Dallas Takes Notice: Heroes from Heaven Named Quarter Finalist at the Academy Award-Qualifying Dallas International Film Festival

The international journey of Heroes from Heaven: Battleground Earth has reached one of America’s most prestigious film events. The faith-based action epic screenplay by Dr. Scott Glenn and Geoffrey D. Calhoun advanced to the Quarter Finals at the 19th Annual Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) — an Academy Award-qualifying festival and one of the most respected independent film events in the United States.

About the Recognition

Reaching the Quarter Finals at an Academy Award-qualifying festival is a significant achievement in a highly competitive field. DIFF draws submissions from filmmakers and screenwriters across the country and around the world, and advancing through the competition’s early rounds places Heroes from Heaven among a select group of projects recognized for the quality and potential of their work. For a screenplay that has already earned honors across every inhabited continent, Quarter Finalist standing at an Oscar-qualifying American festival adds an important domestic credential to an extraordinary international record.

About the Dallas International Film Festival

The 19th Annual Dallas International Film Festival took place from April 25 to May 1, 2025, with screenings, screenwriting competitions, and filmmaker panels hosted across some of Dallas’s most iconic venues — including the Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas Victory Park, the AT&T Discovery District, the Harwood District, the historic Texas Theatre, and Virgin Hotels Dallas. As an Academy Award-qualifying festival, DIFF holds a unique and important place in the American independent film calendar, providing a genuine pathway toward Hollywood recognition for the films and screenwriters it champions.

A Growing International Legacy

The Dallas recognition joins an extraordinary and ever-expanding list of international and domestic honors for Heroes from Heaven: Battleground Earth — a screenplay now recognized across festivals spanning every inhabited continent, from Greece, Rome, Madrid, Cannes, London, and Oxford to Buenos Aires, Kigali, Phnom Penh, Craiova, Stockholm, Milan, and now Dallas. Each new recognition continues to build the compelling case for what audiences and juries worldwide have already affirmed — this story is ready for the screen.

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 was named a Quarter Finalist at the 19th Annual Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF), an Academy Award-qualifying festival, held April 25 to May 1, 2025, in Dallas, Texas.