Cinema

Panama, July 21, 2026. - The daily use of mobile phone has been stopped as a means of personal communication to become an instrument of historic and cinematographic registration in communities far from urban centers of the country. Through the initiative "Microhistorias Móvil - Historias que Viajan," the National [...]

Panama, April 22, 2026. - The National Film Management of the Ministry of Culture currently develops in the region Guna Yala a community audiovisual training program called Mobile Microhistories - Traveling Stories. That activity is integrated into the project CINECultura presenta, an institutional initiative that aims to facilitate access to tools

Panama City, April 9, 2026. - With a great program of training and reflection, the Panama International Film Festival (IFF Panama) began its activities at the City of the Arts, taking its theatres with talk and master's sessions aimed at strengthening the audiovisual ecosystem of the country.

Panama, March 25, 2026. - The 14th edition of the Panama International Film Festival (IFF Panama 2026) will be held from 9 to 12 April 2026, under the motto "Cinema es Vida." That issue will have a robust program of more than 40 films, 7 of them Panamanian, from America

Panama, March 17, 2026. - A Panamanian or Panamanian will be awarded a 3-months scholarship at the Asian Academy of Film & Television (AAFT). The Ministry of Culture will join with the Panama Embassy in India and the International Conference of Media and Media.

Panama, March 16, 2026 - Panama completed its participation at the Málaga Festival with 5 awards and an agenda, 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.

Panama, March 5, 2026. - From March 9, the Panama flag will awaken strongly at the Málaga Festival, while assuming the role of Honour Invitado at MAFIZ (Málaga Festival Industry Zone) with a clear mission: to consolidate itself as the most attractive audiovisual production hub of the

Panama, 30 December 2025. - The training, production and thought program "Documentaria, Intimidad and Puesta en escuesta" (DIP), jointly with the National Cinema Directorate of the Ministry of Culture, invite them to participate in the call for a fellowship to have Panama's filmmakers participate in the "border edition."

Panama, December 18, 2025. - The film's team "It happened in January," directed by Panamanian filmmaker Luis Romero, today shared the details of the creative process, the international tour of the project and the steps that are currently under way, with a view to finally presenting it to the cinema rooms in 2027.

Panama, 18 December 2025. - The Panamanian documentary "Son of Tiger and Mula" earned the Special Jury Award at the New Latin American Cinema Festival 2025 in Havana, Cuba, in the category of Documentary Longfilm. That paper, winner of the 2015 Fondo Cine National Competition, was directed by filmmaker Annie Canavaggio.