SIRI HUSTVEDT – DANCE AROUND THE SELF
documentary, Germany & Switzerland, 2023-2025, 110 min.
Director Sabine Lidl
Production Medea Film Factory & Dschoint Ventschr
Cinematographer Meret Madörin & Filip Zumbrunn
Editor Maxine Goedicke
Music Balz Bachmann
Distributor X-Verleih
→ World Premiere at Berlinale, 76. Berlin International Film Festival
→ Cinema release in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, April 2026
→ Cinema release in Skandinavia September 2026
AWARDS & NOMINATION
Award BEST DOCUMENTARY, Deutscher Filmpreis, 2026
Nomination BEST EDITING, Deutscher Filmpreis, 2026
SYNOPSIS
Sabine Lidl presents Siri Hustvedt’s journey from her first novel to being a leading voice in contemporary literature – a film about feminist perspectives, Hustvedt’s soulmate Paul Auster, and the power of thought.
(Berlinale)
FESTIVALS
76. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Berlinale), Panorama, 2026
CPH:DOX, 2026
DOK.Fest Munich, 2026
Doc New York, 2026
66th Krakow Film Festival, 2026
53rd Film Fest Gent, 2026
Way Out West, Nordic Premiere, 2026
24° doclisboa Festival internacional de cinema, 2026
21. Rome Film Fest, 2026
28th Festival do Rio - Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, 2026
