'Late for anger' by winning the Forqué paves its way to the Goya

‘Born in Syria wins the Forqué for best documentary feature film; Roberto álamo for 'May God forgive us', stands out as best male performer while Enma Suárez wins the award for his role in 'Julieta'.

This weekend, Seville hosted the Forqué Awards for the first time, established by EGEDA and aimed at the best Spanish productions and actors.

the movie Late for anger managed to win the Forqué Award for the best film of the year. In this way, Raúl Arévalo's debut paves the way to the Academy Awards. The other finalists for best film were The man of a thousand faces, by Alberto Rodríguez, who leaves empty, May God forgive us by Rodrigo Sorogoyen and 1898. The last of the Philippines by Salvador Calvo.

The illustrious citizen, a Spanish-Argentine co-production directed by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn and starring Oscar Martínez (winner of the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival) has won the award for best Latin American film.

For its part, the film that shows the exodus of refugees who fled the war in 2015 through the testimonies of children, 2016. Born in Syria, directed by Hernán Zin, managed to convince as best documentary feature film. The apocalyptic world of Graffiti, by Lluis Quílez and filmed in Chernobyl, was the short film awarded at these Forqué.

In terms of interpretation, Enma Suárez for her role in Juliet and Roberto Álamo, for May God forgive us, deserved the recognition of the producers.

A monster comes to see me, by Juan Antonio Bayona, won the award for cinema and Education in Values.

The broadcast of the Forqué Awards gala from the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville brought together nearly one million viewers (947,000) in front of the television on Saturday with a screen share of 8%.

Tribute to Antonio P. Pérez

The only one I knew about in advance at this gala was the one dedicated to the independent producer Antonio P. Pérez, founder of Maestranza Films, who received the EGEDA Gold Medal. The Board of Directors of this managing entity has thus wanted to highlight the outstanding career of one of the mainstays of our country's production, with such important titles in the history of our cinema in the last 25 years as Alone, Nobody knows anyone, The sleeping voice o Far from the sea. In total, more than thirty titles that demonstrate his powerful and solid career.

Fate made Pérez go to Seville just hours after burying his mother, to whom he excitedly dedicated the producers' Gold Medal.

Pérez highlighted that Solas It marked a turning point in Andalusian cinema that since then has provided brilliant productions by directors, producers, technicians and actors.