Winner:

Best Short Film, Best Actress - Follow Your Heart Film Festival

Press & Reviews: “Yulia showing so much hope and telling that other woman she would find her sister for her, only for Yulia to learn that she's not being released but transferred to another detention center is such a well-scripted and emotionally gutting moment. The script has nice pacing and packs a punch without overly sensationalizing its heavy subject matter.” — Lindsey Smith, DWF/NY Programming Chair, Narrative Shorts

Susanna Alperina, one of Russia’s leading film critics, notedthat
“Darya Ekamasova’s sixteen years of professional piano training became an essential foundation for her role in Timelessness.”

News Articles: USReporter.com

We are proud to congratulate the film “Timelessness”, the Winner of the Main Award — Best Film at the Follow Your Heart Film Festival 2026.
The film was also honored with a second award for Best Actress, awarded to Darya Ekamasova for a powerful, subtle, and deeply affecting performance that resonates long after the screening. Our sincere congratulations to the director, Sasha Timan, for a bold artistic vision, precision of storytelling, and the courage to address complex themes with honesty and depth. We extend our congratulations to the entire creative team for their tremendous work, artistic integrity, emotional intensity, and fearless cinematic language.
“Timelessness” is a film that speaks with quiet strength, sharp insight, and profound humanity — a work that truly embodies the spirit of the festival.

Thank you for a film that deservedly became the winner of the festival’s highest honors.

- Follow Your Heart Film Festival 2026