Pain And Glory from Pedro Almodovar Wins 6 Platino Awards

Pedro Almodovar’s Pain And Glory (Spain) was the big winner at the 2020 Platino Xcaret Awards celebrating Ibero-American cinema. The ceremony took place virtually on YouTube on 29th June, after originally being scheduled for early May in Riviera Maya, Mexico (because of the Covid-19 pandemic). Now in its 7th year, the Platino Awards have previously honoured highly acclaimed films such as Embrace of the Serpent, A Fantastic Woman, Roma and record 8-time winner Wild Tales.

The 2020 Platino Awards saw Almodovar’s Pain and Glory pick up 6 trophies. Including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor for Oscar nominee and Cannes winner Antonio Banderas, and of course Best Ibero-American Film.

Other key winners were Best Actress for Carol Duarte in Karim Aïnouz’s Invisible Life (Brazil) – though co-star Julia Stockler shares the plaudits surely. Salvador Simó’s extraordinary Buñuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles (Spain) won Best Animated Film, Petra Costa’s insightful The Edge Of Democracy (Brazil) took Best Documentary and there were also wins for Colombia’s Monos, from Alejandro Landes, and Mexico’s The Chambermaid, by Lila Aviles.

Along with the TV categories, please check out the Platino Awards winners for 2020 in full below:

Best Ibero-American Film
Pain And Glory

Best Director
Pedro Almodovar (Pain And Glory)

Best Actor
Antonio Banderas (Pain And Glory)

Best Actress
Carol Duarte (Invisible Life)

Best Screenplay
Pedro Almodovar (Pain And Glory)

Best Original Score
Alberto Iglesias (Pain And Glory)

Best Animated Film
Buñuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles

Best Documentary
The Edge Of Democracy

Best Debut Film
The Chambermaid

Best Film Editing
Teresa Font (Pain And Glory)

Best Art Direction
Juan Pedro De Gaspar (While At War)