Sr. Stanislava Francesca Šimuniová (*1973) - Abbess of Abbey Venio, Czech Republic: She studied special education at Charles University Prague, she has undergone psychotherapeutic training, she worked with seniors and handicapped people. Currently she studies Ethics at the Jesuite philosophic school in Munich, Bavaria. She lives in a Benedictine community where all sisters have also a civil occupation - until becoming abbess, she worked for a non-profit organization. Sr. Francesca is often invited to Czech medias as one of the few of the members the Czech Catholic Church who are able to present faith and devoted life/church to a wide public. She speaks German, English and Russian, learns Italian and Turkish. She is interested in film, theatre, politics and philosophy.
Abbess and special education teacher
Country of origin
Tschechische Rebublik
Festivals
Current issues
Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.
Events
16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin