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That’s right, for our 20th annual festival celebration, we’ve invited all of our favorite fest friends from over the years to help us celebrate two decades of championing movies that entertain, challenge and expand perspectives in Indianapolis and beyond. Come out and celebrate with us, April 19-23 at Kan-Kan Cinema, with online screenings continuing through the 30th!

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Check out the Films of the 20th Annual Fest

Browse our full schedule. Watch trailers. Then make plans to be help us celebrate two decades of championing movies that entertain, challenge and expand perspectives in Indianapolis and beyond!

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Opening Night

Wednesday, April 19

We're kicking off our 20th festival right with SISU, the wild over-the-top graphic gory action film from Finnish director Jalmari Helander. Your ticket includes admission to our Opening Night Party! After a gold miner stumbles upon Nazi patrol, a breathtaking and gold-hungry chase through the destroyed and mined Lapland wilderness begins.

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Special Presentation

Friday, April 21

The epitome of action-comedy at its best! A London schoolgirl and tireless martial-artist-in-training, Ria Khan is determined to become a world-renowned stunt woman.

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Awards Night

Saturday, April 22

The latest from master storyteller Paul Schraeder. Your film ticket includes admission to our 20th Birthday Bash and Awards Night Party! When a wealthy dowager demands that a meticulous horticulturist take on her wayward and troubled great niece, it unlocks dark secrets from a buried violent past.

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Blockbusters Just Around the Block

April 19-30 at Kan-Kan Cinema & Online

Help us celebrate two decades of championing movies that entertain, challenge and expand perspectives in Indianapolis and beyond!

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Roving Cinema returns to Sun King Brewery!

Monday, April 24

To celebrate our 20th Anniversary, we're reliving our very first Roving Cinema — Strange Brew at Sun King Brewery!

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Explore our line-up of unique shorts blocks and feature films! With everything from tear-jerking dramas to knee slapping comedies, this is your chance to see the films that will become tomorrow's blockbuster hits.

watch it your way

The best part about a film festival is letting our filmmakers know just how much you loved their work. Learn more about how to cast your Audience Award ballots for the films of the 2023 festival.

talk with filmmakers

Meeting filmmakers is just another perk of the festival experience. Stick around after many of the films to get your questions answered by those who created them and hear behind-the-scenes stories about their movies.

epic all-access

Don’t miss a single moment of this year's selection of crowd-pleasing films. Buy your All-Access Pass and catch hours and hours of films without spending oodles and oodles of cash. Be sure to reserve your tickets!

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Discover some of the festival's biggest gems. Based on your feedback, some may go on to become feature-length films. Movies like Sling Blade, Bottle Rocket, and Napoleon Dynamite all began as shorts on the festival circuit.

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With just a few clicks, you can easily log in from anywhere, anytime on one unified platform for films, fun, and filmmaker Q&As. Go ahead, couch surf your way through hundreds of festival films from the comfort of your own home.

12 months a year, the Indy Film Fest champions movies that entertain, challenge, and expand our perspectives. With year-round programs geared to movie lovers of all ages, and an annual 10-day festival, there's always something to see. We think you'll agree, we were meant for each other.

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