'The Good Patron' and 'The Kingdom' triumph at the 2022 Platino Awards

The Spanish film The good boss and the Argentine series the kingdom have been the great winners of the IX Edition of the Platinum Ibero-American Cinema Awards held at the IFEMA Madrid Municipal Palace this Sunday.

The Spanish film has won three awards, including Best Ibero-American Fiction Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay and Best Male Performance, while the Argentine television production has obtained three awards for Best Fiction Cinematographic Miniseries or Teleseries, Best Series Creator and Best Male Supporting Performance.

With the recognition for the Best Ibero-American Fiction Film, the team of The good boss He went up to the stage of the IFEMA Madrid Municipal Palace up to four times. It was the night of Fernando León de Aranoa, the star of the evening when he won the awards for Best Direction and Best Screenplay. The shortlist of awards for the Spanish production was completed by the Platinum for Best Male Performance obtained by Javier Bardem, who won the statuette with his third nomination and which he dedicated to the Spanish actor Juan Diego, “a master in his ethics as a citizen, in his behavior as a person, and as an actor”, after his recent death, a heartfelt tribute.

The Platinum Awards for Latin American production recognized Blanca Portillo with the award for Best Female Performance for her role in Maixabel while Alfredo Castro won the award for Best Male Supporting Performance for his role in Carnival y Aitana Sánchez-Gijón She was recognized for her applauded role in Madres paralleles with the statuette for Best Female Supporting Performance, which vindicated motherhood in the stories: “We must talk about imperfect mothers because we all are.”

The Argentine series the kingdom was another of the great winners after achieving recognition for the Best Fiction Cinematographic Miniseries or Teleseries, the Best Series Creator for the duo made up of Marcelo Piñeyro and Claudia Piñeiro and the Best Supporting Male Performance in a Cinematographic Miniseries or Teleseries for Joaquín Furriel.

Javier Cámara won a new Platinum Award thanks to his work in Come on John, which earned her the award for Best Male Performance in a Miniseries or Teleserie, while Daniela Ramírez was recognized for Best Female Performance in a Miniseries or Teleserie for playing the celebrated Chilean writer Isabel Allende, a “revolutionary and feminist from the beginning,” in the series Isabel, y Najwa Nimri won the statuette for Best Female Supporting Performance in a Miniseries or Teleseries for her unforgettable Sierra in The Money Heist.

Carmen Maura, Honorary Platinum

One of the moments of the night was the protagonist, as he defined it Enrique Cerezo, executive president of the Platino Awards, “an ambassador for all of Ibero-America”: Carmen Maura. The brand new Honor Prize of the ninth edition of the awards, who received her statuette from Cerezo himself, as well as a loud ovation, shared her enthusiasm for the tribute, highlighting her fortune from her career:
“I have had many moments of great luck, it is incredible to me that I have come this far.”

The performer took the opportunity to highlight her extensive but unknown work on the other side of the pond, hoping that the Platinum Awards can serve as a showcase so that these productions can be seen in more countries: “I have worked in many Latin American countries and there are many people who don't know it.” He also dedicated the award to the colleagues with whom he worked on those films: “I want to share it with all the actors and actresses with whom I have worked in Ibero-American countries, where I have felt very welcomed and loved.”

There was also no shortage of the best Ibero-American music from artists such as Lali, who changed the role of master of ceremonies to perform on stage, Pedro Fernández, with a heartfelt tribute to Vicente Fernández, Nia, who dazzled the audience, Rozalén and Kany García, together on stage for the first time, and Ana Belén, with a surprise performance to vindicate “all the people who fight for peace in the face of the horror of war” who made the delight of the PLATINUM audience.

The Brazilian film The Last Forest, by Luiz Bolognesi, was the winner of the trophy for Best Documentary Film, while Carnival, by Juan Pablo Félix, has been awarded the Platinum Award for Best Ibero-American First Feature, which recognizes the commitment of producers to new talents in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking industry. For its part, the award for Best Animated Film went to the Peruvian production Ainbo, the Amazon Warrior by José Zelada and Richard Claus.

Alberto Iglesias, nominated for an Oscar for the soundtrack of Parallel mothers, was the winner of the award for Best Original Music for the score of Pedro Almodóvar's latest film, bringing him five Platinum awards to his credit. For its part, Antxon Gomez, also from the team Parallel mothers, won the award for Best Art Direction, completing the three awards for the production of El Desire.

The recognition for Best Editing Direction went to Germano de Oliveira, from the Brazilian film 7 prisoners, while the Platinum for Best Cinematography was obtained by Kiko de la Rica, from the Spanish film Mediterranean, and the statuette for Best Sound Direction was won by Akrichalerm Kalayanamitr for the Colombian film Memory.

Finally, the Platinum Award for Cinema and Education in Values, presented by Julyssa Reinoso, American ambassador to Spain who also received special recognition from the organization for her intense work promoting the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda, was awarded the Mexican ribbon The wolves, by Samuel Kishi, completing the diverse list of winners of the IX edition of the great event for Ibero-American audiovisuals.