‘Parallel Mothers’, by Pedro Almodóvar, is one of the big winners at the Feroz Awards (Spain)

comedy movie the good boss directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa Y parallel mothers from Pedro Almodovar have co-starred in Fierce Awards, when each one won three statuettes at a Spanish film gala in which the series has also triumphed Come on John who has won three of the four awards to which he aspired.

In this ninth edition, presented by the comedians Nacho Vigalondo and Paula Púa, the winners have been able to receive, after the award, the applause of the admirers who were waiting for them in front of the Saragossa Auditorium, which has hosted this Saturday a relaxed gala in which the guests have enjoyed a dinner at round tables.

The president of the Association of Cinematographic Reporters of Spain, who awards the awards, María Guerra, thanked in her speech the presence of the political faces -such as the ministers Iceta and Díaz- to the “demonstrate that the Spanish audiovisual matters and the commitment to culture is firm and deep.

The award for Best Dramatic Film has gone to Maixabel, a true story about ETA terrorism produced by Koldo Zuazua, Juan Moreno and Guillermo Sempere that investigates overcoming the pain caused.

“It is very difficult to make a film like this at a time like this, in which there are so many blacks and whites, and so many different positions. I suspect that what these people did to sit down, despite being so far away, is what has reached the public”, pointed out the director Icíar Bollaín.

The film recognized as Best Comedy Film has been the good boss, produced by Fernando León de Aranoa, Javier Méndez and Jaume Roures, who has defined the film as “a denunciation of impunity”.

“I am very happy that the category in which it has been awarded has been comedy; someone said that it was about making a comedy with the actual materials of the drama,” said its director, who also recalled in his speech the difficulties that the industry has experienced in the last two years.

Rodrigo Cortés, from Ourense, has been recognized as Best Director by Love in its place (Love Gets a Room), a musical romance that pays tribute to the theater in the Warsaw ghetto in 1940, in which two young people fall in love and forget their difficult situation.

“The natural state of a film is that it doesn’t exist. I am grateful to everyone who has made a statistical improbability materialize.” assured the director, who also thanked “those who do things because they can’t help it”.

Petra Martínez has been for the critics the Best Leading Actress for the character of María in Life was that that serves as a starting point to meet and fall in love.

The artist, who has been applauded by the attendees and who was already nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the first edition of Los Feroz, has admitted to being “very excited” and has used its space to normalize and break the taboo of masturbation.

The ones known as ‘Spanish Golden Globe’ have recognized as Best leading actor to Javier Bardem, who has shown his gratitude to the director Fernando León de Aranoa for having created a story without which “none of this would happen”, to Juan Carlos Corazza and to all his companions, both cast and nominated.

“Today it’s my turn, but it doesn’t mean that my work is better than anyone else’s, because it isn’t. You already know how this is, sometimes it plays and sometimes it doesn’t, because it’s a lottery”, said the also aspiring Goya.

Urko Olazabal by Maixabel and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón for parallel mothers They have raised the statuettes for best supporting actors. Olazabal has thanked this role that has made him “fly”, while Inma Cuesta has given voice to the words of Sánchez-Gijón, who has not been able to attend due to being on tour, but who has thanked Almodóvar for having offered him “one of the most rewarding experiences of your life.

The award for Best Screenplay is signed by Fernando León de Aranoa for the good boss, a film chosen to represent Spain at the 94th edition of the Hollywood Oscars and which also has 20 nominations at this year’s Goya Awards.

The Best Original Music has gone to Alberto Iglesias for parallel mothers, the Feroz Cinetools Award for Best Trailer to Miguel Ángel Trudu, for The grandmother, and the best poster has been that of parallel mothers, by Javier Jaén, who raised controversy for showing a nipple.

In the series chapter, the best dramatic audiovisual has been Cardo, an x-ray of people born in the 90s, created by Ana Rujas and Claudia Costafreda, who have been proud of “belonging to a generation that fights, creates and gives opportunities”.

Rujas, has also been chosen as Best Leading Actress for the same work. “You can!”, has been his main message in a speech in which he highlighted the “work, effort, dedication, love and personal search”.

In humor series, Diego San José, creator of come on john has been made with the following statuette dedicated to the Best comedy series for its political satire starring Javier Cámara, who has played Juan Carrasco and has served to win the award for Best Leading Actor in a series by reflecting the miseries, shortcomings and mediocrities of a politician who makes mistakes.

Cámara has received the award together with her partner María Pujalte, Best Supporting Actress. Together they have shouted on stage: “You have given us joy!”

Enric Auquer has been awarded as Best Supporting Actor for Perfect life, a series by Leticia Dolera, which tells the story of three women in the midst of an existential crisis.

The Feroz Arrebato Award, which celebrates the best of independent cinema and documentaries of the year, has gone to Adrián Silvestre, director of the documentary, in the Non-Fiction category sediment that talks about how the identity of people is forged.

Meanwhile, the Feroz Outburst of Fiction Prize has gone to Chema García Ibarra for his originality in the treatment of ufology in Holy spirit.

For his “avant-garde commitment to cinema” the actress Cecilia Bartolomé (Alicante, 1940) has collected the Feroz de Honor Award 2022, in a tribute to the ability to innovate in her films and subvert the female roles of what is “one of the most transgressive figures that Spanish cinema has given”.

Six directors have come to support the one who for them is “an example for many generations”, as Leticia Dolera has pointed out: “She says that her role model was Berlanga, we say that our teacher is Cecilia Bartolomé”.

“The Feroz Award has a history for me. my medium length Margaret and the Wolf it was called in film school Margaret and the Big Bad Wolf and they asked me to remove ‘fierce’ because it could bring bad luck. I would like to hit them with this on their heads now”, she joked pointing to the statuette, with the entire audience standing and amazed at “the group of women” that surrounded her. (I)