The major changes in the film industry in Panama as a young, dynamic team (and most of them are female) supported by its new president, Jose Raul Mulino, leads new initiatives.
This charge is led by Deputy Minister of Culture, Arian Benedetti, director and former film commissioner for Panama, who helped pressure for the country’s films law for the year 2012. Benedetti said: “We are focusing on improving incentives in all fields-better incentives for infrastructure, employment and even cash incentives.” They are also working on a new incentive to attract more games producers to the country.
Regardless of the proposal of an increase in the current back discount of 25 % to 30 % or 35 %, they also call for an increase in the coin of the Panamanian film box that supports local production in addition to reviving the joint production forum later this year.
“We take producers and projects to the main festivals, with Panama with a focus on the country at the Malaga Film Festival next year. We will also get a delegation at Ventana Sur and in Spain in September, and helping producers to communicate with international industry specialists. In addition, we support producers in markets like Beneedeti such as Beneedeti.
Talk to diverse At the Panama INT’L Film Festival (IFF Panama), Benedetti and new films Maria Cecilia Arias revealed plans to raise a foreign partner to build a studio facility in Panama. They said that the feasibility study is scheduled to be revealed within a month or two.
They and their team traveled to London and Los Angeles late last year to meet with potential studio partners, which also includes a company in Spain.
“Through the various landscapes-beacles, fans, and mountains-Panama can serve as a position for places such as New York, Miami or Dubai. Its short distances make it ideal for photography, and to provide comfort and diversity to production companies,” Arias pointed out.
“One of the great things we found in London is that the studios are now built inside the city. Many people complained that the studios were very far from the city, so what they are looking for now is comfort, and that they are closer to the home, with shorter distances to avoid additional exhaustion. So, you start choosing potential sites, and you know that for example, in rural areas, there may not be the following. She added.
“Panama is a very blissful and safe country with an excellent connection, as it offers 13 direct flights from the United States alone. It is the only place in the world where you can stay in a five-star hotel and be in the forest after only 15 minutes. We offer a wide range of sites-with carrots, where you can photograph it in the places ranging from them. Panama provides a unique mix of a safe, vibrant city with an incredible natural sites a short distance a short distance.
The key is support from the higher levels of power. Fortunately, Panama has a suitable president for cinema and Congress, which is equally convinced of the benefits of supporting the audiovisual industry and making Panama a major center for the site.
Aside from the Dominican Republic and Colombia, “Uruguay passed the same process – it was literally a good government that came and believed in cinema, and it is now the new destination,” Arias pointed out.
