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| image = Benaim.jpg
| name = Abner Benaim
| name = Abner Benaim
| birth_place = [[Panamá (city)|Panamá]], [[Panamá]]
| birth_place = [[Panamá (city)|Panamá]], [[Panamá]]
| birth_date = [[1971]]
| birth_date = 1971
| years_active = 2003–present
| years_active = 2003–present
| occupation = Director, producer, screenwriter, plastic artist.
| occupation = Director, producer, screenwriter, plastic artist
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'''Abner Benaim''' ([[Panamá]], [[1971]]) is a Panamanian film director, producer, screenwriter and plastic artist.
'''Abner Benaim''' ([[Panamá]], 1971) is a [[Panamanians|Panamanian]] film director, producer, screenwriter and plastic artist.


==Biography==
==Biography==


Benaim studied International Relationships at [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]. He then attended [[Tel Aviv]]'s Camera Obscura film school. Benaim took his first steps in the documentary world with ''Good Vibes'' and ''Round Trip To Panama'', showed at [[Jerusalén]], [[Tel Aviv]], [[Haifa]], [[Los Ángeles]], [[Chicago]], [[Nueva York]], [[Miami]] y [[Panamá]], receiving multiple nominations in several international film festivals.
Benaim studied International Relationships at [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]. He then attended [[Tel Aviv]]'s Camera Obscura film school. Benaim took his first steps in the documentary world with ''Good Vibes'' and ''Round Trip To Panama'', showed at [[Jerusalem]], [[Tel Aviv]], [[Haifa]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Chicago]], [[New York City|New York]], [[Miami]] and [[Panama]], receiving multiple nominations in several international film festivals.


In 2004 he founded Apertura Films<ref>{{Cita web|url = http://www.aperturafilms.com|título = Apertura Films|autor = |enlaceautor = |fecha = |idioma = |editorial = |fechaacceso = 22 de junio de 2015}}</ref> in Panamá City. In 2005 he directed an 11-episode documentary series, ''El otro lado''<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD_Vhvh_HV4|title = La Joya - El otro lado|author = |enlaceautor = |date = |language = |editorial = |accessdate = 22nd June 2015}}</ref> that won the New York Television Festival Best Documentary Award 2005 and was mentioned by [[Rolling Stone]] magazine in its Latinoamerican edition as one of the 100 best TV show of all times.
In 2004 he founded Apertura Films<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.aperturafilms.com|title = Apertura Films}}</ref> in [[Panama City|Panamá City]]. In 2005 he directed an 11-episode documentary series, ''El otro lado''<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD_Vhvh_HV4|title = La Joya - El otro lado}}</ref> that won the New York Television Festival Best Documentary Award 2005 and was mentioned by [[Rolling Stone]] magazine in its Latin American edition as one of the 100 best TV show of all times. Benaim has taken part in several productions, including films as ''Life in nature'' (2002), ''In the attic'' (2003), ''On the bench'' (2014, Short Plays series), ''Bulldog Noise'' (2004) and the book ''Panamix''.


In 2009 he released ''Chance''<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.chancelapelicula.com|title = Chance}}</ref> beating records in the Panamanian box office with more than 140.000 tickets sold hometown and half a million viewers in the region. Benaim won the 2011 Japan Skip City D-Cinema Festival Best Screenplay Award and his film was acquired by [[HBO]] and Ibermedia Tv.
In 2009 he released ''Chance''<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.chancelapelicula.com|title = Chance|access-date = 2018-09-30|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150929084148/http://www.chancelapelicula.com/|archive-date = 2015-09-29|url-status = dead}}</ref> beating records in the Panamanian box office with more than 140,000 domestic tickets sold and half a million viewers in the region.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} Benaim won the 2011 Japan Skip City D-Cinema Festival Best Screenplay Award and his film was acquired by [[HBO]] and Ibermedia TV.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}


''Empleadas y patrones'', a documentary he directed in 2010, had its premiere at IDFA<ref>{{Cite web|url =https://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=4b0218ef-4f7a-466f-a7e4-450b239e9217&tab=jvf}}</ref> and was showed in Hot Docs Toronto, London International Film Festival and more than 40 other international festivals.
''Empleadas y patrones'', a documentary he directed in 2010, had its premiere at IDFA<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=4b0218ef-4f7a-466f-a7e4-450b239e9217&tab=jvf|title = IDFA|access-date = 2015-09-30|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151001140612/https://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=4b0218ef-4f7a-466f-a7e4-450b239e9217&tab=jvf|archive-date = 2015-10-01|url-status = dead}}</ref> and was shown in Hot Docs Toronto, London International Film Festival and more than 40 other international festivals.


