The quality of Panamanian production at the Hayah Festival welcomes Rubén Blades

Panama, November 20, 2020 -The well-known Panamanian musician and actor Rubén Blades recognized the quality of the Panamanian productions that participate in the Hayah short film festival, which they evaluated as impressive for their authenticity and technological advancement and for having a simply Panamanian cultural idiosyncrasy.

Blades, who has built a successful race in the film industry in Hollywood, participates as a jury at the twelfth edition of Hayah's International Short films festival, supported by the Ministry of Culture through its film management.

The Panamanian singer emphasized his pleasure with his invitation to the Hayah Festival and emphasized that with other well-known filmmakers we have been able to note the work of local youth filmmakers and especially the capacity of Panamanians to express ourselves through films and how to express ourselves as Panamanian.

He reaffirmed his willingness to give his full support to continue to improve local film production and extended his congratulations to all participants, especially to Finalists and winners.

The Ministry of Culture and Hayah Festival have a training and promotion agreement to support the Hayah International Cortometry Festival, the Panama Film Lab and the Hayah Connect project and to consolidate them as an annual date for new directors and audiovisual filmmakers to share their talent.

By 2020, this festival will continue to be a virtual feature, from November 16 to 22, of the best short films of fiction, documentary and animation, recognizing the best national short films and opening spaces for new Panamanian directors and video clips, so through www.hayaconnect.com., they can be seen in Spain, Panama and Latin America, with the exception of some titles that will be available only for Panamanian and / or Central American territory.