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When I Shut My Eyes (Cuando cierro los ojos)

Nominated for

Best Feature-Length Documentary

Directed by

Sergio Blanco & Michelle Ibaven

63' • Mexico • 2019

Framed by a corrupt Mexican police force and denied an interpreter, two Indigenous inmates finally reveal in their own language the tragic story they couldn't tell a judge as they cling to vivid memories of their loved ones.

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