class User(models.Model):
    id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    username = models.CharField(unique=True, max_length=120,blank=False)
    password = models.CharField(max_length=120, blank=True, null=False)

class Record(models.Model):

    id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    name = models.CharField(max_length=120, unique=True, blank=True)
    followers = models.ManyToManyField(User, through='Follow')

class Record(models.Model):

    id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    record = models.ForeignKey(Record)
    user = models.ForeignKey(User)
    date_followed = models.DateField(null=True, blank=True)

{% for i in records %}

  {% if i.follow.filter(id='1').first() %}
    DO SOMETHING
  {% endif %}

{% endfor %}

TemplateSyntaxError at /records/
Could not parse the remainder: '(id='1').first()' from 'i.follow.filter(id='1').first()'

>>> x = Record.objects.first()
>>> x.followers.filter(id='1').first()
  <User: User object>

{% for i in accounts %}

  {% if i.follow.filter_by(user_id='1').first() %}
    DO SOMETHING
  {% endif %}

{% endfor %}