‘The Black Ball’, with five nominations, favorite for the 32 Forqué Awards

‘The black ball’candidate for the Oscars for Spain and directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, starts as a favorite in the 32nd edition of the Forqué Awards with five nominations, including best fiction feature film and best female performance for Lola Duenas y Penelope Cruz.

The finalist works for the Forqué, whose gala will be held on December 19 at the IFEMA Madrid Municipal Palace, have been chosen from a total of 345 participating productions, of which 125 are fiction feature films, 82 documentaries, eight animated films, 66 short films, 32 series and 32 Latin American productions.

‘The black ball’ also aspires to the awards for best male performance for Guitarricadelafuente and to Cinema and Education in Values ​​Award. The Javis film heads a list of finalists in which ‘The loved one’the second season of ‘Celeste’‘The Castle’ and ‘Many people have to die’ There are three candidates each.

In the cinematographic section, ‘The loved one’by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, is up for three awards: best fiction feature film and the acting awards for Javier Bardem, in the men’s category, and Victoria Luengoin the feminine. For his part, ‘I I will not die of love’by Marta Matute, has two nominations, for best fiction feature film and for the Film and Education in Values ​​Award, while ‘Three goodbyes’by Isabel Coixet, completes the nominations for best film.

In the interpretation categories, Carmen Maura (‘Malaga Street’), Lola Duenas y Penelope Cruz (‘The black ball’) and Victoria Luengo (‘The loved one’) will compete for the female prize. In the men’s category, the nominees are Alberto San Juan (‘The light’), Eduard Fernandez (‘The Bad Father’), Guitarricadelafuente (‘The black ball’) and Javier Bardem (‘The loved one’).

In the series section, the second season of ‘Celeste’by Diego San José; ‘He castillo’by Isabel Peña and Eduardo Villanueva; and ‘Many people have to die’by Victoria Martín, tie with three nominations each. All three are up for the award for best fiction series and have two acting nominations.

Thus, ‘Celeste’ adds the nominations of Carmen Machi y Manolo Solowhile ‘The Castle’ has Valentina Vidal y Raul Arevalo. For its part, Anna Castillo y Macarena Garcia They compete for the award for best female performance in a series for ‘Many people have to die’. ‘Ravalejar’by Pol Rodríguez, completes the nominations for best fiction series and adds another nomination for Enrique Auquer as best male performance in a series.

The 32nd edition of the Forqué Awards will also recognize Latin American cinema, with the films ‘red hangar’ (Chile), ‘The virgin of the tosquera’ (Argentina), ‘Flies’ (Mexico) and ‘Narciso‘ (Paraguay) as finalists for best Latin American film of the year.

In the category of best documentary feature film, ‘200 lives. Paco Rabal, ‘Carlos Saura. That boy in the photograph, ‘Forqué, the craft of filmmaking’ e ‘Stories of the good valley’. In animation, the candidates are ‘Evolution‘, ‘The Violinist’, ‘Tadeo Jones and the Wonderful Lamp’ y ‘Winnipeg, the ship of hope’.

For its part, ‘Cona face’, ‘in memory’ y ‘Be a man’ will compete for the award for best cinematographic short film, while ‘Iván & Hadoum’, ‘The black ball’, ‘Pioneers: they just wanted to play’ y ‘I will not die of love’ They compete for the Film and Education in Values ​​Award.