BERRY HAHN

MDAG Industry Guest

Berry Hahn represents author-driven fiction and documentary features at Square Eyes, sales company which helps outstanding non-mainstream films find the audience and recognition they deserve. Regularly serving as jury member and decision maker on various international events, she has been actively involved in supporting emerging storytellers shaping a strong film ecosystem between the Global South and North. Berry was previously on Generation Africa, a STEPS pan-African collection of documentaries about migration experienced by African youth, and a Producer on Mzansi in the time of Covid-19, a collection exploring the pandemic's impact on marginalized South African communities. In 2021, she was a film programmer on feature documentaries for the Durban International Film Festival. Berry is a 2024 Getting Real alumna as well as a Realness Institute alumna, she participated to U30 in 2023 with Locarno Pro and to the Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy in 2021. Berry is a proud member of the Documentary Association of Europe and International Documentary Association.