‘The Snow Society’, by Juan Antonio Bayona, sweeps the Platinum Awards for Ibero-American cinema with six awards

Director Juan Antonio Bayona and his film The Snow Society have been the great winners of the Platino Awards gala for Ibero-American cinema, held in Riviera Maya (Mexico) in the early hours of this Sunday in Spain. In a ceremony in which criticism of the situation of Argentine cinema was heard, Spanish cinema swept 16 awards out of the 23 award categories. Bayona’s film won six awards in the seven categories it was nominated for, including Best Director and Best Ibero-American Fiction Film. The filmmaker, when he collected the award for best director, defended cinema as a “tool of expression” and said that being against cinema is “being against your own country,” alluding to the situation that is being experienced in Argentina. since the arrival of Javier Milei to the presidency.

“Today I am here thanks to my parents. I come from a humble place. My parents did not have the freedom to choose whether to study or work. My mother started working at the age of nine and my father at 15. For them, the education and culture of their children was always very important,” she explained. When she collected the other aforementioned award, she highlighted that her film has already had more than 250 million viewers around the world, which has made it the third most viewed of the year and the most viewed Spanish film on Netflix. The Snow Society It also won the awards for Best Editing, Cinematography and Sound Direction.

The actresses Majida Issa and Esmeralda Pimentel were in charge of presenting the eleventh edition of the Platino Awards, which returned to Mexico after three editions held in Madrid due to the pandemic. In their opening speech, the presenters praised Spanish as a common language.

Among the Spanish winners, it has also stood out 20,000 species of bees, with four awards: Best Screenplay, Best First Feature, the one dedicated to cinema and education in values ​​and one in the acting category. Her director, Estibaliz Urresola, praised the “diversity” of her land, the Basque Country. In addition, she demanded that she stop “objectifying.” In the Best Animated Film category, Robot dreamsby Pablo Berger, has won the statuette, in addition to triumphing with the Platinum for Best Original Music.

The best female performance went to Laia Costa for One Love, although he was not able to attend the gala. Enzo Vogrincic, for The Snow Societyhas won the award for best male performance.

The Spanish triumph has continued in the female category of miniseries or teleseries cast, in which Carmen Machi has won for her role in The Messiah, by The Javis. In the male category, the Argentine actor Andy Chango has won the award. In his speech he said that culture is being “killed” in his country.

Lola Dueñas has been awarded for her role as Montserrat in The Messiah, in the category of Best Female Performance in a Miniseries or TV Series. José Coronado has been the Platinum winner for best male supporting performance in Close the eyes. In the women’s category Ane Gabarain has won for 20,000 species of bees. Spain has also repeated its success in the Best Ibero-American Fiction Comedy Category with Under therapy’, by Gerardo Herrero.

Among the rest of the winners, filmmaker Daniel Burman has won the Platinum for Best Creator of a Series or Teleserye for Iosi, the repentant spy; The Best Documentary Film was the Chilean one infinite memory, of Maite Alberdi. In addition, the Platinum Award for Art Direction has gone to Rodrigo Bazaes for the Chilean film Countby Pablo Larraín.

Finally, the Platinum Awards have awarded the Honor Award to the actress Cecilia Roth and have honored Rocío Dúrcal, who died in 2006, who had a great career in Spain and Mexico.