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‘Beloved Tropic,’ Led by ‘Gloria’ Star Paulina Garcia, Opens IFF Panamá
IFF Panama’s a brief opening ceremony April 4 heralded the return of Panamanian filmmaker Ana Endara to the festival with ‘Beloved Tropic.’
Joining Endara on stage were her lead actresses, Chile’s Paulina García (“Gloria”) who plays a wealthy woman suffering from early onset dementia and Jenny Navarrete, who plays her caregiver, as well as their supporting cast Juliette Roy, Syddia Ospina and Marisol Salazar. The festival opening was preceded by an intense “industry day” on April 3, packed with master classes, talks and panels, and a six-day workshop for directors, Tres Puertos, led by Australab founder-director Erick Gonzalez, a first for Panama. Participants in the workshop included Enrique Castro (“December”) and his documentary “Just ‘Cuz” and Kattia Gonzalez (“Las Niñas”) with her project “Hermosa no es como antes” and Ana Elena Tejera, winner of last year’s IFF Panama Su Mirada award, with her docu-fiction hybrid “Una mas de esos hombres.”
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