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Panamerican Machinery
Maquinaria Panamericana
Directed by
- Joaquín del Paso
Mexico, Poland
2016
86 min
- Spanish
Comedy
Thank goodness it’s Friday at Panamerican Machinery S.A., a company specializing in repairing machines used for demolition and construction. Happy in the knowledge that the weekend is upon them, Panamerican’s employees settle into their offices and cubicles only to make a horrific discovery: Don Alejandro, the company’s owner, has been found dead in the back of the warehouse. Suddenly learning that the company is on the verge of bankruptcy and their jobs are on the line, the employees decide to lock themselves inside the factory. One of the employees decides to implement the five-stages-of-grief program to help the others cope with their terrible loss—but what ensues behind those locked factory doors will prove to be impossible to overcome.
Awards
- Mezcal Award for best Mexican debut film - FIC Guadalajara
- Best Mexican Feature - Guanajuato IFF
- Best Original Screenplay - Ariel Awards
- FIPRESCI Award - Guadalajara IFF
Festivals
Labels & Line Ups
Credits
- Cast
- Javier Zaragoza
- Ramiro Orozco
- Irene Ramirez
- Edmundo Mosqueira
- Delfino López
- Cecilia Garcia
- Cesar Panini
- Javier Camacho
- Screenplay
- Joaquín Del Paso
- Lucy Pawlak
- Cinematography
- Fredrik Olsson
- Editing
- Raúl Barreras
- Music
- Santiago Arroyo
- Production
- AMONDO FILMS
- Sales
- LUXBOX

Joaquín del Paso
Mexico
Joaquín del Paso was born in Mexico City. He studied filmmaking at Cuba’s Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión and at the National Film School in Łódź, Poland. He is a co-founder of Amondo films, a film collective based in Warsaw, Delhi and Mexico City. He has made numerous short films like DREAM OF SAN JUAN (2012). His feature debut, PANAMERICAN MACHINERY (2016), was selected at the Berlinale Forum. It won the Mezcal Award for best Mexican debut film.