Panama City — Panamanian films represented over 10% of Iff Panama’s screenings, including closing pic, Abner Benaim’s “My Name is not Ruben Blades.”
“This is something that was unthinkable 10 years ago, when we didn’t even have one film per year.” said Benaim,
“Blades” had its world premiere in South by Southwest (SXSW) where it won the 24 Beats Per Second audience prize, and will have a wide theatrical release in Panama, plus bows in Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Argentina and Mexico.
In 2017, Panama produced the two biggest local hits in Central America and had the region’s fastest-growing box office. The pics playing at Iff Panama revealed themes of recurring interest in national cinema, such as social injustice, sport, music and local history.
Alberto Serra had two pics screening at Iff Panama – “Sin Voz,” about an indigenous girl who gets raped and runs away to Panama City, and “La Fuerza del Balon,...
“This is something that was unthinkable 10 years ago, when we didn’t even have one film per year.” said Benaim,
“Blades” had its world premiere in South by Southwest (SXSW) where it won the 24 Beats Per Second audience prize, and will have a wide theatrical release in Panama, plus bows in Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Argentina and Mexico.
In 2017, Panama produced the two biggest local hits in Central America and had the region’s fastest-growing box office. The pics playing at Iff Panama revealed themes of recurring interest in national cinema, such as social injustice, sport, music and local history.
Alberto Serra had two pics screening at Iff Panama – “Sin Voz,” about an indigenous girl who gets raped and runs away to Panama City, and “La Fuerza del Balon,...
- 4/12/2018
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
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