WINNERS NYC 2026

🏆 Follow Your Heart Film Festival

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Official Winners

✨ Main Awards

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Special Guest of the Festival
Unknown Vysotsky: A Truthful Story — Anatoliy Balchev

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Best Feature Film
Qazhymuqan (Kazakhstan) — directed by Kanagat Mustafin

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Best Short Film
Pome (United States) — directed by Horaine Harbin

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Best Director
Horaine Harbin (Pome)

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Special Jury Award
Upside Down on Long Island (United States) — directed by David Musolf

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Best Actress
Malena Sadaka

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Audience Choice Award
Malena Sadaka

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Best Cinematography
The Lullaby — Colin Glascott

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Best AI Film
Hop(i)e

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Best Comedy
Ornithomancy

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Best Color Grading
Run the Show (Colombia / Spain)

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Best Costume Design
Run the Show (Colombia / Spain)

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Best Story Concept
Infinity (Syrian Arab Republic)