TOP STORIES: 6th IFF Panama Reinforces its Position in Central America; 'Cocote,' 'A Night of Caly…
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6th IFF Panama Reinforces its Position in Central America

By Martin Dale

When IFF Panama launched in 2012, the Panamanian film industry was slowly ticking over and the link between Panama and the world of cinema was limited to the occasional U.S. or international feature film shot in the country. But over t


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'Cocote,' 'A Night of Calypso,' 'Aquarius' Win Big at IFF Panama

By Martin Dale

PANAMA CITY -- "Cocote," by Dominican Republic director Nelson Carlo dos Santos and Panama music documentary "Una Noche de Calypso," from Argentine director Fernando Munoz topped the 3rd Primera Mirada, announced as its joint winners d


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Local Directors Chart New Ground in Panamanian Cinema

By Martin Dale

PANAMA -- The 6th IFF Panama screened five new Panamanian titles –  Delfina Vidal's women's rights pic, "La Matamoros," Tashi Sakai's "Cimarronaje en Panamá," both playing in the Stories of Central America and the Car


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Sundance Winner Ondi Timoner on 'Jungletown': 'I Didn't Know My Personal Limit Until This Project'

By Martin Dale

CANNES -- Ondi Timoner - a two-time Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner - spent much of 2016 trekking through the Panamanian jungle for her 10-part documentary series, "Jungletown," the first episode of which bowed on Viceland in late Mar


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Mexico's Lucia Carreras Talks About Her Project, 'Nudo Mixteco'

By Martin Dale

PANAMA -- Mexican director Lucia Carreras is prepping her next project, "Nudo Mixteco," to be directed by Angeles Cruz, the lead actress in Carreras's "Tamara & the Ladybug." The work recently won the biggest and newest award at th


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REVIEWS

Film Review: 'Wùlu'

By Pamela Pianezza

Daouda Coulibaly’s auspicious debut is structured like so many local-area tales, but delivered with a pulse-pounding thrust unique among African cinema.


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Film Review: 'The Tenth Man'

By Alissa Simon

A valentine to the bustling Once district, the old Jewish neighborhood of Buenos Aires, and to Usher, the macher behind a Jewish welfare foundation located there, this low-key, romantic comedy marks a return to one of Burman’s of


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Film Review: 'I Am Not Your Negro'

By Owen Gleiberman

Raoul Peck's "I Am Not Your Negro" is the rare movie that might be called a spiritual documentary. It's a meditation on the prophetic brilliance and the very being of James Baldwin, the African-American writer who was more than a


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Film Review: 'A Man Called Ove'

By Alissa Simon

It’s a heartwarming tale about a stubborn, short-tempered man with steadfast beliefs, strict routines and the feeling that everyone around him is an idiot — and no reticence about telling them so.


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Mexico's Tatiana Huezo on Voices, Abduction, Prison

By Anna Marie de la Fuente

MORELIA Mexican-Salvadorean filmmaker Tatiana Huezo screens her poignant short "Ausencias" from Oct. 28 to Oct. 31 in Morelia, and also participates in the inaugural works-in-progress showcase Impulso Morelia (October 27-30) with her s


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Jose Alvarez's Caribbean-Set 'The Gaze of the Sea' Sails to Visions du Reel

By Anna Marie de la Fuente

Executive produced by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ("The Revenant"), Jose Alvarez's poignant docu "The Gaze of the Sea" ("Los Ojos del Mar") turns on a prostitute who makes it her mission to help the families of shipwrecked fishermen lo


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Cinepolis Distribution Snags Amat Escalante's 'The Untamed' (EXCLUSIVE)

By Anna Marie de la Fuente

Cinepolis Distribution, the fledgling distribution arm of Mexico's giant exhibition circuit Cinepolis, has picked up Amat Escalante's "The Untamed," which is slated for a platform release on July 21 in Mexico. Escalante won the Silver


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