Congrats 2022 Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2022 Deep in the Heart Film Festival Award Winners
Genre Awards
Best Drama Short: Kalamiti
Best Horror/Thriller Short: Cutter
Best Documentary Short: Riding the Shadow
Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi Short: Telos
Best Family Short: Nickels
Best Comedy Short: We All Die Alone
Best Music Video: Bones
Craft Awards
Best Director - Short: Vaishali Naik - 7 Star Dinosor Entertainment
Best Editing - Short: Dream Carriers
Best Cinematography - Short: Specter of Weeping Hill
Best Comedic Performance - Short: Joe Grisaffi - Joe Returns a Video
Best Performance - Dramatic Short: Rhona Rees - FREYA
Best Screenplay - Short: Cruise
Screenplay Contest - Best Script: The Audition
Screenplay Contest - Honorable Mention: Blood Spattered Pearls
Festival Awards
Best Texas - Short: First Impressions
Best United States - Short: Out of Tune
Best Student - Short: Saving Salvador
Best Foreign - Short: Kafkas
Special Jury Award: Ill Fated
Special Jury Award: Jettison
Special Jury Award: Man Seeking Man
Special Jury Award: Where the Winds Die
Best Short Film: Bainne
Audience Award - Short Film: The Tale of the Daughter
Feature Film Awards
Best Director: Micah Stathis - The Sisters Karras
Best Performance: Juliet Landau - A Place Among the Dead
Best Documentary Feature: One Pint at a Time
Best Feature Film: One Pint at a Time
Audience Award: One Pint at a Time
Nominations
Shorts Genre Award Nominees
Shorts Craft award Nominees
Shorts Festival award Nominees
Feature Festival Award Nominees
Awards Brunch
VIP Pass holders and Filmmakers are invited to join us at the Waco Heart of Texas Awards Brunch. We’ll celebrate the end of the festival with free Breakfast Tacos and we will announce the winners of these awards. Details available here.
Please note ALL OFFICIAL SELECTIONS are also in consideration for the festival Special Jury Awards AND the Audience Award.