GLORIA and THE GERMAN DOCTOR Lead Nominations in the First Platino Awards

 

The Chilean film Gloria by Sebastián Lelio and the Argentine film The German Doctor / Wakolda by Lucía Puenzo lead the nominations, along with the Spanish film Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados by David Trueba, of the first edition of the Platino Awards with four nominations each. The Latin American films are competing for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress.

The first edition of the Platino Awards will take place on Saturday, April 5 in Panama City, Panama, and they presented by the Spanish agency Egeda and the Ibero-American Federation of Film and Media Producers.

Nominations:

Best Feature Film
- Gloria (Chile)
- Heli (Mexico)
- La jaula de oro (Mexico)
- Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi (Spain)
- Roa (Colombia)
- Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados (Spain)
- The German Doctor / Wakolda (Argentina)


Best Director
- Sebastián Lelio, Gloria (Chile)
- Amat Escalante, Heli (Mexico)
- David Trueba, Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados (Spain)
- Lucía Puenzo, The German Doctor / Wakolda (Argentina)


Best Documentary
- Con la pata quebrada (Spain)
- Cuates de Australia / Drought (Mexico)
- La eterna noche de las doce lunas (Colombia)
- Día que durou 21 anos (Brazil)
- Sigo siendo (Spain)


Best Animated Film
- Anina (Uruguay-Colombia)
- El secreto del medallón de jade (Mexico)
- Metegol / Foosball (Argentina)
- Justin y la espada del valor (Spain)
- Uma História De Amor E Fúria (Brazil)

Best Actress
- Nashla Bogaert, ¿Quién Manda? (Dominican Republic)
- Paulina García, Gloria (Chile)
- Marian Álvarez, La herida (Spain)
- Karen Martínez, La jaula de oro (Mexico)
- Laura De La Uz, La película de Ana (Cuba)
- Natalia Oreiro, The German Doctor (Argentina)

Best Actor
- Antonio de la Torre, Caníbal (Spain)
- Víctor Prada, El limpiador / The Cleaner (Peru)
- Eugenio Derbez, Instructions Not Included (Mexico)
- Ricardo Darín, Tesis sobre un homicidio (Argentina)
- Javier Cámara, Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados (Spain)

Best Original Music
- Karin Zielinski, El limpiador / The Cleaner (Peru)
- Emilio Kauderer, Metegol / Foosball (Argentina)
- Joan Valent, Las brujas De Zugarramurdi (Spain)

Best Screenplay
- Sebastián Lelio, Gonzalo Maza, Gloria (Chile)
- Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, La gran familia española (Spain)
- David Trueba, Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados (Spain)
- Lucía Puenzo, The German Doctor / Wakolda (Argentina)