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‘We Have More in Common Than We Think,’ How the PIFFLA Is Becoming One of L.A.’s Premiere Latinx Film Festivals

ASTRID | OCTOBER 28, 2019

When actor Jon Huertas, also known as Miguel Rivas from the hit TV show “This Is Us,” told Remezcla, “I’ve done over 350 episodes of television, and I’ve only been directed in television by one adult male Latino,” I knew the Panamanian International Film Festival in Los Angeles (PIFFLA) was onto something.

According to a Hollywood Diversity Report conducted by UCLA, white Hollywood claims over 77 percent of film actors, 87 percent of directors, and over 92 percent of screenwriters, despite minorities constituting nearly 40 percent of the U.S. population. An even more alarming fact is that these numbers have only slightly changed within the last decade, according to a study by USC’s Annenberg Foundation.

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These Are the Must-See Latino Movies at LA’s Panafest

BY MANUEL BETANCOURT | 10.14.19 at 2:34 pm

Panama’s growing film industry is once again taking center stage at the 5th edition of PANAFEST which is organized by the Panamanian International Film Festival in LA (PIFF/LA). The three-day affair will be host to more than 40 short and feature-length features. And that’s in addition to industry panels tackling “Colorism, Racism and Other Isms in Television & Film: A Panamanian Perspective” as well as “Demystifying the Workflow of a Line Producer and a UPM.” The selection not only spotlights budding talent from the Central American nation but also includes plenty of Latin American fare to celebrate, with films hailing from Panama standing alongside those from Chile, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, and yes, even the United States.

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Esto es lo que encontrarás en el PANAFEST 2019

By SERGIO BURSTEIN | OCT. 11, 20197 PM

La quinta edición del Festival Internacional de Cine Panameño en Los Ángeles (conocido de manera abreviada como PANAFEST) se llevará a cabo desde el 18 hasta el 20 de octubre en las céntricas locaciones del acogedor teatro Downtown Independent (251 S Main St).

Para Carlos Carrasco, director artístico del evento, es particularmente importante que se realicen actividades de esta clase en tiempos como los que vivimos, debido a que nuestra comunidad está buscando maneras creativas de responder a la hostilidad desatada por posiciones gubernamentales que todos conocemos y lamentamos.

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