Barbara Forever

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Barbara Forever

Q&A with filmmaker Brydie O'Connor, producer Elijah Stevens & editor Matt Hixon

2026. 102 m. Brydie O'Connor. Independent. US. English. Rated NR.

Winner of the Jonathan Oppenheimer editing award at Sundance and the Teddy award at Berlinale

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 a tribute and an extension of her legacy.

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"It often feels like a Barbara Hammer film itself while evolving into a sharp, clever montage that moves fast and entertains throughout. It’s funny and disarming and, ultimately, quietly uplifting."
Dan Mecca, The Film Stage

"Barbara Forever stands as a confident feature documentary for its filmmaker, yet also as a singular artistic statement after Hammer that should add new admirers for her work."
Murtada Elfadl, Variety

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Q&A with filmmaker Brydie O'Connor producer Elijah Stevens and editor Matt Hixon

Monday, Aug. 31 2026, 7:00

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Brydie O’Connor is a Kansas-born, NYC based filmmaker. Her work activates archives through queering storytelling structures within the nonfiction space. Brydie’s work has been presented at Sundance, Berlinale, BFI, Le Centre Pompidou, and The Museum of Modern Art, among other festivals and galleries worldwide. Her debut feature documentary, BARBARA FOREVER, was awarded the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, and won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary at the 2026 Berlinale. Brydie also received the Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker at the 64th Ann Arbor Film Festival. Brydie was selected as the recipient of the Creative Capital State of the Art Prize for New York (2026), the Hulu/Kartemquin Accelerator (2023), and she was an inaugural fellow in the UFO Film Lab (2023-2024) in residence at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). Her work has been supported by NYSCA, New York Foundation for the Arts, Frameline, Dok.Leipzig, Ji.hlava IDFF, Cinéma du Réel, and others. 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.
Elijah Stevens is a documentary producer based in New York City. He has produced Time and Water (Sundance 2026), Barbara Forever (Sundance 2026) which won the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award at Sundance and Teddy Award at Berlinale, Landscapes of Memory (True/False 2026), and Humboldt USA (Visions du Réel 2026). He associate produced Hollywoodgate (Venice 2023; BBC Storyville), King Coal (Sundance 2023, POV), and the Oscar-nominated Fire of Love (Sundance 2022, National Geographic Documentary Films), amongst other credits. Elijah’s work has been supported by Sundance, IDA, the Inmaat Foundation, IDFA, DOK Leipzig, The Gotham, DocsBarcelona, DOC NYC, DOK.Forum, and Ji.hlava, among others. Elijah was a 2019-2020 fellow in the UnionDocs Collaborative Studio, and is a 2025-26 Sundance Producers Lab fellow.
Matt Hixon is a New York-based editor. His recent work includes the Venice GoldenLion winner and Oscar-nominated All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022), on which he was an associate editor, and GIRLS STATE (Emmy winning, Sundance 2024). He also edited Brydie O’Connor’s short Love, Barbara (2022), which premiered at Santa Barbara International Film Festival and won the Grand Jury prize at Outfest. He also works in narrative film and music videos.