The Ecuadorian film octopus skin (2022), from the director Ana Cristina Barragan, has been shortlisted for 11 of the the platinum Ibero-American audiovisual awards, the eleventh edition of which will take place on Saturday April 20 at the Gran Tlachco Theater in the Mexican Parque Xcaret, in Riviera Maya.
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octopus skin was selected by the Ecuadorian Film Academy in 2023 as candidate for the Goya Awards. In addition, the film was presented at the Costa Rica International Film Festival, the Stockholm Latino Festival and the Monterrey Film Festival. In addition, participated in the official competition of the Guadalajara International Film Festival.
Starring Isadora Chávez, Juan Francisco Vinueza, Hazel Powell, Cristina Marchan, Paulet Arévalo, and Iris and Ariel, twins who have a very close bond and live on a rocky island covered in mollusks and birds.
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Barragán has also been nominated for the award for best director. Together with her they hope for possible recognition Isadora Chávez (best female performance), Juan Francisco Vinueza (best male performance), Cristina Marchán (best supporting actress), Alisarine Ducolomb (art direction), Simón Brauer and Tomás Astudillo (cinematographic direction) and Mayra Morán in the editing.
Other possible accreditations would be in favor Ricardo Arteaga, Adriana Santiago and Pablo Mondragón (best sound direction), Ana Cristina Barragán and David Viteri (best script) and Pablo Mondragón (original music).
‘Los wánabis’ and ‘Al Otro Lado de la Nieve’ also represent Ecuador at the Platinum Awards
In addition, two more Ecuadorian films have been considered in this edition of the Platinum Awards. One is The Wanabisby director Santiago Paladines, who has a nomination for Gabriel Haedo in best male performance, for Ericka Russo in the best supporting actress, and for Alfredo Espinosa and Francisco Pazmiño in the category of best supporting actor. In addition, Paladines was able to receive an award for ‘best Ibero-American fiction comedy film’.
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Director Sebastian Cordero chooses best documentary film with the recently released film On the other side of the mist, which opens today in cinemas in Ecuador. They also received nominations in this section Path to ayahuascaby Darwin Robles, and Neisi, the power of a dreamby Daniel Yépez Brito.
José Cardoso is a competitor for the best editing direction, for On the other side of the fogas well as Estebanoise Brauer in the best sound direction.
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The Platinum awards They are promoted by Egeda (Audiovisual Producers’ Rights Management Entity), Fipca (Ibero-American Federation of Cinematographic and Audiovisual Producers) and have the support of the World Tourism Organization, WAWA and the Ibero-American Film Academies and Institutes. 23 countries are participating in this edition, and so far the proposals from 21 of them have been analyzed.
Delivered since 2014, they aim to disseminate Ibero-American audiovisual works and help them increase their results in commercial theaters.
Source: Eluniverso
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