Mexico City.- The Mexican film Eagle and Jaguar: Legendary Warriors won the Platinum Award for Best Animated Film, in its tenth edition; while Argentina, 1985 was the best Ibero-American fiction film.
Created by Mike R. Ortiz, the Mexican production is about a series of characters that travel through time and recover the essence and energy of Mexican ancient cultures.
According to IMCINE, the film that features the voices of José Eduardo Derbez, Franco Escamilla, Roberto Palazuelos, Lalo España, Yurem Rojas and Edgar Vivar aspires to be a trilogy that would put the KoolToons studio in the crosshairs of this audiovisual content industry.
The tenth edition of the Platino Awards for Ibero-American cinema recognized Latin American productions with a marked social cut, including Argentina, 1985, which won the best Ibero-American fiction film.
Santiago Miter’s film about the process that brought the Argentine military leadership before civil justice won a total of five awards including the Platinum Award for cinema and education in values for its defense of democracy.
Its leading actor, the Argentine star Ricardo Darín, beat out Luis Tosar, In the margins, Daniel Giménez Cacho from Bardo, and his co-star Peter Lanzani to win the Platinum award for best male performance.
Noticia de un kidnapping, the six-episode Colombian production based on a work by García Márquez, was confirmed as the great winner of the night in the miniseries category, winning four of the six Platinum for which it was eligible.
The Chilean film 1976, by Manuela Martelli, won the award for best fiction debut. Set a few years after the military dictatorship was established in the country, the film is narrated from the point of view of Carmen, played by Alice Kuppenheim, who is nominated in the category of best female performance.
The Bolivian film Utama received Platinum for best cinematography and best original music. Upon picking it up, the composer Cergio Prudencio starred in one of the most emotional moments of the night, thanking him in Quechua for his award, in a gesture to the native people of the Bolivian highlands where the film takes place.
The Spanish filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen prevailed in a close category to take the Platinum for Best Director for As Bestas, beating Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Carla Simón and Santiago Mitre. Sorogoyen’s rural thriller also earned Luis Zahera the Platinum for Best Supporting Male Performance.
Cuba won its first prize in the best documentary film category at the Platinum Awards with El Caso Padilla, which tells the story of the poet Herberto Padilla, arrested by the Fidel Castro regime, through the testimonies of Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar and Mario Vargas Llosa, among others.
Puerto Rican Benicio del Toro, Platinum Honor Award 2023 for his outstanding career, recalled how he was offered to change his name, make aesthetic interventions to change his features and how he struggled with insecurities about his Latino identity in pursuit of his dream.
“I would be lying if I said that it was only the system that sowed doubts. My friends, Latinos, would tell me: aren’t you worried about being typecast as Latino?” Del Toro said.
“I’m not going to forget who I am and where I come from,” he added, visibly moved.
Veteran Spanish actress Susi Sánchez repeated the recognition she obtained at the Goyas with a Platinum Award for Best Supporting Female Performance for her role as the magnificent mother and grandmother of 5 Lobitos.
Full list of winners
Ibero-American fiction film: “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina)
Ibero-American fictional comedy: “Official Competition” (Spain, Argentina)
Directed by: Rodrigo Sorogoyen, “As Beasts” (Spain)
Screenplay: Mariano Llinás, Santiago Mitre, “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina)
Male interpretation: Ricardo Darín “Argentina 1985” (Argentina)
Female interpretation: Laia Costa “5 wolves” (Spain)
Supporting male performance: Luis Zahera, “As bestas” (Spain, France)
Supporting female performance: Susi Sánchez, “5 Lobitos” (Spain)
Animated film: “Eagle and Jaguar: Legendary Warriors” (Mexico)
Documentary film: “The Padilla case” (Cuba, Spain)
Latin American fiction debut: “1976” (Chile, Argentina)
Original music: Cergio Prudencio, “Utama” (Bolivia, Uruguay, France)
Editing direction: Alberto del Campo, “As bestas” (Spain, France)
Art direction: Micaela Saiegh “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina, USA)
Director of Photography: Bárbara Álvarez, “Utama” (Bolivia, Uruguay, France)
Sound direction: Aitor Berenguer, Fabiola Ordoyo, Yasmina Praderas, “As bestas” (Spain)
Platinum Award for Film and Education in Values: “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina)
Ibero-American film miniseries or teleseries: “News of a kidnapping” (Colombia, Chile)
Male interpretation in miniseries or teleseries: Guillermo Francella “El encargado” (Argentina)
Female interpretation in miniseries or teleseries: Cristina Umaña, “News of a kidnapping” (Colombia, Chile)
Supporting male role in miniseries or teleseries: Alejandro Guada, “Iosi, the repentant spy” (Argentina)
Supporting female role in miniseries or television series: Majida Issa, “News of a kidnapping” (Colombia, Chile)
Best creator in a miniseries or television series: Andrés Wood, Rodrigo García, “News of a kidnapping” (Colombia, Chile)
Platinum Honor Award: Benicio del Toro
With information from AP
