‘20,000 Species of Bees,’ ‘Sister & Sister’ Win High Malaga Prizes

Estíbaliz Urresola Solaguren’s celebrated Spanish function “20,000 Species of Bees” and Kattia G. Zúñiga’s Panamanian drama “Sister & Sister” took the highest prizes on the Malaga Movie Pageant, garnering the Golden Biznagas for Spanish and Latin American footage respectively.  

“20,000 Species of Bees” additionally received greatest supporting actress for Patricia López Arnaiz and picked up the Spanish Cinematographic Informers Affiliation’s Feroz Puerta Oscura award. The movie’s success follows two awards in Berlin, together with a Silver Bear for Sofía Otero for her portrayal of a younger lady going by a gender disaster.

For Zúñiga, the Golden Biznaga is certain to assist additional propel “Sister & Sister,” an autobiographical story about two teenage sisters who journey from Costa Rica to Panama in the hunt for their absent father.

Additionally making waves on the Malaga Pageant, which runs March 10-19, was Gerardo Herrero’s Spanish drama “Underneath Remedy,” an adaptation of Matías Del Federico’s stage play that follows three disparate {couples} as they attend an unconventional group remedy session. The movie’s ensemble forged received the Silver Biznaga Particular Jury Prize.

Matías Bize, in the meantime, received greatest director for his Chilean-Argentine drama “The Punishment,” a few misplaced youngster and the frantic search his mum or dad’s undertake to seek out him.  

María Vázquez took one of the best actress prize for Álvaro Gago’s “Matria,” through which she performs a hard-working lady and mom in a Galician fishing village who begins to query her life.

Profitable greatest actor was Alberto Ammann for “Upon Entry” (“La llegada”), Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez’s story in regards to the challenges immigrants face within the U.S. The movie follows a Venezuelan-Spanish couple who, having acquired the required visas, transfer to the U.S. to begin a brand new life solely to be subjected to a psychologically grueling screening and interrogation course of by two border brokers on the Newark airport.

Jorge Marrale nabbed greatest supporting actor for Marina Seresesky’s Argentine-Spanish drama “Empieza el Baile,” a few as soon as world well-known tango couple who recapture their misplaced ardour whereas on an eventful highway journey.

Cuban filmmaker Fernando Fraguela Fosado received the Silber Biznaga for Finest Documentary for “El Matadero.” The work examines life in a neighborhood within the closely sanctioned socialist nation the place persons are pressured to boost pigs to outlive, reworking their neighborhood right into a slaughterhouse.  

The most effective director award for documentary went to Sofía Paoli Thorne for “Guapo’y,” about an getting older lady in Paraguay who stays haunted by the torture she suffered below the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner and who makes use of pure treatments to alleviate the ache that continues to afflict her.

Taking the highest prizes within the ZonaZine sidebar had been Omar Al Abdul Razzak’s Spanish title “Matar Cangrejos” and Leonardo Barbuy La Torre’s Peruvian drama “Diógenes” because the Latin American entry.

Barbuy additionally received greatest route for “Diógenes,” a which follows two siblings who’re raised by their father in isolation within the Peruvian Andes and whose lives are remodeled by surprising occasions.

“Matar Cangrejos” likewise received greatest actress for Paula Campos, who stars as a 14-year-old lady dwelling in Nineteen Nineties Tenerifa. As she and her little borther anxiously await the arrival of Michael Jackson on the island, she can be coming to phrases with the truth that life would possibly quickly change as her mom has turn into pregnant by a foreigner.

Saturnino García took one of the best actor prize in ZonaZine for his position in Liz Lobato’s Spanish drama “Tierra de Nuestras Madres,” about an outdated lady dwelling together with her disabled son in a poor city in La Mancha. When the choice is made to promote the dilapidated city, nonetheless, the lady and her residence within the heart of city turn into obstacles to the plan. The movie additionally nabbed the viewers award.

