Filmmaker and visual artist Miriam Bajtala is honoured with this year’s BMWKMS Outstanding Artist Award for Innovative Film. The accompanying statement highlights her “distinctive artistic style and formal consistency, through which she expands the possibilities of film and translates socially relevant themes into a unique aesthetic film language. Many of her films explore who is heard and seen, and how images have an impact on social inequalities. In doing so, she also brings invisible labor—such as care work, migrant labor, and artistic labor—and their structural conditions to light. Her latest film, Becoming Outline, in particular, is both impressive and moving. Bajtala combines autobiographical material with performative elements to create an extraordinary cinematic experience.”
sixpackfilm has had the pleasure to collaborate with Miriam as festival and theatrical distributor since the 2000s. We are extremely happy about this recognition—and we extend our heartfelt congratulations to all the award winners!
Photo: Natascha Unkart