In 2014 Benaim released ''Invasion''<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.facebook.com/documentalinvasion|título = Official Facebook Page}}</ref>, a documentary about the collective memory forged around the invasion of Panama by the United States in 1989. The film was premiered in Panama's 2014 IFF International Film Festival and won the Audience Best Picture Award and the Latinamerican and Caribbean Best Picture of 2014.
In 2014 Benaim released ''[[Invasion (2014 film)|Invasion]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.facebook.com/documentalinvasion|title = Official Facebook Page}}</ref> a documentary about the collective memory forged around the [[United States invasion of Panama|invasion of Panama by the United States in 1989]]. The film was premiered in Panama's 2014 IFF International Film Festival and won the Audience Best Picture Award and the Latin American and Caribbean Best Picture of 2014. ''Invasion'' was [[List of Panamanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|selected to represent Panama]] in the Best Foreign Picture category (now called Best International Feature Film) at the [[87th Academy Awards]], but was not nominated.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/invasion-film-review-742561|title = Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://variety.com/2014/film/global/for-first-time-ever-panama-joins-oscar-race-with-invasion-1201307524/|title = Variety}}</ref> In 2015, ''Invasion'' won the Best Director Award at the [[Miami International Film Festival|MIFF]], the Best Caribbean Documentary Award at the FIQBAC International Film Festival of Barranquilla, Colombia, and the Audience Award at the Málaga Film Festival.


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Benaim took part in the collective film ''Historias del Canal'' (2014) directing the segment called 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.historiasdelcanal.com|title = Historias del Canal - Official}}</ref>
''Invasion'' was selected to represent Panama in the Best Foreign Picture category at the 87 edition of the [[Academy Awards]]{{Cite web|url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/invasion-film-review-742561|title = Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>{{Cite web|url = http://variety.com/2014/film/global/for-first-time-ever-panama-joins-oscar-race-with-invasion-1201307524/|title = Variety}}</ref>.


Benaim's 2018 documentary ''Ruben Blades Is Not My Name'' was also submitted, but did not receive a nomination, for the [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film]] at the [[91st Academy Awards]].
In 2015 ''Invasion'' won the Best Director Award at the [[Miami International Film Festival|MIFF]], the Best Caribbean Documentary Award at the FIQBAC International Film Festival of Barranquilla, Colombia, and the Audience Award at the Málaga Film Festival.


''[[Plaza Catedral]]'' made the shortlist for the [[94th Academy Awards]] — becoming the first to do so for Panama, and thus rendering him the only Panamanian director with more than one submission.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://deadline.com/2021/12/oscars-international-feature-shortlist-2021-1234900304/amp/|title = Oscars’ International Feature Shortlist Revealed: France’s ‘Titane’ Doesn’t Make Cut; Kosovo, Bhutan & Panama Advance For First Time}}</ref>
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Benaim took part in the collective film ''Historias del Canal'' (2014) directing the segment called 1977<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.historiasdelcanal.com|title = Historias del Canal - Official}}</ref>.

''Biencuidao'', his most recent project, won the VFF Talent Highlight Pitch Award at the Talent Project Market of 2015 [[Berlin International Film Festival]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_27668.html|título = Berlinale 2015}}</ref>.

Benaim has taken part in several productions, including films as ''Life in nature'' (2002), ''In the attic'' (2003), ''On the bench'' (2014, Short Plays series), ''Bulldog Noise'' (2004) and the book ''Panamix''.


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
* ''[[Invasion (2014 film]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Plaza Catedral]]'' (2021)
* ''[[Historias del Canal]]'', segment 1977 (2014)
* ''[[Historias del Canal]]'', segment 1977 (2014)
* ''[[Empleadas y patrones]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Chance (2009 film)|Chance]]'' (2009)
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* ''[[Chance]]'' (2009)
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* ''[[Good vibes]]'' (2003)
* ''[[In the attic]]'' (2003)
* ''[[In the attic]]'' (2003)
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* ''[[Round trip to Panama]]'' (2002)


== Documentaries ==
== Documentaries ==
* ''[[Ruben Blades Is Not My Name]]'' (2018)
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* ''[[Invasion (2014 film)|Invasion]]'' (2014)
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* ''[[Empleadas y Patrones (film)|Empleadas y Patrones]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Bulldog Noise (film)|Bulldog Noise]]'' (2004)
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* ''[[Good vibes (film)|Good vibes]]'' (2003)
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* ''[[Round Trip to Panama (film)|Round Trip to Panama]]'' (2002)


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== As producer ==
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* ''[[Invasion (2014 film)|Invasión]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Empleadas y Patrones (documentary)|Empleadas y Patrones]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Invasion (2014 film)|Invasion]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Bulldog Noise (documentary)|Bulldog Noise]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Empleadas y Patrones (film)|Empleadas y Patrones]]'' (2010)
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* ''[[Chance (documentary)|Chance]]'' (2009) - Coproduced by Matthias Ehrenberg
* ''[[Good vibes]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Round Trip to Panama (documentary)|Round Trip to Panama]]'' (2002)

