Manto de Gemas

Some 3,754 women and girls were murdered in Mexico last year alone, averaging out to around 10 women killed every day, according to Mexico’s National Public Security System. That’s in addition to the 1,000 to nearly 3,000 women and girls reported missing each year in the country. Natalia López Gallardo’s Robe of Gems conveys the sense of fear people feel in this setting. The film slowly builds a haunting tale of violence, and the very real social context equally emerges in this tale.