Great success of Spanish productions at the Platino Xcaret Awards. The Snow Society, by Juan Antonio Bayona, has been the great winner of the 11th edition of the awards that celebrate the best of Ibero-American audiovisuals, which took place this Saturday at the Tlachco Parque Xcaret Theater, in the beautiful enclave of the Mayan Riviera. The moving story about the aerial tragedy in the Andes of 1972 started as a favorite with seven nominations and has been awarded six: film, direction, editing, sound, photography and best leading actor for the Uruguayan Enzo Vogrincic, praised as a youth idol after the success of the film both in theaters and on Netflix, where it has become the most viewed Spanish-language film on the platform with 250 million viewers.
“I wouldn’t be here without Pablo Vierci’s book, a book that arises from the desire to change the story and tell it the right way,” said the Barcelona filmmaker before dedicating his Platinum award for best director to the families of the deceased and their loved ones. own parents because “the education and culture of their children was always important to them. Bayona has also dedicated some words of support to Argentine cinema and especially to President Milei’s cuts: “To be against cinema is to be against your own country. Argentina, here we are. You are not alone.”
Nominated for the Oscar as best international film and winner of 12 Goya awards, The Snow Society closes an awards season in Mexico in style, also counting on the support of the public, who yesterday awarded it the Platinum for best Ibero-American film and actor. for Vogrincic. “It is a habit that I have of giving thanks and I want to be grateful for the opportunities that I have had because I come from a country and a neighborhood with few opportunities,” said the 31-year-old interpreter, who has put himself in the shoes of Numa Turcatti, excitedly. , one of the young people who died in the mountain.
The other big winner of the night also comes from Spain: 20,000 species of bees. The debut feature film by Basque director and screenwriter Estíbaliz Urresola about trans childhood has won four statuettes: screenplay, supporting actress for Ane Gabarain, education in values ??and best debut feature. Urresola has dedicated her award “in favor of diversity” and has remembered Ekai, the young trans man who took his own life and whose story inspired this film with a brilliant career that began its journey at the 2023 Berlinale. The director, always vindictive , has thrown a few words towards Gerardo Herrero, although without naming him, who has joked after receiving a kiss from Blanca Suárez upon winning the Platinum for best Ibero-American fiction comedy for Bajoterapia. “Enough of objectifying and let’s change the narrative,” she commented bluntly.
The tribute to the cinema of Víctor Erice in Cerrar los ojos, with six nominations, has had to settle for the statuette to José Coronado as a supporting actor, a category that already earned him the Goya last February for his role as a actor who loses his memory. Coronado has not been able to come to Mexico, as has Laia Costa, winner in the best actress category for Un amor, by Isabel Coixet, in which she plays a woman who flees her overwhelming life in the city to discover herself. In her place, Carolina Yuste, a friend and competitor in this category for her role as the wife of comedian Eugenio in Know that, has picked him up.
For its part, The Count, the black and white satire in which Pablo Larraín portrays a vampire-like Augusto Pinochet, also with six nominations, has won best art direction. The eleventh edition of the Platino Awards, popularly known as the Latin Oscars, has been hosted by the Mexican actress Esmeralda Pimentel and the Colombian Májida Issa, who have started the gala with great rhythm. In fact, music and dance have accompanied the great Ibero-American audiovisual festival, which has featured the Spanish flavor of performances by David Bisbal, Ana Mena and Ana Guerra.
In the television section, the Platinum for best series went to Barrabrava, an Argentine-Uruguayan co-production. The best creator in a miniseries or television series has gone to Argentine Daniel Burman for the second season of Iosi, the repentant spy. His compatriot Andy Chango has won as a supporting male performer in a miniseries for Love After Love and in the female category Carmen Machi has been chosen for her role in The Messiah, the Los Javis phenomenon series. Machi was not able to attend the ceremony and in her place it was her co-star Lola Dueñas who came out on stage to collect the award. With a huge smile, Dueñas has risen again to this time embrace the Platinum for best actress in a miniseries and has dedicated the recognition to Los Javis, “my two jewels.”
As best leading actor in a miniseries, Alfredo Castro’s work for The Thousand Days of Allende has been praised. In the animated film, Pablo Berger has won with his emotional story of friendship between a robot and a dog in Robot dreams, another of the Spanish productions applauded tonight. “I want to dedicate the award to the Mexican public that has embraced this film with so much love,” he said happily. The composer of the film’s original music, Alfonso Vilallonga, has said that he did not have a speech prepared when they announced his winning name.
There has been no surprise either for the Chilean Maite Alberdi, favorite for her feature-length documentary The Infinite Memory, a beautiful story of love, pain and memories that was nominated for the Oscar. “We must remember that we travel the paths together,” she said in her speech.
The president of the Platino awards, Enrique Cerezo, has been in charge of giving the Platinum Honor to Cecilia Roth, “one of the great actresses of our cinema”, winner of two Goyas. With everyone on their feet to greet her, an excited Roth dressed in green admitted to being “overwhelmed.” She recalled that she played as a child with her brother Ariel to create stories that she turned into reality and said that “we must take care of our cinema because it is always in danger. Let us be attentive and resist and turn that resistance into truth,” she stated in a clear allusion. to the serious situation of Argentine cinema.
Next year, the Platino awards will return to Madrid, so the president of the Madrid community, Isabel Ayuso, was present to pick up the baton from the Quintana Roo government. “We will host the awards at the House of Freedom,” she announced smiling.
