Award of Merit – “Lola Still Dances” (Mexico)

Title: Lola Still Dances
Runtime: 24 min
Country: Mexico
Director: Ana Mancera
Placement: Award of Merit
Competition: March 31, 2017

Synopsis: Lola still dances tells the story of Lola, a girl who dreams of being a ballerina. Unfortunately, Lola is being held captive in Mexican human trafficking, where she is forced by Damian, her pimp, to work at a high end table dance. Lola wants to escape this horrible world, so she does everything in her power to accomplish it, even if it only means escaping in her imagination, where she dances as a beautiful ballerina in order to maintain her freedom within.