Esmeralda
Samantha Orozco
Francisco Machado
Mexico, 2021, 14 min.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
This film is family friendly.

It's 1980 in a city in northern Mexico. A peculiar-looking man visits a bridal shop every day. Not to buy but to visit his beloved: a mannequin whose eyes awakened in him a memory of tragic love. Little by little, we will enter this world where reality depends on which side the window is viewed from.
Category: Short Doc.
Friday, April 22
Festival Grounds at the Mercado Annex
7:30pm
Filmmaker in Attendance
Panel DiscussionSaturday, April 23
Live on Zoom and Facebook
3:00pm
Filmmaker in Attendance
Filmmaker by Skype
Panel Discussion
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