or less; American AND international films eligible; college/university films eligible. Must satisfy organizer film completion and screening rules.
Finished live-action fiction short of up to 40 minutes, legal permission to screen, and proper narrative-short category entry. Winning subject to festival selection and juried award.
**How to Enter:** Submit an eligible narrative short to the official Indy Shorts Narrative Short FilmFreeway category and pay applicable fee.
**Entry cost: ** USD $45 standard narrative-short Early Bird entry through 29 Nov 2026; higher later tiers
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Narrative live-action fiction short films 40 minutes or less; American AND international films eligible; college/university films eligible. Must satisfy organizer film completion and screening rules.
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Deadline: 21 Mar 2027 extended deadline; early bird 29 Nov 2026; regular 14 Feb 2027
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Narrative live-action fiction short films 40 minutes or less; American AND international films eligible; college/university films eligible. Must satisfy organizer film completion and screening rules.
Heartland Film / Indy Shorts Film Festival — 2027 Indy Shorts — Narrative Short Grand Prize — USD $5,000
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