'Argentina, 1985' leads the nominations for the X Premios Platino with 14 nominations

The film 'Argentina, 1985', directed by Santiago Mitre, is the Ibero-American production with the highest number of nominations for the Platinum Awards, followed by the Spanish film 'As bestas', the Mexican film 'Bardo...', the Spanish film 'Cinco lobitos' and the Colombian series 'Noticia de un hijab', all of them with 6. 'Alcarràs' has also achieved 3 important nominations.

The gala, which will be held on April 22 at the IFEMA Municipal Palace in Madrid and can be seen on television throughout Latin America, will recognize the Best Ibero-American Fiction Film, among which the Spanish ones are nominated Alcarras, by Carla Simón and The beasts by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Argentina Argentina, 1985, by Santiago Mitrey the Mexican Bard, false chronicle of a few truths, de Alejandro G. Iñárritu.

The awards will also crown the Best Cinematographic Miniseries or Teleseries Ibero-American Fiction or Documentary, category to which Argentinian women participate The manager, by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat, Iosi, the repentant spy, by Daniel Burman, and Santa Evita, by Rodrigo García and Alejandro Maci, and the Colombian News of a kidnapping, by Andrés Wood and Rodrigo García.

In this way, the productions with the most nominations are the movie Argentina, 1985, with 14 candidates, followed by the Spanish work The beasts, the Mexican film Bard, false chronicle of a few truths, the Spanish film five little wolves and the Colombian series News of a kidnapping, all of them with 6.

The Platinum nominations are distributed among twelve different countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Dominican Republic and Uruguay), with Spain obtaining 34% of the film nominations followed by Argentina, with 24% and Chile and Mexico, both with 10%, while Argentina leads the nominations for series productions with 33%, followed by Colombia, with 29%, Spain, with 17%, and Mexico, with 13%.

The actresses nominated in the category of Best Female Performance, a category that has five finalists in this tenth edition, they are the Chileans Aline Küppenheim for 1976 and Antonia Zegers for The punishment, the Spanish Laia Costa for five little wolves and Laura Galán for Little pig and the Dominican Magnolia Núñez for Carajita.

For their part, the candidates for Best Male Performance are the Mexican Daniel Giménez Cacho for Bard, false chronicle of a few truths, the Spanish Luis Tosar for On the margins, and the Argentines Peter Lanzani and Ricardo Darín for Argentina, 1985.

To the awards for Best Male Supporting Performance and Best Female Supporting Performance Argentines Carlos Portaluppi and Norman Briski opt, respectively, for Argentina, 1985 and the Spanish Luis Zahera for The beasts and Ramón Barea for five little wolves in the male part, and the Argentine Alejandra Flechner for Argentina, 1985, and the Spanish Carmen Machi for Little pig, Penelope Cruz by On the margins and Susi Sánchez for five little wolves in the female section.

Television

In the television categories, they have been nominated for Best Ibero-American Cinematographic Miniseries or Teleseries of Fiction or Documentary those already named The manager, Iosi, the repentant spy, News of a kidnapping y Santa Evita. In the case of the candidacy for Best Creator in Miniseries or Teleseries, Andrés Wood and Rodrigo García will attend News of a kidnapping, Daniel Burman by Iosi, the repentant spy, Leonardo Padrón for the Colombian production Pálpito and Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat for The manager.

The candidates for the award Best Female Performance in a Miniseries or Teleseries are the Chilean Claudia Di Girolamo for 42 days in the dark, the Colombian Cristina Umaña for News of a kidnapping, the Argentine Natalia Oreiro for Santa Evita and the Mexican Paulina Gaitán for Belascoaran, while the nominees for Best Male Performance in a Miniseries or Teleseries are the Mexican Daniel Giménez Cacho for A strange enemy. T2, also nominated in the film acting categories, the Argentine Guillermo Francella for The manager, the Argentine-Spanish Juan Diego Botto for I don't like driving, and the Colombian Juan Pablo Raba for News of a kidnapping.

In category a Best Male Supporting Performance in a Miniseries or Teleseries Argentine Alejandro Awada is up for the Platinum Award for Iosi, the repentant spy, the Mexican Andrés Parra for Belascoaran, the Spanish David Lorente for I don't like driving and the Colombian Rodrigo Celis for News of a kidnapping, while Best Female Supporting Performance in a Miniseries or Teleseries the Chilean Amparo Noguera attends 42 days in the dark, the Spanish Leonor Watling for I don't like driving, the Colombian Majida Issa for News of a kidnapping and the Spanish Verónica Echegui for Privacy.

Documentary

In section a Best Documentary Film, the five candidates are the Uruguayan Bosco, by Alicia Cano Menoni, the Paraguayan Eami, by Paz Encina, the Cuban-Spanish co-production The Padilla case, by Pavel Giroud, the Guatemalan The silence of the mole, by Anaïs Taracena, and the Chilean my imaginary country, by Patricio Guzmán.

For its part, the Platinum Award for Best Ibero-American First Feature, which recognizes the commitment of producers to new talents in the Ibero-American industry, the following five finalists aspire: the Chilean 1976, by Manuela Martelli, the Spanish five little wolves, by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, the Nicaraguan The daughter of all rages, by Laura Baumeister, the Colombian The pack, by Andrés Ramírez Pulido, and the Bolivian Main, by Alejandro Loayza Grisi.

In recognition of Best Screenplay, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Nicolás Giacobone compete for the award for Bard, false chronicle of a few truths, and will have Isabel Peña and Rodrigo Sorogoyen as category rivals for The beasts, Manuela Martelli and Alejandra Moffat for 1976 and Mariano Llinás and Santiago Miter for Argentina, 1985.

For their part, the nominees in the section for Best Original Music are Aránzazu Calleja, for five little wolves, Cergio Prudencio by Main, Leonardo Heiblum and Alexis Ruíz for The kings of the world and Pedro Osuna for Argentina, 1985. In the candidacy for Best Art Direction, Eugenio Caballero will nominate for Bard, false chronicle of a few truths, Francisca Correa by 1976, Micaela Saiegh by Argentina, 1985 and Pepe Domínguez del Olmo for Model 77.

Alberto del Campo for The beasts, Andrés Pepe Estrada by Argentina, 1985, José M. G. Moyano for Model 77 and Sebastián Hernández and Gustavo Vasco for The kings of the world will compete for recognition of the Best Assembly Direction, while the Platinum Award for Best Cinematography Bárbara Álvarez will choose Main, Daniela Cajías by Alcarras, David Gallego for The kings of the world, and Javier Juliá for Argentina, 1985. For their part, Aitor Berenguer, Fabiola Ordoyo and Yasmina Praderas for The beasts, Carlos García for The kings of the world, Federico Moreira by Main and Santiago Fumagalli for Argentina, 1985 will aspire to the award for Best Sound Direction.

The candidates for recognition as Best Animated Film they are the mexican Eagle and Jaguar: The Legendary Warriors, by Mike R. Ortiz, Argentina paradise, by Federico Moreno Breser and Fernando Sirianni, and the Spanish Tadeo Jones 3: The Emerald Tablet, by Enrique Gato, and Unicorn wars, by Alberto Vázquez.

Finally, the nominees for Platinum Award for Cinema and Education in Values are those already mentioned Argentina, 1985, by Santiago Migre, five little wolves, by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, The substitute, by Diego Lerman and Main by Alejandro Loayza Grisi.