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Fast box

Two years after his release from prison, an advertising director, struggles to rebuild his life in a town that doesn't give second chances. Unexpected, he agrees to participate as a car driver for a...

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Son of Tiger and Mula

The story behind the intense diplomatic negotiations between Panama and the United States that have changed the nation's destiny. Director Annie Canavaggio emphasizes the importance of this story for the new generations, recalling that today many Panamanian people do not question their sovereignty about...

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The Witch: Julio Zachrisson

A young filmmaker travels to Madrid looking for Julio Zachrisson, a Panamanian engraver whose work marked his childhood. Together they forge a friendship that becomes a journey by art, memory...

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Mouse's head

An ambiocious publicist joins with the campaign of a challenged politician convinced that it's his entrance door to the powerful Harpia Society, the elite that he's always wanted to belong to.

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Brown

Environmented in Paris from 1938, "Brown" follows the lives of Teofilo Alfonso "Panama Al" Brown, who, after hanging his gloves and being unjustly stripped of his title, re-invented as a star of performance at...

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Paper

Trapped up amidst the Panama Papers' global scandal, Ana Méndez must fight with the system, the media and his own ethics to try and restore his reputation and save his...

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My dear Tropic

Dear Tropic, she explores the relationship between two lonely and dismittent souls that develop a powerful and unexpected link. Ana María, a Colombian immigrant who works as a care care provider and keeps a secret, intersects herself with...

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Tumors

Manuela, the daughter of a drug dealer who plans a pony against his own father's cartel, unleashes a war between noses and tipsters.

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Management document for audiovisual projects

Catalogue of Panamanian production

Discover the catalogue of Panamanian productions, be they fiction or documentary.

Requirements - Cinematographic and Audiovisual Industry

Requirements to belong to Cinema and Audiovisual industry.

Form - Cinema and Audiovisual Industry

Form to belong to Cinema and Audiovisual industry.

Requirements - Training and development

Requirements to submit projects and training and promotion.

Fondo Cine National Competition bases

Form of the Fondo Cine National Competition

Download the participation form of the Fondo Cine National Competition (CFC04).

Cinematographic and Audiovisual Coproduction Agreement between the Republic of Panama and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay

Noting the growth of the film industries of the republics of Panama and Uruguay and conscious of the continuous evolution of their cultural relations, it has been decided to set up a framework for relations with regard to cinema and audiovisual, focused on co-production.

Request for Temporary Replacement of Equipment

Through the National Cinematography and Audiovisual Office you can request:

Permission to be granted to producers or production houses, registered with the National Registry of the Cinematographic and Audiovisual Industry, that require to introduce necessary equipment and goods for a given time, for filming within national territory.

Exoneration from Importation to Consumption

Through the National Cinematography and Audiovisual Office you can request:

Exoneration of taxes related to the importation of goods, materials, products, equipment and other goods necessary exclusively for the conduct of film and audiovisual activity, as long as they do not belong to the national territory.

Certificates of Nationality

Through the National Cinematography and Audiovisual Office you can request:

A certification awarded by Panamanian nationality to cinematographic work confirms that the production house has been completed with the production process and complies with the regulations of the Cinema Act.

Co-production

Through the National Cinematography and Audiovisual Office you can request:

A document attesting to national audiovisual production work under co-production with foreign companies under bilateral or multilateral co-production agreements or agreements.

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Through the National Cinematography and Audiovisual Office you can request:

A document attesting that the project has DICINE's permission to shoot in Panama. That document facilitates processes to get several institutional permits.

Legislation

Act No. 16 of 27 April 2012

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It lays down the Special Regulations for the Cinematographic and Audiovisual Industry.

Executive Decree No. 3 of 23 May 2024 (Regulations).

Act 90 of 15 August 2019

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Creates MiCultura as a leading body for cultural rights.

Section 4 - "On the Cinematographic and Audiovisual Industry".

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