Anna Margarita Albelo (also known as La Chocha) is a Cuban-American writer, director, and 2020 Spirit Awards nominated producer who’s spent the past 25 years creating work for both the US and France. She is currently developing an original TV series on lesbians in Paris, selected for the 2025 Villa Albertine in Los Angeles. Her 2014 award winning feature, “Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf?” was released theatrically in France and has garnered several international awards. Her 2008 short film, “The Turkey” was screened at the Cannes Film Festival where she also served as a juror for the “Queer Palm” award in 2014 and as their ambassador in 2019. Anna spent the first 15 years of her career in Paris, France, working as a filmmaker and regular collaborator for French network Canal Plus, writing and directing several broadcast documentaries and shorts. Her body of work, screened in over 150 international festivals, blends narrative, documentary, and comedic elements into a unique story-telling style that has become her trademark. LA Weekly calls her work, “Riveting” and IndieWire spotlighted her as a “Filmmaker to watch!”