By Jose Alberto Hermosillo,
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| Photo: Jose Alberto Hermosillo. |
Los Angeles, CA. 05-27-2015. The Second Annual Premios Platino of Iberoamerican Cinema announced its nominations, marked by the notable absence of Mexican films in the top categories. Despite the lack of nominations, Mexican stars Kate Del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez, and Alessandra Rosaldo drew media attention, with reporters crowding the trendy Andaz Hotel on the Sunset Strip.
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The nominations clearly favored Spanish productions and co-productions. Almodovar’s El Deseo co-produced with Argentina on “Wild Tales,” which received 10 nominations. The Spanish film “La Isla Minima/Marshland” received nine. “Conducta/Behavior” from Cuba received eight. “Mr. Kaplan,” the dark comedy from Uruguay, received seven nominations, and “Pelo Malo/Bad Hair” from Venezuela, shown at Outfest 2014, received six nominations.
Elvi Cano (Executive Director of EGEDA USA and Premios Platino) introduced the event, explaining that Los Angeles was chosen because it is the most cinematic city in the world.
The ceremony will air live on 17 of the 23 participating countries’ channels, including those in the USA, Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.
Iberoamerica produced 760 films last year, some of which were considered for the awards. Elvi added: “This year the Platino has four new categories: cinematography, editing, sound, and art direction.”
Gonzalo Elvira (filmmaker and representative of FIPCS México) announced that the second edition of the awards will be held in Marbella, Spain, on July 18th.
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Eugenio Derbez (“Instructions Not Included”) joked about the award, comparing its shape to that of a Cuban woman.
Minutes later, Eugenio handed the American Cinematheque a well-deserved trophy for its unconditional support of Latin films.
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| Rick Nicita, Chairman of the
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| Kate Del Castillo. Photo by Jose A. Hermosillo. |
The Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient was announced by Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo (“Julia,” “Under the Same Moon”), and it went to one of the greatest Latin actors, Antonio
Banderas.
Actress and singer Alessandra Rosaldo and Juan Carlos Arciniegas announced the nominations. It was strange not to hear any Mexican productions in the top categories.
The most competitive category is Best Original Score, featuring legendary film composers such as Roque Baños (“Old Boy,” “Cantinflas”) for “El niño,” two-time Oscar winner Gustavo Santaolalla for “Wild Tales,” and L.A.’s Symphonic Conductor Gustavo Dudamel for “Libertador.”
Spanish actor Oscar Jaenada was nominated for Best Actor for the major Mexican production “Cantinflas.” The film failed to receive recognition in other categories. One of them is Best Art Direction, a decision that makes no sense when compared with other nominees, such as the Cuban film “Conducta/Behavior,” which features natural settings, rooftops, and beach scenes.
In the technical categories, the nominations were subjective and unfair, giving them only to the best-picture nominees. This unfair practice failed to recognize the diversity of other Latin films worthy of mention in other categories.
Latinos are fighting to gain recognition in Hollywood, but failed to recognize one another at the Platino Awards.
Mexican productions got only two nominations in the small categories: best documentary, Gael García Bernal's “Who’s Dayani Cristal?” And for Best Animated Feature: “La leyenda de las Momias de Guanajuato.”
It was a big shame that the Mexican films and filmmakers that have
been recognized all over the world weren’t good enough for Premios Platinos.
Some of this year's great Mexican movies were left out, including: “Club Sandwich,” the winner of best director at the San Sebastian Film Festival; “Güeros,” this year's Ariel winner for best picture; the box office hit “Buen Día, Ramón”; the amazing performances of Harold Torres and Carlos Bardem in “González”; the Goya submission “La Dictadura Perfecta”; and the documentaries “Quebranto,” “Purgatorio,” and “H2Omx.”
Other marvelous Latin films of 2014 that were snubbed include: Colombia’s “Manos Sucias,” Brazil's “The Way He Looks,” Bolivia's “Olvidados,” Chile's “To Kill a Man,” Costa Rica's true story “Red Princesses,” the Dominican Republic’s “Cristo Rey,” Bolivia's “Silence in Dreamland,” Panama’s “Invitation,” and Spain’s “Living is Easy with the Eyes Closed.”
Our hope for the next year is that Premios Platino could be more “academic” and include more categories, perhaps best supporting actor and supporting actress, best original song, best makeup, and best script adaptation.
The awards should be much more inclusive and democratic, and should also include Latin productions made in other languages, such as Maya, English, or any other language. This year, Cannes’ winner for best screenplay, “Chronic,” Guatemala’s “Ixcanul,” the Berlin winner for best debut film, “600 Miles,” and the Sundance sensation “Me, Earl and the Dying Girl” could be included.
The award ceremony, location, and organization looked spectacular, like last year's in Panama.
We hope Premios Platino continue to grow and bring together films, filmmakers, film critics, and film lovers from all of Iberoamerica and from other parts of the world.
