WINNERS MIAMI 2026
🏆 Follow Your Heart Film Festival
Official Winners
✨ Main Awards
Grand Prix – Best Film
Timelessness - directed by Sasha Timan
Best Actress
Darya Yekamasova (Timelessness)
Best Actor
Artur Ignatenko (Some Like It)
Best Director & Best Producer
For I Am Dead - directed by Patricia Delso Lucas
Best Cinematography
Local Warming — directed by Manuel Barbi
Best Production Design
The Feed — Amber Gray
Best Original Soundtrack
Finders Keepers - music Evan Dibbs
🎬 Feature & Special Recognition
Best Drama
ToNovosibirsk - directed by Sasha Korbut
Special Jury Prize
TGWC LIFF Export
Best Documentary Film & Best Foreign Language Film
Between Waves and Steps — directed by Sofia Fernandez Lavin
🎧 Craft & Technical Excellence
Best Sound Design
What Are We?
Sound Designer: Douglas Widick
Music Consultant: James Brown
Best Makeup & Hair
Maddie Neusel (What Are We?)
Best Show
iRis Inside
🌟 Shorts, Youth & Emerging Voices
Best Super Short Film
Matthew 4:08 — directed by Dmitriy Umanskiy
Best Young Actor
Bottles — directed by Yassine El Idrissi
Best Student Film
Mr. Hugo's Reflections on Yesterday's Love — directed by Luan Cruz dos Santos
Best Animation
Tinku — directed by Román Nina Nina
👗 Fashion & Music
Best Costume Design:
Love Is Stronger Than Hate - directed by Yoey Garfield
Best Music Video
I AM ETERNATURA – Lean On Me
Best Fashion Video
La Bruna — directed by Davude Micciulla
We would like to express our deepest and most heartfelt gratitude for your invaluable contribution to cinema and visual arts, and for the dedication, passion, and hard work you bring to your craft.
We are truly proud of your work and wish you tremendous success on your cinematic journey. We know that every single person involved in the team is incredibly important, and that each project is created with unity, care, and wholehearted commitment.
We understand how much strength, love, time, and soul you invest in your films — how much you give of yourselves to bring these stories to life. Your devotion does not go unnoticed, and it is precisely this sincerity that makes your work so meaningful and powerful.
We look forward with great joy to seeing your future projects at our upcoming festivals.
Wishing you great achievements, inspiration, and continued success!
With respect and appreciation,
Follow Your Heart Film Festival ©
