The winners of the National Film Award "Heroes of a big Country" have been named

On February 12, a solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the National Film Award "Heroes of a Big Country", which was held with the support of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives, took place at the Rossiya National Center in Moscow.

Before the award ceremony, a two-day forum "Heroes of a big Country" was traditionally held. Its central theme is the image of the hero. In particular, the discussions of the semantic center "Heroes and Cinematic Universes 2030" and the foresight session "The value matrix of the hero of cinema 2030" were devoted to her. Actor Viktor Khorinyak believes that this is one of the most important topics not only in cinema, but also in everyone's life.

"We are constantly trying to figure out who he is — the hero of our time, who we want to look up to, who we want to be like, who we want to enjoy with our children. This question is always lively and very subjective. For everyone, the hero will be his own. Therefore, it is more correct not to "find the only answer", but to ask this question all the time and look for your own," Khorinyak noted.

This year, over 500 applications were submitted for the film award. The shortlist includes 55 projects. The artistic and documentary projects, TV series and animated works presented this year for the Heroes of a Big Country film award were evaluated by an expert jury led by the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Ural Federal District, Artyom Zhoga.

Actor Vladimir Steklov shared his impressions of his work as a member of the jury. He noted that this is a very difficult, but also an exciting experience.

"The volume alone does not allow us to treat the viewing superficially, and to analyze everything scrupulously is really a lot of work. Some projects have left a very strong impression on me and on other people. And here the word "evaluate" does not fit: I either enjoyed watching it, or, let's just say, I remained an attentive viewer," said Steklov.

In a solemn atmosphere on the evening of February 12, the country learned the names of the winners of the National Film Award "Heroes of a Big Country" in 2026. They became them in the following categories::

• Heroes Defenders - "At the Edge of the Abyss", directed by Maxim Fadeev
• Parenting Heroes — "To Grandpa's Village," directed by Vlad Bogush
• Family Heroes — "10 Days to Spring", directed by Kim Druzhinin
• Heroes — builders of the future — "Catherine the Great", directed by Morad Abdel-Fattah
• Heroes of Science and Technology — "Berlin Heat", produced by Dmitry Pristanskov
• Man of Labor — "Point of Attraction", directed by Alexey Nemov
• The heroes of SVO — "Volunteer", authors and producers: Georgy Berzeniya and Said Barganjiya
• History and meanings — "Not on the list," directed by Sergey Korotaev
• Service and Honor — "The Committee", directed by Mikhail Wasserbaum
• Dreams of the future — "One Good Day", directed by Kirill Belevich

• Youth Jury Prize — "My Friend, the Cat and Pushkin", Directed by Elena Mikhailova (alias Alyona Mikhailova)
• The best children's film project is "Curious Varvara", directed by Yuri Korobeynikov
• The best animation project is "Heroes of the Arctic", directed by Alexey Zamyslov
• The best short film is "The Rear Guards of the Russian Federation", director of photography, director of editing for Irkutsk — Vasily Mishchenko, director of photography for Dzerzhinsk Damir Miftakhov
• The best documentary project is "She. Tatiana Navka, directed by Angelina Ashman
• Best Director — "Blood Type", directed by Maxim Brius
• Best Screenplay — "Warsaw 21", directed by Felix Gerchikov, screenwriters: Renat Khairullin, Maxim Deputov, Mikhail Volobuyev
• Best Feature Film — "Red Silk", directed by Andrey Volgin
• Best Game series — "Dear Willy", directed by Vladimir Shchegolkov
• The prize for creating the image of the hero is "Lilies of the Valley. Such a tender love," directed by Alexander Karpilovsky
• The best film project is "Lilies of the Valley. Such a tender love," directed by Alexander Karpilovsky

"The Film Award sets the highest bar for evaluating projects of modern Russian cinema. Not many projects work with values consciously rather than intuitively. Our mission is to launch a dialogue about the content and quality of the art form, about the impact of content on the viewer and on the development of the country. And it's not just the winners who need the prize.: It is necessary for the entire industry as a tool for optical reconciliation and an incentive for growth," said Mikhail Churbanov, general producer of the film Award, commenting on the results.

Co-organizers: the National Center "Russia", the ArtMasters Human Rights Center, the STRANA Foundation for the Development of Culture and Cinematography, Strana Studio, the SHCHASTYA Production Center.

Strategic partners: The Workshop of New Media, the Scientific project "DNA of Russia", leading media holdings and online platforms, the Movement of the First, the Russian Ministry of Defense, Rossotrudnichestvo, FADN (House of the Peoples of Russia), the Youth Department, the Union of Fathers.

Partners: OKKO, KION, Insight People, Moskino, Motivating Lessons Research Institute of the Military Industrial Complex, RAKIB, Your Move, SPBGIKIT, IZH.

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