BARBARA FOREVER wins key awards at Sundance and Berlinale

Brydie O'Connor’s kaleidoscopic, archival portrait of pioneering queer filmmaker Barbara Hammer recently world premiered at Sundance and international premiered at Berlinale, winning key awards at both festivals! 

At Sundance, the film and our editor Matt Hixon won the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award. In their statement, the jury said “Drawing on an artist’s deep archive of original work and forming exquisite connections between history and biography, art and life, this intimate and expansive portrait gives a pioneering figure in queer experimental filmmaking her rightful due.”

At Berlinale, the film won the prestigious queer film honor, the Teddy Award, for Best Documentary/Essay Film. 

We are so honored to receive these incredible awards, which recognize the artistry and cultural importance of BARBARA FOREVER. In her acceptance speech for the Teddy, director Brydie O’Connor highlighted Barbara Hammer’s own past Teddy wins, and the beautiful legacy that this film, and this award, honors. 

BARBARA FOREVER’s festival run continues with some amazing upcoming fests, including -

True/False - March 6-9 

BFI Flare - March 27-28

For more announcements, please follow @barbaraforeverfilm on Instagram.