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Cinema

New Panamanian filmmakers gain first prize for short films

Panama, March 30, 2025 - The Ministry of Culture welcomed the award of the 2024 National Cortometrics Competition, an event that aims to promote and strengthen the Panamanian film industry. The initiative, organized by the National Cinema Directorate, awarded a total of 80,000 dollars in awards distributed into three categories: fiction, animation and documentary.

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Panama looks to place itself as a key destination for the international film industry

The Vice Minister of Culture, Arianne Benedetti and María Cecilia Arias, representative of the Panama Film Commission, represented the country at the American Film Market (AFM), held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event, recognised as the main event for the purchase, sale and development of films in the Americas, was an ideal place to highlight

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MiCultura launches the first national short film contest in Panama with 80,000 pat in prizes.

The Ministry of Culture (MiCultura), at a press conference, announced the first edition of the National Cortometrage Competition in Panama, thanks to policies to promote the film and audiovisual industry of the Panamanian State. That contest aims at young people from 18 to 25 and aims to promote film activity and

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