Barbara Hammer at Berlinale
The Berlinale ended the 15th of February and I am pleased to report that Barbara Hammer’s short film A HORSE IS NOT A METAPHOR got the Teddy Award for Best Short. I am told we can read and see it in the Feb. 13 online video at Berlinale. If someone finds the link, forward it to me so I can post it. I first met Barbara Hammer at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival (my FIRST Sundance) following a panel discussion. She was inspiring and insightful. That year, Sundance programmed her film TENDER FICTIONS.
The links are in!
The link for the film is:
http://www.teddyaward.tv/2009/popup/video.asp?OzIID=18345&ObjKatID=125&ThemaKatID=1072
The link for the interview with Barbara is:
http://www.teddyaward.tv/2009/popup/video.asp?OzIID=18349&ObjKatID=125&ThemaKatID=1072
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According to the Berlinale Catalog, “Filmmaker Barbara Hammer fights ovarian cancer with visions of horseback riding and river swimming in her new experimental film A Horse Is Not A Metaphor. Hammer says she is a “cancer thriver as well as survivor” in this hopeful and densely layered personal work with music by composer Meredith Monk.”
