The 1st INTERFILM Jury at the Film Festival Venice – Elisabetta Ribet, Italy, Susanne W. Yngvesson, Sweden, and Karsten Visarius, Germany (President) – has chosen the film "Girimunho" (Swirl, Brasil, Spain, Germany 2011) directed by Helvécio Marins Jr. and Clarissa Campolina as winner of the INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue 2011.

The jury watched a selection of films across the official sections of the festival. "Girimunho" was screened in the Orizzonti competition.

The film tells the story of Bastu, an 81 years old woman living in a little Brazilian village, who has to deal with the death of her husband. By choosing a character who is wise, humorous, sensitive, and autonomous, the film offers a message which integrates life and death, individuality and social relationships. Through a delicate cinematography of lights and shadows, music and sounds, the film adopts a liberating perspective which shows religious practices and beliefs as essential dimensions of life.

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Festival information

Press conference with the directors of "Girimunho"