Last but not least, a $5,000 grant is awarded to the Brazilian filmmaker Alice Riff for her project The Policeman and the Pastor

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Policeman and the Pastor is a creative documentary feature film, which builds a deep and complex portrait of two characters, Alexandre, a civil police officer, and Valeria, an evangelical pastor. They are part of two movements: Anti-Fascism Policeman Movement and Evangelicals for Gender Equality, respectively. Public security and Christian values are at the center of contemporary social discussions in Brazil and worldwide.

The film build a portrait of the characters, exploring the internal conflict of those characters that consider they live in a “limbo”: they are viewed with suspicion by progressive movements, and seen as traitors in the institutions in which they work. In a non-totalizing narrative, we will seek to walk around with the characters who deal with a very strong personal conflict, and find with them the power that can arise when we react to moments of crisis.