The tenth edition of the Platinum Awards for Ibero-American cinema is coming and the devastating Argentina, 1985continues to swell the national casket: leads the nominations (with 14 nominations).
The film directed by Santiago Miter (Oscar nominee for Best International Film and Golden Globe winner in that category) is the Ibero-American production with the highest number of nominations, followed by the Spanish one so beasts, the mexican Bardthe Spanish five little wolves and the Colombian series News of a kidnappingall with six.
Alejandra Flechner, Carlos Portaluppi, Norman Briski, Peter Lanzani and Ricardo Darín They are the actors nominated for the award for their interpretations in the history of that group of lawyers who investigated and tried those responsible for the Argentine civic-military dictatorship.
The platinum ceremony will be there April 22 at the IFEMA Municipal Palace in Madridjust over a month after the Oscars, which will be presented this Sunday, March 12, at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
Other candidates for their performances: Aline Küppenheim for 1976Antonia Zegers for the penalty, Carmen Machi and Laura Galán for little pigDaniel Gimenez Cacho by BARD, false chronicle of few truthsLaia Costa, Ramón Barea and Susi Sánchez for five little wolvesLuis Tosar and Penelope Cruz for in the marginsLuis Zahera for As bestas and Magnolia Núñez for sweetness.
In the television segment, the finalists are William Francella Of The one in charge; Alejandro Awada Of Iosi, the repentant spy; Natalia Oriro Of Santa Evita; Amparo Noguera and Claudia Di Girolamo for 42 days in the dark; Andrés Parra and Paulina Gaitán for belascoaranCristina Umaña, Juan Pablo Raba, Majida Issa and Rodrigo Celis for News of a kidnapping; Daniel Gimenez Cacho by A strange enemy. Also, David Lorente, Juan Diego Botto and Leonor Watling for I don’t like driving and Veronica Echegui for Confidentiality.
The finalist titles were announced by Amaia Salamanca, Cristina Castaño, Nerea Barros and Rubén Cortada in an act that took place at the Spanish Heart Foundation on Thursday 9 March.
This way, the Platinum nominations are distributed among 12 countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Dominican Republic and Uruguay)with Spain getting 34% of the film nominations followed by Argentina, with 24%, and Chile and Mexico, both with 10%.
For its part, Argentina leads the nominations for series production with 33%, followed by Colombia (29%), Spain (17) and Mexico (13%).
Lali Espósito was one of the Argentines present during the delivery last year. The actress and singer performed live for the first time Disciplina, one of her last hits of hers. Furthermore, he has been assigned to drive together with the Spaniard Miguel Ángel Muñoz.
On that occasion, the Argentine miniseries El Reino was the national production that stood out among the winners, winner in three categories. The fiction released on Netflix then won the award for best Ibero-American film miniseries, its screenwriters Marcelo Piñeyro and Claudia Piñeiro established themselves as the best miniseries creators and Joaquín Furriel won the award for best supporting male performance.
For further details on the Spanish ceremony it is possible to visit the website www.premiosplatino.com
Source: Clarin
