Film

INDIANAPOLIS (THE WIRE PRESS) - Set to award $100,000 in cash prizes, the Heartland Film Festival (Oct. 12-22, 2017) has expanded its number of cash-eligible award categories from 13 in 2016 to 33 for this year's 26th annual event. Both feature-length and short films across the narrative, documentary and animated categories are invited to submit their titles for consideration during the 2017 call for entries period (February - May, 2017).

Los Angeles, CA (THE WIRE PRESS) - Moda 360 presented the work of artists, fashion designers and filmmakers in its third edition at the New Mart in Downtown LA in April 2016. Designers and artists from the LA art community, US, United Kingdom, Canada, Indonesia and Colombia exhibited their work, with a special collaboration between US artist Dana Ellyn and UK designer Lucy Tammam creating hand painted gowns making a beautiful environmental statement. Artists Justin Bolton and Andrea Bogdan live painted throughout the event, demonstrating their technique to the audience. International fashion videos and film shorts were screened during the event, and the feature film “The True Cost,” a documentary about the human cost of the fashion industry was shown. Talks and panel discussions on art, ethical fashion and sustainable manufacturing gave the audience another perspective on the creative industries.