Panama International Film Festival (IFF Panama), announces its Opening Movie for its eleventh edition.

The film "Stars at Noon," filmed in Panama, will open the eleventh edition of the Panama International Film Festival, IFF Panama.

The IFF Panama Foundation (FIP) announces the tape of the opening ceremony and its director Claire Denis will be present. The film became an attester of the Grand Prix, Jury Prize, at the 75th edition of the Cannes Festival last May. IFF Panama shows year after year that Cinema is Life.

Panama, November 2022. IFF Panama Foundation (FIP) announces that "Stars at Noon" will launch the eleventh edition of the Panama International Film Festival that will be held from December 2 to 4, 2022 and brings a selection of 16 films, national and international guests, and a robust educational program to promote the development of local and regional industry.

For this occasion, the presence of French filmmaker and film director Claire Denis was confirmed. "Stars at Noon" won the Grand Prix Jury Award at the last edition of the Festival of Cannes. The film was filmed completely in Panama following Denis's visit to the third edition of IFF Panama in 2014.

The president of the Board of Directors of Founding IFF Panama, Pituka Ortega Heilbron with his partner Marcela Heilbron, are executive producers of the film and they worked leading the Panamanian team that made this production a reality: "with" Stars at Noon "we became Panama's leading player as well as our industry's work and growth," Ortega Heilbron remarked.

The opening ceremony will be held on Friday, December 2nd at The Ateneo of the City of Knowledge. Tickets for this and all IFF Panama's projections will be available through the panatickets.com

As part of the agenda during the weeks leading up to its opening, members of the film industry, social media and students will be accredited to participate in IFF Panama 2022, to be held this year from 2 to 4 December.

About Foundation IFF Panama (FIP):

The Panama International Film Festival Foundation, the IFF Panama Foundation, is a non-profit organization established to support the conduct of the Panama International Film Festival and to support cultural and educational activities that are undertaken as an integral part of each edition.

The initiatives of the IFF Panama Foundation are available with the support of private company, organisations, public authorities and other generous promoters.

About the Panama International Film Festival (IFF Panama):

The Panama International Film Festival IFF Panama, exists thanks to the immense passion that the Panamanian public felt about cinema. It's his audience, always open to interchange with all nations throughout the world, that marked the birth of the festival in 2012 and that has grown with his recognition and his support as an essential cultural nuance.

IFF Panama exists to show the world a growing film, with a commitment to its own and genuine color and flavour that promise a new and fresh global offer. Also, with an industry program that links the experiences of local film industry members and that of international industry representatives that come to date, in spaces that fuel new production, commercialization and film distribution opportunities. IFF Panama provides tools for strengthening a recognised impact sector.