Panama is presented for the second time to the Oscar preselection for best film in a foreign languageon this occasion with 'Box 25' by Delfina Vidal and Mercedes Arias.
The Central American country was presented for the first time last year with the documentary 'Invasion' by Abner Benaim and now He again appears at the Hollywood Academy Awards with a documentary.
At the moment only 8 films produced in Central America have participated in the Oscar preselection Previously known as the best foreign film, in addition to 'Invasion' by Panama, three Nicaraguans, three Costa Ricans and a Guatemalan have tried to get the nomination and the only one that got it was 'Alsino y el condor' by Miguel Littín for Nicaragua.
'Box 25' is about the debut feature by its directors, Delfina Vidal and Mercedes Arias, who have been extensively documented to narrate in this documentary the relationship between Panama and the United States. To do this they have focused on a series of recently discovered letters, which were written by Canal workers y describing the brutal working conditions to which they were subjected. In these letters they speak of diseases and discrimination, but also dreams and illusions, all surrounded by fascinating anecdotes.