Chile’s at it again. Since’s Andrés Wood’s breakout “Machuca” in 2004, Chilean filmmakers, led by Pablo Larraín, Sebastián Lelio and now Maite Alberdi, have punched consistently above the country’s…
walked off with best series at the Platino Awards, the Spanish-speaking world’s nearest kudos fest to the Oscars. , one of South America’s most significant festival-industry events, Chilean films or filmmakers swept 103 prizes over the first six months of the year.
“The report underscores that our country’s audiovisual industry enjoys large success and recognition in the world,” said CinemaChile exec director Ximena Baeza, saying that an “added value” was that so many awards were won in foremost film-TV powerhouses, such as the U.S. , Spain and France . 10 awards went to Asia, including India , Japan and China – where Matías Bize’s “The Punishment” took best picture and actress at the Beijing Film Festival in April.
Also noteworthy, of Chile’s score or so of most prominent awards to date this year, half went to members of a new generation of filmmakers, who are first or second time feature directors or short filmmakers whose movies stand out for the boldness of their thematic ambition, genre and format blending.
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