OPENING NIGHT

6:00 PM: Doors Open - Guests are welcomed with light refreshments.
7:15 PM: Welcome Remarks - Acknowledgment of sponsors followed by the Keynote Speaker's address.
7:30 PM: Welcome Speech - The Festival Founder and Chief Programmer greets attendees.
7:33 PM: Opening Act - The event officially begins with an enchanting performance by Panama Folclore.
8:00 PM: Opening Screening - “The Shadow of the Sun”, preceded by “Development”.

Development / Desarrollo (USA, 10 mins. 2023)

Director: Chloe Caudillo.
Cast: Leticia Castillo, Jeff Lorch, Sal Lopez.
Language: Spanish with English subtitles.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi.

Synopsis: An office worker struggling to climb the corporate ladder finally lands a coveted management seminar, only to realize that moving ahead in the company means becoming JUST LIKE the boss.

Sinopsis: Un oficinista que lucha por subir en la escalera corporativa finalmente consigue un codiciado seminario de gestión, solo para darse cuenta de que avanzar en la empresa significa convertirse en EXACTAMENTE IGUAL que el jefe.

The Shadow of the Sun / La Sombra del Sol (Venezuela, 100 mins. 2023)

Director, Lead Actor, and Producer will be in Attendance

Director: Miguel Angel Ferrer .
Cast: Carlos Manuel Gonzalez, Anyelo Lopez, Greisy Mena, Jeizer Ruiz, David Olaves, Richard Clark, Pedro Alonso.
Language: Spanish with English subtitles.
Genres: Drama, Musical, Comedy.

Synopsis: Set in rural Venezuela, when a deaf young man asks his estranged older brother to join him in a musical contest, this salt-of-the-earth blue collar worker must dust off his musical chops in order to be his little brother's voice, so that the world can finally hear him.

Sinopsis: Ambientada en la Venezuela rural, cuando un joven sordo le pide a su hermano mayor distanciado que lo acompañe en un concurso musical, este trabajador de cuello azul de corazón noble debe sacudir el polvo de sus habilidades musicales para ser la voz de su hermano pequeño, para que el mundo finalmente pueda escucharlo.