Panama Film Founders on Their Big Cannes, Cinema as a Place of Longing, and Why They Love to Work With Auteurs Who Make Us Go “WTF?!”
Panama Film, founded in 2018 by Austrian producers Lixi Frank and David Bohun, focuses on experimental and unconventional cinema that explores complex questions and emotional longing. The company has gained international recognition with multiple award-winning films at major festivals such as Berlin, Venice, and Locarno. In 2025, Panama Film is presenting two titles at Cannes, marking a significant milestone in its growing global presence.
- ▪Panama Film was founded in 2018 by Lixi Frank and David Bohun in Vienna as a platform for unconventional and auteur-driven cinema.
- ▪The company has produced award-winning films including 'The Trouble With Being Born' and 'White Snail,' which received honors at Berlin, Venice, and Locarno festivals.
- ▪In 2025, Panama Film is involved with two Cannes titles: 'Everytime' in Un Certain Regard and 'The Dreamed Adventure' in competition as a co-producer.
- ▪Lixi Frank was selected as one of 20 producers for the European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move initiative in 2025.
- ▪Panama Film prioritizes working with experimental filmmakers whose work evokes strong, often bewildered audience reactions like 'WTF?!'
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Panama Film CEOs David Bohun and Lixi Frank Courtesy of Christoph Loidl Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Panama is not only a country in Central America. It also represents a state of mind, an approach to cinema, according to Austrian producers Lixi Frank and David Bohun. After all, for many of us, Panama is a faraway place that we know of but have never been to. And that represents exactly the mindset the duo wanted to bring to the table when they founded Vienna-based Panama Film in 2018.
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