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
An interfaith film jury, including an INTERFILM representative for the first time, awarded the Faith in Film Award 2025 to François Ozon's "When Fall Is Coming".
List of awards given by juries appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS or INTERFILM alone (international festival awards) or by other church institutions (national awards).
Events
16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2