The Mestre Mateo Awards recognize Pedro Brandariz as the best leading actor | leisure and culture

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The series “Hierro” has conquered this Saturday the XX Mestre Mateo Galician Audiovisual Awards by obtaining six awards out of the eight for which it was eligible, on a night in which the film “Three” received the distinction for best feature film.

The second season of the thriller that deals with the investigation of a murder on the island of El Hierro -produced by Portocabo, Atlantique Productions, ArTe France and Movistar +- has been the most graceful in a distributed edition, in which the film “Jacinto” won four awards.

“Hierro” won the Mestre Mateo for best television series; best direction for Jorge Coira; best screenplay for Pepe Coira, Fran Araújo, Araceli Gonda, Lidia Fraga and Eligio R. Montero; best editing for Jorge Coira, Gaspar Broullón and Juan Galiñanes; best original music for Elba Fernández and Xavi Font, and best production direction for Ana Míguez.

In an elegant ceremony held at Expocoruña, the director of the winning series, Jorge Coira, stressed that “Hierro” contributed to “putting in their place” many Galician professionals who were told that Madrid was not their place.

The second most recognized production has been “Jacinto”, with four awards out of the eleven for which it was nominated, the best leading actor for Pedro Brandariz -who died less than a month ago-; best art direction for Samuel Lema; makeup and hairdressing and wardrobe, for Lorena Calvo.

Precisely, the beloved comedian Brandariz has been remembered at the event with warm applause and tears due to the consternation caused in the sector by his unexpected death.

The award for best feature film went to “Tres”, which also won the figure for best leading actress for Marta Nieto and best sound for Daniel Fontrodona, Oriol Tarragó, Marc Bech and Marc Orts.

Organized by the Galician Audiovisual Academy, the Mestre Mateos, who celebrate twenty years recognizing the work of professionals in the sector, have celebrated a ceremony marked by speeches alluding to Father’s Day.

The film “Malencolía”, by Alfonso Zarauza, won two awards for its actors Diego Anido and Iolanda Muíños.

In addition, the space “#DígochoEu” has received the award for best television program and the best communicator for Esther Estévez.

The Fernando Rey Honor Award has recognized the work of the filmmaker, journalist, researcher and poet Margarita Ledo for a career committed to reflection, creation, feminism and language.

The best direction of photography has been that of Lucía C. Pan in “What did we do wrong?” and the best performance was that of Jairo Iglesias for “Origin”.

The other Mestre Mateo have relapsed into the Recrea Films documentary “A Virxe Roxa”; the Dinamo Produciones and Javi Sega Producciones web series “Mataría Microserie”; the music video for Trece Amarilo and PlayPan “Figa” (Tanxugueiras); the Rebordelos short film “Augas Abisais”, and the Metronoventa Creativity and Advertising Production advertisement “Redes Vivas”.

At the gala, enlivened with the music of the Sisters in the House Choir, the presenters Lucia Veiga, Javier Veiga and Iolanda Muiños simulated a fun dispute over who presented the Galician audiovisual gala the most times.

The president of the Galician Audiovisual Academy, Álvaro Pérez Becerra, has valued Galicia as the third autonomous community in audiovisual production and has asked the sector to “take care of this heritage” with respect “so that working in Galicia is synonymous with working away from precariousness”.

The surprise of the night was that the film “Cuñados”, which had 16 nominations, did not receive any awards.

Among the attendees were the Second Vice President of the Government, Yolanda Díaz, the Minister of Culture, Román Rodríguez, and the national spokesperson for the BNG, Ana Pontón.

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