Iowa Nebraska Heartland Film Festival

All films have a strong connection to
​either Iowa or Nebraska
Interested in Volunteering in 2026
please call 641-418-837 or email

Shopping

​Corning Center For Fine Arts, art gallery
Fire & Salt, meat, cheese, wine, whiskey, cigars
If You Can Dream It, consignments
Lone Arranger, flower & gift shop
Real Deals, gifts, clothes, food
Vogel & Thomas, primitive gifts

Things to See

Freedom Rock on 6th Street
Lake Icaria - 4 miles north of Corning on 148
Johnny Carson Birthplace will be open for tours 2 - 5 pm Saturday, March 8 (corner of 13 St and Davis Ave)

Parking

Free Street Parking
​Free Public Parking Lot north of Corning Opera House
Our first film festival is in the books!
DATES: March 7 - 8, 2025
CATEGORIES: Student, Documentary, Drama, Comedy, Sci/fi, Fantasy, Horror, Action Adventure
Winners: 
  • Best Overall Film - Coming Home about a grieving father and a detective coping with a 10 year missing person's case
  • Best Iowa Film - Crimson Archer - A G.I. Joe fan favorite, action adventure
  • Best Nebraska Film - Abraham's Bridge, documentary about a mosque, synagogue, church and interfaith center connected by a circular bridge in Omaha
  • Honorable Mention - Seventy-Four, drama, 3 brothers who are marines assigned to the Navy Destroyer, Frank E. Evans, are killed, based on true events of June 3, 1969
  • Honorable Mention - Nebraska's 400, documentary, NE was the last state without a Vietnam memorial, so 4 vets embark on a journey creating the biggest and most interactive Vietnam Veteran Memorial o date

Food

Backgrounds Coffee & Boutique 
Breadeaux Pizza 
Casey's Pizza & Sandwiches
Floating Winery 
Godfather's Pizza 
Los Catrinos Mexican Kitchen 
Primrose award winning
Subway 
Sweet Desires Bakery  (2018 KCCI's #3 bakery in Iowa)
3 C's Diner (2018 Iowa's #1 tenderloin)

Lodging

The Corning Hotel mention the film festival for a discount!

Accessibility

West entrance on Davis Avenue 
Elevator to auditorium
Restrooms are handicapped accessible

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