And the Nominees for the Second Annual Premios Platino of Iberoamerican
Cinema are:
Best Iberoamerican Feature Film:
CONDUCTA, d. Ernesto Daranas, Cuba
LA ISLA MÍNIMA, d. Alberto Rodríguez, Spain
MR. KAPLAN, d. Álvaro Brechner, Germany, Spain, Uruguay
PELO MALO, d. Mariana Rondón, Venezuela, Perú, Germany, Argentina
RELATOS SALVAJES, d. Damián Szifron, Argentina,
Spain
ALBERTO RODRÍGUEZ (Spain) for LA ISLA MÍNIMA
ÁLVARO BRECHNER (Uruguay) for MR. KAPLAN
DAMIÁN SZIFRON (Argentina) for RELATOS SALVAJES
ERNESTO DARANAS (Cuba) for CONDUCTA
MARIANA RONDÓN (Venezuela) for PELO MALO
Best Performance by an Actor:
BENICIO DEL TORO (Puerto Rico)
for ESCOBAR, PARAÍSO PERDIDO
JAVIER GUTIÉRREZ (Spain) for LA ISLA MÍNIMA
JORGE PERUGORRÍA (Cuba) for LA PARED DE LAS PALABRAS
LEONARDO SBARAGLIA (Argentina) for RELATOS SALVAJES
OSCAR JAENADA (Spain) for CANTINFLAS
Best Performance by an Actress:
ÉRICA RIVAS (Argentina) for RELATOS SALVAJES
GERALDINE CHAPLIN (USA) for DÓLARES DE ARENA
LAURA DE LA UZ (Cuba) for VESTIDO DE NOVIA
LEANDRA LEAL (Brazil) for O LOBO ATRÁS DA PORTA
PAULINA GARCÍA (Chile) for LAS ANALFABETAS
SAMANTHA CASTILLO (Venezuela) for PELO MALO
Best Original Score:
ADÁN JODOROWSKY (Chile) for LA DANZA DE LA REALIDAD
GUSTAVO DUDAMEL (Venezuela)
for LIBERTADOR
GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA (Argentina)
for RELATOS SALVAJES
JUAN A. LEYVA, MAGDA R. GALBÁN (Cuba) for CONDUCTA
JULIO DE LA ROSA (Spain)
for LA ISLA MÍNIMA
ROQUE BAÑOS (Spain)
for EL NIÑO
Best Animated Feature Film:
ATÉ QUE A SBÓRNIA NOS SEPARE Director: Otto Guerra,
Ennio Torresan Jr., Brazil
DIXIE Y LA REBELIÓN ZOMBI Director: Beñat Beitia, Ricardo Ramón, Spain
LA LEYENDA DE LAS MOMIAS DE GUANAJUATO Director: Alberto Rodríguez, México
MEÑIQUE Director: Ernesto Padrón Cuba, Spain
MORTADELO Y FILEMÓN CONTRA JIMMY EL CACHONDO
Director: Javier Fesser, Spain
O MENINO E O MUNDO Director: Alé Abreu, Brazil
Best Documentary:
¿QUIÉN ES DAYANI CRISTAL? Director: Marc Silver, México/United
Kingdom
2014, NACIDO EN GAZA Director: Hernán Zin, Spain
EL VALS DE LOS INÚTILES Director: Edison Cajas, Argentina/Chile
O SAL DA TERRA Director: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Brazil/France/Italy
PACO DE LUCÍA, LA BÚSQUEDA Director: Francisco Sánchez Varela, Spain
Best Screenplay:
ALBERTO RODRÍGUEZ, RAFAEL COBOS (Spain) for LA ISLA MÍNIMA
ÁLVARO BRECHNER (Uruguay) for MR. KAPLAN
DAMIÁN SZIFRON (Argentina) for RELATOS SALVAJES
ERNESTO DARANAS (Cuba) for CONDUCTA
MARIANA RONDÓN (Venezuela) for PELO MALO
Best Iberoamerican Feature Film Debut:
10,000 KM, Director: Carlos Marques-Marcet,
Spain
CIENCIAS NATURALES, Director: Matías Lucchesi, Argentina/France
LA DISTANCIA MÁS LARGA, Director: Claudia Pinto, Spain/Venezuela
MATEO Director: María Gamboa, Colombia/France
VESTIDO DE NOVIA Director: Marilyn Solaya, Cuba.
Best Cinematography:
ALBERTO ALEJANDRO PÉREZ for CONDUCTA
ALEX CATALÁN for LA ISLA MÍNIMA
ÁLVARO GUTIÉRREZ for MR. KAPLAN
MICAELA CAJAHUARINGA for PELO MALO
JAVIER JULIÁ for RELATOS SALVAJES
Best Sound Direction:
CONDUCTA
LA ISLA MÍNIMA
MR. KAPLAN
PELO MALO
RELATOS SALVAJES
Best Editing:
CONDUCTA,
LA ISLA MÍNIMA,
MR. KAPLAN,
PELO MALO,
RELATOS SALVAJES,
Best Art Direction:
CONDUCTA,
LA ISLA MÍNIMA,
MR. KAPLAN,
PELO MALO,
RELATOS SALVAJES.
Lifetime Achievement Award: ANTONIO BANDERAS
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