MALAGA FILM FESTIVAL: THE WINNERS

Golden Biznaga, Spanish Image

“20,000 Species of Bees” (Estíbaliz Urresola Solaguren)

Golden Biznaga, Latin American Image

“Sister & Sister” (Kattia G. Zúñiga)

Silver Biznaga, Particular Jury Prize

“Underneath Remedy” (Gerardo Herrero)

Silver Biznaga, Director

Matías Bize (“The Punishment”)

Silver Biznaga ‘Resort AC Palace,’ Finest Actress

María Vázquez (“Matria”)

Silver Biznaga, Finest Actor

Alberto Ammann (“Upon Entry”)

Silver Biznaga, Supporting Actress

Patricia López Arnaiz (“20,000 Species of Bees)

Silver Biznaga, Supporting Actor

Jorge Marrale (“Empieza el Baile”)

Unique Screenplay

Miguel Ibáñez and Elena Trapé (“Els Encantats”)

Silver Biznaga, Unique Rating

Pablo Mondragón (“Rebelión”)

Silver Biznaga, Cinematography

Serguei Saldívar Tanaka (“Zapatos Rojos”)

Silver Biznaga, Publish Manufacturing

Haroldo Borges and Juliano Castro (“Saudade Fez Morada Aqui Dentro”)

Silver Biznaga, Critics Award

Pablo Solarz (“Desperté con un Sueño”)

Silver Biznaga, Viewers Award “

“Empieza el Baile” (Marina Seresesky)

ZONAZINE AWARDS

Silver Biznaga, Finest Spanish Image

“Matar Cangrejos” (Omar Al Abdul Razzak)

Silver Biznaga, Finest Ibero-American Image

“Diógenes” (Leonardo Barbuy La Torre)

Silver Biznaga, Finest Director

“Diógenes” (Leonardo Barbuy La Torre)

Silver Biznaga, Finest Actress

Paula Campos (“Matar Cangrejos”)

Silver Biznaga, Finest Actor

Saturnino García (“Tierra de Nuestras Madres”)

Silver Biznaga, Viewers Award

“Tierra de Nuestras Madres” (Liz Lobato)

DOCUMENTAL AWARDS

Silver Biznaga, Documental Function

“El Matadero” (Fernando Fraguela Fosado)

lady in Paraguay who stays haunted by the torture she suffered below the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner and who makes use of pure treatments to alleviate the ache that continues to afflict her.

Silver Biznaga, Finest Documentary Route

“Guapo’y” (Sofía Paoli Thorne)

MOSAICO PANORAMA INTERNATIONAL

Silver Biznaga, Viewers Award

“En corps” (Cédric Klapisch)

SUPPORTING WOMEN RIGHTS – AWARDS

Silver Biznaga, Supporting Girls’s Rights

“Por Magda” (Carla Larrea)

Silver Biznaga, Supporting Girls’s Rights Jury Award

“Mujeres sin censura” (Eva Vizcarra Chamero)

Silver Biznaga, Supporting Girls’s Rights Documentary

“Girls within the Studio” (Marina Espinach)

Silver Biznaga, Supporting Girls’s Rights Documentary Viewers Award

“Insisten” (Elías Federico Domínguez)

Silver Biznaga, Supporting Girls’s Rights Fiction Function

“La Butaca de la Puta” (Mar Navarro)

Silver Biznaga, Supporting Girls’s Rights Girls on Scene,

Silver Biznaga, Supporting Girls’s Rights Costume Design

Susana Guerrero Núñez, (“Los elegidos”)

Particular Jury Point out“Nunca te dejaré sola,” (Mireia Noguera)

Silver Biznaga, Girls on Scene, For Finest Efficiency

Laura Ortiz (“La autoestima”)

Silver Biznaga, Girls on Scene, For Finest Documentary

“A las mujeres de España. María Lejárraga” (Laura Hojman)

Silver Biznaga, Girls on Scene, Viewers Award

“Pico Reja. La verdad que la tierra esconde” (Remedios Malvárez and Arturo Andújar)