{"id":475094,"date":"2026-05-08T17:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/475094\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:28:18","slug":"kristen-stewart-comes-on-board-barbara-forever-as-strand-nabs-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/475094\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Stewart Comes on Board ‘Barbara Forever’ as Strand Nabs Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tKristen Stewart<\/a> has come on board Brydie O\u2019Connor\u2019s documentary \u201cBarbara Forever\u201d as an executive producer as Strand Releasing<\/a> acquires all North American rights to the film, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival followed by its international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film, which chronicles the life and career of filmmaker Barbara Hammer, was produced by Space Time Films with Christine Vachon and Killer Films serving as executive producer. Stewart has also joined as an executive producer, alongside Dylan Meyer and Maggie McLean, with their company Nevermind Pictures.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTheir involvement reflects a dedication to Barbara Hammer\u2019s radical legacy of experimental and inherently political filmmaking that defiantly reshapes the way we look at cinema, queerness and ourselves,\u201d said Strand.<\/p>\n

\n\tNevermind Pictures said in a joint statement, \u201cBarbara\u2019s work has left an immeasurable imprint on us as artists and as people. She struggled to find the acknowledgement she deserved in life, and we are sick with pride to be able to help shine a spotlight on her now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe distribution deal was done between Jon Gerrans of Strand Releasing and Isadora Johnson of Cinetic on behalf of the filmmakers.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be working with Brydie and the team, this is a very special project as Barbara Hammer was a dear colleague of Strand\u2019s as we did her first theatrical release, \u2018Nitrate Kisses,\u2019 during our formative years. Barbara was and will always be one of the artists who helped define our company,\u201d said Gerrans.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cStrand has long been a home for the kind of bold, independent, and intimately personal cinema that Barbara helped define,\u201d said O\u2019Connor. \u201cWe\u2019re so excited to be partnering with a team that not only sees the vision of the film, but understands how vital it is to bring Barbara Hammer\u2019s artistic legacy to audiences now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tStrand Releasing and Killer Films have previously collaborated on such acclaimed films as Nigel Finch\u2019s \u201cStonewall,\u201d Cindy Sherman\u2019s \u201cOffice Killer\u201d and Bruce Wagner\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m Losing You.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c \u2018Barbara Forever\u2019 is a perfect film for Strand Releasing and Killer Films to be reunited on, it weaves together so much history that has occurred during the formation of the New Queer Cinema and our long-term friendship. \u2018Barbara Forever\u2019 captures the spirit and soul of Barbara and her legacy,\u201d said Marcus Hu, co-president of Strand Releasing.<\/p>\n

\n\tStrand plans for a national fall release launching with a theatrical run at Film Forum in New York on Sept. 4, before going wide.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBarbara Forever\u201d won the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award at Sundance and the Teddy Award for Best Documentary at Berlinale, and has gone on to screen at major festivals including Thessaloniki, Full Frame and Hot Docs.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt was produced by Elijah Stevens of Space Time Films, O\u2019Connor and Claire Edelman of Killer Films. The film was co-produced by Kartemquin Films and co-executive produced by Kathryn A. Taylor and Marcela Davison Avil\u00e9s of TomKat Media.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film is represented for international sales by MetFilm Sales, who will present the title to buyers at the March\u00e9 du film at Cannes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kristen Stewart has come on board Brydie O\u2019Connor\u2019s documentary \u201cBarbara Forever\u201d as an executive producer as Strand Releasing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,9985,18,117,19,17,16854,206331],"class_list":{"0":"post-475094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-documentaries-to-watch","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-kristen-stewart","15":"tag-strand-releasing"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116540139772365818","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}