UN CUENTO CHINO Wins Premios Sur in Argentina

 

The film Un cuento chino / A Chinese Tale by Sebastián Borensztein won the top prize as Best Film in the 6th annual edition of the Premios Sur given by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Argentina (Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina) at a ceremony tonight in Buenos Aires. The film won a total of three awards including also the one for Best Actor for Ricardo Darín. The Western Aballay by Fernando Spiner which is Argentina's submission to the Oscars, won eight awards total including the prize for Best Director, whilst Sebastián Mitre's El estudiante / The Student took home four awards for Best First Film, for Best Screenplay, Breakthrough Actor and Breakthrough Actress.