The films Argentina, 1985 and As bestas, the Colombian-Chilean series News of a kidnapping and the actors Ricardo Darín, Laia Costa, Susi Sánchez and Luis Zahera have been the big winners in the tenth anniversary of the Platinum Awards, which for the first time were delivered last night in Spain -specifically in the Municipal Palace of Ifema, in Madrid- and that have had a complete track record in which productions from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Spain or Mexico have been recognized in their 23 award-winning categories.

With the statuette for the best Ibero-American fiction film, the team of Argentina, 1985 collected five awards during the evening, which was presented by the actors Carolina Gaitán, Omar Chaparro and Paz Vega. The film won the award for best male performance, which went to Ricardo Darín -who thus gets his second Platinum after four nominations and an Honor Award, which he collected in 2016-, and the honor award, the best art direction, the best script and the award for cinema and education in values.

The Colombian-Chilean series News of a kidnapping was another of the winners of the event, after winning four awards: the best miniseries or fiction film teleseries, the best series creator, which was the Chilean Andrés Wood, the best female interpretation in miniseries or teleseries for the Colombian actress Cristina Umaña, and the best female interpretation of cast in miniseries or teleseries, for the also Colombian Majida Issa.

The Platinum Awards also recognized the Spanish Laia Costa for her role in Cinco lobitos with the award for best female performance, and Susi Sánchez, her co-star, won the statuette for best female performance, while Luis Zahera won the award for best male performance for As bestas.

For his part, the Argentine Guillermo Francella was awarded for best male performance in a miniseries or teleseries for his role as a doorman of a methodical farm in El encargado, and the also Argentine Alejandro Awada won the award for best male performance in a miniseries or teleseries for Iosi, the repentant spy.

Another of the outstanding productions of the night was, with the inertia of the distinctions already harvested since its premiere, As bestas, a Spanish film directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen that won four awards: to the aforementioned Luis Zahera was added the best direction for Sorogoyen, the best sound direction for Aitor Berenguer, Fabiola Ordoyo and Yasmina Praderas, and the best editing direction for Alberto del Campo.

Benicio del Toro was one of the protagonists of the night when he received the Honor Award from Enrique Cerezo, president of the Platinum Awards. A recognition with which the awards value the figure of the Puerto Rican actor and producer, one of the most popular Ibero-American faces in the world, as well as one of the biggest stars of world cinema and a promoter of Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking cultures.

The best Ibero-American music also appeared at the Platinum Awards. Sebastián Yatra, the great musical protagonist of the night, and Blanca Paloma, the Spanish candidate for Eurovision, who performed her song Eaea, with which she attends the European Song Festival, took to the stage of the Municipal Palace of Ifema, in Madrid.

In addition, the awards had the invaluable collaboration of Carolina Gaitán, one of the presenters of the gala, Adrián Lastra, Alejandro Claveaux, Alicia Bánquez, Clara Alvarado, Letrux, Lucrecia, Mane de la Parra, Michel Brown or Reynaldo Pacheco, a group of Ibero-American actors and actresses who represented a musical journey through some of the most popular styles of the Ibero-American regions: samba, vallenato, merengue, ranchera, salsa, Andean music or rumba.

The Platinum premiered in this tenth edition new category: best Ibero-American fiction comedy, which resulted in the victory of the successful Official Competition, by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat.

In addition, the Cuban film The Padilla Case, by Pavel Giroud, was the first Cuban production to win the award for best documentary film. For its part, the Chilean film 1976, directed by Manuela Martelli, won the award for best Ibero-American fiction debut, while the recognition for best animated film went to the Mexican film Águila y Jaguar: Los guerreros legendarios, by Mike R. Ortiz.

Also outstanding was the participation of Utama, Bolivian film winner of two awards that make history for the country. Not surprisingly, the recognition for the best original music for Sergio Prudencio and the best direction of photography for Bárbara Álvarez are the first that Bolivia gets since the first edition of some awards that one more year have tried to promote Spanish-speaking productions around the world, this time from Madrid.

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