Barbara Forever

2026 • 102’ • USA

"A veritable goldmine of queer cinema [...] , and a film worthy of its peerless subject."
- Indiewire

BARBARA FOREVER is an expansive, immersive exploration of the life, work, and ongoing cultural impact of filmmaker Barbara Hammer – a pioneering artist who lived boldly, created urgently, and transformed cinema through her singular vision. Her films were an extension of herself: sensual, experimental, and unapologetically lesbian, rooted in a profound desire for connection and an insistence on telling her own story. Driven by her canon of over eighty films,a vast collection of unreleased archival materials, and extensive audio interviews, Brydie O’Connor’s portrait allows for Hammer’s voice and images to shine through, becoming both atribute and an extension of her legacy.

Director:
Brydie O’Connor

Producers:
Elijah Stevens, Brydie O’Connor, Claire Edelman

Executive Producer:
Christine Vachon

Editor:
Matt Hixon

Composer:
Taul Katz

Festivals:
Sundance Film Festival 2026 – Winner: Joshua Oppenheimer Editing Award
Berlinale 2026 - Winner: Teddy Award - Best Documentary Film
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2026
Green Mountain Film Festival 2026
True/False 2026
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival 2026 - Winner: Mermaid Award
Ann Arbour Film Festival 2026 - Winner: Tom Berman Award
Sonomal International Film Festival 2026
Salem Film Festival 2026
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2026
BFI Flare 2026
Cleveland International Film Festival 2026

Filmmaker’s Biography:

Brydie O’Connor (she/her) is a Kansas-born, New York-based filmmaker. Her work activates archives through queering storytelling structures within the nonfiction space. Her past work includes the documentary shorts THE ROAMING CENTER FOR MAGNETIC ALTERNATIVES (2025), THE FAULT LINE (2025), and LOVE, BARBARA (2022), which was nominated for an IDA Award. Brydie’s work has been supported by Frameline, Hot Docs, Cinéma du Réel, New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Stonewall Foundation, and has been presented at The Museum of Modern Art, BFI, and DOC NYC, among other festivals and galleries worldwide. Most recently, Brydie was selected as the recipient of the Creative Capital State of the Art Prize for New York (2026) and the Hulu/Kartemquin Accelerator award (2023). She is a graduate of The George Washington University, and has developed her work at the Provincetown Film Society LGBTQ+ Filmmakers Residency (2024) and the On:View Residency (2024) in Savannah, GA.