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Jenny Navarrete (Ana María), Paulina García (Mercedes)
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Synopsis :
A tropical garden becomes the stage for an encounter between two lonely souls will spend time together : one of an upper-class woman whose early onset senile dementia is taking away everything she once was, and another of a pregnant immigrant caregiver who is alone, cut off from the world by a terrible secret.
Supports:
Panama Film Development Fund / Ibermedia Development Fund / Panama Film Production Fund / Ibermedia Co-production Fund, Minority co-production of the Colombian Film Development Fund FDC / Le-LoKal Award in Film in Development, 34èmes Rencontres de Toulouse / Su Mirada Post-production Fund of the Panama International Film Festival (On hold).
Director's biography:
Ana Endara lives in Panama, where she has studied Social Sciences and Anthropology at Florida State University, site Panama Canal. She also studied Cinema at the International School of Cinema and Television in Cuba (EICTV). She works as a videographer at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. She has made feature-length documentaries exploring different dimensions of Panamanian society and the concept of belonging. Querido Trópico is her first feature film.
Filmography:
For Your Peace of Mind, Make Your Own Museum (2021) Documentary feature film, directed with Pilar Moreno.
Premiere, Envision Competition section, IDFA 2021; HotDocs; Ambulante; Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse; FICCI Cartagena DOC; among many others
Grand Prix L'Objectif d'Or for Best Film, Millenium Festival, Belgium; Best Feature Film in Central America and the Caribbean at the Costa Rica International Film Festival, CRFIC.
It was included by Cinema Tropical among the 25 best Latin American films of the year.
La Felicidad del sonido (2016) Documentary medium-length film
Premiere, Competition for Mid-length documentary, IDFA 2016; Jury's Special Mention at the Costa Rica International Film Festival Best Central American Documentary, Icaro Film Festival 2017
Reinas (2013) Documentary medium-length film
Panorama Selection, BAFICI Festival Argentina; 30th Chicago Latino Film Festival; FIDOCS - International Documentary Film Festival, Santiago, Chile; Grolsch Discovery Award, International Film Festival of Panama (IFF Panama)
Production notes:
Born in Panama, Isabella Gálvez, founded Mente Pública in 2010, which focuses on the development of both fiction and documentary projects. Her most acclaimed works include films such as Kenke; The Joy of Sound; Days of Light; For Your Peace of Mind, Make Your Own Museum and The Daughters, among others, all produced in collaboration with partners from Latin America and Europe. These films have been showcased in both commercial circuits and international festivals.
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