A Special Honor in Romania: Heroes from Heaven Wins Best Screenwriting at the Eastern Europe Film Festival

The international recognition of Heroes from Heaven: Battleground Earth continues to grow. The faith-based action epic screenplay by Dr. Scott Glenn and Geoffrey D. Calhoun has been awarded a Special Award for Best Screenwriting at the Eastern Europe Film Festival, a multi-national competitive festival based in Craiova, Romania, that operates on a monthly basis and honors the legacy of the late Romanian actor Ilie Gheorghe.

About the Award

A Special Award for Best Screenwriting recognizes screenplays that stand out for the strength of their writing among an international field of submissions. For Heroes from Heaven, a story built around a dystopian world divided by the Seven Deadly Sins and a fallen leader’s path back to faith, the honor affirms the craft and depth behind the screenplay — recognition from a region of the world with its own rich and storied cinematic tradition.

About the Eastern Europe Film Festival

The Eastern Europe Film Festival operates as a monthly competitive festival in Craiova, Romania, honoring the memory and legacy of acclaimed Romanian actor Ilie Gheorghe. As a multi-national entity, it draws submissions from filmmakers and screenwriters across the region and beyond, contributing to a broader and increasingly vibrant festival landscape across Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2025 — alongside events like the Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival in Glasgow, Scotland, and the Eastern Neighbors Film Festival in The Hague, Netherlands, both of which spotlighted the depth of storytelling emerging from the region this year.

A Growing International Legacy

The Eastern Europe Film Festival honor adds to the remarkable and ever-expanding list of international recognitions for Heroes from Heaven: Battleground Earth — a screenplay that has now been honored or selected across festivals spanning every inhabited continent, from Greece, Rome, Madrid, London, and Cannes to Buenos Aires, Kigali, Phnom Penh, and now Craiova. Each new honor continues to affirm what audiences and juries around the world have discovered: this is a story, and a piece of writing, built to resonate everywhere.

Heroes from Heaven: Battleground Earth is currently in development and actively seeking production and distribution partners. For more information visit www.heroesfromheaventhemovie.com or contact Dr. Scott Glenn

Heroes from Heaven: Battleground Earth received a Special Award for Best Screenwriting at the Eastern Europe Film Festival in Craiova, Romania.