ABOUT US

Too Much is an alternative production company based in Panama City created in 2014 to encourage the creation of film projects. 

​The mission is to carry out projects that raise the cultural level of our country and contribute to the growth of national cinema. At the same time, empower the talent of female filmmakers contributing to equal representation in the production of audiovisual content.  Since then we have produced projects led by women filmmakers in New York, Chile, Portugal, Panama among others.
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As a company we carry out film projects in different stages. Some of them have achieved recognition by international film festivals and organizations, as well as presence in various film markets.

FILMS

FEATURES

PANQUIACO (2020)

Panama -  84 min 
Directed by: Ana Elena Tejera
Produced by: María Isabel Burnes
Genre:  Documental
Social media: ​@panquiaco_film

SYNOPSIS: 
Cebaldo, an indigenous dule from Panama is a fishermen's assistant in a town of northern Portugal, who suffers from nostalgia. In his loneliness, memories take him away from his daily routine, and immerse him in a journey back to his village in Guna Yala, where a botanical doctor confronts him with the impossibility of returning to the past.

FESTIVALS:
Film Selected by Panama for the Goya Awards 2021
International Film Festival Rotterdam IFFR 2020 - Bright Future Competition
Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2020 - Latin American Competition
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2020 - Makers section
Panama International Film Festival 2020 - Opening movie
Mostra São Paulo International Film Festival 2020 - New filmmakers Competition
Seoul International Women's Film Festival 2020 - Discovery Competition
GZDOC Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival - Golden Kapok Competition
​Many more...

ALGO AZUL (POST PRODUCTION)

Panama - 90 min
Directed by: Mariel Garcia Spooner
Produced by: María Isabel Burnes
Genre:  Romantic Comedy
​Social media: @algoazulfilm

SYNOPSIS: 
Ana “borrows” a wedding dress and decides to organize her wedding for the same day. She now she must convince her fiancé and manage to put everything together before she is caught by Lucia, the owner of the dress, or gets arrested by the police.   ALGO AZUL is undoubtedly a reflection on marriage and true love
                     
 FUNDS: 
-  Ibermedia Development  2014                                           
-  Panama Film Fund - Production 2018                                           
-  Medellín Film Commission Fund - Post Production 2019     
      
LABS & MARKETS:                                                                                                                   

• BAM Projects Bogotá Audiovisual Market 2017                                                        
• Nalip Media Summit, Los Angeles 2017                                                      
• International Film Festival Panama - "Best Pitch" for Nalip Media Summit 2017                                   
• Story Development Programme London Film Academy 2017                              
• Premio DICINE para Industry Club Foro de Coproducción Festival de Cine de San Sebastian 2016  

TUMBADORES (DEVELOPMENT)

Panamá - 90 min 
Ficha Técnica
Directed by: María Isabel Burnes
Produced by:  Mariel Garcia Spooner
Género / Genre:  Crime

SYNOPSIS: 
The son of a drug dealer plans a robbery against the cartel that his own father works, destroying everything around him and becoming a lost soul.

​FUNDS: 
-  Panama Film Fund - Development 2017    
-  Ibermedia Development  2018                                         
-  Panama Film Fund - Production 2020                                          

LABS & MARKETS:                                                                                                       

• Panama Film Lab 2016                              
• Best Pitch - Story Development Programme London Film Academy 2017                              ​

SHORT FILMS

DESAYUNO CHINO (2018)

Panama - 15 min 
Directed by: María Isabel Burnes
Genre:  Documentary
Best Documentary Shortfilm at the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival 2019,
Winner of the Contest Documental Panama 2018 by TVN Channel 2. 
​Available in Cable Onda VOD and Copa Airlines.

LUCIAMOR (2017)

Panama - 17 min 
Directed by: Ana Elena Tejera
Genre:  Documentary
Winner of the Contest Documental Panama 2017 by TVN Channel 2.  Available in Cable Onda VOD and Copa Airlines.

THE MYTH OF US (2017)

Panama - 8 min 
Directed by: Mauricio Herrera Barría, María Isabel Burnes, Guille Montiel
Genre:  Fashion Film
Mejor Estilo Editorial - Panama Fashion Film Festival 2016 - Panamá
Piff/LA - Selección Oficial
Festival Internacional de cortometrajes Hayah ​- Presentación Especial

MI COMANDANTE (2015)

Panama - 7 min 
Directed by: María Isabel Burnes
Genre:  Fiction

CONSTANCE HERSH (2014)

Panama - 3 min 
Directed by: María Isabel Burnes
Genre:  Fiction

KIKI PARAISO (2015)

Panama - 11 min 
Directed by: María Isabel Burnes, Ana Elena Tejera
Genre:  Documentary

REFRESH (2016)

Panamá - 12 min 
Directed by: Haslam Ortega
Genre:  Fiction

RECKLESS (2013)

Panamá - 10 min 
Directed by: Jorge Godinez
Genre:  Fiction

OTHER SERVICES

MUSIC VIDEOS

YAEL DANON & PASH - EXTRAÑO

Director: Maria Isabel Burnes      
Producción Too Much Productions

REZT - RADIOHEART

Director Haslam Ortega         
Producción Maria Isabel Burnes,  Nicolás Jason

MD - ADIOS

Director Maria Isabel Burnes     
Producción Picturage Studios, Too Much Productions

CRISTEL HENRIQUEZ - CLOCKS

Director Maria Isabel Burnes         
Producción Too Much Productions

ADVERTISING

GATORADE - #BAM

​Dirección:  
​Maria Isabel Burnes
Cliente: Gatorade
Agencia: BBDO
Producción: Brouddy Films
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MAGGI - ¿Dónde está el sabor?

​Dirección  Maria Isabel Burnes
Cliente: Nestle
Agencia: Publicis
Producción: Brouddy Films, Too Much Productions
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RALI - GFOO

Dirección María Isabel Burnes
Cliente: Rali Panamá
Producción: Too Much Productions
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WALLS - Happy statistics

Dirección Michelle Cassis
Cliente: Kibon Brasil
Agencia: LOLA MULLEN LOWE, Madrid
Producción: Too Much Productions
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SOUSAPITTI SS16

​Dirección  Maria Isabel Burnes
Cliente: SousaPitti
Producción:  Too Much Productions
SousaPitti promo for SS16 Collection Arabesque for the Panama Fashion Week 2015.​

MAYBELLINE CA - Tutoriales

Dirección Jonathan Delgado
Cliente: Maybelline Centroamérica 
Agencia: UV latam 
Producción: Maria Isabel Burnes, Gnosis Producciones

Contact Us

​@toomuchpanama
toomuchpanama@gmail.com