2017 Premios Platino Nominations – Platino Awards of Ibero-American Cinema I had the pleasure of being present at 4th annual Platino Awards of Ibero-American Cinema, where the nominees for 15 categories were announced on May 31, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The ceremony featured actors Angie Cepeda, Edward James Olmos, Kate del Castillo, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, host Juan Carlos Arciniegas, Elvi Cano and Raul Vazquez both from Premios Platino, and Gonzalo Elvira (FIPCA). Read the complete list of titles and talents nominated below. Photos courtesy of EGEDA. The Awards ceremony will take place on July 22nd in Madrid. Best Iberoamerican Feature Film Aquarius (Dona Clara), by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil); El Ciudadano Ilustre, by Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn (Argentina, Spain); El Hombre de las mil caras, by Alberto Rodríguez (Spain); Julieta, by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain) and Neruda, by Pablo Larraín (Chile, Argentina, Spain, France, USA). Best Director Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn for El Ciudadano Ilustre, Juan Antonio Bayona for Un monstruo viene a verme (A Monster Calls), Kleber Mendonça Filho for Aquarius, Pablo Larraín, for Neruda and Pedro Almodóvar for Julieta. Best Screenplay Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos for El hombre de las mil caras, Alejandro Brugues, Pierre Edelman and Pavel Giroud for El acompañante, Andrés Duprat for El Ciudadano Ilustre, Celso García for La delgada línea amarilla and Guillermo Calderón for Neruda. Best Actress Angie Cepeda for La semilla del silencio, Emma Suárez for Julieta, Juana Acosta for Anna, Natalia Oreiro for Gilda, no me arrepiento de este amor and the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Platino Award Honoree, Sonia Braga, for Aquarius. Best Actor Alfredo Castro for Desde allá, Damián Alcázar for La delgada línea amarilla, Eduard Fernández for El hombre de las mil caras, Luis Gnecco, for Neruda and Óscar Martínez for El Ciudadano Ilustre. Best Animated Film Bruxarias, by Virginia Curia (Brazil, Spain); La Leyenda del Chupacabras, by Alberto Rodríguez (Mexico, Spain); Ozzy, by Alberto Rodríguez Rodríguez (Spain); Psiconautas, Los niños olvidados, by Alberto Vázquez, Pedro Rivero (Spain) and Teresa y Tim, by Agurtzane Intxaurraga (Spain). Best Documentary Nacido en Siria, by Hernán Zin (Spain); Atrapados en Japón, by Vivienne Barry (Chile); Cinema Novo, by Eryk Rocha (Brazil); Frágil Equilibrio, by Guillermo García López (Spain) and Todo Comenzó por el Fin, by Luis Ospina (Colombia). Best Iberoamerican Debut Film Desde Allá, by Lorenzo Vigas (Venezuela, Mexico); La Delgada Línea Amarilla, by Celso García (Mexico); Rara, by Pepa San Martín (Chile, Argentina); Tarde para la Ira, by Raúl Arévalo (Spain) and Viejo Calavera, by Kiro Russo (Bolivia). Educational Values in Films Award El Acompañante, by Pavel Giroud (Cuba, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela), Esteban, by Jonal Cosculluela (Cuba, Spain), El Jeremías, by Anwar Safa (Mexico), Rara, by Pepa San Martín (Chile, Argentina) and Un monstruo viene a verme, by Juan Antonio Bayona (Spain). Best Original Score Alberto Iglesias, Julieta. Chucho Valdés, Esteban. Federico Jusid, Neruda. Fernando Velázquez, Un monstruo viene a verme. Mariano Loiácono, La luz incidente. Best Art Direction Ailí Chen, por La luz incidente. Eugenio Caballero, Un monstruo viene a verme. Juan Pedro de Gaspar, La Reina de España. Nuno Gabriel de Mello, Cartas da guerra. Sebastián Vogler, La muerte de Louis XIV. Best Cinematography Carolina Costa, Las elegidas. Diego García, Boi Neon. Guillermo Nieto, La luz incidente. João Ribeiro, Cartas da guerra. Óscar Faura, Un monstruo viene a verme. Best Sound Editing Daniel de Zayas, César Molina, José Antonio Manovel; El hombre de las mil caras. Peter Glossop, Oriol Tarragó, Marc Orts, Un monstruo viene a verme. Ricardo Leal, Tiago Matos, Cartas da guerra. Sergio Díaz, Desierto. Waldir Xavier, Desde allá. Best Iberoamerican Mini-Series or TV Show Bala Loca, by Gabriel Díaz, Oscar Godoy (Chile); Cuatro Estaciones en La Habana, by Félix Viscarret (Cuba, Spain); El Marginal, by Luis Ortega, Mariano Ardanaz, Javier Pérez, Alejandro Ciancio (Argentina); El Ministerio del Tiempo, by Marc Vigil, Abigail Schaaff, Jorge Dorado, Paco Plaza, Javier Ruiz Caldera (Spain); La Niña, by Rodrigo Triana, Camilo Vega (Colombia) and Velvet, by David Pinillos and Manuel Gómez Pereira (Spain).
