Barbara Forever (2026) Trailer

Video (2:03): Barbara Forever (2026) Trailer. Barbara Forever is an archive-driven exploration of the life, work, and legacy of iconic, pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer (1939-2019).

[The copyright of the video above remains with the original holder and it is used here for the purpose of education, comparison and criticism only.]

Documentary film: Barbara Forever (2026)
Directed by Brydie O’Connor and executive produced by Christine Vachon.
Running time: 101 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
American premiere: The film premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award.
International premiere: on February 15, 2026 the film premiered at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a Tedy Award as the best queer documentary.

Lesbian feminist filmmaker and artist, pioneer of experimental queer cinema, Barbara Hammer (May 15, 1939 – March 16, 2019) made an abundant amount of work throughout her life – from moving image works that include Dyketactics (1974), Audience (1982) and Nitrate Kisses (1992), to performances, installations, photographs, collages, and drawings. In Barbara Forever Brydie O’Connor presents the story of Barbara’s urge to create films about her life as a lesbian with hitherto unseen archive material, with Barbara’s narrative voice and with her life partner Florrie Burke.

Related Link

Interview with Brydie O’Connor, “BARBARA FOREVER”

Artist statement by Barbara Hammer

Trailer: Love, Barbara (2022) | Lesbian Documentary by Brydie O’Connor and Florrie Burke.