Over the Hill gets honorable mention from Nipkow Jury

We're happy to announce that Sunny Bergman has received the honorable mention from the Nipkow Jury for her personal engagement in the documentary Over the Hill. These annual awards for the best radio and TV productions will be presented on May 31 in Amsterdam. The expert jury of radio and TV critics chose Over the Hill because they found it to be an outstanding documentary, but also because "the film serves as an example of old-fashioned, committed journalism and performs an act that is cultural and political as well."

According to the jury's statement, "In Sunny Bergman's documentaries, things often revolve around her own life. In some cases, that would run the risk of becoming narcissistic, but Bergman always succeeds in addressing broad and important problems by means of her own experiences. Over the Hill is a prime example: she makes herself both literally and metaphorically vulnerable and in the process, shows how the development of new photo and medical techniques contribute much more to women's misfortune than to their happiness."