16/12/2024 - Marcel Barrena's film wins two major awards, while Alauda Ruiz de Azúa's latest work wins Best Series, Actor and Actress in this section

The 47 has won the award for Best Fiction Feature Film and the original Movistar Plus+ Querer [+see also:
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In the film category, Carolina Yuste’s performance in Undercover [+see also:
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film profile], making it the second time that the actor has won this award, following his role in Todas las mujeres [+see also:
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At the ceremony held last Saturday in Madrid, Black Butterflies, directed by David Baute that tells the story of three women from different parts of the planet forced to migrate due to climate change, won the award for Best Animated Feature film; Marisol, llámame Pepa by Blanca Torres received the award for Best Documentary; and La gran obra by Álex Lora (Unicorns [+see also:
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In Best Latin American Film, the Chilean film El lugar de la otra by Maite Alberdi received a second consecutive award for the filmmaker, winner last year in the same category for La memoria infinita and nominated in the 26th edition for The Mole Agent [+see also:
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film profile]. Finally, the Audience Award went to A House on Fire directed by Dani de la Orden, which, according to data from the Spanish Ministry of Culture, has grossed just over three million euros and has been seen by more than 450,000 viewers (box-office figures almost identical to those of The 47).

The gala presentation of these early awards took a look back at the legacy of its thirty editions, as well as at the producer and founder of EGEDA, José María Forqué, after whom the award is named. Its president, Enrique Cerezo, awarded the Gold Medal to the filmmaker José Luis Garci, a figure who, as the host pointed out, “perfectly embodies the figure of the director-producer,” thanks to titles such as Sesión continua, the trilogy of El crack (1981, 1983 and 2019) and Volver a empezar, the first Oscar for a Spanish film in 1982.

The award winners:

Best Feature Fiction Film
The 47 - Marcel Barrena

Best Actress in a Film
Carolina Yuste - Undercover [+see also:
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Best Actor in a Film
Eduard Fernández - Marco [+see also:
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interview: Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño
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Best Feature Documentary
Marisol, llámame Pepa - Blanca Torres

Best Short Film
La gran obra - Álex Lora

Best Latin American Film
El lugar de la otra – Maite Alberdi (Chile)

Best Animated Feature Film
Black Butterflies – David Baute (Spain/Panama)

Cinema and Education in Values
The 47 – Marcel Barrena

Audience Award
A House on Fire - Dani de la Orden

Best Series
Querer [+see also:
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interview: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
series profile] – Alauda Ruiz de Azúa

Best Actress in a Series
Nagore Aranburu – Querer

Best Actor in a Series
Pedro Casablanc – Querer

EGEDA Gold Medal
José Luis Garci

(Translated from Spanish by Vicky York)