The film industry was one of the most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Filming and theatrical releases were halted, theaters closed, and thousands of people were out of work for months. But now “we want to laugh at what happened and celebrate the cinema,” says Luis Gerardo Méndez.
The protagonist of Crows club will pair with the actress Juana Acosta to present the eighth edition of the Platino Awards, a ceremony that will recognize the best of Ibero-American cinema of the last year and that will be held on October 3 at the Municipal Conference Center in Madrid, Spain.
In a virtual press conference, the actor commented that this year the awards ceremony seeks to be a party “a celebration of the cinema, of life and a tribute to those who are gone, because we have all lost someone very close.”
Méndez recalled that in March of this year, his father Luis Gerardo Hernández Ayala lost his life after catching Covid-19. “My father was a doctor and he caught it doing his job and it has been hard. And I am honoring him in this way.
This year the Platino Awards will recognize the best of Ibero-American cinema and television. The favorites of this edition by its number of nominations are the Colombian The oblivion that we will be, by Fernando Trueba, and the Guatemalan The weeping woman, by director Jayro Bustamante, both with 11 nominations.
From Mexico the tapes compete New order, with three nominations, and I’m not here anymore with two. As well as the animations The way of Xico and A costume for Nicolas.
In the television field, the Mexican Someone has to die, directed by Manolo Caro, has four nominations as well as the Colombian The theft of the century and the spanish The Money Heist. The Spanish Homeland It has five mentions for these awards.
“The platinum ones put a focus on the productions (of Latin America) and people are curious about what is being done in the different countries,” Juana Acosta mentioned about this celebration.
“At the end of the day, the interesting thing about the awards is to expose ourselves to other ways of thinking about cultures,” added Luis Gerardo. “That is the purpose of the Platinum Awards: that the Spanish see more Mexican cinema, the Mexicans more Argentine cinema, the Argentines more Chilean cinema, that people are curious to know them,” he concluded.
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