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''Invasion'' ( es, Invasión) is a 2014
Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...
nian
documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
written and directed by
Abner Benaim Abner Benaim (Panamá, 1971) is a Panamanians, Panamanian film director, producer, screenwriter and plastic artist. Biography Benaim studied International Relationships at University of Pennsylvania, United States. He then attended Tel Aviv's Ca ...
about the 1989 US invasion. It was selected as the Panamanian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
at the
87th Academy Awards The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best 2014 in film, films of 2014 and took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, ...
, but was not nominated. It was the first time that Panama submitted a film for the Best Foreign Language Oscar.


Synopsis

The film interviews many Panama residents who were affected by the
invasion of Panama The United States invasion of Panama, codenamed Operation Just Cause, lasted over a month between mid-December 1989 and late January 1990. It occurred during the administration of President George H. W. Bush and ten years after the Torrijos– ...
in 1989. The film also interviewed
Manuel Noriega Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian dictator, politician and military officer who was the ''de facto'' List of heads of state of Panama, ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. An authoritaria ...
, which was very controversial to some of the viewers, as he was serving a life sentence.


Reception

The film won the Best Documentary Audience Award, and the MasterCard Central America and Caribbean Audience Award, at the Panama film festival.


See also

* List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film *
List of Panamanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 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 prod ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Invasion 2014 films 2014 documentary films Panamanian documentary films 2010s Spanish-language films Documentary films about United States history Documentary films about American politics Documentary films about war Panama–United States relations Films shot in Panama Documentary films about Latin America 2010s American films Spanish-language documentary films