Argentina, 1985, Santiago Mitre’s film about the prosecution team behind the landmark Trial of the Juntas, was the big winner on Saturday night at the Platino Awards, where it won five of the 14 categories it was nominated for, including Best Ibero-American Fiction Film. Mitre’s Oscar-nominated film also won Best Screenplay (Santiago Mitre and Mariano Llinás), Best Actor (Ricardo Darín), Best Art Direction (Micalea Saiegh), and the Platino Award for Film and Education in Values, which was received by producer Axel Kuschevatzky. Actor Alejandro Awada won Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Teleseries for his role in Amazon’s Iosi, the repentant spy. Another Spanish film, Cinco lobitos, won the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards for Laia Costa and Susi Sánchez, respectively. The actresses had previously shared the Spanish Goya award for Best Actress for the same film.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald April 25, 2023 04:00 UTC