AWARD OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
The Ecumenical Jury at the 58th International Short Film Days Oberhausen has chosen as winner of the Church Film Prize, endowed with 1.500.- € by the Evangelical Parish Oberhausen and the Catholic Film Acitivities in Germany, the film
Odete
by Clarissa Campolina, Ivo Lopes Araújo, Luiz Pretti, Brazil 2012
Motivation: A life without relationships is reduced to mere existence. Clarissa Campolina, Ivo Lopes Araújo and Luiz Pretty sketch a complex mother-daughter-relationship in their film. In carefully composed images, the directors reveal the inner limitations of Odete and her mother.
Members of the jury:
Irina Grassmann (Frankfurt/M, Germany)
Theresia Merz (Linz, Austria)
Dominique Schneider (Zurich, Switzerland)
Eberhard Streier (Jury President, Essen, Germany)
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