Julio C. Padilla’s THE ISLAND OF THE DOLLS does some taboo-busting with his short film …From Screamfest 2021
Julio C. Padilla: “The way I see this story is that it is not pro-life or against it. Abortion itself was not intended to be the central theme or idea. It is more about one of the many ways an abortion can be done and about the situation behind the abortion (what leads Xochitl to make the decision to abort). Based on my research some women die because of clandestine abortions, others may regret what they did, while some may not care.”