Winner of a special jury prize at the sundance film festival, blue eyelids parpados azules is a startlingly original debut exploring the quest for love, from a major new force in world cinema, ernesto contreras. Marina cecilia suarez wins an all expenses paid holiday for two through a lottery at her work. Unable to find any friend who could accompany her, she decides on victor enrique arreola, who she meets in a coffee bar. Over the course of a series of dates, contreras presents the difficulties of finding happiness in the modern world. With a nod to the deadpan comedy of aki kaurismaki and tsai ming liang, and featuring music by ray davies, blue eyelids is a heartfelt, subtly nuanced drama that marks out ernesto contreras as a director to watch. Special features interview with director ernesto contreras trailer