“At first they were going to film in Cuba, but we put a lot of effort into convincing them that Panama had everything they needed to make the movie. The director fell in love with the location,” affirmed Benedetti. The production will begin shooting in March and will last until early June, but some of the crew is already now installed on the isthmus to prepare details, among them the art direction.

Pedasí is another site selected for an international film production. This week the film crew for “Panamania” arrived in our country to shoot a thriller with a two million dollar budget, in which the Panamanian filmmaker Albert Serra is involved.