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Identity Comes Under Focus at IFF Panama’s Primera Mirada Showcase

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entertainmentApril 8, 2026

Apr 8, 2026 2:44am PT

Identity Comes Under Focus at IFF Panama’s Primera Mirada Showcase

Finalists include ‘Love is the Monster’ starring Paulina García (‘Gloria’) and 'My Uncle's Movie,' with Steven Bauer ('Breaking Bad')

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'My Uncle's Movie' Courtesy of Lantica Studios

Now marking its 10th edition, IFF Panama’s First Look fund, Primera Mirada, has selected four finalists out of 13 submissions. These will be screened in invitation-only sessions on April 10-11 where the participants will have the chance to meet with the jury, composed of Carlos Gutierrez, co-founder and executive director of Cinema Tropical, Colombian Indigenous filmmaker-programmer David Hernandez Palmar and Kerry Swanson, executive director of Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office.

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