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Venice double awarded film by Barbara Paz Babenco: Tell Me When I Die receives the Conch award for Best Documentary Film at Mumbai International Film Festival on its Indian Premier. The film on the life of Paz’s life partner, the late South American filmmaker Hector Babenco, was selected ‘for its intimate and celebratory portrayal of the Brazilian film director and his reflections of life — and death’.

Brazil’s consul general, Guilherme Patriota, received the award on behalf of Barbara Paz and read out a written message from the director: “Winning this award fills me with huge emotion and it is from India, a country I love and admire. I wish I could be with you to receive the prize in person. I thank you from my heart. Babenco is a film about love, the love of cinema, the love of life. It is a film about how to say farewell to life by doing what you love, filming till the last. Brazil thanks you for this prize. Director Babenca is dancing in Paradise.”