I look forward to the Panafest every year and this year, it could use some additional help. Below is a little about the festival and what it is going through.

Carlos Carrasco
and Laura Patalano
©2021 AMOSArt

The Panamanian International Film Festival (PanaFest22) was created nine years ago as a bridge between the filmmaking talent in Latin America and the United States. In the eight seasons produced so far, PIFFLA has showcased storytellers from Venezuela, Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panamá, Brazil, Chile, Spain, Canada, Ecuador, Guatemala, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Colombia, and Puerto Rico as well as different Latino communities in the United States. Throughout its existence, the organization has also strived to provide educational content for creators by hosting industry panels with working professionals covering topics as wide ranging as fundraising initiatives and demographic crossover challenges. To learn more about the festival’s crowdfunding, click here.

The thing about putting on a festival is that you need a place to do it that comes with screens, seats, at least one projector and a guy to run it. Money, honey. Then you need a team to help you with all the tasks involved. Click here if you could help out with a few dollars.

Watch the video below from the festival director, Carlos Carrasco.

PIFFLA_Avenida.mp4 from Carlos Carrasco on Vimeo.