Pituka Ortega-Heilbron is a filmmaker and the Director of the International Film Festival of Panama (IFF Panama). Other credits include the documentary Los puños de una Nación, which won Best Documentary Award at the Festival Cinesul in Rio de Janeiro in 2006, in addition to other awards at festivals in France, USA, Mexico, the Cartagena de indias Film Festival and the Latin American film Festival at the Netherlands). She is currently working on a new film, La Ruta.