BOGOTA, May 8 — President Donald Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on foreign-made movies has left Latin America’s burgeoning film industry baffled and fearful.

Until this last lazy Sunday evening, Latin American cinema had been riding high.

I’m Still Here won Brazil its first Oscar in March, a drumbeat of hits topped streaming charts and more and more movies were being made in the region.

Netflix recently announced it would invest US$1 billion (RM4.2 billion) to produce series and movies in Mexico over the next four years.