'Wild Tales' Dominates Platino Awards
6:28 PM PDT 7/18/2015
by
Pamela Rolfe
Antonio Banderas wins a lifetime achievement award at the ceremony in Spain.
Damian Szifron's Wild Tales was the big winner at the Platino Awards, taking eight of the 13 prizes, including director and best film, at the recently established Ibero-American awards that look to become the Latin version of the Oscars.
Antonio Banderas won a lifetime achievement award at the second edition of the awards ceremony, which this year was held in his hometown of Marbella, Spain.
“We should embrace our culture and our land and be proud to be Hispanic,” Banderas said in Spanish after receiving the award from the hands of legendary actress Rita Moreno. “We should also trust that time has a way of straightening out bitter difficulties.”
Wild Tales, produced by Pedro Almodovar, also won best sound, screenplay, editing, actress, original score and production design. El Deseo's Agustin Almodovar picked up the top honor.
Argentina's Szifron has run the festival and prize gamut, including his Oscar nomination, and said Saturday night he is ready to focus on his next project, The Six-Billion Dollar Man.
The nominations for the nine artistic categories and four technical ones were announced in Los Angeles in May.
The Platino Awards bring together film academies from 23 Spanish-speaking Latin American countries, plus Spain, Brazil and Portugal. The gala is broadcast in 50 countries by Spanish pubcaster TVE to a potential audience of 400 million, including in the U.S..
Saturday night’s event opened Marbella’s monthlong Starlite festival, which features 22 cozy concerts offered by Lenny Kravitz, Enrique Iglesias and dozens more in the natural, open-air amphitheater known as the Quarry.
A complete list of winners follows.
Film
Wild Tales
Director
Damian Szifron, Wild Tales
Screenplay
Damian Szifron, Wild Tales
Sounds
Jose Luis Diaz, Wild Tales
Photography
Alex Catalan, Marshland
Editing
Damian Szifron and Pablo Barbieri, Wild Tales
Actress
Erica Rivas, Wild Tales
Actor
Oscar Jaenada, Cantinflas
Production Design
Clara Notari, Wild Tales
Directorial Debut
La Distancia Mas Larga
Original Score
Gustavo Santaolalla, Wild Tales
Documentary
O Sal da Terra
Animated Feature
O Menino e O Mundo
Lifetime Achievement
Antonio Banderas