The films Argentina, 1985 and As bestas, the Colombian-Chilean series Noticia de un kidnapping and the actors Ricardo Darín, Laia Costa, Susi Sánchez and Luis Zahera have been the great winners in the tenth anniversary of the Platino awards, which for the first time were delivered last night in Spain -specifically in the Municipal Palace of Ifema, in Madrid- and which have had a complete list of awards in which productions from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Spain or Mexico have been recognized in their 23 categories awardable.
With the statuette for the best Ibero-American fiction film, the team from Argentina, 1985 collected five awards during the evening, which was presented by the actors Carolina Gaitán, Omar Chaparro and Paz Vega. The film won the award for best male performance, which went to Ricardo Darín -who thus achieved his second Platinum after four nominations and an Honor Award, which he collected in 2016-, and the honor award, the best director of art, the best script and the prize for cinema and education in values.
The Colombian-Chilean series Noticia de un kidnapping was another of the winners of the event, after winning four awards: for the best fiction film miniseries or television series, for the best series creator, who was the Chilean Andrés Wood, for the best female performance in a miniseries or teleseries for the Colombian actress Cristina Umaña, and for the best supporting female performance in a miniseries or teleseries, for the also Colombian Majida Issa.
The Platinum Awards also recognized the Spanish Laia Costa for her role in Cinco lobitos with the award for best female performance, and Susi Sánchez, her co-star, won the statuette for best supporting female performance, while Luis Zahera he won the award for best male performance for As bestas.
For his part, the Argentine Guillermo Francella was awarded for the best male performance in a miniseries or television series for his role as a busybody farm doorman in El encargado, and the also Argentine Alejandro Awada won the award for the best supporting male performance in a miniseries. or teleserie by Iosi, the repentant spy.
Another of the outstanding productions of the night was, with the inertia of the distinctions already garnered since its premiere, As bestas, a Spanish film directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen that won four awards: to the aforementioned Luis Zahera was added the best director for Sorogoyen , the best sound direction for Aitor Berenguer, Fabiola Ordoyo and Yasmina Praderas, and the best editing direction for Alberto del Campo.
Benicio del Toro was one of the protagonists of the night when he received the Honor Award from Enrique Cerezo, president of the Platinum Awards. A recognition with which the awards value the figure of the Puerto Rican actor and producer, one of the most popular Ibero-American faces in the world, as well as one of the biggest stars of world cinema and a true promoter of Spanish-speaking cultures. and portuguese.
The best Ibero-American music also appeared at the Platinum Awards. Sebastián Yatra, the great musical protagonist of the night, and Blanca Paloma, the Spanish candidate for Eurovision, who performed her song Eaea, with which she attends the European Song Festival, took to the stage of the Ifema Municipal Palace in Madrid.
In addition, the awards had the invaluable collaboration of Carolina Gaitán, one of the presenters of the gala, Adrián Lastra, Alejandro Claveaux, Alicia Bánquez, Clara Alvarado, Letrux, Lucrecia, Mane de la Parra, Michel Brown or Reynaldo Pacheco, a group of Ibero-American actors and actresses who represented a musical journey through some of the most popular styles of the Ibero-American regions: samba, vallenato, merengue, ranchera, salsa, Andean music or rumba.
The Platinums premiered in this tenth edition a new category: best Ibero-American fictional comedy, which ended with the victory of the successful Official Competition, by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat.
In addition, the Cuban film El caso Padilla, by Pavel Giroud, was the first Cuban production to win the award for best documentary film. For its part, the Chilean 1976, a film directed by Manuela Martelli, won the award for the best Ibero-American fiction debut, while the recognition for the best animated film went to the Mexican film Águila y Jaguar: Los guerreros legendary, by Mike R. Ortiz.
Also outstanding was the participation of Utama, a Bolivian film that won two awards that make history for the country. Not surprisingly, the recognition for the best original music for Sergio Prudencio and for the best cinematography for Bárbara Álvarez are the first that Bolivia has achieved since the first edition of some awards that once again have tried to promote Spanish-speaking productions throughout the world, this time from Madrid.
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