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

Costa Rica's Sofia Quiros took home the coveted WIP award for poignant drama ‘Silent Birds' in the all-female Su Mirada strand; ‘The Language of Water’ from Dominican Jeissy Trompiz snagged the Primera Mirada prize for her documentary, ‘The Language of Water’

By Anna Marie de la Fuente

Anna Marie de la Fuente

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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 home the coveted post-production award for her family drama ‘Silent Birds” in the all-female Su Mirada (Her Gaze) strand. Dominican Jeissy Trompiz snagged the Primera Mirada (First Look) prize for her documentary, ‘The Language of Water.’

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