Truly Moving Pictures

The year's Truly Moving Picture Award winners will be honored at the Crystal Heart Awards Gala on October 21, and several filmmakers and stars are on board to attend the black-tie event. Their presence, along with the attendance of Festival filmmakers and the $200,000 prize money that will be awarded that night ensure an unforgettable evening.

Among those attending is Jon Voight (right) who appeared as coach Adoph Rupp in the Truly Moving Picture Award winner Glory Road. Early in 2006, Heartland Film Festival hosted a special screening of Glory Road, with Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson and several of the real Texas Western players in attendance. This month, Mr. Voight will attend the Festival on behalf of the film, accepting the Award as well as presenting a Festival award.

One of the most powerful of the 2006 Truly Moving Picture Award winners was Sophie Scholl - The Final Days. The gripping story of a young Nazi resister in World War II, the film's star, Julia Jentsch, will also attend the Crystal Heart Awards Gala. Traveling from Germany, Heartland is happy to welcome the actress who portrayed such a courageous historical figure.

Those Crystal Heart Award winning films created by students are given the distinct honor of winning the Jimmy Stewart Memorial Crystal Heart Award. This year, the famed actor's daughter, Judy, will attend the Gala and Awards Ceremony in order to present these talented students with their much-deserved award.

As they do every year, the 2006 Festival filmmakers will all be in attendance, as well as several featured actors and subject. Pearl Fryar, of A Man Named Pearl, will attend, as will Lee Meriwether, who appears in The Ultimate Gift.

If you'd like to attend this year's Crystal Heart Award Gala and be present as these Truly Moving Picture Award winners accept their honors, visit Heartland Film Festival online or call 1-866-HFF-1010 to purchase your Gallery Seating tickets.