About Us

The Panama Film Commission is a division under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, created to promote and facilitate the filming industry in this country by providing the producers and directors of films and television programs the support and benefits needed in order to establish new opportunities in our country.

 

In addition to fostering our local cinematographic and audiovisual industry, we wish to further our country´s economic growth by attracting more foreign projects and establishing studios related to the film industry.

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Mente Publica & CIMAS Participate at the IV Iberoamerican Congress of Culture 2011

Mente Publica & CIMAS Participate at the IV Iberoamerican Congress of Culture 2011

Panama´s Center for Image and Sound and its educational program Mente Publica participated at the IV Iberoamerican Congress of Culture which took place in Mar del Plata, Argentina on September 15-17... 22 September 2011 Read more...
Panamanian premiere of The Colors of the Mountain (September 23, 2011)

Panamanian premiere of The Colors of the Mountain (September 23, 2011)

Friday September 23 is the Panamanian premiere of "The Colors of the Mountain" (Los Colores de La Montaña) a Panamanian and Colombian co-production written and directed by Carlos Cesar Arbelaez. The film... 21 September 2011 Read more...
International Film Festival of Panama government sponsorship approval and launch (September 15 2011)

International Film Festival of Panama government sponsorship approval and launch (September 15 2011)

Along with a newly drafted Panama Film Law that features more fiscal incentives for the local industry which the Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MICI) hopes to soon present to the National Assembly, the... 21 September 2011 Read more...
Panama´s 2011 Ícaro Festival of Film and Video in Central America (September 29, 2011)

Panama´s 2011 Ícaro Festival of Film and Video in Central America (September 29, 2011)

The 2011 Ícaro Film and Video Festival  in Central America celebrates its inauguration in Panama Thursday September 29 at Cinepolis theatres of Multiplaza at 7pm. The Festival is free and will be running... 21 September 2011 Read more...

 

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