Three WMM filmmakers won awards at the prestigious 76th Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival!
Made with support from the WMM Production Assistance (PA) Program, BARBARA FOREVER directed by Brydie O’Connor won the esteemed Teddy Award for Best Documentary/Essay Film. BARBARA FOREVER takes an exclusive look at the iconic life, work, & legacy of pioneering lesbian experimental filmmaker, Barbara Hammer, tracing her prolific canon alongside never-before-seen documentations of her life and body, to reveal Hammer’s unconventional attempts to live on forever. This win for BARBARA FOREVER represents a full-circle moment for Women Make Movies and our history: WATERMELON WOMAN (dir. Cheryl Dunye), another film supported by our Production Assistance Program, won the inaugural the Teddy award 40 years ago and was screened at this year’s festival to celebrate that milestone.
Additionally, Program Alum Fanny Texier took home the Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) for her film A WOMAN’S PLACE IS EVERYWHERE, and alums Alisa Kovalenko & Marysia Nikitiuk received the Panorama Audience Award – Documentary Film for their new film TRACES.
Congratulations to our filmmakers!
