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

ALGO AZUL (2021)

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

SYNOPSIS: 
Ana escapes from the hotel where she works dressed as a bride and decides that she must get married that same day. She must put everything together before she is caught by Lucia, the owner of the dress, or the police. On this journey Ana reflects on true love.
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FESTIVALS:
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival 2021 - World Premiere
                     
 FUNDS: 
-  Ibermedia Development  2014                                           
-  Panama Film Fund - Production 2018   
-  Ibermedia Coproduction 2019                                                  
-  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  

​Disponible en:

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...

VIMEO ON DEMAND (Panamá):
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/panquiaco

TUMBADORES (POST PRODUCTION)

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

SYNOPSIS: 
The daughter of a drug dealer plans a robbery against the cartel that her own father works, destroying everything around her.

​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                              ​

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

VENENO NEGRO (DEVELOPMENT)

CLUB DE DEBUTANTES (DEVELOPMENT)

INNA DULE (DEVELOPMENT)

Panama / Portugal - 90 min
Produced by:  Stefanie Coimbra, Sayuri Castro
Genre:  Crime Thriller

SYNOPSIS: 
Alicia, a forensic doctor who is about to turn 50, discovers that the death by poisoning of an agent of a Panamanian anti-narcotics agency, was not accidental but provoked. Alicia's life, frustrating both professionally and as a family, will be deeply affected by this crime. In the end, Alicia will see that no matter how much personal ethics she demonstrates, there is no possible way out to overcome the corruption that spreads around her.


                  

Panama - 90 min
Directed by: Mariel Garcia Spooner
Produced by: Luis Pacheco,  María Isabel Burnes
Genre:  Teen Movie

SYNOPSIS: 
Laura, an irresponsible and unpopular teenager, participates in the “Debutante” event of her club to win the prizes that will help her to fulfill her dream of becoming a popstar. After some fun entanglements and hard lessons, Laura learns that the most important thing is to be true to herself and fight for what she wants.  
                  

Panama - 90 min
Directed by: Ana Elena Tejera
Produced by: María Isabel Burnes
Genre: Documentary

SYNOPSIS: 
Inna Dule, is a sensory documentary piece that introduces the ritual of the Inna Suit of the indigenous dules, a collective celebration of the preparation of the fermented drink that commemorates the celebration of the Dule Revolution, the fight  of the Guna people for their ancestral traditions.

                  

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.

CONSTANCE HERSH (2014)

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

MI COMANDANTE (2015)

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

RECKLESS (2013)

Panamá - 10 min 
Directed by: Jorge Godinez
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

ADVERTISING

MAXELL - HALO SPORT TRUE WIRELESS EARBUDS 

​Dirección:  
​Maria Isabel Burnes
Cliente: Maxell Latin America
Producción: Too Much Productions

MAXELL - HALO SPORT TRUE WIRELESS EARBUDS ​

​Dirección:  
​Maria Isabel Burnes
Cliente: Maxell Latin America
Producción: Too Much Productions

MAXELL - HALO SPORT TRUE WIRELESS EARBUDS ​

​Dirección:  
​Maria Isabel Burnes
Cliente: Maxell Latin America
Producción: Too Much Productions

GATORADE - #BAM 

​Dirección:  
​Maria Isabel Burnes
Cliente: Gatorade
Agencia: BBDO
Producción: Brouddy Films

GATORADE - #BAM 

​Dirección:  
​Maria Isabel Burnes
Cliente: Gatorade
Agencia: BBDO
Producción: Brouddy Films

GATORADE - #BAM ​

​Dirección:  
​Maria Isabel Burnes
Cliente: Gatorade
Agencia: BBDO
Producción: Brouddy Films

Maggi ¿Dónde está el sabor?

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

Maggi ¿Dónde está el sabor?

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

Maggi ¿Dónde está el sabor?

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

WALLS - Happy statistics

Dirección Michelle Cassis
Cliente: Kibon Brasil
Agencia: LOLA MULLEN LOWE, Madrid
Producción: Too Much Productions
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RALI - GFOO

Dirección María Isabel Burnes
Cliente: Rali Panamá
Producción: Too Much Productions
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MAYBELLINE CA - Tutoriales

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

MUSIC VIDEOS

LIZ GRIMALDO - TIEMPO PERFECTO 

Director Mariel García Spooner       
Producción Maria Isabel Burnes

AQUELLA - ESCARCHA

Director: María Isabel Burnes  
Producción: Too Much Productions

MAFE - MARÍA

Director: Ida María     
Producción: Maria Isabel Burnes , Too Much Productions

YAEL DANON & PASH - EXTRAÑO

Director: Maria Isabel Burnes      
Producción Too Much Productions

CRISTEL HENRIQUEZ - CLOCKS

Director Maria Isabel Burnes         
Producción Too Much Productions

MD - ADIOS

Director Maria Isabel Burnes     
Producción Picturage Studios, Too Much Productions

THE VEEVEES - DOG DAY REBEL

REZT - RADIOHEART

Director Haslam Ortega         
Producción Maria Isabel Burnes,  Nicolás Jason

OTHER SERVICES

FASHION FILMS

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

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

Contact Us

​@toomuchpanama
toomuchpanama@gmail.com