Oscar-Shortlisted Director Abner Benaim Nabs IFF Panama Audience Award for Investigative Doc, ‘Tropical Paradise’

Panama’s Abner Benaim, who has represented Panama three times at the Oscars, led by the shortlisted “Plaza Catedral,” has snagged IFF Panama’s all-important Audience Award with his documentary, Tropical Paradise” (“Paraiso tropical”). The festival, which wrapped on April 12, also bestowed cash prizes on participants in its industry section, with Costa Rica’s Sofia Quiros taking […]

By Anna Marie de la Fuente