Panama City — An innovative omnibus film, “Dias de Luz” (Days of Light), produced by six Central American countries – Panamá, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador – received the $5,000 second prize at Iff Panama’s 4th Primera Mirada pix-in-post sidebar.
Coordinated by Panama’s Isabella Galvez, the $500,000 project highlights the work of six young directors. It has participated in the Rotterdam Lab, Fundación Carolina’s project development workshop, Costa Rica’s Cine en Construcción and has co-production support from Ibermedia. In April, it will screen at the Malaga Festival’s work-in-progress sidebar and will be released theatrically across Central America.
The six interwoven stories are based on radically different settings, ranging from the tropical forests of Guatemala to the skyscrapers of Panama City.
The characters in the six countries react to a sequence of shared events, that begin when a solar storm leads to a region-wide power outage.
As power is shut down,...
Coordinated by Panama’s Isabella Galvez, the $500,000 project highlights the work of six young directors. It has participated in the Rotterdam Lab, Fundación Carolina’s project development workshop, Costa Rica’s Cine en Construcción and has co-production support from Ibermedia. In April, it will screen at the Malaga Festival’s work-in-progress sidebar and will be released theatrically across Central America.
The six interwoven stories are based on radically different settings, ranging from the tropical forests of Guatemala to the skyscrapers of Panama City.
The characters in the six countries react to a sequence of shared events, that begin when a solar storm leads to a region-wide power outage.
As power is shut down,...
- 4/12/2018
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Ruben Blades Is Not My Name closed Latino event on Wednesday.
Top brass at the seventh Iff Panama handed out awards on Wednesday night (April 11) as the Latino event drew to a close with a screening of SXSW audience winner Ruben Blades Is Not My Name.
Fabien Pisani’s En La Caliente (Cuba) won first prize in the Works in Progress (Primera Mirada) section, followed by Días de luz with second prize.
The latter hails from Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala and was directed by Mauro Borges (Costa Rica), Enrique Pérez (Panama), Gloria Carrión (Nicaragua), Enrique Medrano...
Top brass at the seventh Iff Panama handed out awards on Wednesday night (April 11) as the Latino event drew to a close with a screening of SXSW audience winner Ruben Blades Is Not My Name.
Fabien Pisani’s En La Caliente (Cuba) won first prize in the Works in Progress (Primera Mirada) section, followed by Días de luz with second prize.
The latter hails from Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala and was directed by Mauro Borges (Costa Rica), Enrique Pérez (Panama), Gloria Carrión (Nicaragua), Enrique Medrano...
- 4/12/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The 4th Iff Panama’s Primera Mirada pix-in-post sidebar has selected five features – from Cuba, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama – and an omnibus film, “Dias de Luz” (Days of Light), produced by six Central American countries.
The number of films submitted to the Central America and Caribbean sidebar has risen by almost 50% this year – 32 films were submitted in 2015, 46 in 2016, 48 in 2017 and 67 this year.
Sales agents attending the work-in-progress creenings – which run April 9-10 – include FiGa Films, Habanero Film Sales, Weisner Distribution, the Havana Film Festival, Berlinale and OpenReel.
Projects will be screened in exclusive private sessions for sales agents, distributors, and film festival programmers. The jury members are Mexican producer, Laura Imperiale, Panamanian writer, Daniel Domínguez Z., and veteran Peruvian director, Francisco J. Lombardi.
The sidebar is particularly important for the region’s filmmakers who often desperately require post-production completion finance and mentoring advice. Three out of last year’s...
The number of films submitted to the Central America and Caribbean sidebar has risen by almost 50% this year – 32 films were submitted in 2015, 46 in 2016, 48 in 2017 and 67 this year.
Sales agents attending the work-in-progress creenings – which run April 9-10 – include FiGa Films, Habanero Film Sales, Weisner Distribution, the Havana Film Festival, Berlinale and OpenReel.
Projects will be screened in exclusive private sessions for sales agents, distributors, and film festival programmers. The jury members are Mexican producer, Laura Imperiale, Panamanian writer, Daniel Domínguez Z., and veteran Peruvian director, Francisco J. Lombardi.
The sidebar is particularly important for the region’s filmmakers who often desperately require post-production completion finance and mentoring advice. Three out of last year’s...
- 4/2/2018
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
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