04/12/2015 - The stunning movie co-produced with Argentina by the Almodóvar brothers has snagged three nominations, as has Cesc Gay’s moving title

The José María Forqué Awards are coming around once again: the EGEDA prizes, which serve to recognise the best productions of the year, open the film awards season every year in Spain. The list of nominees has just been made public, and is headed up by the Argentinian-Spanish co-production The Clan [+see also:
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In the main category of Best Film, this title will have to go head to head with Nothing in Return [+see also:
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film profile] by Cesc Gay, which has also been put forward for Best Actor, for its two leads, Javier Cámara and Ricardo Darín. The latter will duke it out with his nearest rival, his fellow countryman Guillermo Francella, who stars in Pablo Trapero’s film. The list of nominees in the Best Actor category is rounded off by Luis Tósar (Retribution [+see also:
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Up against Binoche are Irene Escolar (Un otoño sin Berlín [+see also:
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interview: Juan Miguel del Castillo
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The brand-new Forqué Award for Best Short Film will be fought over by Bikini, El corredor, Inside the Box, Os meninos do rio and Óscar desafinado. Meanwhile, the titles vying for Best Latin American Film are the aforementioned The Clan, the Colombian-Argentinian-Venezuelan co-production Embrace of the Serpent, Chilean film The Club, The Memory of Water [+see also:
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(Translated from Spanish)