Panama submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for the first time in 2014. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since.
As of 2026, Panama has submitted thirteen films, but none of them were nominated.
Submissions The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1956. The International Feature Film Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award.
Plaza Catedral (2021) advanced to the December shortlists, but it was not nominated.
All the films submitted are primary in Spanish. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Panama for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
Year(Ceremony) Film title used in nomination Original title Director Result 2014(87th) Invasion Invasión Abner Benaim 2015(88th) Box 25 Caja 25 Mercedes Arias, Delfina Vidal 2016(89th) Salsipuedes Ricardo Aguilar Navarro, Manuel Rodríguez 2017(90th) Beyond Brotherhood Más que Hermanos Arianne Benedetti 2018(91st) Ruben Blades Is Not My Name Yo No Me Llamo Rubén Blades Abner Benaim 2019(92nd) Everybody Changes Todos Cambiamos Arturo Montenegro 2020(93rd) Operation Just Cause Operación Causa Justa Luis Franco Brantley, Luis Pacheco 2021(94th) Plaza Catedral Abner Benaim 2022(95th) Birthday Boy Cumpleañero Arturo Montenegro 2023(96th) Tito, Margot & Me Tito, Margot y yo Mercedes Arias, Delfina Vidal 2024(97th) Wake Up Mom Despierta mamá Arianne Benedetti 2025(98th) Beloved Tropic Querido trópico Ana Endara 2026(99th)Chichero Aarón Bromley, Arturo Montenegro
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