Heartland (2021)
A woman attempts to immortalize her dying grandfather using VR technology, but her obsession with documenting begins to push them apart.




Press and Recognition
36th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival
The WORLD PREMIERE of “Heartland” will be at the Academy Award qualifying Santa Barbara International Film Festival!
AUDPOP’S 2021 Women's Film Challenge Winner
Heartland has been awarded the 1st place prize in AudPop’s annual Women’s History Month, Women’s Film Challenge!
Awards
Indy Shorts International Film Festival, Audience Award
American Black Film Festival, American Airlines Best of Fest
Miami International Sci-fi Film Festival, Best Student Short
Atlanta Sci-fi Film Festival, Best Live Action Short
AudPop’s Women’s Film Challange Competition
Selection of Screenings
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Austin Film Festival, Best Student Film Nominee
BlackStar Film Festival, Starz Award for Best Speculative Fiction Nominee
St. Louis International Film Festival
LA Shorts International Film Festival
Nitehawk Shorts Festival
Boston Sci-fi Film Festival
Sci-fi London Film Festival
Toronto Shorts International Film Festival
Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival
Dam Short Film Festival
Hammer Museum Short Film Showcase
Museum of the Moving Image Black Speculative Fiction Festival
Museum of Pop Culture and Langston Seattle Afrofuturism Series
Cast
Haskell V Anderson III
Maxine Goynes
Mia Mollicone