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‘Living,’ ‘Doctor’ and ‘Gloria’ Lead Ibero-America’s First Platinos Race

MIAMI — David Trueba’s Spanish Goya winner “Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed,” Lucia Puenzo’s Argentine Oscar entry “The German Doctor” (aka “Wakolda”) and Chilean Sebastian Lelio’s Berlin actress winner “Gloria” will vie for the top Best Picture award at the 1st Platino Ibero-American Film Awards.

Consolidating their status as the frontrunners for this year’s big prize, “Living,” “Doctor” and “Gloria” all scored four nominations a piece, the most of any title in the Platinos’ inaugural edition. Their nominations also include Direction and Screenplay, as well as either best actor – Javier Camara for “Living” – or best actress: Natalia Oteiro for “Doctor” and Paulina Garcia for “Gloria.

Also nominated in the Best Picture category are four other films: Two from Mexico – Amat Escalante’s Cannes best director winner “Heli” and “La Jaula de Oro,” from Diego Quemada Diez, which won a Cannes Un Certain Talent award – plus Andres Baiz’s Colombia title “Roa,” and Alex de la Iglesia’s “Witching & Bitching.”

In high-profile acting nominations, Eugenio Derbez made the cut for U.S./Mexican B.O. smash hit “Instructions Not Included” where one other rival will be Ricardo Darin, for “Thesis of a Homicide.”

More to come.

And the nominees are:

FILM

“Heli,” Amat Escalante (Mexico, Germany, Netherlands, France)

“La Jaula de Oro,” Diego Quemada-Diez (Mexico, Spain)

“Living is Easy with Eyes Closed,” David Trueba (Spain)

“The German Doctor” (Argentina, France, Spain, Norway)

“Gloria,” Sebastian Lelio (Chile)

“Roa,” Andi Baiz (Colombia)

“Witching and Bitching,” Alex de la Iglesia (Spain)

DIRECTOR

Sebastian Lelio

Amat Escalante

David Trueba

Lucia Puenzo

ACTOR

Eugenio Derbez (“Instructions Not Included”)

Javier Camara (“Living is Easy with Eyes Closed”)

Ricardo Darin (“Thesis on a Homicide”)

Victor Prada (“The Cleaner”)

Antonio de la Torre (“Cannibal”)

ACTRESS

Karen Martinez (“La jaula de oro”)

Laura de la Uz (“La pelicula de Ana”)

Marian Alvarez (“Wounded”)

Nashla Bogaert (“¿Quien manda?”)

Paulina Garcia (“Gloria”)

Natalia Oreira (“The German Doctor”)

ORIGINAL SCORE

Karin Zielinski (“The Cleaner”)

Emilio Kauderer (“Foosball”)

Joan Valent (“Witching and Bitching”)

ANIMATED FILM

“Foosball,” Juan Jose Campanella (Argentina, Spain)

“El secreto del medallon de Jade,” Leopoldo Aguilar, Rodolfo Guzman (Mexico)

“Anina,” Alfredo Soderguit (Uruguay)

“Justin and the Knights of Valor,” Manuel Sicilia (Spain)

“Uma historia de amor e furia,” Luiz Bolognesi (Brazil)

DOCUMENTARY

“Cuates de Australia,” Everardo Gonzalez (Mexico)

“Con La Pata Quebrada,” Diego Galan (Spain)

“La eterna noche de las doce lunas,” Priscilla Padilla (Colombia)

“O dia que durou 21 anos,” Camilo Tavares (Brazil)

“Sigo siendo,” Javier Corcuera (Peru)

SCREENPLAY

Sebastian Lelio, Gonzalo Maza (“Gloria”)

Daniel Sanchez Arevalo (“Family United”)

David Trueba (“Living is Easy with Eyes Closed,”)

Lucia Puenzo (“The German Doctor”)

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