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12th IFF Panama Captures the Excitement of Central American and Caribbean Film Industry Advances
The Panama International Film Festival runs April 4-7 with new industry activities and double the number of films since its previous edition.
Announced last December, “Pepe” is one of three winners of the festival’s Primera Mirada (First Look) industry section for pics in post, alongside Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante ’s “Cordillera de Fuego” and Dominican Johanné Gómez Terrero’s “Sugar Island.” “We have been real-time witnesses to the growing success of filmmaking in Central America and the Caribbean, and we are honored to have been supporting it all these years,” says IFF Panama board president Pituka Ortega-Heilbron, who has ceded festival director duties to Karla Quintero to focus on her own film projects. Festival directors Estrella Araiza (Guadalajara), Quintero (IFF Panamá) and Santa Barbara’s Roger Durling will take a deep dive into the purpose and challenges they face, both currently and in the long term, regarding issues such as sustainability, distribution, audience, and inclusivity.
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