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Berlinale Winner ‘Pepe,’ Sundance Sensation ‘Sujo‘ and Panama’s Acclaimed ‘Beloved Tropic,’ Lead this Year’s Audience Award Contenders at the 13th Panama Film Festival
Ana Endara’s widely acclaimed feature debut ‘Beloved Tropic’ is among this year’s standouts vying for the Panama Film Festival’s audience award.
Led by Ana Endara’s widely acclaimed feature debut “ Beloved Tropic,” this year’s standouts vying for the Panama Film Festival’s ( IFF Panama) Audience Award includes such gems as Guatemalan Jayro Bustamante’s latest opus, “Rita,” Mexico’s Sundance winner, “Sujo,” Berlinale Best Director winner Nelson Carlo de los Santos’ “Pepe,” a smattering of documentaries and more animated features such as “Olivia and the Clouds,” sign of a burgeoning interest in Central America for the genre. Climate change alters the lives of Tanit, Valeria and Shaila – three women from distinct corners of the world, yet united by one fate: they each lose everything to global warming and are forced to migrate to survive. Amidst his excitement, the film reveals the challenges facing his community, which is at risk of disappearing due to polluted pastures and the encroachment of a mining company– threatening both their way of life and Feliciano’s dreams.
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