The fourth edition of the Platino Ibero-American Cinema Awards already has finalists

'Aquarius (Doña Clara)', 'The Illustrious Citizen', 'The Man of a Thousand Faces', 'Julieta' and 'Neruda', finalists for Best Ibero-American Film of the year. 'A Monster Comes to See Me' leads the number of nominations with seven.

The actors Angie Cepeda, Edward James Olmos, Kate del Castillo and Miguel Ángel Silvestre have been in charge of making public the five nominees for each of the categories of the fourth edition of the Platino Ibero-American Cinema Awards, in an event held this Wednesday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The finalists have been decided by more than eighty international experts, members of the Fiction and Television Series Juries.

The nominees for the Platinum Award for Best Ibero-American Fiction Film are Aquarius (Doña Clara), by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil); The Illustrious Citizen, by Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn (Argentina, Spain); The man of the thousand faces, by Alberto Rodríguez (Spain); Juliet, by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain) and Neruda, by Pablo Larraín (Chile, France, Argentina, USA and Spain).

A monster comes to see me, by Juan Antonio Bayona will arrive at the delivery gala on July 22 at the Caja Mágica in Madrid, as a contender in 7 nominations. They also stand out for the number of sections in which Neruda, by Pablo Larraín, is a finalist with five; and with four each one they meet From there, by Lorenzo Vigas; The illustrious citizen, by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn; the man of the thousand faces, by Alberto Rodríguez; Juliet, by Pedro Almodóvar and The thin yellow line, by Celso García.

These widely distributed nominations will make this edition the most open, with 13 countries in the region represented in the 42 finalist productions, of the 847 that participated. The seven feature films that have the most options to win the statuette, one of the first global awards for cinema in Portuguese and Spanish, participated in the most prestigious class A festivals, such as Venice, Mar del Plata or San Sebastián, which demonstrates the great moment that Ibero-American filmographies are experiencing.

Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn compete for Platinum for Best Director, for The Illustrious Citizen; Juan Antonio Bayona, by A monster comes to see me; Kleber Mendonça Filho, by Aquarius and Pablo Larraín, for Neruda and Pedro Almodóvar, for Juliet. In the Platinum category for Best Screenplay, the finalists were Alberto Rodríguez, Rafael Cobos; by the man of the thousand faces; Alejandro Brugues, Pierre Edelman and Pavel Giroud; by The companion; Andrés Duprat, by El Illustrious Citizen; Celso García, by La thin yellow line and Guillermo Calderón, for Neruda.

For Platinum for Best Female Performance, Angie Cepeda, for The seed of silence; Emma Suárez, by Juliet, Juana Acosta, by Anna; Natalia Oreiro, by Gilda, I do not regret this love and to the winner of the Platinum Honor in 2014, Sonia Braga, for Aquarius. They accompany Alfredo Castro, by From there as finalists for the Platinum for Best Male Performance Damián Alcázar, for The thin yellow line, Eduard Fernández, by the man of the thousand faces; Luis Gnecco, by Neruda and Oscar Martinez, by The Illustrious Citizen.

The productions Witchcraft, by Virginia Curia (Brazil, Spain); The Legend of the Chupacabra, by Alberto Rodríguez (Mexico, Spain); Ozzy, by Alberto Rodríguez Rodríguez (Spain); Psychonauts, The Forgotten Children, by Alberto Vázquez, Pedro Rivero (Spain) and Teresa and Tim, by Agurtzane Intxaurraga (Spain) are nominated for the Platinum Award for Best Animated Film.

The finalists for the Platinum Award for Best Documentary Film are 2016. Born in Syria, of Hernan Zin (Spain); Trapped in Japan, by Vivienne Barry (Chile); New Cinema, de Eric Rocha (Brasil); Fragile Balance, by Guillermo García López (Spain) and It all started at the end, by Luis Ospina (Colombia).

They aspire to Platinum for Best First Film From there, by Lorenzo Vigas (Venezuela, Mexico); The Thin Yellow Line, by Celso García (Mexico); Rara, by Pepa San Martín (Chile, Argentina); Late for Wrath, by Raúl Arévalo (Spain) and Old Skull, by Kiro Russo (Bolivia).

Awarded in collaboration with FAD – Foundation for Aid against Drug Addiction, the Platinum for Cinema and Education in Values ​​has among its nominees The Companion, by Pavel Giroud (Cuba, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela), Esteban, by Jonal Cosculluela (Cuba, Spain), The Jeremiah, by Anwar Safa (Mexico), Rara, by Pepa San Martín (Chile, Argentina) and A monster comes to see me, by Juan Antonio Bayona (Spain).

Television

The fourth edition of the Platinum Awards brings the main novelty of the category of Best Ibero-American Cinematographic Miniseries or Teleserie. The nominees are Crazy Bullet, by Gabriel Díaz, Oscar Godoy (Chile); Four Seasons in Havana, by Félix Viscarret (Cuba, Spain); The Marginal, by Luis Ortega, Mariano Ardanaz, Javier Pérez, Alejandro Ciancio (Argentina); The Ministry of Time, by Marc Vigil, Abigail Schaaff, Jorge Dorado, Paco Plaza, Javier Ruiz Caldera. (Spain), The girl, by Rodrigo Triana, Camilo Vega (Colombia) and Velvet, by David Pinillos and Manuel Gómez Pereira (Spain).

Next, the international Jury, together with the community of filmmakers from the different editions of the Platino Awards (more than seven hundred people), will choose the winners who will be made public at the great Gala to celebrate, with the support of the Madrid City Council, the July 22 at the Caja Mágica.

These awards are promoted by EGEDA (Entity for the Management of Rights of Audiovisual Producers), with FIPCA (Ibero-American Federation of Cinematographic and Audiovisual Producers), and with the support of the Ibero-American Film Academies and Institutes, Latin Artist and the AISGE Foundation.

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