Abner Benaim

Alicia is a 42-year-old-woman whose grief has caused her estrangement from society. Her world is turned upside down when 14-year-old Chief, a young boy who looks after people’s cars, stumbles into her house, bleeding.

A paradise fractured by violence. Revisiting a 1994 terrorist attack in Panama, TROPICAL PARADISE blends investigation and personal reflection to explore trauma, silence, and the lingering imprint of a tragedy that refuses to fade.

INVASION is a documentary about the collective memory of a country. The invasion of Panama by the U.S in 1989 serves as an excuse to explore how a people remember, transform, and often forget their past in order to re-define their identity and become who they are today.