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The Good Boss charms voters once again, winning four Platino Awards

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- Fernando León de Aranoa’s comedy has been crowned the king of the Ibero-American film awards, scooping Best Fiction Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Actor

The Good Boss charms voters once again, winning four Platino Awards
Producer Jaume Roures, director Fernando León de Aranoa and actor Javier Bardem with their Platino Awards for The Good Boss (© Platino Awards)

The Spanish film The Good Boss [+see also:
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and the Argentinian series The Kingdom have emerged as the champions of the ninth edition of the Platino Awards for Ibero-American Film, co-organised by EGEDA (the Society for Audiovisual Producers’ Rights Management) and FIPCA (the Ibero-American Federation of Film and Audiovisual Producers). The comedy by Fernando León de Aranoa (which previously triumphed at the Goyas – see the news – the Feroz Awards and the Forqués) picked up four statuettes: for Best Ibero-American Fiction Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Javier Bardem). Meanwhile, the Netflix-produced show scooped three prizes: Best Fiction Miniseries or TV Series, Best Creator of a Series (Marcelo Piñeyro and Claudia Piñeyro) and Best Supporting Actor (Joaquín Furriel).

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During a ceremony held at Madrid’s IFEMA Palacio Municipal on Sunday 1 May, Spanish thesp Blanca Portillo accepted the Award for Best Actress for Maixabel [+see also:
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interview: Icíar Bollaín
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, whereas Alfredo Castro once again took home the Award for Best Supporting Actor (after having done so last year), this time for his turn in the Argentinian-Bolivian-Brazilian-Chilean-Mexican-Norwegian co-production Karnawal [+see also:
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. Aitana Sánchez-Gijón was rewarded for her work in Parallel Mothers [+see also:
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, pocketing the Best Supporting Actress trophy.

Javier Cámara was the recipient of another Platino Award (after winning Best Actor in a Film for Memories of My Father at the previous edition): thanks to his performance in Venga Juan [+see also:
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, he won Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Series. Daniela Ramírez, meanwhile, picked up the Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Series in recognition of her turn as Chilean author Isabel Allende in Isabel, and Spaniard Najwa Nimri snagged the statuette for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV Series for Money Heist.

The great Spanish thesp Carmen Maura was granted the Honorary Award at the ninth edition of the Platinos, the Brazilian flick The Last Forest by Luiz Bolognesi was deemed deserving of the Best Documentary Award, and Juan Pablo Félix’s Karnawal was handed the Best Feature Debut Award. Furthermore, the Best Animated Film Award was bestowed upon Peru’s Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon by José Zelada and Richard Claus.

Alberto Iglesias, who was Oscar-nominated for his soundtrack to Parallel Mothers, was rewarded with the Best Original Score Award, bringing his total haul of Platinos to five. For his part, Antxón Gómez, also a member of the crew on the latest film by Pedro Almodóvar, scooped the Award for Best Art Direction, thus topping off the night’s three prizes (including the one given to Aitana Sánchez-Gijón) for the El Deseo production.

Best Editing went to Germano de Oliveira, who worked on the Brazilian movie 7 Prisoners, while the Platino for Best Cinematography was picked up by Kiko de la Rica for the Spanish film Mediterráneo: The Law of the Sea [+see also:
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, and Best Sound Direction was granted to Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr for the Colombian-UK-US-Thai-Swiss-Mexican-French-German-Chinese-Taiwanese co-production Memoria [+see also:
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, helmed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Finally, the Award for Film and Education Values, which was presented by Julissa Reynoso, the US ambassador to Spain (who also garnered a special recognition from the organisers for her efforts to promote the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda), was handed to Mexico’s Los lobos by Samuel Kishi.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Ibero-American Fiction Film
The Good Boss [+see also:
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]
– Fernando León de Aranoa (Spain)

Best Director
The Good Boss - Fernando León de Aranoa

Best Actress
Blanca Portillo – Maixabel [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Icíar Bollaín
film profile
]
(Spain)

Best Actor
Javier Bardem The Good Boss

Best Supporting Actress
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón – Parallel Mothers [+see also:
film review
trailer
making of
film profile
]
(Spain)

Best Supporting Actor
Alfredo Castro – Karnawal­ [+see also:
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]
(Argentina/Brazil/Bolivia/Norway/Chile/Mexico)

Best Ibero-American Feature-length Fiction Debut
Karnawal - Juan Pablo Félix

Best Documentary Feature
The Last Forest - Luiz Bolognesi (Brazil)

Best Screenplay
Fernando León de Aranoa – The Good Boss

Best Editing
Germano de Oliveira - 7 Prisoners (Brazil)

Best Art Direction
Antxón Gómez Parallel Mothers

Best Cinematography
Kiko de la Rica – Mediterráneo: The Law of the Sea [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
(Spain/Greece)

Best Sound Direction
Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr - Memoria [+see also:
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trailer
film profile
]
(Colombia/UK/USA/ Thailand/Switzerland/Mexico/France/Germany/China/Taiwan)

Best Original Score
Alberto Iglesias – Parallel Mothers

Best Animated Film
Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon - José Zelada and Richard Claus (Peru)

Award for Film and Education Values
Los lobos - Samuel Kishi (Mexico)

Best Ibero-American Miniseries or TV Series
The Kingdom – Marcelo Piñeyro and Claudia Piñeyro (Argentina)

Best Creator of a Miniseries or TV Series
Marcelo Piñeyro and Claudia Piñeyro – The Kingdom

Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Series
Daniela Ramírez – Isabel (Chile)

Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Series
Javier Cámara – Venga Juan [+see also:
trailer
series profile
]
(Spain)

Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV Series
Najwa Nimri – Money Heist (Spain)

Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Series
Joaquín Furriel – The Kingdom

Honorary Platino Award
Carmen Maura

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(Translated from Spanish)

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