Nominations for the 2nd Annual PREMIOS PLATINO OF IBEROAMERICAN CINEMA:Banderas gets Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominations for the 2nd Annual
PREMIOS PLATINO OF IBEROAMERICAN CINEMA announced:
“CONDUCTA”,  “LA ISLA MÍNIMA”, “MR KAPLAN”, “PELO MALO” 
and “RELATOS SALVAJES” - 
nominees for Best  Iberoamerican Feature Film.

Actor Antonio Banderas

ANTONIO BANDERAS, 

Recipient of 

Lifetime Achievement 

Award

(Premio de Honor)

Photography by Karen Ostlund at 

Andaz Hotel,

Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, 

May 27th, 2015

(For Spanish version - stroll down to 

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"Select Language" above)

• Relatos salvajes” with ten nominations and 
• “La isla mínima” with nine are the biggest contenders, followed by “Conducta” and
• “Pelo malo”, both with eight nominations.

• Antonio Banderas will receive the
• Lifetime Achievement Award (Premio de 
• Honor) during the awards ceremony, taking place July 18 in Marbella, 
• Spain, his hometown.
• The show will be broadcast in over 50 
• countries worldwide. 
• Here in USA at TNT Network.

• 

  right, actor Eugenio Derbez w
  actress Alessandra Rosaldo

  Actress Alessandra Rosaldo, CNN's Juan Carlos

Arciniegas, together with Actor Eugenio Derbez, 
actress Kate del Castillo, Elvi Cano (Director EGEDA USA) and 
Gonzalo Elvira (FIPCA Mexico) announced the nominees in 9 artistic 
and 4 technical awards in
front of the international press in Los Angeles 
last Wednesday morning at a breakfast 
meeting at Andaz Hotel in West Hollywood.

“Relatos salvajes” (Argentina/ Spain), by 
Damián 
Szifron, with ten nominations will be the biggest contender at the ceremony 
on July 18Th,  at the Second Annual 
Premios Platino of Iberoamerican Cinema at 
Starlite Marbella (Málaga), Spain.

“La isla mínima” (Spain), by Alberto Rodríguez 
has 9 nominations and
“Conducta” (Cuba), by Ernesto Daranas  and 

“Pelo Malo” (Venezuela, Perú, Germany, 
Argentina), by Mariana Rondón have 8 
nominations each.

A record breaking 760 movies qualified for 
this year’s awards. From those, 30 movies 
have been 
finalists, selected from 13 of the 23 countries 
of Iberoamerica.

During the press conference a special Platino Award was bestowed by 
Eugenio

Derbez on behalf of the Executive Committee of Premios Platino to The American Cinematheque for its contribution to Iberoamerican Cinema.

The Award was received by Rick Nicita, Chairman of the American Cinematheque.

In attendance at the press event were also Colombian actor Marlon 
Moreno and Salvadorian actress Carla Vila.

Nick Nicita,left The trophy is designed by Javier Mariscal  A Woman w feminine lines,
with a gesture
offers planet earth w open arms, handed over by actor Eugenio Derbez.

left,Raul Vazquez Gral Director Egeda Latin America, Gonzalo Elvira, FIPCA Mexico,
Elvi Cano Director
Egeda USA, Kate del Castillo, Euginio Derbez, Alessandra Rosaldo and Juan Carlos
Arciniegas

In an effort to celebrate talent and creativity,  TNT has joined EGEDA in a strategic 

alliance to recognize the best of Latin American Film through the second annual Premios 

Platino of

Iberoamerican Cinema.

Mariano Cesar, TNT Vice President and Channel Manager, said: 

“TNT is one of the leading cable 

channels in Latin America because it offers its audiences the best live events from the 

entertainment 

industry, such as the Oscars®, the Golden Globe® and the Grammys®. The addition of 
the Premios Platino of 

Iberoamerican Cinema to our programming will complement this"

left, actress Kate del Castillo w Juan Carlos Arciniegas

.Miguel Angel Benzal, CEO of EGEDA 

and the Premios Platino of 

Iberoamerican 

Cinema  declared:

 “In less than a year these awards, in 

collaboration with FIPCA, have been 

established as the reference point of 

quality and success of our  cinema. 

For the ceremony 

taking place on July 18th at 

Starlite in Marbella,Spain, we are 

expecting that the audiences, in the 

over 50 countries that the show will be 

broadcast in, will 

join in support to recognize the amazing 

talent of actors, producers, directors, 

screenwriters  

 that take part in the creative process of 

film-making". 

"We feel very privileged to partner with 

TNT for the broadcasting and promotion 

of the awards in Latin America, because 

of its leadership position in the region.”

The Premios Platino of Iberoamerican Cinema identifies the best Latin American film 

productions 

(including Spain and Portugal) in nine creative categories and four technical awards

 including Best Latin American Fiction Film, Best Documentary, Best Animation Film, 

Best Latin American 

Opera Prima Fiction, Best Direction, Best Performance by an Actor, Best Performance 

by an Actress, 

Best Script, Best Original Score, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Sound and Best

 Cinematography, 

plus a Lifetime Achievement Award.

This year the ceremony hosts will be Mexican actress & singer Alessandra Rosaldo

and CNN en Español’s Juan Carlos Arciniegas.

Journalist and Mexican TV host Rafa Sarmiento will be in charge of the 

commentaries during the event.

Audiences will be able to enjoy an exclusive 30 minute pre-show from the Red Carpet, 

broadcast on both TNT and CNN en Español. The pre-show will be hosted by Argentinian 

filmmaker, journalist and producer Axel Kuschevatzky  and Dominican host of CNN en

 Español,  Mariela Encarnación 

.

The Premios Platino of Iberoamerican Cinema and the pre-show will air live for Latin 

America on 

Saturday July 18^th at 4.30PM (ARG / CH) / 2.30PM (MEX / COL / PAN) / 3PM (VEN). 

The ceremony and pre-show will have a repeat showing the same day at 

10:00 pm(ARG / MEX / COL / CH / PAN / ECU / VEN). 

9pm (CR / GUA).  8pm (PE). Midnight (CH – exclusive DirecTV). 9.30pm 

(PE – exclusive DirecTV). 

Feed TNT HD: 11pm (ARG / CH). 

9pm (MEX / COL / PE / PAN / ECU). 8pm (CR / GUA). 9.30pm (VEN). 

The ceremony will also be available in Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela in live 

streaming and 

on demand through TNT GO (tntgo.tv).

TNT is one of the leading cable channels in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Produced by EGEDA, in collaboration with FIPCA, the Premios Platino of Iberoamerican 

Cinema  was born with the vocation to establish itself as a major international ceremony, 

promoting Latin American cinema as a whole and transcending borders.  

For complete list of nominees & more information please visit:

www.premiosplatino.com