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 [+lire aussi :
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In the Best Actor category, Spain's Eduard Fernández has once again won for his work in Marco [+lire aussi :
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In the Best Screenplay category, Arantxa Echevarría and Amèlia Mora have won the award for Undercover [+lire aussi :
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Also, The Echo [+lire aussi :
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In the category of Best Original Score, the soundtrack by Alberto Iglesias in Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door [+lire aussi :
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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 [+lire aussi :
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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 [+lire aussi :
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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 [+lire aussi :
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Best Supporting Actress
Clara Segura – The 47 (Spain)

Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Fanego – Kill the Jockey [+lire aussi :
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Best Screenplay
Arantxa Echevarría, Amèlia Mora – Undercover [+lire aussi :
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Best Cinematography
Edu Grau – The Room Next Door [+lire aussi :
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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 [+lire aussi :
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Best Original Score
Alberto Iglesias – The Room Next Door

Best Debut Film
The Dog Thief [+lire aussi :
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Best Ibero-American Comedy
Idol Affair [+lire aussi :
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Best Ibero-American Documentary Film
The Echo [+lire aussi :
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Best Ibero-American Animated Film
Black Butterflies – David Baute (Spain/Panama)

Film and Education in Values
Memories of a Burning Body [+lire aussi :
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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 [+lire aussi :
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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