Director Brydie O'Connor's documentary "Barbara Forever," winner of the Zinegoak 2026 Grand Prix
The work, which explores the life, work and legacy of renowned filmmaker Barbara Hammer through her archive material, has been the most prominent film of this year's edition, winning three different awards.
Brydie O'Connor's documentary Barbara Forever has won the Zinegoak Grand Prix, sponsored by EITB and endowed with 4,000 euros, a work that explores the life, work and legacy of the iconic and pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer based on her archive material.
Zinegoak, the LGTBIQ+ Bilbao Film and Performing Arts Festival, announced on Monday the palmaris of this year's edition, in which the jury highlighted the "poetic language, honesty and humor" of this award-winning work, as well as "the tenderness it generates by subtly entering the life of filmmaker Barbara Hammer. "
In addition to this recognition, he has also won the DOC category of the Official Section. In this case, the jury has valued his ability to "count from the individual and at the same time make present the historical and collective of an era and a community."
He has also won the Lesbianism and Gender Award, awarded with 3,000 euros, sponsored by the Equality Area of the Bilbao City Council. The jury stresses that "at a time when memory is so important, it is essential to bear witness to a life that is not hegemonic and has never been. The film is a recognition of this pioneer of lesbian and experimental feminist cinema."
The Lesbianism and Gender Jury has made special mention of Divine Sung 's film, Summer's Camera, because it "narrates in a moving way the discovery of the protagonist's identity, which through photography also finds a way to understand his father's personality."
Complete palmarés de Zinegoak 2026
- Zinegoak Grand Prix: Barbara Foreverby Brydie O'Connor.
- Official Section DOC category: Barbara Foreverby Brydie O'Connor.
- Lesbianism and Gender Award: Barbara Foreverby Brydie O'Connor. Special mention for Summer's Camera by Divine Sung.
- FIK category: The Crowddirected by Sahand Kabiri. Special mention for 3670 by Joonho Park.
- Diversity and Human Rights Award: The Crowd.
- KRAK section: Directedby Bouchra, Meriem Bennani and Moroccan creator Orian Barki.
- Audience Award: Seuls les poissons morts suivent le courant by Christophe Gomes (Only The Dead Fish Go With The Flow).
- Young Jury Award, directed by Skin Flick, Louise Bailly, Daniela Del Castello, Alice Levy, Bruno De Mendonca, Elifsu Meric and Joey Quoc Tran.
- Senior Jury Award: Januari (January)by Jetske Lieber.
- Jury Awards of the Union of Basque Actors:
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- Best Feature Fiction Performance: Femke Vanhove, Skiff.
- Sarah Al Saleh, Alina Juhart, Mina Milovanovic and Mia Skrbinac, Fantasy, with special mention for Xara Kyriazi and Pamela Oikonomaki, protagonists of Bearcave .
- ZG PRO Laboratory Award: L'Eultima Estesa, directed by Aina Palomer Sitjà.
- Music Library ZG PRO Award for Carolina Alamino's Crazy Cat.
- SSIFF ZG PRO Award: MikelRueda's Solo.
- Neurads Award: Cupid and other archersby Eric Rodriguez.
- ZG Extension Jury Award: The Wind In Ash , a short film directed by Kun Sun.
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