Missing Young Woman
Señorita extraviada
Awards (click to collapse)
Ariel Awards, Mexico (2003) – Winner: Silver Ariel: Best Feature Length Documentary
Cinequest San Jose Film Festival, USA (2002) – Winner: Audience Favorite Choice Award: Best Documentary
Créteil International Women’s Film Festival, France (2002) – Winner: Audience Award: Best Documentary
Havana Film Festival, Cuba (2002) – Winner: Grand Coral: First Prize Documentary
Havana Film Festival, Cuba (2002) – Winner: Memoria Documentary Award
International Documentary Association, USA (2002) – Winner: IDA Award: Feature Documentaries
Sundance Film Festival, USA (2002) – Winner: Special Jury Prize: Documentary
Sundance Film Festival, USA (2002) – Nominated: Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Greece (2002) – Winner: FIPRESCI Prize: International Competition
The Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez is a prime example of globalisation spun out of control. After a slew of US companies set up shop there, workers especially young women flooded in from the impoverished countryside. In the last decade 200 to 400 women fitting the same description have been abducted and killed. In an eerily evocative investigation into the disappearances, Portillo lifts the lid on police indifference to finding what appears to be a serial killer on the loose, encouraged by government statements blaming the women for their own fate, while deftly sketching the social ills bred by a free-wheeling market economy. A chilling whodunit that will have you hanging on the edge of your seat.
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Previous Festivals
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Greece (2002)
Sundance Film Festival, USA (2002)
Cinequest San Jose Film Festival, USA (2002)
Havana Film Festival, Cuba (2002)
Créteil International Women’s Film Festival, France (2002)
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