28/04/2025 - Walter Salles' political drama wins Best Ibero-American Dramatic Film, Best Director and Best Actress for Fernanda Torres

Producer Rodrigo Teixeira and actress Valentina Herzsage, producer and actress of I’m Still Here, accepting the award for Best Ibero-American Fiction Film

This Sunday 27 April, the 12th edition of the Platino awards ceremony was held in Madrid, for series and films from 23 Ibero-American countries. I’m Still Here [+see also:
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In the Best Actor category, Spain's Eduard Fernández has once again won for his work in Marco [+see also:
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interview: Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño
film profile], where he plays a fake Holocaust survivor. The Best Supporting Actress award went to Clara Segura for The 47 and the award for Best Supporting Actor went to the recently deceased Argentinean actor Daniel Fanego for Kill the Jockey [+see also:
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interview: Luis Ortega
film profile].

In the Best Screenplay category, Arantxa Echevarría and Amèlia Mora have won the award for Undercover [+see also:
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Also, The Echo [+see also:
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interview: Vinko Tomičić Salinas
film profile], the first feature film by Vinko Tomicic. The Best Ibero-American Comedy went to the Spanish film Idol Affair [+see also:
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film profile], directed by Teresa Bellón and César F. Calvillo; and the Platino Award for Film and Education in Values went to the Costa Rican film Memories of a Burning Body [+see also:
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interview: Antonella Sudasassi Furniss
film profile], directed by Antonella Sudasassi.

In the category of Best Original Score, the soundtrack by Alberto Iglesias in Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door [+see also:
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In the series categories, One Hundred Years of Solitude, an adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez's literary classic, has won, in addition to the award for Best TV Series or Mini-Series, the awards for Best Actor in a Series or Miniseries for Claudio Cataño and Best Supporting Actor in a Series or Miniseries for Jairo Camargo. Spain's Candela Peña won Best Actress in a Series or Miniseries for her performance in The Asunta Case [+see also:
trailer
series profile], while Best Supporting Actress in a Series or Miniseries went to Spain's Carmen Maura for Land of Women. The award for Best Series Creator went to Vicente Amorim, Fernando Coimbra, Luiz Bolognesi and Patrícia Andrade, for Senna, a biopic of the famous Brazilian racing driver.

The Platino Awards are promoted by EGEDA (Audiovisual Producers' Rights Management Association) and FIPCA (Ibero-American Federation of Film and Audiovisual Producers), with the aim of promoting and disseminating the Ibero-American film and audiovisual industry, boosting its recognition and expansion worldwide.

The list of winners:

Film

Best Ibero-American Fiction Film
I'm Still Here [+see also:
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Best Director
Walter Salles - I’m Still Here

Best Actress
Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here

Best Actor
Eduard Fernández– Marco [+see also:
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interview: Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño
film profile] (Spain)

Best Supporting Actress
Clara Segura – The 47 (Spain)

Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Fanego – Kill the Jockey [+see also:
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interview: Luis Ortega
film profile] (Argentina/Mexico/Spain/Denmark/United States)

Best Screenplay
Arantxa Echevarría, Amèlia Mora – Undercover [+see also:
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Best Cinematography
Edu Grau – The Room Next Door [+see also:
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Best Editing
Victoria Lammers – Undercover

Best Art Direction
Eugenio Caballero, Carlos Y. Jacques – Pedro Páramo (Mexico)

Best Sound
Diana Sagrista, Eva Valiño, Eva, Antonin Dalmasso – Saturn Return [+see also:
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interview: Isaki Lacuesta
film profile] (Spain)

Best Original Score
Alberto Iglesias – The Room Next Door

Best Debut Film
The Dog Thief [+see also:
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interview: Vinko Tomičić Salinas
film profile] – Vinko Tomicic (Bolivia/Chile/Mexico/Ecuador/France/Italy)

Best Ibero-American Comedy
Idol Affair [+see also:
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Best Ibero-American Documentary Film
The Echo [+see also:
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film profile] – Tatiana Huezo (Mexico/Germany)

Best Ibero-American Animated Film
Black Butterflies – David Baute (Spain/Panama)

Film and Education in Values
Memories of a Burning Body [+see also:
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interview: Antonella Sudasassi Furniss
film profile] – Antonella Sudasassi (Costa Rica/Spain)

Series

Best Fiction TV Series or Miniseries
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Colombia)

Best Series Creator
Vicente Amorim, Fernando Coimbra, Luiz Bolognesi, Patrícia Andrade - Senna (Brazil)

Best Actress in a Series or Miniseries
Candela Peña – The Asunta Case [+see also:
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series profile] (Spain)

Best Actor in a Series or Miniseries
Claudio Cataño – One Hundred Years of Solitude

Best Supporting Actress in a Series or Miniseries
Carmen Maura – Land of Women (Spain)

Best Supporting Actor in a Series or Miniseries
Jairo Camargo – One Hundred Years of Solitude

Honorary Award
Eva Longoria

(Translated from Spanish)