Lydia Valdespino

From the director: "experimental diy short film shot on VHS made in 2024 and second short film made by amateur film student Lydia Valdespino, it has made some rounds on different screenings worldwide, particularly important for the Panamenian queer archive (if there's one) as it's made by currently the only transgender female filmmaker on the country. Follows the mental decline of someone using cocaine to cope/deal with anorexia."

Conchita, a spirited young woman, orders her favorite dish to go: a lobster. At home, she finds herself caught in an unexpected situation with her meal, triggering a series of pleasurable and deranged events.

After five years in the shadows of a prison cell, 65-year-old Marino returns to the sweltering streets of Panama City to settle a final, spiritual debt with the Black Christ of Portobelo. A weary jeweler by trade and a pimp by circumstance, Marino navigates a fragmented reality alongside his "found family": Cassandra, a sex worker under his protection, and Barba, a young gang member and boxer he mentored behind bars.

From the director: "experimental diy short film shot on VHS made in 2024 and second short film made by amateur film student Lydia Valdespino, it has made some rounds on different screenings worldwide, particularly important for the Panamenian queer archive (if there's one) as it's made by currently the only transgender female filmmaker on the country. Follows the mental decline of someone using cocaine to cope/deal with anorexia."