Panama completed its participation at the Málaga Festival with 5 awards and an agenda met, focused on film display, co-production agreements and the promotion of the country as a strategic destination for international films within the Ibero-American audiovisual ecosystem.
Through the management of the National Cinema Management of the Ministry of Culture and the Filling Commission of the Ministry of Commerce and Industries, our country demonstrated its competitiveness at the Work in Progress Section, where the feature film "La Residencia" by Director Mariel Spooner received the Rio Bravo, Yagan Films and Sanic Latam.Also, the documentary "Cuscú" by Director Riseth Yangüez was awarded by Link Rio FIDBA, while the production "Puro RA.P" by Ángel Corro completed his participation in this category of Málaga's "and how short Málaga's Málaga's" participated with the Málaga's Section..
In the Latin American Focus Section dedicated especially to Panama, there was remarkable assistance in the projections of the feature films with the support of the Fondo Cine, among them the works Espina by Daniel Poler, Papers by Arturo Montenegro and Dearest Tropic by Director Ana Endara. That presence was extended to the MAFIZ industry area, where the project of fiction "Menarchy" of Jiro Ramos and the documentary "The Legate of Reina" of Tatiana Salamín represented the country, obtaining this last prize Cantico Producciones for his original music creation..
The institutional agenda includes the surrender of the Biznaga de Honor to the Deputy Minister Arianne Benedetti by the mayor of Málaga, Francisco de la Torre, symbolizing the strengthening of cultural links between both nations.
In the area of business, a co-production agreement between Panama and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay was announced and new minority co-production by director Frank Spano and agreements by producer Xochil Vergara with Colombia and Costa Rica have been signed. Also, the Embassy of Panama in Madrid signed a memorandum of understanding with the Trama Artistics Platform to strengthen cultural cooperation.
) as part of the strategy of attractiveness of investments, have been performed the technical panels entitled Coproduction with us, Panama is your ally and We are Hub production, where have been exposed the fiscal incentives and competitive benefits that the Panamanian territory offers for great production.
That promotion was complemented with special projections for international distributors of the films Cautiverio, Chichero, Indio Rabbit, Dreamed Jazz, It happened in January and the documentary Belisario Porras, Architect of a Nation.
The delegation also integrated training and culture with the participation of Ana Laura Samaniego at Málaga Talent and the Ana Pascal and Teratoma projects at the WARMI Lab. The artistic proposal was closed with the Panama's typical Flemish show of Odette Cortez and Anita Loynaz, and with coffee samples of Panamanian specialty.
Following these results, the internationalization strategy will continue this year with a presence at the Film Festival of Cannes and South Ventana, as well as with the management of a new film law to strengthen the professionalism of the local sector.