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With an empty theater and a minute of absolute silence in Soho Caixabank,

Antonio Banderas

, master of ceremonies, has started the

2021 Goya Awards

gala

with an emotional message for the world of cinema and for the victims of Covid "in a way or another ".

"Let us respect the victims," ​​began the Malaga actor, who has asked the nominees at home, the guests in Malaga and the technical teams to join in the memory of the deceased.

"My first thought is to the nominees who are on this stage, albeit electronically. Welcome to

Malaga

, to this theater that is your home," Banderas started before pointing out that Spanish cinema should "put its grain of arena "to overcome this situation of health and economic crisis.

"We are storytellers and that is what we will do, tell the story of these days trying to understand in all its dimensions how it has affected us," continued the presenter, accompanied by

María Casado

, who has stressed that "the depth of open wounds "was" that which moved us, made us cry, angered us and frightened us. "

The actor has stated that "there is no greater nightmare than the nightmare of empty rooms" and recalled that this sector is home to "hundreds of people and hundreds of families that we cannot allow ourselves to be invisible or anonymous."

"One has the feeling that only the tip of the iceberg of the cinematographic family is glimpsed, but

there are many more who do not walk on the red carpets

, do not pose for the cameras, do not appear in the press and do not receive awards," he detailed about a part of the sector in which he has included cameras, editors, directors or councilors towards which he has shown his "affection" and "admiration".

But Banderas has also recalled the nominated actors who attend the gala from their home and are connected to the gala through videoconference.

"All of you who are here have fought very hard and that is already worthy of an award:

you are missed

", he remarked before recalling that cinema does not belong to "the category of essentials, but to that of comedians who they just want to lend a hand and pitch in. "

"Perhaps this is the beginning of a journey that allows us to contribute something useful, making us reflect through the cinema on the complex circumstances that life has placed before us", concluded Banderas.

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