Chile’s International Prize Bonanza Supercharged by Next Generation Women Directors as Trophy Count Soars (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comThe Eternal Memory,” from Fabula, scooped Sundance’s World Cinema Grand Prize; Andrés Wood’s “News of a Kidnapping” walked off with best series at the Platino Awards, the Spanish-speaking world’s nearest kudos fest to the Oscars.
In all, according to a CinemaChile study released during Sanfic, 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.
That’s 128% up on same period 2022 when Chile’s was still gearing up from one of the longest COVID-19 confinement periods in the world, only lifted in February 2021. “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. (32), Spain (14) and France (11).
10 awards went to Asia, including India (5), Japan and China – where Matías Bize’s “The Punishment” took best picture and actress at the Beijing Film Festival in April.
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