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== As a Producer ==
* ''[[El Otro Lado]]'' (2005)
* ''[[El Otro Lado]]'' (2005)
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* ''[[En el Ático]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Life in Nature]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Life in Nature]]'' (2002)
* ''[[En el Ático|En el ático]]'' (2003)
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* ''[[Chance (documentary)|Chance]]'' (2009) - Coproduced by Matthias Ehrenberg
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* ''[[Empleadas y Patrones (documentary)|Empleadas y Patrones]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Invasión (documentary)]]|Invasión'' (2014)


==References==
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== External Links ==
{{Reflist}}
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* Film Office |[http://oficinadecine.blogspot.com/2009/11/abner-benaim.html]

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* IMDb [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2763167/]
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== External links ==
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* Film Office [http://oficinadecine.blogspot.com/2009/11/abner-benaim.html]
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* IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2763167/]
* Latinamerican Film Blog [http://cine-latino.blogspot.com/2010/01/pelicula-de-panameno-abner-benaim-se.html]
* Latinamerican Film Blog [http://cine-latino.blogspot.com/2010/01/pelicula-de-panameno-abner-benaim-se.html]
* Interview with Abner Benaim in spanish [http://artefacto.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/abner-benaim-se-corre-el-chance-sin-red/]
* Interview with Abner Benaim in Spanish [https://web.archive.org/web/20110917053339/http://artefacto.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/abner-benaim-se-corre-el-chance-sin-red/]
* Empleadas y Patrones official site [http://www.empleadasypatrones.com/]
* Empleadas y Patrones official site [http://www.empleadasypatrones.com/]

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Latest revision as of 11:25, 26 June 2023

Abner Benaim
Born1971
Panamá, Panamá
Occupation(s)Director, producer, screenwriter, plastic artist
Years active2003–present

Abner Benaim (Panamá, 1971) is a Panamanian film director, producer, screenwriter and plastic artist.

Biography

[edit]

Benaim studied International Relationships at University of Pennsylvania, United States. He then attended Tel Aviv's Camera Obscura film school. Benaim took his first steps in the documentary world with Good Vibes and Round Trip To Panama, showed at Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Miami and Panama, receiving multiple nominations in several international film festivals.

In 2004 he founded Apertura Films[1] in Panamá City. In 2005 he directed an 11-episode documentary series, El otro lado[2] that won the New York Television Festival Best Documentary Award 2005 and was mentioned by Rolling Stone magazine in its Latin American edition as one of the 100 best TV show of all times. Benaim has taken part in several productions, including films as Life in nature (2002), In the attic (2003), On the bench (2014, Short Plays series), Bulldog Noise (2004) and the book Panamix.

In 2009 he released Chance[3] beating records in the Panamanian box office with more than 140,000 domestic tickets sold and half a million viewers in the region.[citation needed] Benaim won the 2011 Japan Skip City D-Cinema Festival Best Screenplay Award and his film was acquired by HBO and Ibermedia TV.[citation needed]

Empleadas y patrones, a documentary he directed in 2010, had its premiere at IDFA[4] and was shown in Hot Docs Toronto, London International Film Festival and more than 40 other international festivals.

In 2014 Benaim released Invasion,[5] a documentary about the collective memory forged around the invasion of Panama by the United States in 1989. The film was premiered in Panama's 2014 IFF International Film Festival and won the Audience Best Picture Award and the Latin American and Caribbean Best Picture of 2014. Invasion was selected to represent Panama in the Best Foreign Picture category (now called Best International Feature Film) at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[6][7] In 2015, Invasion won the Best Director Award at the MIFF, the Best Caribbean Documentary Award at the FIQBAC International Film Festival of Barranquilla, Colombia, and the Audience Award at the Málaga Film Festival.

Benaim took part in the collective film Historias del Canal (2014) directing the segment called 1977.[8]

Benaim's 2018 documentary Ruben Blades Is Not My Name was also submitted, but did not receive a nomination, for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 91st Academy Awards.

Plaza Catedral made the shortlist for the 94th Academy Awards — becoming the first to do so for Panama, and thus rendering him the only Panamanian director with more than one submission.[9]

Filmography

[edit]

Documentaries

[edit]

As producer

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Apertura Films".
  2. ^ "La Joya - El otro lado".
  3. ^ "Chance". Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  4. ^ "IDFA". Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  5. ^ "Official Facebook Page".
  6. ^ "Hollywood Reporter".
  7. ^ "Variety".
  8. ^ "Historias del Canal - Official".
  9. ^ "Oscars' International Feature Shortlist Revealed: France's 'Titane' Doesn't Make Cut; Kosovo, Bhutan & Panama Advance For First Time".
[edit]
  • Film Office [1]
  • IMDb [2]
  • Latinamerican Film Blog [3]
  • Interview with Abner Benaim in Spanish [4]
  • Empleadas y Patrones official site [5]
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