Arianna Ortiz

An aging widow begrudgingly goes to a speed-dating event at her daughter’s request. Among a string of dud dates, one gentle stranger lingers in her mind. Mary the Widow is a tender look at love, memory, and the echoes of what we’ve lost.

A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.