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‘The Sorcerer: Julio Zachrisson’ Snags IFF Panama Audience Award as ‘Sugar Island’ Sells in North America (EXCLUSIVE)
Félix “Trillo” Guardia’s documentary ‘The Sorcerer: Julio Zachrisson’ which world premiered at IFF Panama, snagged the festival’s audience award.
Gómez’s award-winning feature debut, a docu-fiction hybrid, revolves around Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teen from a shantytown for sugarcane workers, whose unplanned pregnancy forces her to face adulthood. Vice Minister of Culture Arianne Benedetti, who is spearheading new initiatives for local cinema, came on stage to present a certificate for $5,000 to Martin Proaño for his mystery drama “Cabeza de ratón,” which competed in the Primera Mirada (First Look) section. Alejandro Alonso of Cuba won the secondary Primera Mirada prize for his debut feature, “Bahia Honda,” which centers on Pitufo, a young Cuban who dreams of escaping the remote bay where he spends his days dismantling ships amidst fire and cutting metal.
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